Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Lebanon: 12 dead in Lebanon as Sunnis fight with soldiers
Monday, June 24, 2013
To be fair, the Sunnis wanted to fight with Hezbollah but the soldiers got in the way.
BEIRUT, Lebanon (NYT)
— Clashes raged on Sunday in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon
between the army and the followers of a hard-line Sunni Muslim sheik,
paralyzing traffic on a main highway and leaving at least 12 people
dead.
The violence on Sunday, which continued into the night, reflected how
deeply the civil war in neighboring Syria has undermined security in
Lebanon, many of whose citizens still carry bitter memories of their
country’s own 15-year civil war. Sidon, a Mediterranean port, is a
mostly Sunni city whose population largely sympathizes with the
Sunni-led insurgency in Syria.
The clashes in Sidon pitted the Lebanese Army against the armed
followers of Sheik Ahmad al-Assir, who has earned national fame through a
series of stunts in the news media and public calls for the disarming
of the Shiite group Hezbollah, Lebanon’s strongest military force, which
has been fighting in Syria on the side of the government of President
Bashar al-Assad. Hat tip: Eye On The World
