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."
Anti-immigrant Dansk Folkeparti takes control of Copenhagen's culture
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
Carl Christian Ebbesen (DF) will be the city's new deputy mayor for culture and leisure
For the first time ever, the anti-immigration party Dansk Folkeparti has
won control of one of Copenhagen’s seven administrations. DF’s mayoral candidate Carl Christian Ebbesen will become the city's
deputy mayor of culture and leisure in the New Year – the highest
position DF has ever secured in the City Council. Ebbesen's new role will place him in charge of over 100 cultural and
leisure institutions across the city and give him influence over a range
of integration projects – all of which are now under threat. “It’s a tradition that if you’re foreign, City Council will give you
more money,” Ebbesen told Politiken. “But if we are to reinforce the
message that we are all part of a community, it’s important that the
rules and conditions are the same for everyone. This is why we cannot
have preferential treatment.” Ebbesen has also argued to end mother-tongue teaching for children in
favour of more Danish lessons, and advocates against renting out
council-owned facilities to extreme religious groups, such as when
radical Islamic group Hizb-ut-Tahrir rented the Royal Library in 2011
to hold a conference.
