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."
French autopsy reveals Arafat died of natural causes, NOT polonium poisoning
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
From EOTW : I didn't realize AIDS was a natural cause...
(Daily Mail)
French experts have ruled out a theory that Yasser Arafat was killed by
poisoning, according to a source close to the investigation into the
Palestinian leader's 2004 death. 'The report rules out the poisoning theory and goes in the sense of a natural death,' the source told AFP.
The French experts' findings differ significantly from those of Swiss
scientists, who said last month that their research offered some support
for the suggestion Arafat was killed by polonium poisoning. Rumours and speculation have surrounded Arafat's death since a quick
deterioration of his health saw his passing at a military hospital near
Paris in November 2004 at the age of 75.
French doctors were unable to say what killed him and an autopsy was never performed, at the request of his widow. Both the prosecutors' office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, which is
conducting the French probe, and a lawyer for Arafat's widow Suha
refused to comment on the investigation's findings Tuesday. More...
