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."
Spain forced to release terrorists and murderers by European human rights ruling
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
Miguel Ricart is led into court in Valencia on 12 May 1997 accused of
kidnap, rape and the murder of three teenage girls in a crime that
shocked the whole of Spain in 1992
Spanish courts have been forced to release a triple child killer, serial
rapists and Basque terrorists from prison early after the European
Court of Human Rights (ECHR) overruled a Spanish legal doctrine that had
effectively prolonged their sentences. Victims groups are protesting at the "betrayal of justice" imposed by
judges in Strasbourg, and authorities have expressed concerns that some
of those convicts freed within the past month pose a danger to society. Angel Juanes, who is chief justice of Spain's high court, has warned
that the release of so many prisoners would create "social alarm" but both the government and judicial authorities say they are powerless to act against the ECHR's ruling. About 200,000 people attended a demonstration in Madrid against the ECHR
ruling organised by the Spanish Association of Terrorist Victims at the
weekend. "We think that justice has not been rendered. We feel very
wounded, very angry," said Angeles Pedraza, the head of the victims'
group. Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, Spain's justice minister, also spoke of his
"regret" at the European ruling but said it would be up to the Spanish
courts to decide how it applied to other cases. David Cameron has called for reforms of the court and warned that
Britain may have to withdraw from the European Convention on Human
Rights after a series of unpopular rulings that have allowed dozens of foreign criminals – including terrorists –
to remain in the country.
