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."
There have been two interesting recent news stories from Turkey. Sounds familiar like in Malaysia, this is for the benefit of the Edrogans in Pas. From Naharnet:
A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced a group of protesters to two
years in jail for chanting slogans deemed insulting to Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, local media reported on Wednesday. The decision comes as Turkey is being criticized at home and abroad for
adopting new Internet restrictions seen as a fresh assault on freedom of
expression. Seventeen people in the city of Eskisehir were sued in 2012 for
"insulting a civil servant" after chanting slogans during a small
demonstration against the government's health policies, the newspaper
Hurriyet said. "Tayyip Erdogan: the servant of the IMF, the servant of the bosses," the group had chanted. The court sentenced all 17 to two years in jail for "deliberately insulting the premier and not regretting their actions". The defendants are not entitled to appeal the decision, Hurriyet said.
