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."
Swedish police face allegations of cover up over mass sex assault
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Gangs of young men harassed girls at a youth festival in Stockholm,
but police covered it up because many of the boys were migrants.
Now an investigation is underway to find out why the concealment happened. Police said after the We are Sthlm festival that there were
“relatively few crimes” and only a few people had been taken into
custody.
But internal communication obtained by Dagens Nyheter showed a completely different picture, with police identifying gangs of boys going around and molesting girls. Nineteen cases were reported to police, as well as one rape, and more than 50 suspects were identified.
Approximately 200 young men were removed from the festival, which is held over five days in central Stockholm every year. “These cases are very particular. There are groups of guys who are
deliberately focusing on surrounding and molesting girls. At first we
were completely shocked by their actions,” Roger Ticoalu, head of events
at Stockholm City council, told Sveriges Radio.
While Stockholm police spokesman Varg Gyllander claimed he doesn’t
know why the cover-up happened, Peter Ågren, who was heading the police
operation this past summer, said it may have been because the men
accused of molesting the women were mainly migrants.