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."
BCF : Just three weeks after the scandal broke, a former member of the Canadian PM’s cabinet has testified that he tried to interfere in a criminal investigation.
While Americans were transfixed on Wednesday with the salacious, but not legally damning, testimony of Michael Cohen before Congress, a bombshell went off in the Canadian Parliament. Former Canadian Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould testified before the House Justice Committee alleging that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and others in his administration pressured her in “inappropriate” ways to reach a settlement with an engineering company that has been charged with crimes.
The company, SNC-Lavalin, is facing charges that it sent bribes to
Libya, then under the rule of Gadhafi, in defiance of Canadian law. If
found guilty, the Quebec-based company will face severe sanctions,
including a ban on working with the Canadian government. This would be a
severe economic blow, especially in Trudeau’s home province of Quebec.
According to Wilson-Raybould’s testimony, she faced “consistent and
sustained,” efforts by the Trudeau administration, as well as “veiled
threats,” in an attempt to influence her decision regarding Lavalin.
Under Canadian law, this type of attempt at political influence is at
best inappropriate, and at worst illegal.
Unlike the slow moving investigation into Trump, the Trudeau scandal
has unfurled remarkably quickly. On February 7, the Globe and Mail ran a
story citing anonymous sources that suggested inappropriate political
meddling had occurred. In her testimony yesterday, Wilson-Raybould
discussed meetings with Trudeau and others from late last year. Trudeau
says he disagrees with her assessment that the meetings were not
appropriate.
