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."
NEW DELHI: In a blunt message to Turkey which has endorsed Pakistan's aggressive stand on J&K, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met leaders of its rivals - Greece, Cyprus and Armenia - before starting for home from the US.
Soon after his address to UN General Assembly, Modi met Nicos
Anastasiades, President of Cyprus. Turkey invaded Cyprus in 1974 and
wrested the latter's northern part which was proclaimed to be an
independent entity, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
During
his meeting with Anastasiades, Modi "reiterated India's consistent
support for the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and
unity of Republic of Cyprus", a position which is certain to infuriate
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who has sided with Pakistan.
Modi also met Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece which is
locked in a bitter dispute with Turkey over who should control islets in
Aegean Sea. Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia, which holds
Turkey responsible for genocide of lakhs of its nationals, was another
leader who met Modi.
