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."
Dramatic images show burning tanks as Houthis claim to have "peacefully" killed 500 Saudi troops and captured 2,000
Monday, September 30, 2019
Destroyed Saudi Vehicles
HOUTHI fighters last night claimed to have killed 500 Saudi troops and captured a further 2,000 in major attacks near the border.
The Yemeni rebels released dramatic images showing destroyed Saudi tanks and what they claim are whole battalions of captured soldiers.Footage released at a press conference on Sunday also showed seized armoured vehicles and a stockpile of weapons and ammo they say they've captured in three days of fighting.
It comes as a brutal civil war rages in Yemen that has claimed more than 16,000 lives and left 13million people on the brink of starvation.
The conflict has been dubbed a "proxy war" among competing powers in the Middle East as a US-backed Saudi-led coalition battles rebels backed by Iran.
Mohammed Abdul Salam, a spokesman for Houthi forces, said of the battle:
"Operation Victory from God is the largest military one since the brutal aggression began.
"The enemy suffered heavy losses… and wide swathes of territory were liberated in only a few days."
