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."
I went to Cambodia, and while I was in the capital, I visited Tuol Sleng, the genocide museum. Like the Nazis, Pol Pot's regime kept records and photographed the inmates.
I'll never forget one of the photos on the wall. It was a mother holding her baby. You could see a tear sliding down her cheek because she knew her baby would be taken away and killed before they did the same to her.
I took a picture of that photo to show anyone who wanted to know the truth about the way Communism dehumanizes its citizens. I also visited the Killing Fields. This is the result of giving up freedom for the promise of free stuff.
The citizens of Hong Kong are now fighting for their freedom because they don't want to be ruled by China. Venezuela, another place I saw when it was thriving, is now one of the poorest countries in the world. The people were promised free stuff, but today they can't even buy toilet paper.
Let firearms be confiscated and those killing fields will happen in the United States. Hang on to your rifles, boys!
I wonder if our youth will go down the same path, or if they will learn from the past.
