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."
Cocaine, $2 million in cash and guns seized in Sydney terror raid
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Looks like a number of beards involved. Seven men are behind bars after counter-terrorism police swooped on homes across Sydney. Officers seized cocaine, $2 million in cash and guns that they feared would end up in the hands of extremists.
NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team officers arrested and charged the men after executing 11 search warrants on Tuesday. Since May investigators have seized six firearms, ammunition, a military-grade smoke grenade, and about a kilo of cocaine. Operation Veerle investigators arrested two men - aged 30 and 36 - at Bass Hill about 11.30am on Tuesday and seized 200gm of cocaine, $24,400 and mobile phones.
The 36-year-old Bexley man was charged with unlawfully selling firearms, commercial drug supply and supplying prohibited weapons.
The 30-year-old Bass Hill man is facing a raft of charges including supplying prohibited drugs, dealing with the proceeds of crime and participating in a criminal group.
Both men were refused bail to appear at Bankstown Local Court on Wednesday.