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."
There is a ‘dog ate my homework’ flavor to China’s latest rhetoric
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Michael Shoebridge says there is a “dog ate my homework” flavour to China’s recent rhetoric - which claims Australia is playing the victim.
It comes after a Chinese foreign affairs spokesman said the communist superpower’s measures against some imported Australian products is “in accordance with law and regulations” and a “responsible act” for Chinese consumers.
“For some time I have repeatedly heard some people from the Australian side claim to be the so-called victims, constantly accusing and attacking China by innuendo, which is completely making a counter-charge, confusing right and wrong. China will never accept this,” the spokesman said.
Discussing the spokesman’s comments, Mr Shoebridge said the problem is that “the individual words make sense”, but when they are put together in a sentence they are “incomprehensible”.
“I think there’s a ‘dog ate my homework’ flavor to all this, the Chinese government know they’re using trade as a weapon, but they can’t bring themselves to say it,” he told Sky News host Cory Bernardi.
“This is really Beijing talking to itself and looking embarrassing internationally.”
