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."
9 Chicom engineers among 12 killed in 'attack' near Dasu hydropower plant
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Dawn : At least 12 persons, including nine Chinese engineers and two
Frontier Corps personnel, died and several others were injured on
Wednesday in a bus "attack" near the Dasu hydropower plant in the Upper
Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Initial reports from officials on what caused the deaths appeared
conflicting; however, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary
Affairs Babar Awan, speaking on the floor of the National Assembly,
termed it a "cowardly attack" and said that it would "not divert
attention from the special initiatives between Pakistan and its
neighbours".
Condemning the attack, Awan said that he will ask Interior Minister
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed to give a briefing on the country's security
situation and take this house into confidence regarding the incident.
Hours later, the Foreign Office contradicted reports of an attack,
saying that the bus "plunged into a ravine after a mechanical failure
resulting in leakage of gas that caused a blast". The FO also put the
death toll at 12, including 9 Chinese nationals, up from earlier reports
of 10 deaths.
