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."
Here’s the Real Reason for the Dire Situation in Afghanistan Today
Saturday, July 10, 2021
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Kabul today is starting to look like Saigon in 1975, and the
long-predicted return to power of the Taliban appears imminent. Former
Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai knows who is responsible for the
catastrophe: no, not himself and his corrupt government, but his
American patrons. Karzai said that
“the US has failed. Instead of saying that they have helped Afghanistan
stabilise, they leave, and the general leaving, is warning of a civil
war.
So that means they have failed but we Afghans have not.” Yes, of
course. We were supposed to stay there until the lion lies down with the
lamb and Nancy Pelosi votes Republican, to help Afghanistan stabilize.
But aside from his bluster and self-aggrandizement, Karzai has a point:
the American misadventure in Afghanistan has been mishandled from the
beginning.
Karzai asserted that
at the beginning of this two-decade-long excursion, the U.S. “did very
good” in helping Afghanistan get on its feet. “The reconstruction of the
country’s infrastructure, helping with education and other areas was
very welcome and produced good results for the country.”
That was about all, however. “But subsequently,” he continued,
“they began to rather than going and drying the sanctuaries outside of
Afghanistan, in Pakistan, which is what they themselves reported about,
they began bombing and hurting Afghan people and creating prisons in our
own country. That led to where we are today.”
