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."
By
day she works as a hairdresser, but by night she works a second job as a
prostitute, feeling forced into selling her body for sex just to make
ends meet.
"I live in a country where women are not respected, the economy is
crushing, and the price of everything is going up almost every day," she
continues. "I am a single mum. I must take care of my son. Prostitution
pays well, and now l am planning to buy a small house in downtown. This
is the sad reality of my life. I am literally selling my soul."Iran announced a national programme to tackle prostitution.
However, according to unofficial reports by non-governmental
organisations (NGO) and researchers, the number of people working in the
sex industry has only gone up.Iran's
conservative religious establishment has officially long denied the
existence of sex workers in the country. Instead, authorities allude to
prostitution there as a Western plot designed to corrupt youth, or blame
women for falling foul of unscrupulous men. Unofficial
data also suggests Iran's sex workers are getting younger. Statistics
from various NGOs suggest that in 2016 girls as young as 12 were
involved in prostitution.
