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."
Russian soldier reportedly runs over commander with tank in protest
Thursday, March 24, 2022
According to a report, a Russian solider ran over his commander while two others were caught complaining about Putin.
A Russian soldier drove over his colonel with a tank – while two
other service members were caught venting about strongman Vladimir
Putin’s “bulls—” invasion of Ukraine amid reports of heavy losses.
The Russian soldier who was behind the wheel of the tank “blamed the
commander of the group, Col. Yury Medvedev, for the deaths of his
friends,” Ukrainian journalist Roman Tsimbalyuk said on Facebook.
“Having waited for the right moment, during battle, he ran over the
commander with a tank as he stood next to him, injuring both his legs,”
he wrote, the Daily Beast reported.
“Now Col. Medvedev is in a hospital in Belarus, waiting for monetary
compensation for combat wounds received during the ‘special military
operation to protect the Donbass.’ Colonel Medvedev was awarded the
Order of Courage,” he wrote.
Although there was no independent corroboration of the claim, footage
released by Chechen leader and close Putin ally Ramzan Kadyrov showed
Medvedev being transported to a hospital.
The incident comes as two groups of Russian soldiers in Makarov, in
the Kyiv region, lost at least half of their comrades during heavy
battles, Tsymbalyuk reported.
