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."
What Happened to People Who Volunteered to Fight For Ukraine?
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
People have forgotten what war is. Think back to WWI when tons of people volunteered with the idea that it would be an adventure mixed with the romanticism of friendly occasional battle.
They were slaughtered by artillery. Couldn’t even shoot back. Shortly after we had WWII where nations were scared to death of volunteering because of the fresh memory of WWI. We are in a similar naive state that we were in at the beginning of WWI, except it’s not a longing for adventure but a longing for Internet likes.
Those volunteers that had combat experience from Iraq and Afghanistan have said that it didn't prepare them for the amount of firepower the Russian Army was unloading on them. They were fighting a guerrilla war with locals with AK47s a few heavy machine guns, RPGs and mortar fire.
Facing the Russians they were dealing with an army that has air support, artillery support, tank support and APCs with autocannon. The Infantry are using actual combat tactics against them. All of this is coordinated with a modern command and control network.
I heard an interview with an American Veteran that is in Ukraine and he says that in just 3 days he fired more rounds that in 3 tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that the Russian soldiers are not some farmers with 50 years old AK's... At the end he said that if you really want to go there, it's probably a one way trip.
