Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen 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 soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt 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."
#FreeWill Movement Picks Up Steam As Public Turns On Jada Bullying Will Smith
Saturday, April 09, 2022
Will & Jada
#FreeWill and #FreeWillSmith are starting to trend on social media
after footage of Jada Pinkett Smith bullying her husband, Will Smith,
resurfaced in the wake of his now-infamous Oscars slap.
This is incredibly gross, abusive behavior from Jada aimed at Will Smith.
Users started posting with the hashtags #FreeWill and #FreeWillSmith after the videos of Pinkett Smith
suggested that Smith might be in an abusive and toxic relationship.
Smith hasnāt been able to avoid headlines in the last two weeks, mostly
because he leapt on stage at the 2022 Oscars and slapped host Chris Rock
for a very mild joke Rock made about Pinkett Smithās hair.
Smithās
professional life is being torn apart in the wake of the slap. Heās
been banned from the Oscars for the next 10 years. Heās had contracts
pulled by Sony and Netflix. While the world was quick to call-out Smith for his actions, the tide is turning against his wife.
Pinkett Smith was filmed seemingly laughing
after her husband slapped Rock, which could be argued as the first
fracture in the narrative against Smith. The videos posted online have
pushed the fracture to the point of collapse. If you havenāt seen them,
you can find them below:
