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."
HT RoP : Terrorist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for a
mortar fire attack on Somalia’s parliament Monday that injured at least
six people during a joint session.
Explosions were heard in the middle of a parliamentary session.
Several people were injured, but no elected officials were hit by the
shrapnel that landed in the fortified airport compound near parliament
in the capital Mogadishu, officials and eyewitness reports.
"We don't have details yet but these explosions were caused by mortar
fire, the lawmakers were inside the building when the incident
happened, they are safe," a security official told AFP on condition of
anonymity.
"I was in the area when the mortar shells landed outside the building
where the parliamentarians were gathered, several people were slightly
injured in one of the explosions," said a witness, Abdukadir Ali.
Parliamentarians were due to set dates for votes to appoint the
presidents of the two legislative chambers, the next step in a
long-delayed process to elect a new president to lead the country.
The upper house will vote on 26 April and the lower house the following day to appoint their respective leaders, officials said. Somalia's complex electoral system
