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."
Milley’s Dishonest Answer on Afghanistan-Ukraine Invasion Link By Daniel Greenfield
Monday, April 11, 2022
Participation medals should stay at home
Robert Spencer : Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley didn’t hesitate to bash Trump, but he’s working overtime to protect Biden over the linkage between Afghanistan and Ukraine.
When pressed by Sen. Marsha
Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican, on the Afghanistan withdrawal and
whether it played a part in Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, Milley
replied: “From the intelligence I’ve read, it’s not clear. I think it
certainly is possible, but I also know that Putin had aims on Ukraine
long before the end of the war in Afghanistan.”
Blackburn cut him off: “I think we all know that. So he saw his opening, right?” “Well,
the forces were building up — they began to build up their force in
September, October,” Milley replied. “So I think in order to do that,
they would’ve had to have the plans and approval long before September,
October.” This is dumb. And Milley isn’t this dumb. No one in his position could be. This is a case of deliberately playing dumb.
The Russians would have had a dozen plans for invading Ukraine going
back who knows how long. I’m sure Milley’s seen that we have plans for
invading Ukraine, Fiji and anywhere else in the world. Considering
Russia’s interests, I doubt they would have had to suddenly scramble to
formulate new plans. And considering Russia’s performance, they were
almost certainly working off some old plan.
As for approval, is Milley serious? Russia isn’t America. There’s a
much shorter approval process in dictatorships especially ones in which
the military brass is very political. Considering the botched disaster
in Afghanistan, which Milley and other brass knew would go bad, he ought
to appreciate that.
When you can’t tell the head cheese that he’s an
idiot and what he wants is going to get a bunch of people killed, the
approval process is surprisingly short.
