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."
AhvalNews : Attacks against Erdoğan equal attacks against Turkey, says Erdoğan. What an arrogant SOB!!!
The real target is Turkey for all those who put down Turkey’s ruling
Justice and Development Party (AKP) or its chairman President Recep
Tayyip Erdoğan himself, the president said, speaking at the closing
ceremony of AKP’s 30th consultation and evaluation meeting.
“Whoever is attacking this brother of yours in this world is in truth attacking Turkey itself,” Erdoğan said. There is a group of people who tell all sorts of lies about Erdoğan
and his AKP, and another that is “ready to believe all lies told about
my person, the AKP and our cadres”, the president said.
“Those who are perturbed by our goal of a big and strong Turkey
targeting us and our government directly cannot stomach the level our
country has reached,” Erdoğan said, adding that the AKP would “pursue
our politics upholding our dignified stance in Syria to Iraq, Black Sea
to the Mediterranean”.
Erdoğan also said Turkey would not change its stance regarding Sweden and Finland’s bid for NATO membership. “Those who advise us to be flexible regarding the NATO expansion have
never questioned their relationship with terrorist organisations, which
proves how right our determined stance is. Without the expectations
that we have declared to our interlocutors being met, we will not change
our stance,” he said.
