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."
Ex-Japan PM, Shinzo Abe feared dead after apparent shooting
Friday, July 08, 2022
The Sun : Former PM collapses after gunshots reportedly heard while he spoke in the city of Nara.
TOKYO: Former
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was showing no vital signs after
apparently being shot at a campaign event in the Nara region on Friday,
local media reported.
The former leader
had been delivering a stump speech at an event ahead of Sunday's upper
house elections when the apparent sound of gunshots were heard, national
broadcaster NHK and the Kyodo news agency said.
Abe, 67, collapsed and was bleeding from the neck, a source from his ruling Liberal Democratic Party told the Jiji news agency. Neither the LDP nor local police were able to immediately confirm the reports. This is a breaking news story
NHK
and Kyodo both reported Abe was taken to hospital and appeared to be in
cardo-respiratory arrest -- a term used in Japan indicating no vital
signs, and generally preceding a formal certification of death by a
coroner.
Several media outlets reported
that he appeared to have been shot from behind, possibly with a
shotgun. NHK reported that a man had been apprehended, though there were
no immediate further details.
Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, held office in 2006 for one year and again from 2012 to 2020. - AFP
