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."
Poliovirus found in Karachi and Peshawar sewage - Pakistan is in a literal world of shit
Friday, September 08, 2023
Dawn : ISLAMABAD: As many as four environmental samples, collected from Karachi and Peshawar, have tested positive for the poliovirus. According to sources at Pakistanās National Polio Laboratory at the
National Institute of Health (NIH), the lab has confirmed the detection
of Type-1 Wild Poliovirus (WPV1) in four environmental (sewage) samples
from Karachi and Peshawar.
āAs many as three samples were collected from Peshawar, and one
sample was collected from District Karachi in the Keamari area,ā an
official said, requesting not to be named.
He noted that Karachiās first detection of wild poliovirus in 2023
was confirmed in June this year in an environmental sample from Sohrab
Goth. Earlier, positive sample in Karachi was detected in August 2022
from Landhi, district Malir, he said.
He said that if the poliovirus was found in sewage water, the sample was called āpositiveā.
āSamples of sewage water from the area are a basic parameter to
determine the success of polio campaigns. Moreover, the presence of the
virus in sewage also shows that the immunity level of children in the
area has fallen, and they are at risk of catching the disease,ā he said.
āThe Pakistan Polio Programme is already testing for the poliovirus
at 114 fixed environmental sites in the country every month. To further
enhance surveillance in high-risk areas, it has also been collecting
additional sewage samples from multiple sites periodically. Moreover, we
are also testing environmental samples collected from Afghanistan and
Yemen,ā the official said.
