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."
The British Town Where 'Migrants' Outnumber Residents By NICK CRAVEN
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Daily Mail : It’s Britain’s biggest and most
controversial camp for asylum seekers whose 800 mostly male migrants
will soon outnumber the residents of the village it abuts.
But while the Wethersfield centre has been criticised by everyone from refugee charities to anti immigration politicians like Priti Patel, the one group who have been conspicuously silent have been those residents themselves.
And
MailOnline has found that the likely reason for the curious hesitancy
of locals to discuss their plight is the fear of being condemned in a
‘woke backlash’ by outsiders as intolerant or - worse - even racists.
Wethersfield Airfield Asylum Accommodation, to use its formal title, is situated on the site of an old RAF and sometime US Air Force base in rural Essex.
And
while it’s impossible to find anyone who supports the facility, it’s
also obvious that many do not want to speak out against the camp
publicly for fear of being accused for their views - despite it being a
fraught subject in village groups on Facebook, WhatsApp and the like.
It’s
not unusual as a journalist to find people who don’t want to speak on
the record or be photographed - but when it’s a village of 707 and a
national issue on their own doorstep, the reluctance of those in
Wethersfield to talk is certainly strange.
Some
villagers will tell you off the record how they do not feel safe
walking the streets and country lanes at night due to the threat of
anti-social behaviour by groups of men roaming the area.
