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."
BCF : China’s ‘spy’ balloon, (or is it an errant weather balloon?), is
currently being tracked across America. Picked up above the Aleutian
Islands, it was buzzed by US planes above Montana and is now headed
eastwards as it is pushed by the prevailing Jet Stream.
The Pentagon has
decided not to shoot it down; it does not want debris landing on middle
America. China insists the balloon is used for meteorological research
and strayed because of bad weather. But the incident has prompted US
Secretary of State Antony Blinken to postpone his trip to China that was
scheduled for next week.
On a more sinister note … Dry run: Balloons called top ‘delivery platform’ for nuclear EMP attack
High-altitude balloons, such as the one China has floated over
mountain state military bases this week, are considered a key “delivery
platform” for secret nuclear strikes on America’s electric grid,
according to intelligence officials.
Spy balloons, used by Japan to drop bombs during World War II, are
now far more sophisticated, can fly at up to 200,000 feet, evade
detection, and can carry a small nuclear bomb that, if exploded in the
atmosphere, would shut down the grid and wipe out electronics in a many-state-wide area.
