Least We Forget The Truth

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This poem whose authorship is disputed reminds us why it is sometimes necessary to go to war preferrably with the comfort of a Busse knife close at hand:

It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the soldier who salutes the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag who allows the protester to burn that flag.

[God bless and protect our military people who stand in harms way on our behalf.]
 
Hooah. Below is one of my favorite pieces of "infantry" prose...

Men may argue forever on what wins their wars
and welter on cons and pros.
And seek their answers at history's doors,
But the Man With the Rifle Knows.
He must stand on the ground on his own two feet,
And he's never in doubt when it's won.
If it's won he is there, if he's not it's defeat.
That's his test when the fighting is done.

When he carries the fight it's not with a roar
of armored wings spitting death.
It's creep and crawl on the eathen floor,
Butt down and holding his breath.
Saving his strength for the last low rush,
Grenade throw and bayonet thrust;
And the whispered prayer before he goes in,
Of a man who does what he must.

And when he's attacked , he can't zoom away,
When the shells fill the world with their sound.
He stays where he is, loosens his spade,
And digs his defense in the ground.
That ground isn't ours till he's there in the flesh
Not a gadget, or a bomb, but a man.
He's the answer to theories which start afresh
With each peace since war began.

So let the wild circle of argument rage
On what wins as war comes and goes.
Many new theories may hold the stage,
BUT THE MAN WITH THE RIFLE KNOWS.

---Author Unknown
 
Here's to the men who pick up the rifle....past,present and future... in the cause of freedom!
 
SpearHead,

That is great!!!!! Wow!!!! That screams the truth.

Thanks man!!!!


Jerry
 
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