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Posted by MillRatUSMC aka Ricardo on 5/7/2006, 20:54:29, in reply to "My Blog message for May 2006 a bit early" Semper Fidelis
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My Dear Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon,
You wrote many poems to warn us of the futility of war.
But as men have done since Cain slew Abel,
We just keep duplicating the mistakes of the past.
Believing that old lie that you warned us about,
"Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori."
"It is sweet and honourable to die for one's country."
So we keep on repeating the act done by Cain,
Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
When will the cycle end?
Will men ever come to their senses?
Not as long as men keep believing that old lie.
"Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori."
Ricardo
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" Duty is the most sublime word in the English language.
"Excellence doesn't just happen.
"To control the past,
"They were the best you had, America,
and you turned your back on them". ~ Joe Galloway ~ Speaking about Vietnam Veterans HONOUR THY SERGEANT AND THY CORPORAL:
You can take the man or woman out of the Corps,
You can never do more,
you should never wish to do less."
~ Robert E. Lee writing to his son ~
It must be forged, tested and used.
It must be passed down.
And woven into the very fabric of our souls.
Until it becomes our nature."
~ General Charles C. Krulak ~
31st Commandment of the Marine Corps
Is to give meaning to the present,
And direction to the future."
THAT THY DAYS MANY BE LONG UPON THE CORPS
But you can't take the Corps out of the man or woman!
Poems of Some Young People and Some Marines