You should have been drilled in the head while hiding in that spider hole. However the wait had to of sucked knowing you were going to be killed by hanging. The noose being placed around your neck. The silence right before the floor dropped.
Lights out!
I read in a news article that the assumption of recruiting foreigners into the Armed Services is essentially having mercenaries defending our country.
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I don’t know about you but I think this is just absurd. I know that despite what country you were born in you will endure the same training any red blooded American would. So just because you live in a different country and are recruited you are deemed a mercenary? Man I just want to smack some people in the ear lobe for being this dumb.
I served with a few non US Citizens that were in Iraq in a US Army uniform that went through the same training I did. Do those soldier’s earn their citizenship quicker? You damn right they do. They ought to get it the day they step foot in the war zone.
So back on topic about the Foreigner Recruiter = American Mercenaries. Is this shit really news worthy?
Into the night a soldier will go.
Clearing houses and roads don’t you know?
He zigs to the left and zags to the right.
Ensuring safety all through the night.
For the moment.
Not a bad guy was stirring.
Not even a mouse.
Assault bags full of treats.
From loved ones back home.
Fills the belly’s of these warriors all alone.
They live for the mission.
Hour by hour.
The blissful peace that is for the moment.
Ends with a shot midst their roaming
When the dust is settled.
And all is well.
The soldier drives on as he always will.
The reality of it is.
They know where they are.
And believe in what they do.
Give them credit when credit is due.
Goodnight Soldiers and Merry Christmas.
From one soldier to another.
I wish you well.
© American Soldier 2006
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