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Interesting figures from next door

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | 5 tough questions about asylum
posted by Carigeen at Thursday, May 01, 2003

 
I've been painting my house ...

and listening to the radio all last week.

There was a report about the funeral of a Dubliner in the Irish Guards killed in Basra.
He was a chess-player and a piper, apparently a much more interesting person than your normal squadie.
He was killed with a fellow member of the Irish Guards from Zimbabwe.

What did the people of Basra ever do to him that he went there with a weapon in his hands?
Why are the British and American armies filled with 'volunteers' from other countries?

Another Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries

It is a God-damned lie to say that these
Saved, or knew, anything worth any man's pride.
They were professional murderers and they took
Their blood money and impious risks and died.
In spite of all their kind some elements of worth
With difficulty persist here and there on earth.

Hugh MacDiarmid (C.M. Grieve) 1935


posted by Carigeen at Monday, April 28, 2003