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Bonhoeffer #1
Bonhoeffer #1by Michael DoyleIt’s a boyhood hope for invincibilitySuddenly cloaked in feigned invisibility,A game is on for “catch me if you can”.These were the ways of Dietrich as a young man.His older brother goes off to fight the war.As a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Boyhood Gme, Buried, Christianity, Church, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Faith, Invincability, Invisiblity, Jazz, Jesus, Lessons of Life, Poetry and Poems, The Bible, the Word, Theology, War, Weight of War, Word of God, World War I, World War II
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First Principles: My Life Has Been Devoted To Arms, Yet I Look Upon War At All Times, and Under All Circumstances, As A National Calamity To Be Avoided If Compatible With National Honor
“My life has been devoted to arms, yet I look upon war at all times, and under all circumstances, as a national calamity to be avoided if compatible with national honor.” – Zachary Taylor
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Tagged Arms, Avoiid, Compability, Devotion, First Prnciples, National Calamty, National Honor, War, Zachary Taylor
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The Will To Survive
The Will To Surviveby Michael DoyleIn a soldier’s final score,Only the dead know the end of war.Shrouded in the sadness of despair,Life is hobbled by a world so unfair.We keep on fighting shadowsThough each of us is certain and knowsThe … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Battle, Chance, Crime, Dead, Despair, Family, Generals, Ghost, Glory, History, Infernal War, Jesus, Life, Line, Love, Morning Light, Poetry and Poems, Priority, Rumor, Score, Shadow, Soldier, Story, Survival, Survive, Truth Be Told, Twilight, Unfair, War, Will, World
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City of David
City of Davidby Michael DoyleOlder than the empire of the ByzantineEven older than Ancient Greece,The City of David can be readily seenEven after 3800 years of war and peace.Pillars and pottery record the storyOf an indigenous people honoring God’s glory.Long … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Greece, Bond, Brush, Brutality, Byzantine Empire, City of David, Conceal, Conection, Corrupt Countries, Crooked Insitutions, Dignity, Dust, Evidence, Forgotten, Gaza, God's Glory, Hatred, Indigenous People, Israel, Jewish, Jewish Homeland, Kingdom of Judah, Libel, Lies, Modern Archeology, October 7, One Nation, Palestine, Palestinian Resistance, People and the Land, Pillars and Pottery, Poetry and Poems, Politics, Pre-Existence, Reavel, River, Rmnants, Sands of Tiime, Sea, Severance, Shards, Story, Sublime, Terrorists, The 12 Tribes, The Stones Speak, Travesty, Truth, Veracity, Violece, War, War and Peace, zionism
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The Fight After the Fight
The Fight After the Fightby Michael DoyleThe first death you seeStrips away a layer of life’s dignity.It stays with you like an aura you wearWhile you fight the pangs of despair.The pain grips you by the heart.As you look into … Continue reading
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Tagged Aura, Battle, Bury, Christmas Season, Dead and Gone, Despair, Dignity, Due, Eyes, Family, Fight, First Death, Glory, Heart, Lack, Layer, Life, Love, mental-health, Misery, Move On, Mystery, Night, Pain, Pan, Pangs, Poetry and Poems, Rattle, Rucksack, Saber, Soul, Story, Treason, War, Writing
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Thought For the Day: The Object of War Is Not To Die For Your Country But To Make the Other Bastard Die For His
“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.” – General George S. Patton Happy Veterans Day, especially to my fellow Veterans and their families.
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Tagged Country, Death, Die, General George S. Patton, Object, Thought For the Day, War
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Thought For the Day: A Great Civilization Is Not Conquered From Without, Until It Has Destroyed Itself From Within
“A great civilization is not conquered from without, until it has destroyed itself from within. The essential causes of Rome’s decline lay in her people, her morals, her class struggle, her failing trade, her bureaucratic despotism, her stifling taxes, her … Continue reading
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Tagged Class Struggle, Conquer, Decline, Despotism, Destroy, Failing Trade, Great Civiliization, Morals, People, Rome, Taxes, Thought For the Day, War, Will Durant, Within, Without
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First Principles: Let Us Recollect That Peace Or War Will Not Always Be Left To Our Option.. However Moderate or Unambitious We May Be
“Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.” – Alexander Hamilton … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, First Principles, Moderate, Moderation, Option, Peace, Recollect, Unambitious, War
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A Soldier Thinks On War and Peace
A Soldier Thinks On War and Peaceby Michael DoyleSantayana told a soldier’s life was true,When in a soliloquy written as if for you,He reminded us that only the dead have seen war end.The rest of us? We will fight on, … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind, Blood, Cost, Dead, Demoted, Eyes, Fight, General, Glor, Hell, History, Language Fail, Left Behind, Lost, Military, Mine, Moonshine, Poetry and Poems, Promoted, Reach, Rifle, Santayana, Sherman, Soldier, Soliloquy, Speech, Spoonful of Glory, Stumble, Think, Tuth, War, War and Peace, War's End, Whisper
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First Principles: A Strong Defense Is the Surest Way To Peace. Strength Makes Detente Attainable. Weakness Invites War
“A strong defense is the surest way to peace. Strength makes detente attainable. Weakness invites war, as my generation – my generation – knows from four very bitter experiences. Just as America’s will for peace is second to none, so … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Armed Forces, Bitter Experience, Detente, First Principles, Forbearnce, Gerald R. Ford, Nation, Peace, Power, Resolve, Security, Strength, Strong Defense, War, Weaknesss
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