I remembered something that was nagging at me...
"The sweetest of which is bitter"
Zawahiri video Sept. 29th:
So I said they are two things
The sweetest of which is bitter.
But I will go to that
In which there is no shame
And enough for you are two things,
The best of which is captivity.
They say to me,
You've sold safety for death.
So, I said:
By God I have not suffered loss.
And will death abandon
Me for an hour
If captivity does not abandon me?
Death is loss, so choose that
Which preserves your memory
For a man has not dies as long
As his memory is preserved.
Bin Laden tape January 19, 2006
And after this experience, the solider is caught betweeen two fires. If he refuses to leave his military barracks for the patrols, he will be hit by the butcher of Vietnam's harsh punishments. While if goes out, he will be devoured by the duel of mines. So he is stuck between two things, the sweetest of which is bitter, which puts him under awful psychological pressure, fear, humiliation and coercion and his people don't care about him.
So the only solution he finds is to commit suicide, and this is what you have been hearing about. The suicide is a powerful letter to you, which he wrote with his life and blood as pain and regret gripped him.
Sweet and bitter - what does that conjur up?
Yep, cyanide - Almonds.
The almond is highly revered in some cultures.
The tree grows in Syria and Israel, and is referred to in the Bible under the name of "Shaked", meaning "hasten".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond#Sweet_and_bitter_almonds Ohshizzle, also from wikipedia - I didn't know that the almond is from the peachtree family.
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So, what does that all mean?
LOL, I haven't a clue.