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UKRAINE: A Ukrainian soldier's thoughts: "What is War?"
Ukraineian Soldier ^ | 13 May 2015 | Sergy Yakovenko

Posted on 05/17/2015 7:16:55 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com

What is the war:

It when the wife of your 'sworn brother' has a Birthday, and all platoon gathers money so that he could buy her a gold chain and a pendent.

- it when you have tea in the morning with a friend, and at lunchtime you learned that he died.

- it when faithless people cross themselves and thank God after each mine bows up and did not get them.

- it is when the church questions is it right or wrong to help a soldier who fights with weapons in hand, while sinful people are selling their possessions and risking their lives to bring food, medicines and warm clothes to the front.

- it is when you come home and you shudder at any sudden noise.

- it is when you wake up in the middle of the night and find yourself looking for any machine gun nearby.

- it is when automatically you peer into numbers of cars and you try to make out who sits in the cabin.

- it is when you start crying when you hear from the two-year-old daughter say the words: "The father is coming home!"

- it is when you try to go home and you stand an hour with the raised hand on the road and nobody stops. And do you think at this time - and whether it is worth it to continue fighting or let these people will see - what is.

- it when you want to cry, and but there are no tears.

- it when from vodka does not kill less people, than from bullets.

- it when you are called by friends and ask: "and why did you go there?!"

- it is when you can't wash tour feet for two weeks, no more wet towel wipes and it is good when there is a snow.

- when your wife says through her tears: "darling, have you not done enough," but thus adds not to give up!!!

It when, where, when... And you all the same will not give up.

Glory to Ukraine! Praise be to Jesus Christ! Live friends in the World!


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: agitprop; faith; feelbadagitprop; military; soldier; ukietrolls; ukraine

1 posted on 05/17/2015 7:16:55 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

Our slimy MSM could learn a lot fron this.

If they coukd read.


2 posted on 05/17/2015 7:28:59 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Da Coyote

There are none so blind as those who will not see.


3 posted on 05/17/2015 7:46:07 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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