Posted by
KsReaganite on Monday, May 12, 2008 6:47:58 PM
A very moving little poem, courtesy of my colleague. All the more relevant not only because of tens of thouands of men and women in uniform deployed overseas, but also as last week marked two important anniversaries in the history of freedom.
May 6 was the 60th anniversary of the re-establishment of the State of Israel with a united Jerusalem as its ancient and eternal capital.
May 8 was the 63rd anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, marking the surrender of the Nazi war machine to the Allied forces of the British Commonwealth and the United States.
God and the soldier
we alike adore
In times of danger
but not before
The danger past
and all conflict righted
God is forgotten
the soldier slighted
The word 'soldier', I am sure, encompasses sailors, airmen, and Marines