tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post5519063349681906007..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Candid biography of cartoonist Mauldin shines light on worst of warNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-65853016187429705972017-05-30T16:15:09.320-05:002017-05-30T16:15:09.320-05:00Mauldin was special.Mauldin was special.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46036926343240073762017-05-29T09:28:30.263-05:002017-05-29T09:28:30.263-05:00The civilian tendency to sentimentalize and glorif...The civilian tendency to sentimentalize and glorify war has, throughout history, had some pushback from real warriors. That soldier's soldier the Duke of Wellington said, "Next to a battle lost the greatest misery is a battle gained."<br /><br />The tendency became stronger in the Great War. Siegfried Sassoon wrote:<br /><br /> "The Bishop tells us: 'When the boys come back home<br /> They will not be the same<br /> For they'll have fought<br /> In a just cause: they lead the last attack<br /> On Anti-Christ, their comrades <br /> Blood has bought<br /> New right to breed an honorable race<br /> They have challenged death and dared him face to face."<br /><br /> "We're none of us the same!"<br /> the boys reply,<br /> For George lost both his legs <br /> And Bill's stone blind,<br /> Poor Jim's shot through the lungs<br /> and like to die<br /> And Bert's gone syphilitic<br /> You'll not find<br /> A chap who's served that hasn't<br /> found some change"<br /> And the Bishop said:<br /> "The ways of God are strange."<br /><br />Tom<br /><br /> Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-18089799479211557792017-05-29T07:47:18.145-05:002017-05-29T07:47:18.145-05:00A hearty dose of blasphemy indeed.
johnA hearty dose of blasphemy indeed.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.com