Today marks the Day of Remembrance – also known as Armistice Day
or Poppy Day - a memorial day that Commonwealth countries have observed since
the end of World War I to in honour of those servicemen who fell in the line of
duty.
On this day I remember those who died on active service as members of the South African Defence Force and of course, those men from Executive Outcomes who died trying to make Africa a better place. You will never be forgotten.
Let us remember them with the words of Robert Laurence Binyon's poem "For the Fallen":
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Good men gave their lives to rid the world of evil men.
ReplyDeleteThat is the bottom line.
Many people scream anti war and berate soldiers but when the barbarians are at the gate those same hated soldiers are suddenly called hero.
If it were not for good soldiers paying the ultimate price the world would have ceased to be inhabited by people eons ago.
RIP. Wayne Ross Smith and all those who paid the ultimate price bringing an end to decades long war in Angola and Sierra Leone.
Amen to that, Mike.
ReplyDeleteFar too many good men have died - and will still die - to ensure the agendas of those who mean evil.
For those we have lost, there can be no replacements.
Rgds,
Eeben