RE: To the fallen/ Memorial day
May 31, 2010 at 10:33 am
(This post was last modified: June 2, 2010 at 1:05 am by Minimalist.)
Quote:Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
-- Quintus Horatius Flaccus
* It is sweet and honourable to die for one's country.
And it was a load of shit when Horace said it, too. We've just lost our 1000th man in Afghanistan. 3/4 of them died because Bush was an idiot and the last 1/4 have died because Obama is afraid to pull the plug.
Is it so "sweet and honorable" to die because your leaders are assholes?