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Confessions Of A Catechumen And Ex-Marine

Above Photo: From Orthodoxyindialogue.com

War is hell. War is often unnecessary, but through the evil in our hearts we let it be and we encourage it, we engage it in fantasy primarily through Hollywood and gamer culture while imposing its deathly reality on people far weaker than us. We in these United States rarely see the suffering, the death, the disease, the famine that we impose on other nations. That we imposed on those peoples who are original to this continent. In the eyes of popular culture the soldier is not a harbinger of death, but a youthful soul seeking adventure who toughens up through the grim reality of combat.

Nothing could be further from the truth. War is death. War is hell on earth. In war we all die. Some of us physically, some of us mentally, some of us spiritually. In war, death is the only guarantee.

Memories

Memory #1
Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego June 2001
 
We are running in formation. A drill instructor (DI) leads the cadence (chant). The platoon responds in unison withKILL. We chant KILL every time our left foot strikes the pavement.
 
DI: I went to the church house where all the people pray
 
KILL
 
DI: I pulled out my rifle and blew them all away
 
KILL
 
DI: I went to the schoolhouse where all the kiddies learn
 
KILL
 
DI: I tossed in a grenade and watched those f*ckers burn
 
KILL

Read the rest at Orthodoxyindialogue.com

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