Quote:
Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.
Kipling
Some things never change
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Yes they sometimes do, as the soldier in the poem is directed to sacrifice himself before losing his humanity, and start shooting the women. At least, that's the way I interpreted it.