<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=400019" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Under sights</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A terrorist was on top of <br>the tall white water tower<br>of the military camp<br>poisoning the drinking water, <br>or so we thought.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was on guard as a roaming picket<br>and the radio cracked<br>and told me <br>to get the enemy<br>on top of the water tower<br>under sights.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Just more than a section<br>of other troops on guard<br>gathered with me<br>and we spread out <br>and circled the tower<br>and hit cover where we could.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For a moment the dark figure<br>look ominous where he stood<br>next to the steel ladder<br>in the darkness of that moonless night.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We were ready to shoot<br>and were instructed to wait, <br>just before a spotlight<br>almost made him jump<br>over the edge.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There was no terrorist<br>that looked down at us, <br>just a military cook<br>trying to take his own life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One troop said<br>“lets help him<br>and get it over with”<br>and I could almost <br>feel him pull the trigger<br>but like steel my voice said<br>“stand down”<br>and a military psychiatrist <br>got him calm<br>while troops climbed the tower<br>and lowered him on a rope<br>and I wonder to this day<br>what left that soldier<br>totally out of hope?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=400019" data-title="Under sights de Gert Strydom" data-description="A terrorist was on top of the tall white water tower of the military camp poisoning the drinking water, or so we thought. I was on guard as a roaming picket and the radio cracked and told me to get the enemy on top of the water tower under sig..."></div> </div> </div>

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