<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=575732" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Combat Soldier</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Many accept the name of soldier, <br>Yet sit in the office, at the rear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Whilst the real soldier, the combat soldier, <br>Fight the enemy, eye to eye.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Their uniforms dirty, faces weathered, <br>Hands rough, minds tethered.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They’ve seen death’s hand, reaching for them, <br>Their friend’s, death did condemn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Their weapons are scratched, and used, <br>Long in the battle, they are abused.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">These soldiers seek refuge, in the wire, <br>Where many spend the operation in its entire.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> The combat soldier gets a short rest, <br>Only to go back out, confined by their vest.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For days they spend in a crosshair, <br>Terrorist seeking them, death they declare.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Combat soldier, many missions did you fulfill, <br>Many friends lost, forever still.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No esteem or awards will you receive, <br>Those with the rank, medals you will receive.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though the combat soldier defends the post, <br>Their treated like the lowest, or a ghost.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The soldier and combat soldier, aren’t the same, <br>The only similarities are in the name.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Joe+Moore">Joe Moore</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=575732" data-title="The Combat Soldier de Joe Moore" data-description="Many accept the name of soldier, Yet sit in the office, at the rear. Whilst the real soldier, the combat soldier, Fight the enemy, eye to eye. Their uniforms dirty, faces weathered, Hands rough, minds tethered. They’ve seen death’s hand,..."></div> </div> </div>

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