<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=575741" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Common Soldier & the Politician</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In times of problems and peril<br>The politician comes wagging his tail<br>Praying the soldier would bail him out<br>And he does so without fail.<br> <br>Once the peril is over<br>Lives are lost and medals won<br>The widow is patted on her back<br>And the politician's job is done<br> <br>Then starts the silent battle<br>Then starts the difficult fight<br>The soldier's family lives on unsung<br>Through the lonely night<br> <br>The politician spends a charmed life<br>And on his dying day<br>People who forgot men of steel<br>Applaud the man of clay<br> <br>I wonder if there'd be wars<br>If politicians had to lead the charge<br>If our ministers became the soldiers<br>And the PM became the Sarge</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Kishore Asthana</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Kishore+Asthana">Kishore Asthana</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=575741" data-title="The Common Soldier & the Politician de Kishore Asthana" data-description="In times of problems and peril The politician comes wagging his tail Praying the soldier would bail him out And he does so without fail. Once the peril is over Lives are lost and medals won The widow is patted on her back And the politician's jo..."></div> </div> </div>

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