Romanian Military Thinking
Romanian Military Thinking
Romanian Military Thinking
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The The Soldier<br />
Soldier<br />
The The The The The Soldier. Soldier Soldier Soldier Soldier History invented<br />
Him as it needed Him. Without Him,<br />
His His His His His Highness Highness Highness Highness Highness the the the the the Soldier, Soldier Soldier Soldier Soldier history<br />
would have taken its course in an<br />
ordinary, linear, amorphous, tiring,<br />
depressing, obsolete, quite timeless<br />
way, without expectations and hopes;<br />
without victories and defeats; without<br />
big and small countries; without<br />
Hiroshima and any moon landings;<br />
without tragedies and any heart<br />
transplants; without providence<br />
and any epoch-making failures;<br />
without Napoleon and Peter the Great;<br />
without utopias and supersonic<br />
flights; without widows and countless<br />
orphans; without armistices and<br />
peace treaties; without ideals and<br />
subtle dogmas; without monuments<br />
and graveyards to unknown heroes;<br />
without crusades, holy wars and<br />
Nobel Prizes; without Americas and<br />
Columbus; without …<br />
Nowadays, on any of the military<br />
meridians of armed violence,<br />
from the lowest to the highest rank<br />
Le Le Soldat<br />
Soldat<br />
Le Le Le Le Le Soldat. Soldat. Soldat. Soldat. Soldat. L’histoire l’a inventé<br />
parce qu’elle a eu besoin de Lui.<br />
Sans Lui, Son Son Son Son Son Altesse, Altesse, Altesse, Altesse, Altesse, le le le le le Soldat, Soldat Soldat Soldat Soldat<br />
l’histoire aurait eu un cours commun,<br />
rectiligne, amorphe, épuisant,<br />
dépressif, désuet, tout à fait<br />
intemporel, sans perspectives et<br />
espoirs; sans réussites et défaites;<br />
sans grands pays et petits pays;<br />
sans Hiroshima et alunissage;<br />
sans tragédies et greffe de cœur;<br />
sans providences et tout échecs<br />
qui font époque; sans Napoléon<br />
et Pierre le Grand; sans utopies<br />
et le vol supersonique; sans veuves<br />
et orphelins innombrables; sans<br />
armistices et traités de paix; sans<br />
idéals et dogmes subtiles; sans<br />
monuments et cimetières aux héros<br />
inconnus; sans croisades, guerres<br />
saints et les Prix Nobel; sans les<br />
Amériques et sans Columb; sans …<br />
Aujourd’hui, en outre, sur<br />
n’importe quels méridiens militaires<br />
de la violence armée, du plus<br />
bas au plus élevé échelon de la<br />
hiérarchie, nous aimons de clamer<br />
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