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Valley of Death

by Open-Publishing - Monday 24 March 2008
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Wars and conflicts USA

The Charge Of The Light Brigade

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Memorializing Events in the Battle of Balaclava,
October 25, 1854,
Written 1854

Half a league half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred:
’Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns’ he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

’Forward, the Light Brigade!’
Was there a man dismay’d ?
Not tho’ the soldier knew
Some one had blunder’d:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do & die,
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley’d & thunder’d;
Storm’d at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.

Flash’d all their sabres bare,
Flash’d as they turn’d in air
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army while
All the world wonder’d:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro’ the line they broke;
Cossack & Russian
Reel’d from the sabre-stroke,
Shatter’d & sunder’d.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.

Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley’d and thunder’d;
Storm’d at with shot and shell,
While horse & hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro’ the jaws of Death,
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.

When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wonder’d.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!

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As you may know, George W. Bush has three brothers and a sister. Together, the five Bush children have produced 10 combat-capable adult children who are suitable for military service in this, a time of war declared by their father or uncle.

These children are the president’s daughters, Jenna and Barbara; Jeb’s sons George P. and John Ellis Bush Jr., and daughter, Noelle; Neil Bush’s daughter Lauren and son, Pierce: Marvin Bush’s son Marshall; and Dorothy Bush Koch’s son Samuel, and daughter Ellie.

So far none of them have chosen to take up arms in this so called "war on terror," this "great battle for freedom" — this "noble cause," that he and his cohorts lied and conspired to get the U.S. into.

Military service is not for their kind of people, only domestic help wear uniforms.

"So!" - Richard B. Cheney

"Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh." - George W. Bush

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