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5. kipling had it right about afghanistant, as brits, ruskies and yanks learned...

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Mon Apr 22, 2019, 12:38 AM

Apr 2019

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.
- last verse of “The Young British Soldier” - 1892

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Have you read Kim? What did you think of it? [View all] bobbieinok Apr 2019 OP

My opinion is that Polly Hennessey Apr 2019 #1

I haven't read it, but I have a different tale of literary weirdness ProudLib72 Apr 2019 #2

Great story but white supremacy wasn't hard to find in Kipling's works mikehiggins Apr 2019 #3

I have found Kipling almost impossible to read. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #4

A friend tells this story about a Kipling incident in school. Wolf Frankula Apr 2019 #10

Wow. I'm impressed. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #11

kipling had it right about afghanistant, as brits, ruskies and yanks learned... msongs Apr 2019 #5

At 1 point Watson is said to have fought in Afghanistan. IIRC was on disastrous retreat bobbieinok Apr 2019 #6

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I enjoyed it for what it was -- had to read it after reading this book -- eppur_se_muova Apr 2019 #8

Thanks for info. His works sound very interesting. bobbieinok Apr 2019 #9

As an avid reader I've always enjoyed Kippling's writing. abqtommy Apr 2019 #12