SNIPERS CREED: There is no hunting Like the hunting of man
And for those who have Hunted armed men long enough And liked it, Never care for anything Else thereafter E. Hemmingway
A life of hardship does not relieve one from the obligation to provide for others. Far from it. A life of hardship teaches just how much one must provide for others.
Before the first battle it's easy; all macho bragging about how many men you are going to kill and how you are going to win the war singlehanded. Easy WAR IS until the bullets fly, the blood flows, the screaming starts, until you are swallowed by the madness, the terror, the roaring dragon of death, A BLOOD SWOLLEN GOD. That is when you'll learn the truth about war, about yourself. Will you fight? Freeze? Turn and run? Charge the enemy in mindless rage? Will courage be rewarded our cowardice praised? Or will a bullet teach you the secret to the glory that is the RED BADGE OF COURAGE.