THE ILLUSTRATED WAR PRAYER
Words by Mark Twain
Illustrations by the United States Government
Compiled by Michael Rivero
of What Really Happened
| “O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle — be Thou near them! With them — in spirit — we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved fire sides to smite the foe. |  |
| O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; |  |
| help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead |  |
| help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; |  |
| help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; |  |
| help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, |  |
| sports of the sun flames of summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring Thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it |  |
| — for our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimage, make heavy their steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet! We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts. Amen.” |  |
– Mark Twain, “The War Prayer”.
From another angle, a photo of the Iraqis killed by the invaders while trying to surrender.
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Brkic Sulejman said,
May 25, 2008 at 3:23 pm
May I use this please?
Brkic Sulejman said,
May 25, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I thought you may be interested.
I write from Japan.
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Brkic Sulejman said,
May 25, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Very interesting blog.
desertpeace said,
May 25, 2008 at 4:11 pm
You may use ANYTHING from my Blog at ANYTIME
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May 25, 2008 at 4:40 pm
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Easterling said,
May 25, 2008 at 5:40 pm
The truth, as always, is mightier than the illusion of truth! PEACE
Robin said,
May 26, 2008 at 12:17 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSmP-ti_mWs
It’s not about “our boys” dying, it’s about our boys volunteering to kill, ruin and destroy. End the occupation of Iraq NOW, send every single cent that is spent on our occupation yearly there, interest free for the next hundred years, yeh, take McCain up on the length of time we might “be involved”, give it to the Iraqi people to rebuild THEIR country and pray to God in heaven, that we some day will be forgiven for our crimes of humanity against the Iraqi people.
gmathol said,
May 26, 2008 at 1:59 am
Sorry, I do pray only for the innocent victims of wars.
Brkic Sulejman said,
May 28, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Thank you
S.