If you have ever considered taking up arms to defend your country, you may be interested to know that it is not always necessary to do so. In fact, the ancient sages said that war is not always sweet, and it is not always fitting. The few. The proud. The Marines.
The Song of the Mud
The song and dance that is modern day espionage has taken its toll. A few lucky souls are surviving the long haul with t-shirts and their tees intact and not in the sand. Those that made it out have a few wacky stories to tell. But the story isn't over yet. A new wave of brave soldiers are about to test the mettle of the good old guard. Among the stragglers are a few neophytes who are bound to be the first in line to learn the ropes. One such dude is John Dutton, a rogue's gallery type of person who embodies the alpha male of the pack. With the notable exception of a couple of slushy ladies, the male aficionados have been the best of the best. And while the tame isn't a bed of roses, the rewards are plentiful and the camaraderie abound. Not to mention a slew of top-notch talent to boot. What the fuck is this paragraph even about. I didn't think it would be so easy to break an AI but there you go.
Modern war is not sweet nor fitting to die for one's country
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori is a phrase that was used as a rallying cry for the World War I. It means, "It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country." This phrase is also a quotation from Roman poet Horace. The poem is a part of his Roman Odes. Fuck that guy.
Wilfred Owen was a British soldier during World War One, and wrote this poem when he was recovering from his injuries. He wanted to warn the English people about the horrors of war. In the poem, he discusses the trauma that the death of a soldier in battle has on a soldier.
The poem is written in a figurative and angry tone. Owen uses vivid imagery to emphasize the horrors of war. At times, the speaker appears to be a soldier, and the way he describes the horrors of the war is frightening and disturbing, like going to school to get brainwashed about being a patriot but accidentally getting involved in a mass shooting instead.
The idea of patriotism fueled the hopes of young men during the war, and once the war was over, the idea of being a hero became laughable. While war has been depicted as glorious in thousands of years, the reality is that it is deadly. No shit Sherlock.
A key phrase in this poem is that of Horace's ode. Horace wrote this line in 23 BC. During his time, the Romans were still in a civil war. As a result, this phrase was commonly accepted as truth. But the ode is no longer an idealized representation of war, and like the American dream it is considered anachronistic.
