Today I’ll write about a soldier.
Not ours, not yours, not anyone’s in particular.
Nameless or a hero.
It doesn’t matter.
Many people can’t even imagine what a person experiences while in a trench, in a burning tank, in a falling airplane...
A soldier is always an act of incredible courage.
Even if he says they gave him a rifle and all he did was shoot somewhere in panic...
A soldier is always a tragedy.
If a soldier starts shooting, it isn’t his fault.
It is the fault of the people who either went too far somewhere or failed to listen to their Wise Men and Saints somewhere.
In ancient times, the first soldier was always the King.
I will repeat this especially clearly:
IN ANCIENT TIMES, KINGS WAGED WARS
And the warriors helped them.
That is why, in all truthful and REAL historical films, you see the King at the head of the army. And the king fought the king.
He did not hide.
If he hides, he is not a King; he is filth that should be flushed down the toilet!
I was surprised to learn that there were no large-scale wars in ancient times at all.
At best, 100 men fought another 100 men, and that was the whole war.
I am exaggerating.
The nonsense being written now about the Battle of Kurukshetra merely shows people’s ignorance.
In reality, 100 men fought 100 other men.
They made some noise and shouted—that was the whole war.
Some films simply show absurdity: armies numbering in the thousands fighting each other...
That never happened!
I mean times approximately 2,000–5,000 years ago.
The population of any country simply could not feed more than 100 warriors.
Nowadays, ordinary people are simply sent to war—in third-world countries.
It is better in developed countries: people go knowingly because they possess the qualities of a warrior.
That is why the armies are strong.
Although small in number, just as in ancient times, actually.
But the first soldier is always the country’s leader.
Do not quarrel with the King of another country if you intend to hide behind the backs of your soldiers.
Quarrel if you are ready to fight in an honest duel on the battlefield.
Nothing has changed in thousands of years.
That is why there used to be fewer wars and fewer people died.
Because there are plenty of windbags. Those capable of holding a sword are few.
In the past, it was like this: you insulted someone—go to war. YOURSELF. If you didn’t go, it would have been better for you to die in a duel, because you would be despised both by the person you insulted and by your own people, your own soldiers.