Hup, two, three, four, marching down the street
Rollin’ of the drums and the tramping of the feet
General salutes and the mothers wave and weep
Here comes the big parade
Don’t be afraid, prices paid
One more parade
So young, so strong, so ready for the war
So willing to go and die upon a foreign shore
All march together, everybody looks the same
So there is no one you can blame
Don’t be ashamed, light the flame
One more parade
Listen for the sound and listen for the noise
Listen for the thunder of the marching boys
A few years ago their guns were only toys
Here comes the big parade
Don’t be afraid, prices paid
One more parade
So young, so strong, so ready for the war
So willing to go and die upon a foreign shore
All march together, everybody looks the same
So there is no one you can blame
Don’t be ashamed, light the flame
One more parade
Medals on their coats and guns in their hands
Trained to kill as they’re trained to stand
Ten thousand ears need only one command
Here comes the big parade
Don’t be afraid, prices paid
Don’t be ashamed, wars a game
World’s in flames, so start the parade
Hundreds of soldiers on Sunday patrolled parts of violence-torn Assam in the wake of an
indefinite curfew and shoot-on-sight orders issued after a wave of militant killings left 48
Hindi-speaking people dead.
The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) went on a rampage for two straight days
beginning from Friday killing 48 people and wounding 30 in separate raids in the three eastern
districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, and Dhemaji, targeting Hindi-speaking migrant workers.
Security forces have fanned out across the region with the army, police, and paramilitary
troopers engaged in a systematic anti-insurgency offensive, Tinsukia district magistrate
Absar Hazarika said.
Authorities in eastern Assam have formed several peace committees involving leaders of all
communities to instill confidence among the Hindi-speaking minorities, many of whom are reported
to be fleeing their homes in panic.
These peace committees are working as vigilantes, helping the affected people come to
terms with reality and trying to heal the wounds, a police official said.
Most of the victims were from Bihar and had made Assam their home for decades, doing odd jobs
as brick kiln workers, fishermen and daily wage earners.
In 2000, ULFA militants killed at least 100 Hindi-speaking people in Assam in a series of
well-planned attacks after the rebel group vowed to free the state of all non-Assamese
migrant workers. The ULFA is yet to claim responsibility for the recent attacks.
There is no doubt that the killings are the handiwork of the ULFA, said Assam Chief
Minister Tarun Gogoi.
Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal is likely to visit Assam for an on-the-spot
assessment of the situation and review demands by the local government for additional
paramilitary forces to deal with the rebel flare-up.
… Witnesses said hundreds of migrant workers have fled their homes in eastern Assam.
People are leaving eastern Assam in all modes of vehicles and trains, moving to safer areas
out of fear, said Bimal Tiwari, a businessman.
Criminals Because They Were Born Ten Years Before We Took the Philippines.
New York Evening Journal, May 5, 1902
This editorial cartoon, from the May 5, 1902 New York Evening Journal, was drawn in protest of the burning of Samar, in late 1901, during the American occupation of the Philippines. News of the campaign eventually reached the United States, and the commander, General Jake Howling Smith, faced a court martial in May 1902, on charges of conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline. During the trial it was revealed that Smith had ordered his soldiers to shoot anyone over the age of ten who had not surrendered, as potential enemy combatants. Smith, found guilty, was given a verbal reprimand and retired without further punishment.
