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A Day on the Desert
(By General Sayed Hossein Katebi)
The hot baking desert sun was burning our faces and boiling our bloods. We were counting the moments to finish troubleshooting the faulty system in the rocket. From our arrival at this burning spot until then, we had to suffer the ruthless sun heat, without any shelter. At 3 P.M we were informed that the missile was launch-worthy.
At general's go ahead, the target plant took off. Within seconds, the missile was launched. The plane was shot down. A helicopter took off to fetch the plane wreck. We were covered by soft desert dust to the extent that nobody could recognize us. After shedding the dust, I said, "General. I have a request"
I said, "Now that you have turned us into desert wanderers with a bonus, at least be our witness." He said, "one what?"
My answer was, "Please witness that we have tolerated so much dust in this that we might be exempted later on.
The general got the point and said, "I myself tolerate so much dust, so that I might not be ashamed in God's presence.
The world is not complementing with us. You must prove yourself in this country, always bearing in mind that in the event of another war, nobody will give anything to us. We will not be backed by anyone, so we must think about basic planning and build ourselves from within.
Because, waiting for others' help is mere illusion, and thinking like this, we may anything."
The hot baking desert sun was burning our faces and boiling our bloods. We were counting the moments to finish troubleshooting the faulty system in the rocket. From our arrival at this burning spot until then, we had to suffer the ruthless sun heat, without any shelter. At 3 P.M we were informed that the missile was launch-worthy.
At general's go ahead, the target plant took off. Within seconds, the missile was launched. The plane was shot down. A helicopter took off to fetch the plane wreck. We were covered by soft desert dust to the extent that nobody could recognize us. After shedding the dust, I said, "General. I have a request"
I said, "Now that you have turned us into desert wanderers with a bonus, at least be our witness." He said, "one what?"
My answer was, "Please witness that we have tolerated so much dust in this that we might be exempted later on.
The general got the point and said, "I myself tolerate so much dust, so that I might not be ashamed in God's presence.
The world is not complementing with us. You must prove yourself in this country, always bearing in mind that in the event of another war, nobody will give anything to us. We will not be backed by anyone, so we must think about basic planning and build ourselves from within.
Because, waiting for others' help is mere illusion, and thinking like this, we may anything."
