Donkey vs. minefield

A decolorized photo of a group of WWII-era soldiers walking through a field of short grass. One of the soldiers carries a donkey on his back.

This picture from World War II, a soldier carrying a donkey. It is not that the soldier loves donkeys or has some sort of perversion. What's happening is that the field is mined and that if the donkey was free to wonder [sic] as it pleased, it would likely detonate a charge and kill everyone. The moral of the story is that during difficult times the first ones you have to keep under control are the jackasses who don't understand the danger and do as they please.

Here we go again.