There he addressed British and Omani troops on the equally harsh soil of the Arabian peninsula - not far from where the world's most wanted man lived until he found his lethal calling.
The less harsh sentences came from the Manchester judge who announced, possibly in solidarity, that he too was exceeding the guideline.
It was harsh, but it was the only way not to smother.
bit harsh on bloggers, and bit rich from the revolving door to K St We're trying not to take it personally.
He denied Australia's harsh treatment of asylum seekers at detention camps on Nauru and Manus Island could count against the former prime minister.
But the relative isolation this harsh landscape affords also means the fishing villages, hill villages and maritime towns built on and under these slopes have been able to hold on to their charm and beauty as stubbornly as they've clung on to the mountains on which they're so precariously built.
This compares with 30% who feel that the Government is being too harsh.
As the Mouldy Lovers' Jonathan Sri told the Brisbane Times: "It's a bit harsh for people to criticise musicians for taking these gigs when musicians don't have economic power".
David Miliband has delivered a harsh critique of his brother's election campaign, saying it appeared to push the Labour party backwards from the principles of aspiration and inclusion.
There is recognition that change is best accompanied by stability, and democracy only works if debate is conducted in a reasonable atmosphere where words can be bold, even harsh, but not inflammatory.
The Abbott government has tried to justify its harsh budget by claiming the existence of an emergency.
