Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Fake photo of soldier stepping on girl goes viral (UPDATED)
Thursday, December 27, 2012
YNet Hebrew
notes that Facebook and other social media is awash with copies of this
image, often with a caption claiming that this is an IDF soldier
stepping on a Palestinian Arab girl:
YNet traced it back to a Twitter image from June, but that one was captioned as if it happened in Syria. There are thousands of copies throughout the Internet. Israeli site Tazpit noted it in June, and did some basic research:
The soldier in the photo appears to be holding a Kalashnikov AK47 which
is not used by the Israeli army, but used often by the Palestinian
police forces and terror organizations. The IDF is known for using M16
and M4 weapons, and its uniforms are different from the soldier's
uniform that appears on the photo. The Israeli Governmental Advertising Agency told "Tazpit" earlier today:
"the photo has been checked by the IDF Spokesperson and after
investigating, it seems that the photo is not authentic and that the
soldier is not Israeli. Unfortunately, the use of such photos is a known
method, trying to harm Israel's image on the internet and is part of
the social networks war of information".
I don't think it is from Syria. This looks completely staged. It might even have been some street theater. Daled Amos discussed this photo last year. (h/t Dan) UPDATE: A funny spoof:
Pun/phrase untranslatable without a lot of explanation, sorry. (h/t Kramerica) UPDATE 2: Tweeter Michal found the originals - and as I suspected, they were done as street theater, apparently in Bahrain, in December 2009 during celebration of the holiday of the 9th of Muharram:
