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."
Swedish Court Hands Out Light Sentence to Muslim Teen Rapists
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
A light sentence has been handed out to six teenage boys, aged 15 to 17, from the diverse Muslim community in Sweden for raping a 15-year-old girl
in a north-western suburb of Stockholm in March. Five of the teens were
found guilty of aggravated rape by the Solna District Court, with the
sixth guilty of attempted aggravated rape. Five of the boys were sentenced to over one hundred hours of
community service each, and have been ordered to pay 55,000 kronor
($8,500) each, in damages to the victim. The punishment given to the
sixth, if any, was not reported. The reason given for the light punishment was the fact that the boys
are minors. The Swedish court also concluded that the boys had already
been already punished to some extent by having their pictures and their
personal details exposed on the internet. The attack took place in early March at an apartment in Tensta, where
teens took turns raping the girl. Four of the boys confessed but denied
that they committed any crime. It is worth noting that the court never doubted that the incident
took place and that it was rape. The court found the girl's testimony to
be "a cohesive, long, and relatively detailed account" that did not
contain "any contradictions or elements to the story that could be
considered inexplicable". Continue to the article in full here........
