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."
Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah killing each other? It's a win-win.
(INN)
Arab media reported Sunday that a senior Hezbollah terror leader was
killed in recent days in a battle with Syrian opposition forces. The
battle occurred in the Damascus area. The reports did not identify the terrorist, but in recent days
Hezbollah-affiliated news outlets showed images of the funeral of senior
Hezbollah commander Ali Hossam Nasser. The funeral took place in the
area of Nabatiya in south Lebanon. Nasser is considered the supreme
commander of Hezbollah forces in Syria. If the report is correct, the death of Nasser is just one of the latest
in a series of setbacks for Hezbollah in Lebanon. Last weekend, rebels
in Syria claimed that they had killed at least 42 Hezbollah terrorists,
who were fighting with soldiers loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on
behalf of Iran. The deaths were reported by Arab television station Al-Arabiya, which quoted a rebel leader as saying that the operation was a “high quality one.”
Ahmed Jerba, leader of the National Syrian Coalition, the leading
political coalition opposed to the government of Bashar al-Assad, said
that at this point Iran and Hezbollah, and not Assad's army, were
leading the fighting against Syrian rebels. “Assad no longer runs
Syria,” Jerba told the Arabic language Al-Hayat newspaper. “The true rulers of Syria are the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah fighters,” he said.
