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."
Saudi prince fires celebrity preacher over Brotherhood links and "extremist inclinations"
Monday, August 19, 2013
Billionaire prince fires renowned Kuwaiti motivational speaker Tareq al-Suwaidan for "extremist inclinations."
RIYADH (Reuters)
- Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has fired a renowned
Kuwaiti preacher and motivational speaker from the top job at the
religious television channel he owns for what he described as "extremist
inclinations" and links to the Muslim Brotherhood. Saudi Arabia has come out strongly in support of an army crackdown on
the Brotherhood in Egypt following the military overthrow of Islamist
President Mohamed Mursi last month. The Brotherhood's rise had unsettled
Gulf Arab states which feared it would embolden Islamists at home. The prince said Tareq al-Suwaidan, who has more than 1.9 million Twitter
followers and is known across the Arab world for his lectures on
self-improvement from an Islamic perspective, had identified himself as
"one of the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood" during a lecture in
Yemen. "There is no place for those who carry any deviant thoughts at Al
Resalah Channel," Alwaleed wrote in a letter to Suwaidan, according to a
news release from the prince's office. Prince Alwaleed said in the letter that he had repeatedly warned Suwaidan against political affiliation. Suwaidan responded on Twitter, "Only the weak worry about earning a
living, and no one abandons his principles but he who cares about
earthly matters." Prince Alwaleed's uncle, King Abdullah, on Friday called on Arabs to stand together against "attempts to destabilize" Egypt, in a message of support for the military leadership.
