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."
Canada-based Sheikh to Egyptian Christians: If you don't turn the other cheek, the fire will burn you
Thursday, October 03, 2013
"Canadian Sheik to Egyptian Christians: If You Don't Turn the Other Cheek, the Fire Will Burn You," from MEMRI, August 16 (thanks to Blazing Cat Fur):
Following are excerpts from a Friday sermon held in
Edmonton, Canada, delivered by Sheik Shaban Sherif Mady, which was
posted on the Internet on August 16, 2013:
Shaban Sherif Mady: Our Islamic nation has been defeated through
treachery. The only thing left for the Arabs is the Egyptian army. So a
conspiracy was hatched by that Al-Sisi, whose mother was a Moroccan Jew
called Malika. She came to Egypt and received Egyptian citizenship.
Oh Christians of Egypt, why did you do this to yourself? The security services who killed you in the days of Mubarak are ruling today. They are the ones who are burning down your churches. They are the ones who are killing the Copts. Why, [Coptic Pope] Tawadros? Don't you know that you, who sparked the fire of civil strife, will be the first to be burned by it?
Why did you do this to yourself? Why did you violate the words of Jesus: "Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right check, turn to him the other too"?
Oh Tawadros, why did you violate the words of the Holy Book about love? Where is this love? Your churches are full of weapons, and you have become the vanguard of the so-called "Egyptian security service."
You are the ones who are doing the killing on their behalf? Why are you doing this to yourselves? The fire will burn you!
