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."
Interfaith outreach in Nigeria: Muslims murder at least 205 Christians
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
From Jihad Watch : "Life has become unbearable for our church members who have survived
these attacks, and they are making worship services impossible." But
remember: the real problem is "Islamophobia."
"At least 205 Christians Killed by Fulani Herdsmen in Benue State, Nigeria," from Morning Star News, December 17:
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Reports of Christians
attacked in central and northern Nigeria draw more attention, but in
more southerly Benue state Islamic extremists killed at least 205
Christians in the last six months alone, sources said.
In the southeastern part of Nigeria’s middle belt, Benue state’s
Agatu Local Government Area saw deadly attacks on Christian farmers by
Muslim, ethnic Fulani herdsmen from May through November that displaced
an estimated 10,000 people, Christian leaders said.
As in attacks in Plateau state, several of the assailants appeared to
be mercenaries from outside the area rather than herdsmen, and locals
questioned how the Fulani became so heavily armed. In some of the
attacks a herdsmen spokesman alleged stolen cattle as the reason for the
bloodshed, but frequently the Nigerian press asserted that motives for
the attacks were unknown.
Christian leaders, however, said they had no doubt the Muslim assailants aimed to demoralize and destroy Christians.
