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 Syria: Islamic jihadists invade Christian village, force Christians to live by Sharia law
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
From Jihad Watch : "In Kanayé Salafi militants and the jihadists of 'Jabhat al-Nousra'
have imposed on the pastor not to ring bells.
Women must not go out on
the street bare-headed, but must be veiled. And if they do not obey
these orders, the threat is massacre." Those are Sharia provisions:
under Islamic law, churches are forbidden to ring bells, and women, of
course, must cover their heads.
"ASIA/SYRIA - Kanayé, another Christian village invaded by jihadists that impose the Islamic law," from Agenzia Fides, December 16:
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian village of Kanayé,
Orontes River, in the Governorate of Idlib, has been invaded by Islamist
militants that terrorize the population, threaten a massacre and have
imposed the Islamic law. This is what was reported to Fides Agency by
Mgr. Giuseppe Nazzaro, vicar emeritus of Aleppo, who received an
alarming report by the faithful Christians of Aleppo.
This has become a
pattern that repeats itself and that in recent weeks has focused on a
number of Christian villages: armed guerrillas penetrate into the
village, terrorize civilians, commit kidnappings, kill, sow destruction.
"In Kanayé Salafi militants and the jihadists of 'Jabhat
al-Nousra' have imposed on the pastor not to ring bells. Women must not
go out on the street bare-headed, but must be veiled. And if they do not
obey these orders, the threat is massacre", reads a note of Msr. Nazzaro, sent to Fides.
