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."
Iranian Police Accost Family of Jailed Pastor in Home
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Bos News Life : TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iran's feared secret police "assaulted" the wife and children of jailed evangelical Pastor Behnam Irani after they
raided their home, a family supporter told BosNewsLife late Sunday,
December 15.
"We received word from one of our sources that the Iranian secret
police broke into the home of Kristina Irani, the wife of [the]
imprisoned pastor," said well-informed Jason DeMars, who assists them
with advocacy. "They confiscated her laptop computer and Christian materials she had in
her home," added DeMars, director of advocacy group Present Truth
Ministries. "While the secret police were in her home they were yelling at her and
doing their best to scare her," he said. "This really frightened the
children, Rebekah and Adriel." INTENDING FEAR DeMars stressed that the "assault on their home" was "intended to bring the maximum amount of "fear to silence them." The raid comes after the evangelical leader was told by a court to remain behind bars because he "did not change". Speaking to BosNewsLife through an interpreter recently, Pastor Behnam
Irani made clear he remained faithful to Christ, despite court pressure
to return to Islam. "I've the joy of the Holy Spirit. I'm very thankful for Christian
activists who are fighting alongside with us," added the pastor at the
time. He is among at least 100,000 devoted evangelical Christians in the
strict Islamic country, according to church estimates.
