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."
Raymond Ibrahim : Gatestone Institute : Two of the most tragic Islamic attacks on Christians, killing several
women and children, took place in the month of October, one in Syria
another in Egypt.
On October 21 in Syria, the U.S.-supported Islamic rebels invaded and
occupied the ancient Christian settlement of Sadad for over a week,
till ousted by the military.
During that week, “the largest massacre of Christians in Syria,”
in the words of Orthodox Archbishop Alnemeh, took place. Among other
things, 45 Christians—including women and children—were killed, several
tortured to death; mass graves were discovered; all of Sadad’s 14
churches, some ancient, were ransacked and destroyed; the bodies of six
people from one family, ranging from ages 16 to 90, were found buried at
the bottom of a well (an increasingly common fate for “subhuman” Christians).
The jihadis even made a graphic video (with
English subtitles) of those whom they massacred, while shouting Islam’s
victory-cry, “Allahu Akbar” (or “Allah is greater,” which John McCain equated to a Christian saying “thank God”). Another video, made after Sadad was liberated, shows more graphic atrocities.
The day before rebels invaded Sadad, on Sunday, October 20, the
Church of the Virgin Mary in Warraq near Cairo, Egypt, was attacked
during a wedding ceremony, leaving four dead and nearly two dozen
wounded. According to a report issued by forensics, two of those murdered were young girls, each named Mary:
12-year-old Mary Nabil Fahmy, who took five shots in the chest, and
8-year-old Mary Ashraf Masih (“Masih” meaning “Christ”), who took a
bullet in the back which burst from the front.
