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."
Segregation in Central African Republic shows world's failure says UN official
Monday, May 05, 2014
Internally
displaced persons (IDPs) take a break on an armed AU peacekeeping
convoy escorting about one thousand Muslims from the capital Bangui to
the northern towns of Kabo and Sido, on the border with Chad, near the
village of Dekoua, Central African Republic April 28, 2014
Blazing Cat Fur : Segregating Muslims in Central African Republic to protect them from
Christian militia shows the world's failure to tackle a deepening
sectarian crisis, a U.N. official said on Thursday as the United Nations
scrambles to find thousands of peacekeepers.
Foreign troops have escorted thousands of Muslims to relative safety in
the country’s north, while thousands more have fled to neighboring
states. Peacekeepers helped around 1,300 Muslims out of Bangui on
Sunday, triggering looting and removing one of the last pockets of
Muslims from the capital. “It is a collective failure of the international community that we were
not able to provide the security for people in their homes,” said John
Ging, director of operations for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs. “If [the Muslims] stay they are likely to be killed. If they flee that's
not the solution,” he said. “The separation and segregation of
communities in this country is not a solution for
this country going forward.”Do shut up, you idiot! “Going forward” indeed! That expression alone qualifies you as an imbecile. It is the fault of whoever encouraged the Muslim Séléka to bring down
the previous government (and armed them). Or perhaps just the fault of
Islam period.
International community: what a joke. What is the “international community” anyway?