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."
Bangladesh: Muslims threaten journalists whose “freedom of expression breaks the limit”
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Jihad Watch : So many jihadi threats against journalists lately, and they’re all so
easily solved: we should send to Bangladesh some of the “journalists”
who consistently downplay or deny the jihad threat, demonize and smear
those fighting against it, and churn out puff pieces about Islamic
supremacists and terror-tied mosques — people such as Christiane
Amanpour, Manya Brachear, Niraj Warikoo, Bob Smietana, Kari Huus, Dave
Weigel, Michael Kruse, Lisa Wangsness, Anne Barnard, Dylan Baddour and
the like.
Then the Ansarullah Bangla Team would be assured of favorable
coverage, and all would be well. I think it would be a wonderful gesture
of outreach on behalf of the Western media. Start packing, folks.
“Bangladesh investigates alleged radical threat against media,” by Julhas Alam, Associated Press, October 20, 2015: Bangladesh police said Tuesday they are investigating an
email sent to various media organizations reportedly by a banned
Islamist group threatening to topple “towering buildings” and telling
the media not to run anything that goes against what it called jihad.
