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."
Jihad Watch : In FrontPage today I explain why the next Prime Minister of Canada will get along fine with the President:
For years, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has served as a
welcome counterpoint to Barack Obama, and the object of wistful musings
about what a fine President of the United States he would have been, if
only he had been born south of the border: generally realistic about the
jihad threat, determined to do what was necessary to meet that threat,
and a strong supporter of Israel.
But now Canada at last has its own Obama: Justin Trudeau. And that
means that Canada, like the United States, faces deep trouble ahead. The new Prime Minister of Canada, like Obama, has consistently
downplayed the nature and magnitude of the jihad threat and ascribed it
to other causes.
Christine Williams, a Canadian journalist and a
Federally appointed Director with the Canadian Race Relations
Foundation, has noted
that in the wake of the Boston Marathon jihad bombing, Trudeau issued a
bizarre statement: “There is no question that this happened because of
someone who feels completely excluded, someone who feels completely at
war with innocence, at war with society.”
