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."
Nigeria’s VP says he has seen rich people become jihad terrorists
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Jihad Watch : This would be an obvious point, just like the fact that Islam is not a
religion of peace, were it not so often denied. CNS News noted in
September 2013 that “according to a Rand Corporation report
on counterterrorism, prepared for the Office of the Secretary of
Defense in 2009, ‘Terrorists are not particularly impoverished,
uneducated, or afflicted by mental disease.
Demographically, their most
important characteristic is normalcy (within their environment).
Terrorist leaders actually tend to come from relatively privileged
backgrounds.’ One of the authors of the RAND report, Darcy Noricks, also
found that according to a number of academic studies, ‘Terrorists turn
out to be more rather than less educated than the general population.’”
They’re motivated by ideology — by their beliefs. But since that line
of thinking leads directly to Islam, Western leaders and analysts
search endlessly for some other plausible explanation — a search that
leads them farther and farther away from reality. “Osinbajo: I’ve seen rich people join terrorism,” by Isiaka Wakili, Daily Trust, October 20, 2015:
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says apart from those
participating in terrorism for money, he has seen well-to-do people
being recruited into the act. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and
Publicity, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Tuesday, quoted his boss to
have said this at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday while
receiving the United States Special Envoy on Counter Terrorism
Communication, Rashad Hussain.
