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."
Iranian ayatollah decries peaceful Islam as “American Islam”
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
“Islam commands us to be firm against the enemies and be kind and
compassionate toward each other.”
Where does Ayatollah Sayyed Yousef
Tabatabaeinejad get this idea? Why, from the Qur’an: “Muhammad is the
messenger of Allah; those with him are harsh against the disbelievers,
merciful among themselves…” (48:29)
Will the American Islamic apologists who insist that Islam is
peaceful and that those who think otherwise are greasy Islamophobes take
the Ayatollah Sayyed Yousef Tabatabaeinejad to task for
misunderstanding the religion which he has spent his life trying to
understand properly?
Don’t hold your breath. “Non-revolutionary Islam is “American Islam” – Shiite scholar,” Iran’s state-controlled Ahlul Bayt News Agency, May 9, 2016: Ayatollah Khamenei’s representative in Esfahan province
emphasized that non-revolutionary Islam is the same as “American Islam”
and revolutionary Islam is the same as pure Muhammadan Islam. AhlulBayt News Agency – Ayatollah Khamenei’s representative in
Esfahan province of Iran, Ayatollah Sayyed Yousef Tabatabaeinejad noted
the anniversary of the establishment of Iran’s Organization for
Mobilization of the Oppressed (Basij) on the orders of the late Imam
Khomeini and stated:
“The Basij was established during the [Iran-Iraq]
War and it also established a revolutionary spirit for the entire nation
and it still has this revolutionary spirit.” The Supreme Leader’s representative in Esfahan province emphasized
the fact that the revolutionary Islam is the same as pure Muhammadan
Islam, saying: “Some say our Islam is not revolutionary Islam, but we
must say to them that non-revolutionary Islam is the same as American
Islam. Islam commands us to be firm against the enemies and be kind and
compassionate toward each other and not be afraid of anything.”
