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."
1,037 Syrian refugees admitted in May: Two Christians, 1,035 Muslims
Sunday, June 05, 2016
This isn’t humanitarian aid, this is social engineering. Hundreds of
thousands of Christians were displaced by the Islamic State and other
jihad groups. But apparently they have no refuge in the United States
during the reign of Barack Obama.
“1,037 Syrian Refugees Admitted in May: Two Christians, 1,035 Muslims,” by Patrick Goodenough, CNS News, June 1, 2016:
(CNSNews.com) – The number of Syrian refugees admitted
into the United States jumped to 1,037 during May – an increase of 130
percent over the previous month – but the proportion of Christians among
them remains miniscule: two Christians (0.19 percent) compared to 1,035
Muslims.
May’s figure of 1,037 Syrian refugees brings the total number since
the beginning of 2016 to 2,099 – compared to 2,192 for the whole of
2015, according to State Department Refugee Processing Center data.
Earlier years since the Syrian civil war began saw much smaller
numbers arriving – 20 in 2011 (dated from mid-March); 41 in 2012; 45 in
2013; and 249 in 2014. Of the 2,099 Syrian refugees admitted so far this year, six (0.28
percent) are Christians, 2,043 (97.3 percent) are Sunni Muslims. The
remaining 50 are 17 (0.8 percent) Shi’a, 30 (1.4 percent) other Muslims
and 10 (0.47 percent) Yazidis.
Similar proportions are seen in the number of Syrian refugees having
arrived in the U.S. since the start of fiscal year 2016: 2,773 in total,
comprising 12 (0.4 percent) Christians, 2,703 (97.4 percent) Sunnis, 17
(0.6 percent) Shi’a, 30 (1.1 percent) other Muslims and 10 (0.3
percent) Yazidis. And since the conflict erupted, of a total of 4,646 Syrian refugees
admitted, 60 (1.3 percent) are Christians; 4,422 (95.1 percent) are
Sunni Muslims. The remaining 163 include Shi’a, other Muslims,
Zoroastrians, Baha’i, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Yazidi, and refugees
identified as “other religion” or as having “no religion.”
Syrians of all faith and ethnic backgrounds have been fleeing their
homeland, with almost five million now registered by the U.N. refugee
agency UNHCR as “persons of concern.”
