Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen 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 soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt 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."
Edmonton: No terror charges for Muslim who stabbed police officer and ran down pedestrians
Wednesday, October 04, 2017
Of course. What could this possibly have to do with terrorism? The Islamic State issued this call in September 2014:
So O muwahhid, do not let this battle pass you by
wherever you may be. You must strike the soldiers, patrons, and troops
of the tawaghit. Strike their police, security, and
intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents. Destroy their
beds. Embitter their lives for them and busy them with themselves. If
you can kill a disbelieving American or European ā especially the
spiteful and filthy French ā or an Australian, or a Canadian,
or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war, including
the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition against the
Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any manner or way
however it may beā¦.If you are not able to find an IED or a bullet, then
single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of their allies.
Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison himā¦.
When authorities react in this manner to what was quite obviously a
jihad terror attack, it is hard to take seriously their dismissals of
evidence that other attacks were jihad-related.
āMan charged with 5 counts of attempted murder for Edmonton attacks,ā CBC News, October 2, 2017:
