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 : Islamic tolerance from Mamluk Egypt. In my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS,
I recount that in 1301, according to the fourteenth-century Muslim
historian Ibn Naqqash, the vizier of Gharb in North Africa visited the
Mamluk sultan al-Malik an-Nasir and several other high dignitaries in
Cairo, including the emir Rukn ad-Din Baybar al-Jashangir, “who offered
him magnificent presents and received him with the greatest
distinction.”
But the vizier was not happy with what he had seen in Egypt: the
dhimmi Jews and Christians were “attired in the most elegant clothes”
and “rode on mules, mares, and expensive horses.” Even worse, they were
“considered worthy of being employed in the most important offices, thus
gaining authority over the Muslims.”
Back home in Gharb, by contrast, the Jews and Christians were
“maintained with constraints of humiliation and degradation. Thus they
were not permitted to ride on horseback, nor to be employed in the
public administration.”
The emir Rukn and several others were impressed, and “unanimously
declared,” according to Ibn Naqqash, “that if similar conditions were to
prevail in Egypt this would greatly enhance the [Muslim] religion.”
New rules were implemented swiftly. Ibn Naqqash continued: “The
churches of Misr [old Cairo] and Cairo were closed and their portals
were sealed after having been nailed up….Next, the dhimmis were
dismissed from the public administration and the functions that they
occupied in the service of the emirs. They were then prohibited to ride
horses or mules. Consequently, many of them were converted to Islam.”
Of course: the light of its truth was shining brightly.
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