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."
AFDI Responds to Absurd Seattle King County Claim That We Are AGAINST Free Speech In Trying to Run Counterterror Ad
Sunday, June 03, 2018
Jihad Watch : My organization, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI),
believed that this public awareness message was critical to national
security and should run.
We are constantly being clubbed with the claim
that āmoderate Muslimsā abhor and reject the acts of terrorism that are
constantly committed in the name of their religion, so why would they
object to a wanted poster featuring Islamic terrorists who supposedly
have twisted and hijacked their peaceful religion? Why would āmoderate
Muslimsā provide cover for jihad terror? Why, indeed.
AFDI submitted a virtual copy of the FBI ad to run on Seattle
transit. The cowards at Seattle King Metro refused to run the ad,
claiming that it was disparaging to Muslims. Reality is disparaging to
Muslims? Our legal team at the American Freedom Law Center has responded:
The so-called āGeller Banā referred to by the County is
nothing more than a concerted effort by government officials to
discriminate against Plaintiffs by seeking to close forums for
Plaintiffsā speech because the officials dislike the message. Plaintiffs
refuse to surrender their freedoms to these government censors.
Click here to read our entire reply brief in our case against King County. This is a key freedom of speech case, with enormous implications far
beyond this one ad. We will never give up in our fight against this
flagrant attempt to suppress our most fundamental freedom.
