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."
This happened last week as well.
“Mayor intervenes after new vandalism at Hindu temple in The Hague,”
translated from “Burgemeester grijpt in na nieuwe vernielingen bij
hindoetempel Den Haag,” NOS, May 30, 2018 (thanks to Sounav):
The windows of the Hindu temple in the Schilderswijk area
of The Hague were broken last night. That happened a week ago, too.
“Very sad,” says Radjin Ramdhani, an assistant in the temple.
Mayor Pauline Krikke had direct contact with the temple board this
morning. “I have offered my support,” she says. “This vandalism has to
stop, and I have had extensive consultations with the police and ordered
them to install camera surveillance at the temple as quickly as
possible, and I hope that this will help restore peace and public
order.” Same offenders as last week.
Radjin Ramdhani hopes that the perpetrators will be found as soon as
possible. “I expect them to be the same perpetrators, who may have felt
emboldened after the incident last week, so they did it again,” he said
to Omroep West.
According to Ramdhani, it is the umpteenth time that the building and
visitors are the target of vandalism. During prayer services that were
held earlier in the garden, visitors were insulted and stones and
bottles were thrown at their heads.
