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."
Germany: Muslim migrant stabs 14 people after dropping smoking backpack on bus in Lübeck
Saturday, July 21, 2018
Jihad Watch : The perpetrator is apparently “Iranian and in his 30s.” Possibly related, despite the Shia/Sunni divide, is the fact that 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 — especially the spiteful and
filthy French — 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
be….
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 him. “Germany Lubeck bus attack: Knifeman injures 14 victims ‘after dropping smoking backpack’,” Mirror, July 20, 2018 :