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."
"Child marriages because people didn’t live as long back then in the 7th Century” – Really?
Monday, August 13, 2018
Jihad Watch : The Wives of Muhammad and Their Ages at Death:
Khadija[4] – age 65 Sawdah bint Zam’ah[5] – age 72 Aisha[6] – age 66 Hafsa bint ‘Umar[7] – age 61 Zaynab bint Khuzaimah[8] – age 30 Umm Salamah[9] – age 84 Zaynab bint Jahash[10] – age 51 Juwayriyyah bint al-Harith[11] – age 65 Safiyyah bint Huyay[12] – age 60 Umm Habibah bint Abu Sufyan[13] – age 73 Maymunah bint al-Harith[14] – age 80 Muhammad’s fifth wife, Zaynab bint Khuzaimah, was the exception among
Muhammad’s wives in terms of age at death. Leaving Zaynab out of the
equation, we find that Muhammad’s other wives died when they were
between 51 and 84 years old; the average age of death was 67.7 years.
Aisha herself lived to be 66.
The “Rightly Guided” Caliphs and Their Ages at Death[15]
These are the first four Muslim leaders after Muhammad died. They
were called “Rightly Guided” because they are believed to have held the
most firmly to the teachings and example of Muhammad.
Abu Bakr (the first Caliph) – age 63 ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab (the second Caliph) – assassinated at age 63 ‘Uthman bin Affan (the third Caliph) – assassinated at age 80 ‘Ali bin Abi Talib (Muhammad’s cousin and fourth Caliph) – assassinated at about age 61.
Muhammad died at age 62. We can see that three of his four successors
also lived into their early sixties, with the fourth even reaching the
age of 80 before he was assassinated.
