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."
Christian Association of Nigeria says Buhari doesn’t stop jihadis because they’re his “kith and kin”
Tuesday, August 07, 2018
Jihad Watch : They’re onto something. “Buhari does not stop Fulani because they are his ‘kith and kin’ – Christian Association of Nigeria,” World Watch Monitor, August 2, 2018:
Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership is
more divided than at any time in the country’s history, the Christian
Association of Nigeria’s Adamawa State chapter has declared in a letter
sent to him yesterday (1 August). Condemning the “mindless massacre” of the predominantly Christian farming communities by Fulani herdsmen,
CAN claims that no prominent security operations are being carried out
against the herdsmen “because they are Mr. President’s kith and kin”
– referring to Buhari’s Fulani heritage.
“As Mr. President may be well aware, that there is hardly a day or
two that there is no major raid or two taking place; leaving scores of
local people across several communities dead, with properties worth
millions of Naira [Nigerian currency] destroyed,” the letter states. CAN says it is “disturbed” that the killings are ongoing despite its
repeated calls for toughened security measures. “The president must act
fast to prevent it,” CAN says. The organisation says there has been a “conspiracy of silence“
regarding the attacks as, CAN claims, government officials “detest when
journalists broadcast news on herdsmen killings”.
Calling for an immediate order from Buhari to the military to stop
the attacks, CAN demands protection of lives and property; the
deployment of Special Forces in Adamawa, and the establishment of a new
military force there; justice and fairness, saying the government should
not take sides; and shelter, food and medical provision for internally
displaced people.
“We demand an end to killings in our state and the country at large,” the letter concludes….
