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."
Indonesia: Muslims scream “Allahu akbar” as Christian gets four years prison for “insulting Islam”
Friday, August 03, 2018
Martinus Gulo
Jihad Watch : “Gulo, who is Christian, told authorities that he made the post
because he was upset that his own religion was criticized online.” But doubtless none of those who insulted Christianity were
prosecuted. Indonesia’s “electronic information and transactions law,
which makes it a crime to spread “hatred or animosity” against an
individual or group based on their race or religion,”only goes one way.
The West, which is well on the way to adopting similar laws, should
take note. But it won’t.
“Indonesian Christian jailed for Facebook post ‘insulting’ Islam,” AFP, July 25, 2018:
MEDAN, Indonesia: An Indonesian Christian has been
sentenced to four years in prison for a Facebook post that likened the
prophet Muhammad to a pig in the latest conviction under a controversial
hate-speech law. Dozens of Islamic hardliners cheered and shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God
is Great) as the court in Sumatra ruled that Martinus Gulo was hostile
toward Muslims in his post, which also said Mohammed sanctioned
bestiality.
The Medan District court on Tuesday ordered the 21-year-old
university student to pay a fine of one billion rupiah ($70,000) or
spend an additional six months in jail. “Finding the defendant guilty of misusing information by offending
believers through his Facebook account, I sentence him to four years,”
said presiding judge Saidin Bagariang. Gulo was convicted under Indonesia’s electronic information and
transactions law, which makes it a crime to spread “hatred or animosity”
against an individual or group based on their race or religion….
He was arrested in March after the militant Islamic Defenders Front reported his online post to police. Gulo, who is Christian, told authorities that he made the post
because he was upset that his own religion was criticized online….
