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."
Netherlands: Muslim building owner evicts Jewish community from synagogue to open a restaurant
Thursday, August 02, 2018
Jihad Watch : “It’s a very heavy feeling that this thing can happen here in 2018.” This is the new, multicultural Europe. Celebrate diversity! “Restaurant owner evicts Dutch Jewish community from synagogue,” by Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA, July 30, 2018:
DEVENTER, Netherlands (JTA)
— The Jewish community of this Dutch city was evicted Monday from its
former synagogue in what members said was the first such occurrence in
years in the kingdom.
Members of Beth Shoshanna, a Masorti/Conservative Jewish congregation
of approximately 30 people, packed up and loaded into a van their Torah
scroll and other scripture, as well as other items used for worship and
furniture. The move followed a legal fight against the building’s new
owners, who are seeking to turn it into a restaurant. “It’s a very heavy feeling that this thing can happen here in 2018,” said Tom Furstenberg, the community’s chairman.
His community had been told to move out by the office of Ayhan Sahin,
a Dutch-Turkish developer and owner of several eateries, who in January
bought the building housing the Great Synagogue of Deventer with a
partner. Last week, the city blocked his plan to open an eatery in the 125-year-old synagogue.
But as the owners, Sahin and his associate can still determine who has
access to the building and have asked the congregation to move out,
according to Sanne Terlouw, a member of the congregation. The community has found a new home in the nearby municipality of Raalte.
“We will continue. But this means the end of centuries of Jewish life in Deventer itself,” Terlouw said.
