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."
US slaps sanctions on two Turkish leaders over Pastor Brunson’s detention, Erdogan defiant
Friday, August 03, 2018
Jihad Watch : Said Erdogan: “You cannot make Turkey take a step back with
sanctions. They need to know the following: we are not tied with an
umbilical cord to the U.S.” Good. Rapidly re-Islamizing Turkey has not been a reliable ally of
the United States for some time, and it is foolish to pretend otherwise.
This sham alliance, and others as well, should be ended. “US Slaps Sanctions on 2 Turkish Political Leaders Over Andrew Brunson’s Detention,” by Samuel Smith, Christian Post, August 2, 2018: The Trump administration followed through on its threats
to take action against Turkey over the detention of American Pastor
Andrew Brunson by sanctioning two top government officials on Wednesday.
The U.S. Department of the Teasury’s [sic] Office of Foreign Assets Control announced
that it has sanctioned Turkey’s Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gul and
Minister of Interior Suleyman Soylu, both of whom lead agencies that are
responsible for the arrest and imprisonment of the 50-year-old North
Carolina native. “Pastor Brunson’s unjust detention and continued prosecution by
Turkish officials is simply unacceptable,” Treasury Secretary Steven
Mnuchin said in a statement. “President [Donald] Trump has made it
abundantly clear that the United States expects Turkey to release him
immediately.”
The sanctions come after Vice President Mike Pence and Trump vowed last week
that they would slap “significant” and “large” sanctions on its NATO
ally over Brunson’s detention. Pence made the promise during his keynote
speech last Thursday at the State Department’s Ministerial to Advance
Religious Freedom, a day after Brunson was released to house arrest after over a year-and-a-half in prison…. Brunson appealed to a Turkish court this week to be released from his home detention. However, his appeal was rejected on Tuesday.
