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."
“We Are Bigger than Your Jesus!” Extremist Persecution of Christians, March 2018
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
On March 26, medical staff and security guards at Services Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan beat to death a Christian father of four and injured five members of his family, including the pregnant sister he had brought because she was in labor. Pictured: The Department of Surgery at Services Hospital, in 2014. (Image Source: Baitaal/Wikimedia Commons)
Gatestone Institute : If any measure of peace between Muslims and Christians is to prevail, no church can exist in the village, local Muslims said. "The only houses of worship that can ever be built in this village are Muslim places of worship for Allah." — Watan International, Egypt. "The Al Shabaab are now hunting down the children in Mogadishu, and we have moved the care center to a bit safer location.... The children look devastated and malnourished, so we as a secret church do appeal to our brothers and sisters in the free world to consider extending a hand to these persecuted children." — Pastor of an underground church, Somalia. "[I]t seems that the Muslims intentionally wanted to pick a fight with us." — Pastor of King Jesus Church, Pakistan.
Muslim Slaughter of Christians
Pakistan: In a Lahore hospital, a throng of Muslim doctors,
security guards, and medical staff beat Christian family members — one
to death — because they tried to prevent another doctor from beating
their pregnant sister. According to Anil Saleem, the pregnant woman's brother, once they took her to the emergency labor ward at Services Hospital:
"Kiran [the pregnant woman] went to the doctor on duty,
Dr. Saira, who was playing with her cell phone while sipping on tea. Dr.
Saira told Kiran to wait outside until she finished her tea. We waited
for some time, but since Kiran was experiencing severe pain, she again
went inside the ward to request for immediate attention."
The doctor instantly began cursing the pregnant woman for bothering
her. "When my sister protested against the rude behavior, the doctor
started slapping her, throwing her on the floor. She asked my sister how
dare a Chuhri [a derogatory term for Christians] question her
order?" On hearing the commotion, Anil, his brother, brother-in-law and a
cousin entered the ward.
Once she saw them, Dr. Saira shouted to the
other doctors and security guards to lock the ward's doors from the
inside and "teach these Christians a lesson," continued Anil: "Around 15
to 20 paramedical staff and security guards and eight to 10 young
doctors ... lunged at us with iron rods, chairs, leather belts and other
things and started beating us." The men were severely injured.
Anil's brother, Sunil, died for lack of medical attention: "Most of
the doctors fled after the incident, while those who were present paid
no attention to our cries to help our dying brother." Sunil leaves
behind a wife and four children, the eldest ten, the youngest barely
three months old.
Although the assaulted Christian family filed charges
with police, no one was arrested. Instead, the police "wanted to take us
to the same hospital where we had been subjected to torture and also
lost our brother," Anil said. "Moreover, we have registered a murder
case against the doctors and other staff members, so how could the
police even think that the hospital staff will treat us fairly?"
