Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen 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 soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt 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."
Israel: US BDS student activist who picked Israel to do her masters , denied entry.Cries foul play.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
EOTW : (Jerusalem) 22 year Lara Alqasem decided that she wanted to do her masterās degree on Human rights in Israel. So she applied and was accepted by the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
So she packed her bags and flew out last Tuesday. However when she tried to go through passport control, her name was flagged as a former president of the Students for Justice in Palestine group, which promotes boycott campaigns against Israel over its treatment of Palestinians. (BDS) and she was asked to leave the country as per Israeli law for being a member of a BDS group.
Makes you wonder how somebody who foams at the mouth when anything to do with Israel comes up, would pick a Jewish university in Israel. Well for this young lady, she found out the hard way that school boy politics donāt transfer over really well in the real world and instead of flying back to the US as she was ordered to, she decided to appeal and has spent the past week locked up. Naturally she is the victim in all of this, she has no internet, no access to the phone (but still managed to speak to her mother in the states) her bed is full of bed bugs, well so her mother states and she has nothing to do.
The universities on both sides of the world are demanding that Israel do the right thing and let her in, stating that she left the BDS group well behind , which is strange as she was president of her BDS chapter from 2016 to 2017. However Israel may allow her to remain. Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan, in a radio interview stated that he would rethink his decision to expel her if she apologizes and renounces her support for BDS.
"If Lara Alqasem will tomorrow in her own voice, not through all kinds of lawyers or statements that can be misconstrued, say that support for BDS is not legitimate and she regrets what she did, we will certainly reconsider our position."
Oh dear, Israel is going to make a foaming at the mouth hater eat her own words. This I have to see.
