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."
Islamic violence against Christians dwarfs the reverse, but Muslim lives matter. Christian lives do not
Saturday, March 23, 2019
As we noted, following the Mosque attack in New Zealand virtually every democrat used it to blame Donald Trump
and pretty much anyone on the right who looks like him. There was a
conflation of white supremacists, white nationalists and white men. This
attack got an immense amount of coverage in the press. What doesnāt get
the same attention are the constant attacks on Christians worldwide. Over at ROP there is more. During the last 30 days:
During this time period, there were 117 Islamic attacks in 22 countries, in which 797 people were killed and 790 injured.
90,000 Christians worldwide were killed in 2016 for the crime of being Christian.
Christians continued to be the most persecuted group across the globe in 2016, according to a study. The upcoming report from Italian-based Center for Studies on New Religions,
determined that 90,000 Christians were killed for their beliefs
worldwide last year and nearly a third were at the hands of Islamic
extremists like ISIS. Others were killed by state and non-state
persecution, including in places like North Korea.
90,000.
Let that sink in for a moment. How many deaths have you heard about?
The very few you know about are characterized in a very different
manner. Remember the Pulse shooting? 49 killed by a Muslim gunman in a gay nightclub. Islam has a homophobia problem, but that was completely glossed over.
Remember the San Bernardino shooting? 14 people were killed by a Muslim couple. No one talks about it now. No one brings it up.
