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."
Sri Lankans retaliatory Attacks on Mosques After Easter Jihad
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Anti Muslim riots for killing Christians in Sri Lanka
Once again diversity showing its great strength...in destabilizing nations. Sri Lankan police struggled to keep up this weekend with a series of mob attacks on mosques, the latest occurring Monday, in retaliation for a series of suicide bombings on Easter that killed over 350 people. The assailants are believed to belong to the country’s Buddhist majority.
The Colombo Telegraph reported Monday that President’s
Counsel Mohamed Ali Sabry used Facebook to offer a public tally of the
number of attacks that morning outside of the capital. The attacks
allegedly occurred while the government had imposed a curfew. “3 mosques, 1 jumma mosque and 2 small mosques were attacked and
pillaged in Kiniyama, Bingiriya in Kurunegala District while curfew was
in place this early morning,” Sabry reportedly wrote. “This is getting out of hand. Enough racism. It’s not going to solve the issues but further escalate it.”
Prior to these attacks, Reuters reported
that authorities had imposed a curfew in the first place in response to
a string of attacks against mosques and other locations frequented by
Muslims. In at least one case, police said they arrested the suspected
assailants but “people in the mostly Buddhist district [of Kurunegala]
then demanded their release.” Buddhist monks called for the
investigation of a local mosque in one instance shortly before the
attacks.
The attacks consisted almost exclusively of vandalism: broken
windows, damaged bicycles parked outside one of the mosques, and Qurans
left strewn on the ground in some mosques, an act of disrespects that in
some Muslim-majority countries would trigger prosecution.
