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."
Jihad Watch : Now that the allegations of immigration fraud against Rep. Ilhan Omar have entered the mainstream, although she steadfastly refuses to address them,
it is important to remember that these charges are not the only reason
why she causes concern. Last March, Omar was the main speaker at a
private fundraiser in Los Angeles for CAIR.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) referred to September 11, 2001, as
a day in which “some people did something” during her keynote address
at a private fundraiser for the Council on American-Islamic Relations
(CAIR) of Greater Los Angeles last March.
“Some people did something.”
Was Omar hoping by this bizarrely vague formulation to make it appear
that the 19 Arab Muslims who carried out the 9/11 attacks should not be
identified as such because, clearly, they were “extremists” who had
nothing to do with the real Islam, and should not be identified with the
faith? She could have said “some people claiming to be Muslims carried
out the horrific attacks of 9/11.” That would have been both true (they
did “claim to be Muslims”), and also would thereby suggest that they
were “bad’’ Muslims, or perhaps not Muslims at all.
