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 : Yes, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar have said nothing.
“One dead, two wounded from explosive device in West Bank,” by Anna Ahronheim, Jerusalem Post, August 23 2019:
A teenage girl was killed and her father and brother
were seriously injured on Friday in an explosion near a natural spring
near the Israeli settlement of Dolev in the West Bank in what the
military is calling a serious terror attack.
IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Ronen Manelis called the attack “a
serious terror attack” and said that the military is still not sure if
the explosive device was thrown at the family or if the device had been
planted in the stream and remotely set off.
Manelis said the military had still not determined if the terrorists,
who fled the scene, acted as part of an established terror group or
were working alone. Rina Shenrav, 17, of Lod, was critically wounded in the attack at Ein
Bubin spring and was treated at the scene before succumbing to her
wounds. Her funeral was scheduled for 3.30PM in the Lod cemetery.
Her father Eitan Shenrav is said to be conscious and in moderate
condition while his 19 year-old son is out of surgery and stable with
injuries to his entire body. The two men were evacuated to Hadassah Ein
Kerem for medical treatment by helicopter while the Rina was treated on
the spot.
According to reports, Eitan Shenrav received a commendation during
his reserve service when he thwarted a terror infiltration by two armed
Palestinians in the West Bank….
