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."
Bangladesh to UN aid agencies: Support relocation of Rohingyas to Bhasan Char island or leave the country
Saturday, September 07, 2019
Refugee township on Bhasan Char island (Google Earth image)
Bangladesh has informed the United Nation that if the aid agencies do
not support the government’s move to relocate around 1 lakh Rohingya
refugees to Bhasan Char island, the agencies will be asked to leave the
country.
Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, in an interview with
DW, said that the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar are overcrowded and some
of them need to be relocated to the newly constructed dwellings on the
currently uninhabited island on the Bay of Bengal.
Bangladesh is completing the construction of
1440 buildings on Bhasan Char island, each building meant for 16
families. The rows of identical houses made with concrete blocks and
steel with red roofs are almost ready,
with a group four buildings around a pond. The housing complex also
will have 120 cyclone shelters, built to protect the residents from
strong cyclones. These buildings will also function as hospitals,
schools, community centres, aid agency offices etc.
The Bhasan Char Island is a new island, formed only
twenty years ago from silts. Apart from being hit by cyclones, the
island also gets flooded during high tide. To protect from that, a flood
barrier has been constructed around the housing complex. The
constructions started in 2018, and most of the works have been already
completed.
