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."
“2,000 Christians flee village following IS attack in Burkina Faso,” by Heather Preston, Premier, September 18, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Christian villagers in Burkina Faso have come under threat by IS extremists for refusing to convert to Islam. According to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), 2,000
villagers from Hitté and Rounga in Burkina Faso’s Loroum Province, fled
their homes following violent attacks by Islamist extremists earlier
this month.
Speaking about the attack on Hitté, ACN’s source said: “At the
beginning of September, 16 men arrived in the village, intercepting the
villagers who were returning from the fields. “Some of the men forced the people to enter the church where they
threatened the Christians and ordered them to leave their homes in the
next three days, while others set fire to whatever they found in their
path. Now Hitté is empty of any Christians and any catechumens.” 7,000 people reportedly sought shelter in the provinces’ capital, Titao.
The nearby city of Toulfé was the first town in the region to be
targeted when jihadists murdered five people in May, before moving on to
the town of Babo….
