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."
US National Public Radio producer Furkan Khan resigns after her Hinduphobic tweet goes viral in India
Friday, September 13, 2019
Furkan Kunt - The tweet invited backlash on social media as users slammed her for the tweet
Gulf News : New Delhi: I am surprised she is still alive being based in Delhi and all. The Indians are so very tolerant.
A producer with the US National Public Radio (NPR), Furkan
Khan, has resigned after her Hinduphobic tweet caused outrage among the
people of all religions. "If Indians give up on Hinduism, they will also be solving most of
their problems. What with all the piss drinking and dung worshipping,"
she had tweeted on September 9.
The tweet invited backlash on social media as users slammed her for
the tweet and drew parallel with messages of Pulwama terrorists who
killed 40 CRPF jawans in February this year. Khan later deleted the tweet, apparently in a bid to avoid being "misinterpreted". "I have taken the tweet down so that I am not misrepresented," she said, before apologising for what she had said.
"I wholeheartedly apologise for my earlier tweet. It was ill
considered and unacceptable. I deleted it. I didn't mean to disparage
Hinduism or hurt anyone's feelings. It doesn't reflect my beliefs and
principles. Please accept my sincere regret. I'll be off Twitter for a
while," she said on Wednesday.
"You can read that tweet a 100 times. Nothing, Absolutely Nothing
justifies it. I'm a Muslim but even I can't forgive you for what you
said, I doubt Hindus would or even should," retorted one Twitter user. NPR said that it regrets the unacceptable tweet by New Delhi-based producer Furkan Khan.
