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 : The Washington Post has unwittingly demonstrated the truth that Islam is not a religion of peace, a message it has been loath to acknowledge.
On Sunday, it carried the obituary of
self-styled ISIS Caliph Ibrahim, also known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,
under this original headline: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Islamic State’s ‘terrorist-in-chief,’ dies at 48. Inexplicably, a few hours later, it revised the headline to read, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies at 48.
After unremitting sarcasm on Twitter and other social media sites, the Post editors reconsidered again and ran the obituary under a third headline: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, extremist leader of Islamic State, dies at 48.
So, which was he? An austere religious
scholar or the terrorist-in-chief extremist leader of the most vicious
and diabolical terror organization in modern history? The answer is,
both.
This does not sit well with most
Westerners, who think of austere religious scholars as those locked away
harmlessly in monasteries or ivory towers minding their own business
among ancient, dusty tomes, having nothing to do with beheadings, rapes,
torture, slavery and the leading of totalitarian conquests on bloody
battlefields. In none of the major world faiths are religious scholars
linked with the vile behaviors associated with terrorism — except Islam.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi took this to heart,
and became a scholar-terrorist in the mould of his hero. There is no
question that in the eyes of the Islamic world he was a true religious
scholar — he obtained his B.A., Masters degree and Ph.D. in Islamic
studies from the Islamic University of Baghdad.
Few Muslims have studied their religion
with the rigor and verve evidenced by al-Baghdadi.
One might say he was
the paragon of Islamic scholar-terrorists.
