Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen 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 soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt 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 : Rapidly re-Islamizing Turkey is not an ally or friend of the United States, and should be expelled from NATO. āErdoÄan govāt has released hundreds of ISIS prisoners from Turkish jails,ā by Levent Kenez, Nordic Monitor, November 2, 2019 :
Turkey has released hundreds of Islamic State in Iraq and
Syria (ISIS) prisoners from Turkish jails in the last year and a half,
according to Nordic Monitorās review of various official figures
provided by Turkish leaders.
The most recent figure on ISIS prisoners, which included both those
convicted and others who were in pretrial detention, was given as 1,163
on October 24, 2019 by Turkish Justice Minister AbdĆ¼lhamit GĆ¼l, who
shared the figure with reporters during a visit to the Turkish border
town of AkƧakale, across from Tel Abyad in Syria.
GĆ¼l, whose portfolio includes prisons and detention facilities in
Turkey, had stated in February 2018 that there were 1,354 people
affiliated with ISIS incarcerated in Turkish prisons, meaning that
around 200 ISIS prisoners have been released by the government since
then.
However, Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan announced on October
10, 2019 that there were around 5,500 ISIS members in Turkish prisons,
of which half were foreigners. Eight hundred fifty-one were already in
repatriation centers, awaiting deportation, ErdoÄan added. If that is
figure correct, thousands of ISIS prisoners must have been released
between October 10 and 24.
Similar contradictory statements were made last year by Turkish
officials as they scrambled to rebut widespread international criticism
that Turkey has been aiding and abetting jihadist groups including
ISISā¦.
