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."
Wisconsin: Muslima who claims discrimination because of her hijab exposed as a fraud
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Sapphire Moon Chocolates
Jihad Watch : There are so few instances of actual “Islamophobia” that the
victimhood narrative and hysteria surrounding Muslims in the West has to
be constantly shored up with fake hate crimes. This may not be one, it
may be real, but the previous false claims cast doubts. “Support For A Muslim Business Owner Backfires Because Of Social Media,” by Gene Marks, Inc., November 25, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
There’s a curious story developing in Appleton, Wisconsin, a small town of about 75,000 residents located near Green Bay. The story is about Sapphire Moon Chocolates
and its owner Tarina Swanson. Swanson, who opened the chocolate and
sweet shop this past September, proudly calls herself a United States
Army veteran. She is also a Michigan-born Muslim who wears a traditional
hijab headscarf. Where I live, that fact would hardly raise an eyebrow.
But Swanson says her faith has attracted unwanted attention – even
discrimination.
When customers would enter her store she “would pop up over the counter and say, ‘Hi there,'” Swanson told local television station WBAY.
“They would look at me kind of blankly, and they would just turn around
and leave.” But that wasn’t all. In another report, Swanson says that
one woman assaulted her verbally and another woman stood in her doorway
and yelled that she “would never buy anything from a woman who wears a
headscarf.’” Hard to believe? Not really. Swanson’s story isn’t an
isolated tale.
“I believe her,” Mohamed Abdelazim, the leader of a local Islamic Center told the Appleton Post Crescent. “Some other members complained about similar things. It’s not very common in Appleton, but it could have happened to her.” To show support, a pastor and former college professor of Swanson’s
posted a photo and encouraged her friends to shop at the store. The post
garnered more than 4,000 shares and 3,000 reactions in just a few days
on Facebook and people began “lining up” to buy her chocolates. So, a
happy ending, right?
Unfortunately, not. Because here the story takes a turn. The well-intentioned Facebook post also drew the attention of someone
else: a private investigator working for an insurance company. The
investigator was looking into a $550,000 workmen’s compensation claim
that Swanson filed a few years before, alleging injuries she incurred at
her former employer. But those injuries were called into question
after the investigator visited the store and photographed Swanson
bending over and doing other physical chores. Because of these photos, a
judge last week awarded her an amount far less than what she expected….
Was she the victim of religious discrimination in the first place?
Given the times, it wouldn’t surprise me. But unfortunately her story,
once it became public, revealed facts about her which ultimately
influenced a judge to rule against her in another, unrelated case.
“It
did not go well because of the Facebook posts,” she admitted.
