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."
Nigeria: Bishop says Islamic jihadis are bent on “killing Christians” and “destroying Christianity”
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Bishop Matthew Kukah
Jihad Watch : “Are we to deny the evidence before us, of kidnappers separating
Muslims from infidels or compelling Christians to convert or die?” Why, yes. Yes, we are. To do otherwise would be “Islamophobic.” “Islamist terror groups are set on ‘destroying Christianity’, says Nigerian bishop,” Christian Today, February 13, 2020:
Islamist terrorist groups causing havoc in northern Nigeria are set
on “killing Christians” and “destroying Christianity”, a bishop has
warned. Bishop Matthew Kukah, of Sokoto, said that Christians in the north of
the country are “marked men and women”, according Aid to the Church in
Need. He gave the ominous warning while delivering the homily at the
funeral of 18-year-old Catholic seminarian, Michael Nnadi, who was
murdered after being abducted from the Good Shepherd Seminary in Kaduna
last month.
“For us Christians, this death is a metaphor for the fate of all
Christians in Nigeria, but especially northern Nigeria,” he said. “For us Christians, it would seem safe to say that we are all marked men and women today.” Nnadi was one of four seminarians abducted from Good Shepherd on January 8. The other three were later released. Bishop Kukah went on to say that the north of the country “has become
one large graveyard, a valley of dry bones, the nastiest and most
brutish part of our dear country”.
The last few months have seen a number of brutal attacks against Christians in Nigeria. Last month, 13 Christians were killed by armed Fulani herdsmen in Plateau State on the same day as Nnadi and the other seminarians were abducted. On December 26, 11 Christian aid workers were killed in Borno State by the Islamic State in West Africa Province. The bishop was critical of suggestions that the attacks do not have a religious element. “Are we to believe that simply because Boko Haram kills Muslims too, they wear no religious garb?” he said.
“Are we to deny the evidence before us, of kidnappers separating
Muslims from infidels or compelling Christians to convert or die?”
