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 : “Assistant Commissioner Glenn Weir said there was ‘zero evidence’ to
suggest the attacks were terrorism related. Ibrahim had no criminal
history and was estranged from the mother of his child.”
It may be that these attacks were not terrorism related. But the fact
that Ibrahim had no criminal history establishes nothing. There was a
point in every jihad terrorist’s life when he had no criminal history. The fact that Ibrahim was estranged from the mother of his child also
establishes nothing about whether or not his attacks were terrorism
related. Many men are estranged from the mothers of their children and
yet do not go on stabbing sprees of random people. Some men also are
jihad terrorists and are simultaneously estranged from the mothers of
their children.
“‘There’s nothing to indicate at this early stage that this is
anything other than a random act of senseless violence,’ Mr Weir said.” Maybe so. But the Islamic State issued
this call in September 2014: “So O muwahhid, do not let this battle
pass you by wherever you may be. You must strike the soldiers, patrons,
and troops of the tawaghit. Strike their police, security, and
intelligence members, as well as their treacherous agents. Destroy their
beds. Embitter their lives for them and busy them with themselves. If
you can kill a disbelieving American or European — especially the
spiteful and filthy French — or an Australian, or a
Canadian, or any other disbeliever from the disbelievers waging war,
including the citizens of the countries that entered into a coalition
against the Islamic State, then rely upon Allah, and kill him in any
manner or way however it may be….If you are not able to find an IED or a
bullet, then single out the disbelieving American, Frenchman, or any of
their allies. Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him.”
If that call or something like it had anything to do with Ibrahim’s
actions, how would they look any different from a “random act of
senseless violence”? He wouldn’t be carrying an ISIS membership card. He
need not have had contact with any ISIS members to have heard about
that call and decided to heed it.
“Police revealed Ibrahim spoke to them in 2018 about his concerns
that IS operatives from Mildura were out to kill him. He wasn’t taken in
for an assessment at the time but was flagged on the police system as
potentially having a mental health issue.” Maybe he does have a mental health issue. But the fact that he
thought that the Islamic State was out to get him does not in itself
prove that he is some “moderate” who would never undertake violent jihad
himself.
Has the whole world lost the ability to think clearly? Will this
incident be investigated properly, with examination of all
contingencies? Almost certainly not. “Killer in stabbing spree once claimed IS was out to get him,” by Paul Sakkal, Erin Pearson and Simone Fox Koob, The Age, March 12, 2020: