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."
Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Christian tortured to death for bathing in Muslims’ well
Thursday, March 05, 2020
Kasur District of the Terrorist State of Pakistan
Jihad Watch : “O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean…” (Qur’an 9:28)
Yes, in the Qur’an, Christians are considered polytheists: “And when
Allah will say, ‘O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, “Take
me and my mother as deities besides Allah?”‘ He will say, ‘Exalted are
you! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had
said it, you would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I
do not know what is within yourself. Indeed, it is you who is knower of
the unseen.” (Qur’an 5:116).
“Christian in Pakistan Tortured to Death for Bathing in Muslims’ Well,” International Christian Concern, March 2, 2020: 03/02/2020 Washington D.C. (International Christian
Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that Saleem
Masih, a 22-year-old Pakistani Christian, was severely tortured by a
Muslim landlord in Pakistan’s Kasur District because he used the
landlord’s tube-well to bathe. Three days later, on February 28, Saleem
died at Lahore General Hospital due to the severity of his injuries.
On February 25, Saleem was working as a day laborer in an
agricultural field owned by Sher Dogar in Bhagiyana village, located in
the Kasur District. Early in the morning, after Masih finished unloading
chaff in the fields, he rinsed himself off in a nearby tube-well. When
Dogar and other Muslims saw what Saleem was doing, they rushed over,
pulled Saleem out of the water, and began to beat him.
“They abused and tortured [Saleem] for ‘polluting’ the Muslims’
water,” Waris Masih, Saleem’s uncle, told ICC. “They got aggressive
because a ‘Choora’ (a derogatory term used to denote Pakistani
Christians as unclean) dared to make their water unclean. They claimed
this would make their entire crop filthy.” According to multiple reports, Dogar and six other Muslims, including
Muhammad Iqbal, Altaf, Ali Shehzad, Jabbar Arain, Mushtaq, and Haji
Muhammad, dragged Saleem to Dogar’s cattle farm where they chained him
down and tortured him for two hours. According to Saleem’s relatives, he
was beaten with sticks and iron rods, struck with electric shocks, and
rolled over by an iron rod, causing multiple fractures to his left arm
and ribs.
At approximately 9:00 a.m., Saleem’s father, Ghafoor Masih, was
called by the police to Dogar’s cattle farm. There he discovered Saleem
unconscious and bloodied due to the torture. Saleem’s father rushed him
to the district hospital where he received initial treatment, but was
transferred to Lahore General Hospital due to the severity of his
injuries. Saleem remained in a coma for three days until he died on
February 28….
“Christians and Muslims have been living in this village together for
over four decades,” Mian Muhammad Abbas, a Muslim community leader,
told ICC while condemning the attack. “We still want to live in peace.
This village and country belong to every citizen and we are sad for
Saleem Masih.”
