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."
Islam is Not a Peaceful Religion: A Rebuttal of Mehdi Hasan (Part 1) By Isaac Marshall
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Jihad Watch : The most popular defence of Islam that can be seen on YouTube today is by Mehdi Hasan in his Oxford Union debate on the topic āIs Islam a peaceful religion?ā
Mehdi Hasan is one of the most arrogant Islamic apologists seen today,
but donāt expect to see anything actually linked to Islam (by Mehdiās
own criteria) appear in Mehdi Hasanās defence of his religion. Not once
does he present any Islamic scripture. While you might think such a
travesty of a defence is easy meat for a rebuttal, the video has 5.3
million views on YouTube and has ample praise in the comments, so is
more than worth our time.
The context to Mehdiās speech is as a pseudo-rebuttal itself, to
Anne-Marie Waters and Daniel Johnstonās previous speeches as part of the
three-versus-three debate. The negative side was extremely poor, too,
never presenting relevant Islamic scriptural evidence to make the case
that Islam was not peaceful. The debate ended with a vote from the house
that Islam is a peaceful religion.
