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 : For the Catholic Church today, it’s the Muslim-Christian dialogue
above all things. Unwelcome truths are not be enunciated. Here is the
reality of the situation in Nigeria: the article “A genocide against
Christians is silently unfolding in Nigeria,” by Kester Kenn Klomegah in
Modern Diplomacy, August 28, 2020, states this:
The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of
Law, – a Nigerian-based non-governmental organization that monitors
human rights violations and advocates for peace and integrated society, –
has asked the United Nations (UN), the Commonwealth Secretary General,
the African Union (AU) and Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS), and other international organizations to step up efforts to
address rising armed attacks mostly on civilians in the Federal Republic
of Nigeria.
The latest letter, a copy made available to Modern Diplomacy, titled
“Calling For Urgent International Intervention To Stop State Protected
Fulani & Other Jihadists From Wiping Out Christians In Nigeria” and
was addressed to H.E. (Mr.) Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the
United Nations, Rt. Hon (Madam) Patricia Scotland, QC Secretary General
of Commonwealth, H.E. (Ms) Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the Int’l
Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor, ICC Headquarters, among
others.
It said in part: We, the International Society for Civil Liberties
and Rule of Law, are a federally registered human rights group in
Nigeria, formed in 2008 with thematic mandate of campaigning for
promotion and advancement of democracy and accountable governance, civil
liberties and rule of law and public security and safety.
As a core part of our thematic mandate, Intersociety has, since 2010,
followed, monitored (including patterns and trends of anti-Christian
butcheries), researched, investigated, documented and published or
exposed inter faith and intra faith intolerance and violence including
massacre of Christians by Jihadists in Nigeria or any part thereof and
persecution of Shiite Muslims by Sunni Muslim political and security
actors.
Intersociety strongly opposes use of violence for religious
propagation and adoption whether in principle or in practice, of any
particular religion as a state religion by any sitting Government or its
security and law enforcement agencies. As a result of the above, Your Excellencies; and with greatest
respect and humility, we wish to bring the attention of Your
Excellencies to the following facts:
1. That Christians are at high risk of being wiped out by state
protected Islamic Jihadists, especially the Jihadist Fulani Herdsmen,
parented by three major Fulani associations (Miyatti Allah, FUNAM and
Fulani Houta lHore), all recognized and registered till date by the
present central Government of Nigeria. Other jihadist groups massacring
Christians in Nigeria are: Boko Haram, ISWAP, Ansaru and Jihadist
“Bandits”. Of the named Jihadist groups, Jihadist Fulani Herdsmen enjoy
full state cover and protection and are also independently found
dominating other jihadist groups.
2. That from January to July 2020, Jihadist Herdsmen have been
responsible for no fewer than 1,027 Christian deaths and destruction or
burning of thousands of houses and hundreds of worship and learning
centers belonging to Christians. All their victims since 2015 and before
then are Christians. The Jihadist group is further responsible for over
15,000 Christian deaths and destruction or burning of at least 1,500
churches and Christian learning centers in Nigeria since 2009.
3. That combined with anti-Christian killings by other Jihadists
including Boko Haram, ISWAP, Ansaru and Jihadist “Bandits”, over 32,000
Christian lives and more than 17,000 churches and Christian schools have
been lost since July 2009. Owing to the inaction and strongly suspected
conspiratorial role of the present central Government of Nigeria since
mid-2015, the number of Jihadist groups in Nigeria has also increased
dangerously and uncontrollably from three (BH, Ansaru and Herdsmen) in
mid-2015 to not less than 20 including splinter and autonomous jihadist
groups….
Yet Antonio Filipazzi would have us believe this is not a religious
conflict. However, these jihad groups target only Christians. “Pope’s Envoy Fails to Name Boko Haram,” by Jules Gomes, ChurchMilitant.com, August 31, 2020:
