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."
“A Policy of Hatred, Enmity, Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, March 2021
Monday, April 19, 2021
Azeri soldier mocks a Last Super fresco inside a “conquered” Armenian church last month.
Raymond Ibrahim : The following are among the abuses inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of March, 2021:
Murder and Mayhem at Churches
Indonesia: On Sunday, Mar. 28, a newly wed Muslim couple launched a suicide attack
on Sacred Heart Cathedral in Makassar, during Palm Sunday service.
Thanks to security, who prevented the motorcycle-riding couple from
entering the building, only the two suicide bombers died in the blast
near the building’s entrance; about 20 churchgoers were also injured.
The female suicide bomber was four months pregnant. Had the couple
managed to enter the cathedral, the blast would likely have massacred
dozens of Christian worshippers. The husband suicide bomber was a
member of a jihadi cell that had bombed other churches before—including
the 2019 Jolo church bombing in the Philippines that left 20 Christians
dead and over a hundred injured. He left a suicide note saying he was “ready to die a martyr.” According
to one report, “Indonesian supporters of Islamic State (Isis) are
calling for more attacks” on Christians and churches following this
attack.
Nigeria: On Mar. 30, armed “bandits,” likely Islamic terrorists, attacked St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Benue State; the priest and six others were killed in the raid. According to a statement from the local diocese:
After
celebrating Mass and while he [the priest] prepared to leave … to renew
his priestly vows alongside his brother priests, there was pandemonium
among the internally displaced persons who took refuge in the parish
premises. Fr Ferdinand went out to find out the cause of the confusion.
He was shot in the head as he tried to take cover after sighting armed
gunmen.
The murderers continued shooting at the fleeing Christians and killed six more.
Separately in Nigeria, around mid-March, Muslim riots erupted and Christians and their churches came under assault after Christian schools asserted their right not to enforce the hijab, the Islamic head covering, onto their students. According to a statement by President of Kwara Baptist Conference, Reverend Victor Dada.
