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."
Azerbaijan: Muslims partially destroy yet another Armenian church in occupied Artsakh
Saturday, April 03, 2021
Shushi’s Armenian Kanach Zham Church
Jihad Watch : Islamic jihadists want to destroy the artifacts of non-Muslim
civilizations because doing so testifies to the truth of Islam, as the
Qur’an suggests that the destroyed remnants of ancient non-Muslim
civilizations are a sign of Allah’s punishment of those who rejected his
truth:
“Many were the ways of life that have passed away before you:
travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected
truth.” (Qur’an 3:137)
This is one of the foundations of the Islamic idea that pre-Islamic civilizations, and non-Islamic civilizations, are all jahiliyya — the society of unbelievers, which is worthless.
03/29/2021 Nagorno-Karabakh (International
Christian Concern) – Recent satellite and video footage reveals the
partial destruction of Shushi’s Armenian Kanach Zham Church. The city
and church now remain under Azeri control. In light of the most recent
damaged church, the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO)
called for the protection of Christian monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Satellite photos taken four months apart, one in October 2020 and one
in February 2021, show the church domes completely destroyed. Saint
John the Baptist Church, also known as Kanach Zham, reportedly faced
partial demolition by Azeri troops just days after Shushi came under
their control.
This vandalism against Armenian Christian heritage sites adds to the
list including Ghazanchetsots Cathedral of Shushi, St. Astvatsatsin
Church of Mekhakavan, and others. President Alivey also identified a
12th-century Armenian church to be an Albanian church and expressed his
intentions to renovate it….
