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."
India: Hindu priest found brutally murdered with throat slit on the day of Holi festival
Thursday, April 01, 2021
Jihad Watch : Who could have done this? Information is scant at this point, but given
the manner and timing of the killing, it cannot be ruled out that it has
something to do with the Qurāanic command āWhen you meet the
unbelievers, strike necksā (47:4).
āUttar Pradesh: Temple priest found brutally murdered with his throat slit near Bulanshahr temple, police on alert,ā OpIndia, March 29, 2021:
On the day of Holi, a temple priest was found dead in a field close to a temple in UPās Bulandshahr. As per a report by Swarajya,
the police have informed that the sadhuās throat was slit using a sharp
weapon. Outrage has been reported by the aggrieved devotees against the
brutal murder of a sadhu, following which the police have been put on
high alert.
50-year-old Ashok Kumar, a priest, had come to work at the temple a
week back from Kailavan village in Salempur. The sadhu was found dead in
a mustard field, near the famous Dhakwale temple in Aanchru Kala
village of Shikarpur.
CO Bijendra Rastogi and Police Officer Subhash Singh arrived at the
scene after the body was discovered on Monday morning. The body has been
sent for postmortem. SSP Santosh Kumar Singh assured that the police is
investigating every aspect of the murder.
