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."
Nigeria: Catholic bishop accuses government of spending billions to rehabilitate jihadis while their victims suffer
Wednesday, April 07, 2021
Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop
Jihad Watch : The Nigerian government supposedly rehabilitates and then frees the
jihadis. The reality behind this, however, is that deradicalization
programs are an abysmal failure everywhere they have been implemented.
From the Jihad Watch archives:
The whole premise of āderadicalizationā is that Islam is a religion
of peace that jihadis misunderstand, twist, and hijack. Since that is a
false premise, and warfare against unbelievers is actually taught in the
Qurāan and Sunnah, āderadicalizationā focuses on other issues, such as
āanger issuesā that the jihadi may have, his feelings of āalienation,ā
and the like.
But since none of that changes what the Qurāan and Sunnah say about
warfare against unbelievers, it doesnāt āderadicalizeā the jihadi at
all. A British psychologist behind a āderadicalizationā scheme has also admitted that
thereās no guarantee that jihadis can ever be ācured.ā And Jonathan
Hall QC, the UKās independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said there was āno magic bullet or special pillā that could help to change convicted extremists.
āBuhari Investing Billions To Rehabilitate BāHaram Members While Victims SufferāKukah,ā Sahara Reporters, April 5, 2021:
