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."
France: Macron threatens to ‘punish’ generals who signed open letter warning of ‘radical Islam’ stoking ‘civil war’
Saturday, May 01, 2021
Jihad Watch : France24, reports that 25 generals signed the document, not 20. More from the France24 report:
“The hour is grave, France is in peril,” the retired
generals wrote, adding that failure to act against the “suburban hordes”
— a reference to residents of the mainly immigrant areas that ring
French cities — and other unnamed groups who “scorn our country” will
lead to “civil war” and deaths “in the thousands”.
The signatories of the letter went beyond the 25 retired
generals. It included “more than 1,000 officials of different rank and
files in the military, police and gendarmerie” who stated that they
cannot remain “indifferent” and “passive spectators” under the current
circumstances.
Tensions kept rising in France between mainstream France and
mainstream Muslim groups, and now comes the letter by the generals in an
effort to steer France back to its fundamental values.
It
was the beheading of school teacher Samuel Paty that caused an
awakening in France. French citizens witnessed mainstream Muslim groups
and leaders express some regret about Paty’s murder, but many also added
that Paty should not have insulted Muhammad. The French were not
willing to tolerate any “
in this context; nor should they have done so. The condemnation of
Paty’s murder should have been unequivocal. No hint of justification was
acceptable. But instead, multitudes of Muslims from France, Pakistan
and across the Islamic world justified his murder, some more tacitly and
some blatantly.
Following Paty’s murder (as well as revelations about the horrific and shocking circumstances around it, involving schoolchildren and even relatives), the French government heightened its crackdown on “Islamic separatism.”
In response, the Muslim lobby in France and beyond retaliated by
accusing the French government of being “Islamophobic.” Condemnation
came from as far away as Egypt, where the renowned Al Azhar in Cairo condemned Macron’s plan for fighting “Islamic separatism” as an “explicit call for racism and hate.” Macron came out in defense of the “right to blaspheme.” In Britain, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, also supports this right to blaspheme.
In any Western society, there is no room to accommodate any religion
that violates the tenets of a free society. The freedom of speech is a
cornerstone of any free society. And in any Western society, one can
easily see that there are no religions except Islam that persistently
and relentlessly attack this freedom, taking their fight all the way to
the United Nations. That’s because offending Islam is a crime under the
Sharia — a law that is at odds with otherwise universally accepted
principles of human rights. “Islamophobia” initiatives from mainstream Muslim groups are intended to put a stop to any speech that may be offensive to Islam and Muslims.
“French generals who called for military rule if President Macron cannot
stop ‘Islamists’ from ‘disintegrating society’ will be punished,
government declares,” by Ross Ibbetson, Danyal Hussain and Sophie Tanno,
MailOnline, April 27, 2021:
