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."
India: Indifference as Muslim mobs target Hindus in riot-torn West Bengal since 2011 By Ashlyn Davis
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Jihad Watch : The post-election violence meted out to the Hindu supporters of
Mamata Banerjee’s opposition has finally attracted the focus of India’s
national media.
But the state has witnessed Muslims wreak havoc on the
administration and people of Bengal throughout her previous terms. From
2011 onwards, West Bengal has recorded an average of 20 communal
flare-ups every year. There were 27 such incidents in 2015, 32 in 2016
and 58 incidents that came to light in 2017.
Though the 2011 Census establishes that Muslims comprise about 27% of
the state’s population, the actual number is believed to be
significantly higher, as millions of Bangladeshis have illegally entered
the border state through its pervious boundaries and compromised border
security arrangements. Gaining numbers, the Islamic lobby in the state
is now calling the shots, while the timid and gentle Bengali Hindus have
been degraded to the de facto status of second class citizens; educated
and qualified Bengali Hindus are now migrating to other cities of
India, or moving to other countries altogether. The present situation of
West Bengal is not very different from what Bengal endured during the
1947 partition.