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."
An estimated 3,462 Nigerian Christians have been killed
this year by Nigerian Jihadists, Fulani herdsmen and state actors up
till 18 July. The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law gave this grim report today. According to the report, Benue and Kaduna have recorded the most deaths in the last six months.
“Benue State recorded the highest number of Christian deaths in the
past 200 days with 450 and had recorded 200 deaths in Jan to April and
250 from May to 18th July. “Kaduna State came second with 410 Christian deaths and had recorded 300 deaths in Jan to April and 110 from May to 18th July; “Taraba State came third with 240 deaths”, the report said.
The authors also blamed the genocide going on in Zamfara, Kaduna and most parts of the North west to “muslim Fulani bandits”. The report comes with citations about the places of the killings. The group based in Onitsha Anambra has been tracking such killings in the past.
Read the full report:
Intersociety, Nigeria: Sunday, July 18, 2021: The number of
defenceless Christians hacked to death by Nigeria’s Islamic Jihadists
and their collaborators in the security forces in the past 200 days or
1st January to 18th July 2021 has risen to no fewer than 3, 462 and this
is just sixty-eight deaths less than the total deaths of Nigerian
Christians in 2020 which the Open Doors’ World Watch List of Persecuted
Christians put at ‘3,530’.
