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."
NYC: Woman in hijab destroys two statues outside Catholic church, smashing them with a hammer and spitting on them
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Jihad Watch : Father Frank Schwarz laments attacks “not against just Catholic
churches, synagogues, mosques — these things have become much more
commonplace. I don’t know how to respond to that. Just general
anti-religious sentiment.”
>Maybe. But the woman in the surveillance video is dressed the way
observant Muslim women dress. And Muslims believe that representations
of the human figure are idolatrous, and that Christians are idolatrous
and under the curse of Allah for believing Jesus is the Son of God (cf.
Qur’an 9:30). If this woman turns out to have been motivated to destroy
these statues by Islamic animus toward Christianity, will Father Schwarz
speak about this honestly? There is about as much chance of that as
there is of my being chosen as Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar.
“Police search for person who vandalized Catholic church in Queens,” by Justine Re, NY1, July 18, 2021 :
QUEENS — The search is on for the person who police say
vandalized two statues outside a Queens church Saturday morning after
the suspect responsible was caught on surveillance video. The incident happened outside Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church on Kessel Street in Forest Hills. Police say a woman grabbed two statues, one the Blessed Mother and
one of St. Therese the Little Flower, and proceeded to repeatedly smash
them and drag them along the ground.
The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating. The church’s pastor, Father Frank Schwarz, said both statues have stood in front of the church since it was built in the 1930s “It is heartbreaking, but sadly it is becoming more and more common
these days,” Father Schwarz said. “I pray that this recent rash of
attacks against Catholic churches and all houses of worship will end,
and religious tolerance may become more a part of our society.”
Police released the surveillance video of the woman they are looking
for. She is described as wearing all black and in her mid-20s. Police
say she used a hammer to break them and they were then dragged to 70th
Ave. Father Schwarz hopes the police find the person behind this so it doesn’t happen to other churches.
“It seems to be targeted. These things have become much more
commonplace, not against just Catholic churches, synagogues, mosques —
these things have become much more commonplace. I don’t know how to
respond to that. Just general anti-religious sentiment,” Schwarz said…. “Pray for this person,” Reverend Schwarz said. “Clearly there was a
rage, she deliberately went and destroyed these things.
It wasn’t enough
to just topple them over, she stomped on them and spit on it.”…
