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."
In Afghanistan, the Triumph of Fanaticism By Hugh Fitzgerald
Saturday, August 28, 2021
Abdullah
Azzam
Jihad Watch : In Afghanistan, the Taliban’s victory was not due to the the number
of its recruits – the Afghan army was four times as large as the Taliban
forces; nor to the superiority of its weapons, for the Afghan Army had
tens of billions of dollars worth of advanced weapons given to it by the
Americans, who also provided air cover for that army, while the Taliban
recruits relied mainly on their rifles; nor to its battlefield tactics,
but mainly, to the fanatical faith of its members. A report on that
“victory of faith” is here: “The Taliban Victory as a Victory of
Faith,” by Gershon Hacohen, Algemeiner, August 24, 2021:
To understand the last 40 years of the Islamic
struggle in Afghanistan, it is worth looking at the legacy of Abdullah
Azzam. Born in a small village near Jenin in 1941, he moved to Jordan
after the reclamation of the West Bank during the Six-Day War. While
there, he joined the Muslim Brotherhood and participated in activities
of Palestinian terrorist organizations against Israel.
He eventually went to Afghanistan, where he was a major
factor in helping the mujahideen repel the Soviets. An inspirational
figure and a mentor of Osama bin Laden, Azzam would come to lead
thousands of volunteers from across the Islamic world as they fought in
Afghanistan, earning the title the “father of global jihad.” Azzam was
assassinated with his two sons in Peshawar in November 1989.
The life of Abdullah Azzam offers one example of the ferocious
commitment to Jihad of those determined souls who devote their lives to
fighting the Infidels.
When Israel won back Judea and Samaria in the
Six-Day War, Azzam – unwilling to be governed by the hated Jews –moved
from his native Jenin to Jordan, where he joined the Muslim Brotherhood,
and engaged in planning terrorist attacks on Israel. Eventually, he
felt the call to help his fellow Muslims in Afghanistan fight the
Russian Infidels who had invaded that Muslim land.
