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."
Afghan Evacuee Complains About the Quality of Meals He is Getting for Free at Fort Bliss By Robert Spencer
Wednesday, September 08, 2021
Hamed Ahmadi
Jihad Watch : My latest at PJ Media: Hamed Ahmadi is a Fulbright semi-finalist who describes himself as a “Blogger & Writer at iPSO Afghanistan.” IPSO is the
International Psychosocial Organization, a “German-based humanitarian
organisation with a branch in Afghanistan.
It is an international
non-governmental, non-profit and non-political organisation, which
delivers psychosocial counselling services according to best practices
to the people in need.” Ahmadi may need their services himself, as he is
now a refugee at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and is in distress: the
food they’re giving him isn’t up to his standards.
On Thursday, Ahmadi tweeted out a photo of a Styrofoam container
holding a bit of cantaloupe and watermelon, plus a few bare-looking
pieces of chicken. He wrote: “Not complaining but this is what I got
last night for dinner and the next meal is 12 hours later. Refugee life
might be safe but never easy & favorable. Fort bliss El Paso Texas. #AfghanRefugees#afghanistan”
Ahmadi’s whiny display of entitlement and ingratitude kicked up a firestorm. Behavioral scientist Gad Saad, author of The Parasitic Mind, responded:
“How about ‘thank you’? Be grateful. Have some humility and exhibit
some dignity. No one owes you anything. I’m a refugee from Lebanon and
I’m forever grateful.” Author and comedian Tim Young pointed out that
two pieces of bread could be seen in the lower left of Ahmadi’s photo,
and wrote:
“I’d be happy to pay for your ticket to go back… since it’s so rough
here that you have to take your sandwich apart and put the bread out of
the shot.” Another Twitter user noted: “Apparently the food sucks, but the wifi is good and the phone chargers work…”
Stung by the criticism, Ahmadi was given ample space in the UK’s far-Left Independent to explain himself. “The point of that tweet was not … to be complaining, to be very critical,” he claimed.
“I was just describing a situation of Afghan refugees that are in the
situation that they never really wanted to be in. I had a pretty good
job back in Kabul. I had a decent life. I had my family. I was forced to
flee Afghanistan … if I had more space [on Twitter], I would have added
more explanation — because I wanted to say that this is the refugee
life. And we need to be patient.”
Ahmadi’s clarification didn’t actually explain why he felt no need to
be grateful to those who saved him from almost certainly being killed,
or at the very least from a perilous end to his contented professional
life in Kabul (the Independent noted that “Mr Ahmadi’s own
social media presence as a blogger working with foreign NGOs, however,
left him in peril as the Taliban retook control of his country”). Ahmadi
said nothing about the kindness of those who were providing him with
free, taxpayer-funded food and lodging. In case any Independent reader
was independent enough to notice all this, the Independent informed its
readers of the outcome it was trying to bring about: “Further details
about Mr Ahmadi’s own story would very likely silence any detractors or
trolls claiming that Afghan refugees are only after a better life.” There is more.
