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."
France makes ‘drastic’ decision to cull visas for Maghreb nationals over region’s refusal to ‘take back people that we don’t want’
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
BCF : The French government has said it is slashing the number of visas
available for people from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, complaining that
those countries are not taking back the migrants that France does not
want to keep.
On Tuesday, government spokesman Gabriel Attal told French Europe 1
radio that Paris was taking action against its former North African
colonies as they were refusing to take back illegal migrants sent home
by the French authorities.
According to Europe 1, President Emmanuel Macron made the decision a
month ago after negotiations with the North African nations failed to
deliver. “There was dialogue, then there were threats, and today we’re
carrying out those threats,” Attal stated on Tuesday, adding that they
hoped the aforementioned nations would enhance their cooperation with
Paris.
Attal’s comments come as political parties start
positioning themselves for the 2022 presidential election, in which
immigration is likely to play a major role. On Monday,
Rassemblement National leader Marine Le Pen vowed to call a referendum
proposing severe limits on immigration if she is elected next year.
"The referendum will propose a complete draft bill that will aim to drastically regulate immigration,” Le Pen told France 2 television.
Despite
the popularity of her movement, Le Pen has always trailed more
mainstream parties in the second round of voting, in which the top two
candidates from the first round are pitted against each other, if
neither had secured a majority in the first round. A survey conducted by
research institute Odoxa last week suggested Macron would win the
second round against Le Pen with 58% of the vote.
