Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen 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 soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt 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 the Terrorist State of Pakistan : Twelve incidents of persecution against Christian women and girls in two months
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Jihad Watch : If what the political and media elites in the West tell us about Islam
were true, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan would be a paradise of
tolerance and peace for the nationās religious minorities. Why isnāt it? āTwelve Incidents of Persecution Documented Against Pakistani Christian Women and Girls in Two Months,ā International Christian Concern, September 25, 2021:
09/25/2021 Washington, D.C. (International Christian
Concern) ā In recent months, a disturbing spike in sexual assaults
against Christian women and girls in Pakistan has been documented by
International Christian Concern (ICC). In July and August alone, ICC
discovered 12 incidents in which a Christian woman or girl was sexually
assaulted or abducted, forcefully converted to Islam, and forcefully
married to one of her abductors.
In Pakistan, Christian women and girls are doubly vulnerable to
persecution. This is due to both their religious identity as Christians
and their gender. Below is a summary of the incidents of persecution
documented by ICC in the months of July and August 2021.
On July 5, Muhammad Akbar, a Muslim man, filed a police report
against Shamim Bibi, a Christian mother of five, claiming that Shamim
had converted to Islam and married him. Muhammad filed the report
despite Shamin living with her Christian family in the district of
Sheikhupura. Shamim refused the allegation and reported that Akbar was
attempting to forcibly convert her to Islam.
On July 7, Aleesha, a 9-year-old Christian girl and resident of St.
Paul Christian Colony in Hyderabad, was raped by a 45-year-old Muslim
man named Baber. On the day of incident, Aleesha was alone in her house
when Babar forcefully entered the home, beat Aleesha, and raped her.
On July 18, Samina, age 18, was abducted in front of her parents by
Muhammad Ramzan and forcibly converted to Islam in Sangla Hill. The
family continues to fight Ramazan to recover custody of their abducted
daughter. On July 21, Kainat, age 16, was abducted at gunpoint and raped by Muhammad Adeel while her parents were at workā¦.
While 12 cases were documented by ICC over the course of these two
months, the actual number of incidents of persecution against Christian
women and girls is likely to be much higher. According to a 2014 study by The Movement for Solidarity and Peace
Pakistan, an estimated 1,000 women and girls from Pakistanās Hindu and
Christian community are abducted, forcefully married to their captor,
and forcibly converted to Islam every year. The issue of religion is
also often injected into cases of sexual assault to place religious
minority victims at a disadvantage.
Playing upon religious biases,
perpetrators know they can cover up and justify their crimes by
introducing the element of religion.
