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."
Heads Up from TROP (Blocked) An Israeli man has been charged on Monday, Sept. 27, for murdering
his own mother and hiding her body, in August earlier this year, for
converting from Islam to Orthodox Christianity.
The matriarch
Rasha Muklasha, 46, moved from the town of Zarzir to Nof HaGalil and
reportedly converted from Islam to Christianity after she left her
husband and disconnected ties with her five children including the
suspect, Muad Hib, in 2006.
Muklasha recently resumed contact
with her children after she came to know about her ex-husband's death.
However, Muklasha's religious conversion angered Hib and triggered him
to commit the premeditated murder, according to prosecutors.
Hib
has been accused of setting up a meeting with his mother on Aug. 5 near
Nazareth with the intention of killing her and subsequently disposing of
her remains. After picking up his mother Muklasha in his car, Hib
reportedly "strangled her with a rope or his hands, alone or with
others, with the intention of causing her death," according to court
documents.
After murdering his mother, Hib noticed a police roadblock
ahead, rammed into it, and traveled toward the Jordan River. There, he
reportedly dug a pit, buried Muklasha's body, and covered the spot with
rocks and dry leaves to make the unmarked grave harder to locate, the Times of Israel reported.
