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."
Somalia: Jihad suicide bomber kills 8, prime minister vows fight against ‘the ruthless terrorists’
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Jihad Watch : Sure, Roble, but you’re never going to make any headway against the
ruthless terrorists unless you confront the root cause of this behavior:
“Indeed, Allah has bought from the believers their lives and their
wealth, because the garden will be theirs, they will fight in the way of
Allah and will kill and be killed.” (Qur’an 9:111)
There was another jihad suicide bombing in Mogadishu just a week or two ago. “Suicide bomber kills at least eight in Somali capital,” Al Jazeera, September 25, 2021:
A suicide car bomb blast has killed at least eight people
at a security checkpoint near the presidential palace in the Somali
capital, in an attack claimed by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group. The checkpoint falls on the route to the airport in Mogadishu, used by Somalia’s president and prime minister.
Police spokesman Abdifatah Aden Hassan told reporters at the scene
the number of casualties in Saturday’s attack could be higher as some of
the dead and wounded were taken away by relatives after the attack
targeting a convoy going into the palace. “Al-Shabab is behind the blast. They killed eight people including a
soldier and a mother and two children. Al-Shabab massacres civilians,”
he said. In a brief statement, the group confirmed it was behind the bombing.
“The mujahideen carried [out] a martyrdom operation targeting the main security checkpoint of the presidential palace,” it said. Al-Shabab, which wants to overthrow the government and impose its
interpretation of Islamic law, frequently carries out such bombings…. Government spokesman Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu said among those killed
was Hibaq Abukar, a women and human rights affairs adviser in Prime
Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble’s office.
“She was one of the pillars of PM’s office [for] women affairs,” he said on his Facebook page. Roble condemned the attack and paid tribute to Abukar, whom he called
“a young hard-working vibrant girl with honesty” as well as a “devoted
citizen.”
“We have to cooperate in the fight against the ruthless terrorists who regularly kill our people,” he added.