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."
Muhammad Cartoonist Lars Vilks Killed in Suspicious Auto Accident By Robert Spencer
Thursday, October 07, 2021
Lars Vilks, 75
Jihad Watch : My latest in PJ Media:Swedish artist Lars Vilks, 75, who was best known (some would say
infamous) for drawing a cartoon of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, with a
dog’s body, has been killed in a highly suspicious automobile accident
in Sweden.
He had previously survived two attempts on his life. It is
possible that he was killed in a third. According to the UK’sDaily Mail, Vilks
was traveling in a police car along with two police officers around
three o’clock in the afternoon on Sunday in Markaryd, Sweden. The
officers were supposed to be protecting him in light of the previous
attempts to kill him and the ongoing threat under which he was living.
The identities of the officers have not been revealed.
The car Vilks was in was speeding. Suddenly, it veered into the lane
of oncoming traffic, right into the path of a truck. This took some
doing, because according to the Daily Mail, “the rescue service
and the police said it would take a lot for a vehicle to be able to
pass into the other lane, given that it is separated by a wire fence.”
The police car carrying Vilks was wedged under the truck; both the
police car and the truck caught fire. Vilks was killed, as were the two
police officers traveling with him. The truck driver was seriously
injured but survived, and will be questioned by police about what
happened.
Swedish police spokesman Rickard Lundqvist declined to address the
suspicious nature of the accident, saying only: “I cannot say at the
moment if there are any criminal suspicions.” However, there is already
plenty of reason to suspect foul play. Vilks drew Muhammad in 2007,
intending to make a statement about the importance of freedom of speech
and the necessity to stand up against violent intimidation. He said in
March 2012 of his Muhammad cartoon: “I won’t say that I’m proud. But I
think it’s an interesting work. With very few artistic effects I’ve
managed to create a piece of art that expresses the essence of
multiculturalism versus free speech. Through my art I have always worked
for greater freedom — including freedom of expression — so I am very
pleased.”
In this, he should have won the support of all those who believe in a
free society and the freedom of speech and expression, including the
freedom to offend, as a foundation of any society that is truly free. If
any belief or group is off-limits for mockery or ridicule, a protected
class has been formed and can exercise its tyranny unhindered.
But the West, having lost its confidence, its will, and its very
sense of itself, did not stand up for Lars Vilks or the others who were
challenging the attempt to intimidate the West into accepting Islamic
blasphemy laws. Instead of being embraced by the intelligentsia, as he
should have been, he was shunned and vilified as an “Islamophobe,” and
suffered numerous attacks. There is more.