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."
Syria: Foundation for Polygamy opens to ‘correct misconceptions of polygamy and defend it as a sharia concept’ By Robert Spencer
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Jihad Watch : Polygamy dehumanizes women, reducing them to the status of
commodities.
The Qur’an tells Muslim men to “marry those that please you
of women, two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not be
just, then one…” (Qur’an 4:3). It seems fair: a man who cannot be just
with multiple wives should restrict himself to just one, but in such
matters, what constitutes just behavior is all too subjective and
elusive. Islamic authorities have generally understood this to mean
equal economic support and equal time in the beds of each.
Yet even if all this were scrupulously managed, an equal distribution
of affection wouldn’t be possible. Even Muhammad favored his child
bride Aisha over all of his other wives. A hadith has a Muslim making
bold to ask him, “Who is the most beloved person to you?” Muhammad
answered with one word: Aisha. (Bukhari 5.62.3662) What might his other
wives have thought of this? No one dared to ask them, even in these
fabricated ninth-century traditions. “Opening of ‘Foundation for Polygamy’ in Syria met with humour, outrage,” by William Christou, The New Arab, October 18, 2021:
