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."
The Jihadist Genocide of Christians in Nigeria Intensifies by Raymond Ibrahim
Monday, October 11, 2021
Gatestone Institute : What several international
observers have for years characterized as a "pure genocide" of
Christians in Nigeria has reached new levels.
"We have never seen an evil government in this country like the
one of today. The government is fully in support of the bloodshed in
Nigeria. We are being killed just because we are not Muslims. These evil
Fulani jihadists are enjoying the backing of the government to go about
killing people, destroying their houses and farmlands, yet when we try
to defend ourselves, the government will go about arresting our people.
What kind of justice is this?" — Rev. Jacob Kwashi, Anglican bishop,
during a funeral for 17 murdered Christians, Morning Star News, August 30, 2021.
"[T]here is an ongoing genocide in Southern Kaduna targeted at
the indigenous Christians population.... Not a single church or school
is left standing. Not a single herdsman has been apprehended all these
years. It is unfortunate that... the western media do not believe that
our lives are worth any news." — Jonathan Asake, a former member of
Nigeria's House of Representatives, The Epoch Times, August 4, 2021.
"Since the government and its apologists are claiming the
killings have no religious undertones, why are the terrorists and
herdsmen targeting the predominantly Christian communities and Christian
leaders?" — The Christian Association of Nigeria, International Centre for Investigative Reporting, January 21, 2020.
"It's tough to tell Nigerian Christians this isn't a religious
conflict since what they see are Fulani fighters clad entirely in black,
chanting 'Allahu Akbar!' and screaming 'Death to Christians.'" — Sister
Monica Chikwe, Crux, August 4, 2019.
Since the Islamic insurgency began in earnest in July 2009 — first at
the hands of Boko Haram, an Islamic terrorist organization, and later
by the Fulani, who are Muslim herdsmen also radicalized and motivated by
jihadist ideology — more than 60,000 Christians have either been
murdered or abducted during raids. The abducted Christians have never
returned to their homes and their loved ones believe them to be dead. In
addition, in the same time frame, approximately 20,000 churches and
Christian schools have been torched and destroyed.
Some of these findings are documented in an August 4, 2021 report
by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, also
known as "Intersociety," a nonprofit human rights organization based in
Nigeria. Although the entire report is worth reading, a few notable
excerpts follow:
