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."
Turkey’s Foreign Minister enraged that Macron referred to Ottoman rule in Algeria as ‘colonialism’ By Robert Spencer
Monday, October 11, 2021
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
Jihad Watch : What exactly is colonialism? Isn’t it essentially conquering a country,
ruling it from elsewhere, and moving one’s nationals into it? In that
case, Ottoman rule in Algeria is a quintessential example of
colonialism. But Çavuşoğlu will never admit this, because to do so would
cast the Ottoman Empire’s jihadist expansion in a negative light. As
far as he is concerned, it was all the will of Allah, and the Algerians
benefited from it. That, of course, is what colonial rulers always
think. For details about Ottoman colonialism, see The History of Jihad.
“Turkey slams Macron for describing Ottoman rule in Algeria as colonialism,” Duvar English, October 8, 2021:
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has slammed
French President Emmanuel Macron for describing the 300-year rule of the
Ottoman Empire as “colonialism,” saying that “such cheap approaches do
not benefit anyone in elections.” Speaking at a news conference in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv after
meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart on Oct. 7, Çavuşoğlu said: “It is
extremely wrong to drag Turkey, which does not have a black mark, such
as colonialism, in its history, into such debates.”
Çavuşoğlu said that France has entered the “election atmosphere”
ahead of the 2022 presidential elections and that “Macron uses this way
because of the elections.” “However, both in France and in other countries, we have seen that
such cheap approaches do not help in the elections either,” he added….
Macron said last week, “There was a colonization before the French
colonial rule” in Algeria, alluding to the Ottoman presence in the
country between 1514 and 1830….