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."
Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch at a press conference in Lahore in June, 2016 what a frigging waste !!!!.
Hat tip RoP : Court frees brother who confessed to killing social media star Qandeel Baloch.
Karachi (CNN)The brother of murdered social media star Qandeel Baloch
has been freed by a Pakistan appeals court, three years after he was
convicted of killing her for "bringing dishonor" to the family.
Baloch's murder in 2016 sparked a national outcry and promoted changes in the country's so-called 'honor killing' laws. Waseem Baloch's
lawyer, Sardar Mehmood, confirmed the acquittal with CNN Tuesday but
did not provide further details. A court order has not yet been made
public. Waseem
Baloch was arrested within days of the murder and confessed on video to
killing his 25-year-old sister at her family home in the city of Multan
in Pakistan's Punjab province. Despite his admission, he pleaded not
guilty in court and in 2019 was sentenced to life imprisonment. Pakistan's so-called 'honor killings' typically involve the murder of a woman
by a relative who believes she has brought shame upon the family. At
the time of Qandeel Baloch's murder, Pakistan law allowed a murder
victim's family to pardon a convicted killer. Rights activists feared this law would be used to spare Waseem Baloch.
