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."
Expansionist Islam - Is Putin’s war distracting us from another threat? By William Kilpatrick
Saturday, March 26, 2022
HT RoP : While the world justifiably worries about the expansion of Russia
under Vladimir Putin, another world power is slowly expanding its reach.
It’s called Islam. Unlike Russia, Islam is not one large land mass,
but it does cover a lot of territory. There are 57 member nations in
the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) making the OIC the largest voting bloc in the United Nations.
The world’s attention is currently focused on Russia, but it would
be unwise to forget about Islam. Whereas the population of Russia is
about 145 million and declining, Islam’s global population is
approximately 1.8 billion and growing.
It’s becoming clear that Russia under Putin is expansionist. But
it’s difficult to know to what extent. Will Russia be satisfied in
neutralizing Ukraine? Or does it hope to reassert control over its
former satellites in Europe? Or does it seek to control all of Europe?
Coincidentally, some of the territory that Russia covets was once
controlled by Islam, and many Muslims believe that any territory once
conquered by Islam still belongs to Islam.
Like today’s Russia, Islam is expansionist. Subjugating the entire
world under the rule of Allah is, arguably, the chief purpose of Islam.
And history confirms that gobbling up land in order to spread the faith
is precisely what Islam has always done.
Within 100 years of Muhammad’s death, Islam had conquered all of
North Africa and Spain as well. And the conquests continued for many
centuries. About half of the world’s great empires were Islamic empires
and some of them were of immense size and power.
