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."
India: Muslims stone Hindus celebrating Holi, police arrive, Muslims stone them, too By Robert Spencer
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Jihad Watch : Will the Islamophobia never end? “Jharkhand: Islamists halt celebratory procession, pelt stones at a group of Hindus celebrating Holi, damage police vehicles,” OpIndia, March 19, 2022:
On March 18, 2022, on the occasion
of Holi, an incident of stone-pelting was reported in Topchanchi,
Dhanbad district, Jharkhand. According to a report by
the Hindi daily, Jagran, at first, the Islamists refused to allow a
group of Hindus celebrating Holi to pass through their area and then
resorted to stone-pelting when the latter resented. Police vehicles were
also damaged by these stone-pelters. The police resorted to
lathi-charge to bring the situation under control….
The commotion
in the village began when the Muslim residents of the area refused to
allow the Holi celebrators to pass through their locality. Following
this, both parties got into a tussle. Both remained steadfast in their
stance. The situation deteriorated and the people of the Muslim
community started pelting stones at the Hindus celebrating Holi.
As
word of the commotion spread, a police team arrived in the village to
quell the commotion; however, the miscreants began pelting stones at
police vehicles as well. According to reports, the vehicles of CO Vikas
Kumar Trivedi and Baghmara’s SDPO Nisha Murmu were also damaged by the
stone-pelters. The SDPO was also hurt in the incident.
Despite the
stone-pelting, the police stood firm and used lathi-charge to pacify
the situation, averting what could turn into a major communal clash. The
village has been tense after the incident. The entire village has been
transformed into a police camp, with a curfew has been imposed
throughout the village.
In a similar incident, the Holi celebrations in the Amroha district of Uttar Pradesh took a communal turn
when some members of a ‘particular community’ took offence to DJ music
being played by Hindus as part of the festival’s celebrations. The
incident also took place on March 18, Friday.
Two people namely Adesh
and Bunty were reportedly injured in the stone-pelting incident.
