7th Rangers: Iraqi Political Analyst Ali Al-Shammari: Crimea And Much Of Ukraine Are Islamic Lands; According To The Shari'a, Muslims Should Strive To Regain Them
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āWhen 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 soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt 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."
Iraqi Political Analyst Ali Al-Shammari: Crimea And Much Of Ukraine Are Islamic Lands; According To The Shari'a, Muslims Should Strive To Regain Them
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Memri TV : Iraqi
political analyst Ali Al-Shammari asked in a March 6, 2022 interview on
Channel 9 (Turkey) how Iran could support the Russians in the
Russia-Ukraine war, while Russia attacked Muslims in Syria.
He said that
Crimea and "large swaths" of Ukraine are "basically Islamic lands"
because they had been part of the Ottoman Empire. Al-Shammari said that
according to shariāa law, Muslims should strive to regain these lands
"by any means possible."
He further said that it is none of the Muslimsā
business who is right in the Ukrain-Russia conflict, and that the only
criterion that should guide Muslimsā support of a country is their
regard towards the Muslims. Al-Shammari elaborated that in this case,
America and Russia are "just as bad." Al-Shammari has previously
expressed support for ISIS (see MEMRI TV Clip No. Ali Al-Shammari:"How
can [Iran] support such a criminal country [Russia] that attacks
Muslims and has humiliated the Muslims in Syria? [Russia] has killed
Muslims in Syria, but [Iran] is still saying that they are closer to the
Russian position than to the Western position. "Crimea
and southern Ukraine - and even large swaths of Ukraine as a whole -
are basically Islamic lands. Until the Ottoman Caliphate, these were
part of the Islamic state. According to the shari'a, we should strive to regain them by any means possible. "It is none of
our business whether Russia is right or Ukraine is right. It is not that
the Ukrainians are angels and the Russians are devils. These countries'
position towards the Muslims is the criterion that should influence our
position towards Russia or America.
America is not an angel guarding
justice in the world, but Russia is just as bad as America."
