Rudyard Kipling"
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."
Killer Bragged That He Stabbed UK MP "in the Name of Allah"
Friday, March 25, 2022
Ali Harbi Ali at the Old Bailey
HT RoP : Sir David Amessā assistant said a terror suspect had a look of āself-satisfaction and smugnessā in the moments after he is accused of murdering the MP at a constituency surgery.
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Sir David Amessā assistant said a terror suspect had a look of āself-satisfaction and smugnessā in the moments after he is accused of murdering the MP at a constituency surgery.
Julie Cushion told the Old Bailey she greeted Ali Harbi Ali when he arrived to meet with Sir David at a church in Leigh-on-Sea, and said she heard a āpiercing screamā at the time of the stabbing.
Ali, from Kentish Town, is accused of murdering the MP for Southend West in revenge for bombing in Syria, and had allegedly been plotting a terror attack on a British politician for two years.
Asked about the moment Ali was brought out of the church by police, Ms Cushion told jurors: āThe image will stay with me for the rest of my life. A self-satisfaction ā a smugness - is how I would describe it.ā
Ali, who denies murder and plotting terror, is accused of stabbing Sir David 21 times after posing as a constituent to secure a meeting with the veteran Conservative MP.
