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."
The Ugly Truth about Muslim Grievances by Raymond Ibrahim
Wednesday, March 09, 2022
How do you define “grievance”? When most Westerners think of the word “grievance,” they think in
egalitarian terms: X has a grievance against Y because Y doesn’t treat X
with equality.
French Muslims praying on the streets blocking traffic
For example, your boss or your teacher treats you worse –
without equality – than other employees or students. You then have a
grievance which most in the West would say is legitimate: that’s because
the people of the West were raised on the unique idea of treating others as they would be treated. This is not the sort of grievance that animates many Muslims – and certainly not those who resort to terrorism.
Rather, they are animated by a supremacist-based grievance:
they get angry seeing infidels on an equal footing with Muslims. And
they get murderous seeing infidels actually lording over Muslims. Islamic doctrine, which persuades Muslims into believing they are superior to non-Muslims -- who are even likened to dogs and cattle – imbues Muslims with this sense of entitlement.
For example, in Pakistan, as Christian children were singing carols inside a church,
Muslim men from a nearby mosque barged into the church with an axe,
destroyed the furniture and altar, and beat the children. “You are
disturbing our prayers. … _How dare you_ use the mike and speakers?”
explained the enraged Muslims. When a Muslim slapped a Christian and the
latter reciprocated, the Muslim exclaimed: “How dare a Christian slap me!” Anti-Christian violence immediately ensued.
