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."
Three Christian Brothers Murdered to Shouts of "Allah Akbar"
Saturday, March 12, 2022
Hat tip RoP : 03/11/2022 Egypt (International Christian Concern) ā
On March 1, three Coptic Christian brothers were brutally murdered by a
group of six Muslims who claimed the attack was a ārevenge killingā
after the death of their own family member seventy years ago.
The three
brothers, Youssef Youssef Youssef, Afifi Youssef Youssef and Bushra
Youssef Youssef, were working in an agricultural at the time of their
death. Their attackers, from Jaweer village, shot the men in Ibshadat
village of Mallawi district and then cut and mutilated their bodies.
The
attackers reportedly danced as they committed their crime. The village
from which they came also celebrated with musical instruments when they
heard the news. The family and friends of the Youssef Youssef family
mourned and wailed upon hearing about the menās death.
Lawyers and those familiar with the incident reported that the men
knew nothing of the killing that happened when their father was younger
and that the manner of the recent murders did not match those of typical
revenge killings. Some remarked that the mutilating of the corpses made
it clear that the violence was linked to religious identity and
mirrored the killings of the Islamic State.
According to an ICC source, those responsible for the killing
returned to their village saying āAllahu Akbarā or āGod is Greaterā. The
men were swiftly captured and arrested by the police and later
confessed their crimes and even demonstrated how they killed the
Christian men. They are now standing trial for the murder of the three
Christian brothers, one of whom has six children.
