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."
HT RoP - France: Advertising companies stop campaign for book on Muslim Brotherhood because they fear acts of violence by Muslimsā.
Advertising companies refrained from promoting a
book on the Muslim Brotherhood because they considered the topic too
āpoliticalā for the election period or saw the risk that it could lead
to vandalism targeting their business partners. Global Watch Analysis,
the press publisher that originated the campaign, criticised an
unjustified decision that was tantamount to ācensorshipā.
Caution, censorship or respect for the law? Although an agreement had
been reached, the advertising companies JCDecaux and Insert cancelled a
poster campaign in Paris that was supposed to advertise a journalistic
book about the Muslim Brotherhood on public billboards and at certain
retailers. The offending poster featured the cover of the book, entitled
The Global Threat of the Muslim Brotherhood ā named after this covertly
operating organisation that promotes an identity-based and
ultra-conservative Islam ā along with the message: āAfter this book, no
one will be able to say they didnāt know.ā The two companies, contacted
by Marianne magazine, stand by their about-face, citing a too
āpoliticalā or āsensitiveā issue. [ā¦]
When the publisher reluctantly agreed to postpone the campaign, it
was postponed until June 19, i.e. after the second round of
parliamentary elections. āIt makes no sense to run a publicity campaign
in June for a book that was published in April,ā Atmane Tazaghart
laments.