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."
HT RoP : Arabs set fire to Joseph's Tomb. Historic holy site damaged again as rioters enter site and set multiple fires. Samaria Council Chief: Restore IDF presence at holy site.
About a hundred Palestinian Arab rioters entered Joseph's Tomb
overnight, smashed the tombstone marking the grave of the Biblical
figure, and set multiple fires at the site.
Arab rioters had
previously caused extensive arson damage to the site in 2015, after
which the Samaria Regional Council sent its own teams to restore and
renovate the holy site. Samaria Regional Council chairman Yossi Dagan has been in contact
since last night with military and civilian officials to work to repair
the destruction.
עשרות פורעים פרצו אתמול לקבר יוסף בשכם, הציתו אש והשחיתו את המתחם מבפנים ומבחוץ, במהלך צעדת תמיכה באנשי ג'נין. בסרטון: אחד הפורעים מנפץ מנורות בתוך המתחם pic.twitter.com/nfpFg2bR0o
"This is an act that no Jew should not be shocked
by, destroying one of the holy places for the Jewish people just before
Passover. This is happening only because the State of Israel has
abandoned one of the holy places for the Jewish people 'for the
preservation' of the Palestinian Authority," Dagan responded.
He
said, "We demand the immediate return of the IDF to Joseph's and also
the Yeshivat Od Yosef Chai. The people of Israel in their sovereign
state must maintain their sanctity. The deed done tonight must be
condemned by every member of the culture. This is a damage not only to
the property of the Jewish people, but a damage to a historic site that
is thousands of years old."
