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."
Brooklyn: Number of those shot now 10, gas cans found, ‘whole car smelled of gasoline’
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Brooklyn Subway
Robert Spencer : Clearly the plan was to stage a mass-casualty event. “10 Shot in Brooklyn Subway Rush-Hour Attack; Manhunt Ongoing for
Gunman in Gas Mask,” by Jonathan Dienst, Myles Miller, Jennifer
Millman and Melissa Russo, NBC New York, April 12, 2022:
At least 10 Brooklyn subway riders were shot Tuesday
by a man wearing a gas mask and a green construction vest who tossed a
smoke canister in the train car to distract the rush hour crowd before
opening fire, officials and law enforcement sources said.
Five of
the gunshot victims were said to be critically injured. Details on the
nature of their wounds weren’t immediately clear. No fatalities have
been reported. It’s not clear what kind of gun was used, nor was it
immediately known how many shots were fired.
The smoke canister,
and harrowing video from the train, prompted early concerns about
possible explosive devices connected to the case, but NYPD Commissioner
Keechant Sewell assured New Yorkers in an early afternoon news
conference that there are no known explosive devices on any subway
trains in the city at this time.
Brooklyn subway shooting LATEST: MTA sources say officials discovered unexploded canisters as well as gasoline, and the whole car smelled of gasoline. https://t.co/7kjQ56XpdH
MTA sources say more unexploded
smoke canisters were found on the train where the gunfire erupted, as
were gasoline cans, further evidence supporting law enforcement
officials’ preliminary view that the shooting was a premeditated attack.
Multiple
people have been shot in a Brooklyn subway station and several
undetonated devices have been found at the location, according to fire
officials and law enforcement sources
The shooter remained on the
loose more than three hours after he opened fire on the train at the
36th Street and Fourth Avenue station in Sunset Park around 8:30 a.m.
Some
of the 10 wounded were in the same train car as the suspect. Others
were on the platform, authorities said.
The train was still moving when
Sewell says he donned a gas mask, threw a smoke canister on the subway
car floor and started shooting….
