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 : CABO DELGADO, Mozambique (BP) — Islamic insurgents have increasingly
attacked northern Mozambique as Christianity increases there, the
international evangelistic ministry Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) said in
its latest special report.
Radical Islamists have killed nearly 3,000 and displaced more than
800,000 Christians and moderate Muslims “in recent years” who refused to
recite certain creeds, VOM said in its report. A focal point includes
Cabo Delgado where the Christian population has grown to 40 percent
Christian since 2017. VOM cites an influx of Christians working in Cabo
Delgado and growing conversions among Muslims.
In a 2020 attack that killed 70 residents of a Cabo Delgado village, Islamists decapitated all affirmed Christians.
“Islamists gathered everyone in Pastor Matateu’s village and asked
each of them a single question: ‘What is your religion?’ Those who
answered ‘Christian’ were decapitated, and pastors and their families
were killed in especially gruesome, torturous ways,” VOM said. “The
insurgents then reportedly raised an Islamic flag and declared the
establishment of Sharia, or Islamic law. Pastor Matateu and his family
hid in the bush for more than a month.”