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."
France issues visa to jihadi accused of crimes against humanity and torture in Syria
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Majdi Nema
Robert Spencer : What could possibly have gone wrong? To have denied him a visa would have been “Islamophobic.”
“Paris Court of Appeal upholds charges against Syrian accused of
torture and war crimes,” translated from “La cour d’appel de Paris
maintient les poursuites contre un Syrien accusé de torture et de crimes
de guerre,” Le Figaro, April 4, 2022 (thanks to Medforth):
The Paris Court of Appeal has
rejected the request of a former Syrian Islamist rebel who challenged
his indictment for torture, war crimes and complicity in kidnapping, the
Paris prosecutor general announced on Monday April 4 in a press
release.
“In a judgment delivered today, the investigating
chamber, in accordance with the requisitions of the public prosecutor,
rejected Majdi Nema’s request and returned to the investigating judge
for further information,” indicated Rémy Heitz. “The investigating
chamber therefore did not follow the solution which had been adopted by
the criminal chamber of the Court of Cassation in a judgment of November
24, 2021 (Chaban judgment) in terms of crimes against humanity,” he
emphasized.
