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."
Hindu families leave their houses two days after Ram Navami procession was attacked by Muslim mob in Gujarat’s Himmatnagar: Reports
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Around 70-80 Hindu minority households living in Himmatnagar's
Muslim-dominated area of Vanzara Vaas decide to leave their homes two
days after attacks on Ram Navami processions in the city.
In a new development, it has been learnt that the Hindu population in Himmatnagar’s Vanzara Vaas area is vacating
their homes following a threat to life out of communal violence. This
comes two days after Ram Navami, when on April 10, a Muslim mob attacked and pelted stones at a celebratory procession led by Hindu groups in a Muslim ghetto in the city.
It has been reported that minority Hindus living in the Muslim
dominated Vanzara Vaas area are leaving their homes who all happen to be
from poor schedule caste backgrounds. Nearly 70 to 80 households have
been made direct victims of the clashes that broke in the area on the
eve of Ram Navami. Unrest and tensions have marked the area after a
prolonged two-hour stone-pelting by local Muslim groups from
neighbouring Channagar have terrorised the local Hindu population.
According to a local, even petrol bombs were hurled
during the violence from the Muslim side. He added that having a steel
roof over his house – instead of a cement one saved the lives of his
family from the petrol bomb attacks. Around 200 Hindu residents of the
Vanzara Vaas area share the same sentiment, after being terrorised by
the tense situation that prevails even today.