Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen 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 soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt 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."
Nigeria: Muslims target four villages, murder 100 people, ransack houses
Saturday, April 16, 2022
The Fulani Muslims
Robert Spencer : āThe assailants āwere well-armedā with AK-47 rifles and machetes and arrived on dozens of motorcycles.ā Who pays for all this? Western governments, in ransom payments for
hostages, and wealthy Muslims around the world who believe in the
righteousness of the Fulanisā jihad.
āGunmen kill more than 100 in Nigeriaās north, say survivors,ā by Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press, April 12, 2022:
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ā An armed
gang has killed more than 100 people in a remote part of northern
Nigeria, survivors and local authorities said on Tuesday. The
attackers targeted four villages in the Kanam area of Plateau State, the
most recent in a series of violent attacks in Nigeriaās north.
Such
attacks in Nigeriaās northern region have become frequent, especially
between Fulani Muslims who are mostly cattle herders and Christian
communities from the Hausa and other ethnic groups who are mainly
farmers. The conflict over access to land and water has further
worsened the sectarian division between Christians and Muslims in
Nigeriaā¦
In this recent attack, the assailants arrived Sunday
afternoon, ransacking houses and shooting at residents, according to
Alpha Sambo, a survivor and Kanam youth leader who is helping those
displaced and injured. āThe people that have been killed are more
than 100,ā he told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Other witnesses say
as many as 130 died and many have been injured and displacedā¦.
While there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the latest violence, residents said it was carried out by the herdsmen. The
assailants āwere well-armedā with AK-47 rifles and machetes and arrived
on dozens of motorcycles each carrying up to three men, said youth
leader Samboā¦. The West African nation continues to grapple with
security challenges in other parts of the country.
A decade-long
insurgency in Nigeriaās northeast by the Islamic extremist rebels of
Boko Haram and violence by armed groups in the northwest have led to the
deaths of thousands moreā¦.
