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."
On This Day... Apr 18, 2007: Malatya, Turkey Employees at a Bible publishing house are tortured to death: 3 Killed
Monday, April 18, 2022
The 3 Victims
HT RoP : The Zirve Publishing House murders, called the missionary massacres by Turkish media,[1] took place on April 18, 2007, in Zirve Publishing House, Malatya, Turkey.
[2][3] Three employees of the Bible publishing house were attacked, tortured, and murdered by five Muslim assailants. Gökhan Talas, the chief witness and a Protestant, came with his wife to the office.[4]
The door was locked from inside which was quite unusual.
Suspecting
that something had happened, he called Uğur Yüksel not knowing that he
was inside tied to a chair.[4]
Yüksel replied and said that they were in a hotel for a meeting. Talas
heard someone crying in the background during his talk with Yüksel, and
decided to call the police, who arrived soon thereafter. According to
Talas, the attackers killed Yüksel and Aydın after the police arrived.[4]
Two of the victims, Necati Aydın, 36, and Uğur Yüksel, 32, were Turkishconverts from Islam. The third man, Tilmann Geske, 45, was a German citizen. Necati Aydın was an actor who played the role of Jesus Christ in a theater production that the TURK-7 network aired over the Easter holidays.[5][6]
Aydın is survived by his wife, Şemse, and a son and daughter,
both preschool age. Geske is survived by his wife Susanne and three
children aged 8 to 13. Yüksel was engaged.[4][5] Necati Aydın was a graduate of the Martin Bucer Seminary whose president Thomas Schirrmacher said he simply cried when he learned of the deaths.[7]
