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."
Worshippers with stones and rocks inside mosque premises
Clashes at Al Aqsa mosque: Viral images, videos reveal Palestinians were equipped with stones inside the mosque compound. Social media websites are awash with videos and images showing
Palestinian protesters collecting stones before the clashes erupted
between them and Israeli forces inside the Al Aqsa mosque compound.
Moslems at the Al-Aqsa Mosque preparing for a form of religious service: barricading the mosque and collecting stones to throw. And no one stops or interferes. pic.twitter.com/M6kEI0jb3f
Hours after clashes
broke out between Israeli police and Palestinians inside the premises
of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem on Friday (April 15), social
media users pointed out how the latter had been collecting stones to
pelt at the Israeli forces.
Columnist Yisrael Medad shared a video where Palestinians were seen
barricading the Al-Aqsa mosque and collecting stones. While labelling it
as a āreligious serviceā, Medad pointed out how the stone pelters were
not interrupted or stopped by other worshippers within the mosque
premises.
Dov Hikind, the founder of America Against Antisemitism, had also shared
images of stones that were kept within the mosque premises. He had
inquired, āIf Ramadan and Al Aqsa truly mattered to Palestinians why
would they desecrate the month and the site by bringing stones to throw
and playing soccer in there?! Religion is no excuse for violence so
donāt try to abuse it.ā
