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."
Praying Christian Dragged into Mosque and Tortured
Monday, April 18, 2022
Praying Teacher
HT RoP - Uganda: Muslims abduct teacher, burn him inside mosque for praying in Christ’s name.
In Uganda, a Christian teacher was abducted from his home and dragged
inside a mosque where he was beaten and burned by his colleagues at an
Islamic school who planned to kill him for praying in Jesus' name.
Muslim colleagues burned headteacher Yusufu Mwanje in Bugiri town, eastern Uganda, on April 2, 2022. | Morning Star News
The
victim, Yusufu Mwanje, converted to Christianity earlier this year
after hearing a Christian businessman who supplied equipment to the
school praying to Jesus in his office. Before he lost his job after
being outed as a Christian following the April 2 attack, Mwanje had led
the Ibunbaz Primary School in Bugiri, Morning Star News reported.
“I
wanted to keep my faith in Christ secret and began missing Friday
prayers as I attended evening prayers at the church,” Mwanje said. “Some
Muslim teachers noticed my absence and reported to the school
management board.”
Mwanje told the school leadership he had been praying from his house.
At
around 3 a.m. on April 1, an unnamed staff person overheard Mwanje
praying in Christ’s name and recorded him. The following morning, the
staffer gathered other schoolteachers to eavesdrop on him.“As I finished the prayers at 4:45 a.m. and began preparing to go to the
mosque to pray, I heard a knock at the door,” Mwanje said.
“As I opened
the door, there were people outside my door. They began shouting, ‘Allah akbar [“Allah is greater”]! Allah akbar! Allah akbar! This is a kafir [infidel], this is kafir…They
grabbed me and took me inside the mosque and started beating me badly
and accusing me of heading a Muslim school, yet I had converted to
Christianity. Others shouted, ‘A liar, a liar, a liar. ... He deserves
the death penalty.”
