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."
Prisoners Allegedly Forced to Kill Themselves in Turkish Prison
Saturday, April 16, 2022
Turkish Prison
HT RoP : The Human Rights Association (İHD) Delegation for Monitoring Prisons
in Marmara Region has announced its findings regarding the rights
violations in İstanbul's Silivri No. 5 Type-L Prison.
Lawyer Gülseren Yoleri, the head of the İHD İstanbul Branch, said
they had confirmed the recent reports of torture and forced suicide in
the prison during their visit. Ten prisoners whom the guards tortured and attempted to force to
commit suicide have been transferred to other prisons, she said.
The İHD delegation who visited the prison yesterday (April 14) were
told, "If you are looking for the prisoners whose names are mentioned on
social media, all of them have been transferred to other prisons," she
noted. A prisoner was recently killed in Silivri Prison. While his cause of
death was announced as a heart attack, his surfaced photos showed he was
severely injured, apparently because of torture.
"We have met a prisoner who was not involved in the incidents but
witnessed them. The prisoner said they had heard the voices and seen two
people handcuffed behind the back being taken by about 20 correction
officers while being mistreated," Yoleri remarked.