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."
Abbas Threatens to Cut Ties to Israel; No One Cares By Hugh Fitzgerald
Monday, May 02, 2022
Abbas
Robert Spencer : Is it every year, or every other year, that President-For-Life of the
Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas threatens to end all ties to Israel?
Sometimes he says heās done it, but nothing actually changes. Sometimes
he says heās going to do it, and then doesnāt. Sometimes he says heās
waiting for a meeting of the PA leadership to discuss it, then cancels
the meeting.
A report on the latest farcical threat by the angry rais in Ramallah is here: āBennett: UN must stop serving terroristsā agenda,ā by Lahav Harkov and Khaled Abu Toameh,
Palestinian Authority
President Mahmoud Abbas has again threatened to halt security
coordination and suspend Palestinian recognition of Israel.
The
latest threat was made during a meeting in Ramallah on Thursday night
with US administration envoys Yael Lempert, Acting Assistant Secretary
of State for Near Eastern Affairs, and Hady Amr, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Israeli and Palestinian Affairsā¦.
