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."
Pakistan's Parliament in 1974 declared the Ahmadi community as
non-Muslims. A decade later, they were banned from calling themselves
Muslims. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
HT RoP : Pakistani Man from Minority Ahmadi Community Stabbed to Death Over Faith. The police officer said that the alleged killer was a seminary student and had no other apparent reason to kill Salam except his faith.
A 35-year-old Pakistani man belonging to the minority Ahmadi
community has been stabbed to death by a religious fanatic over his
faith in the country's Punjab province, the police said on Wednesday. Pakistan's
Parliament in 1974 declared the Ahmadi community as non-Muslims.
A
decade later, they were banned from calling themselves Muslims. They are
banned from preaching and from travelling to Saudi Arabia for
pilgrimage.The latest incident took
place in Okara district, some 130 km from here, on Tuesday.
Abdul Salam,
a member of the minority Ahmadi community, was brutally stabbed to
death by "religious fanatic" Hafiz Ali Raza apparently because of his
faith, senior police officer Muhammad Saddique told PTI."When
Salam was returning from his agricultural land, Raza attacked him with a
knife.
Salam died on the spot with multiple wounds on his body. Raza
managed to flee after raising religious slogans," the officer said. A
case has been registered under murder and terrorism charges against the
suspect.
