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."
HT RoP - Switzerland: Despite conviction for plotting attacks and despite deportation, an Iraqi Islamist gives Koran lessons to children in a mosque.
Osamah M.* was convicted of belonging to the
Islamic State (IS). Nevertheless, the 35-year-old Iraqi regularly gives
Arabic and Koran classes in the mosque of the Islamic Cultural
Association of Schaffhausen in Neuhausen am Rheinfall. Children and
young people also attend his classes […].
The teacher was arrested in 2014. Among other things, he was accused
of planning attacks, spreading propaganda and being a member of IS. In
2016, the Federal Criminal Court sentenced him to 4 years and 8 months
in prison for membership of a criminal organisation. The Federal Police
ordered his deportation, combined with an indefinite ban on entering
Switzerland. Nevertheless, this Iraqi remains in Switzerland, as he
could face torture and death in his home country. […]
According a report in the newspaper “Weltwoche”, the man lives in
Schaffhausen, where he married a Swiss woman who had converted to Islam.
The 30-year-old social welfare recipient has also changed his name and
adopted a Jewish-sounding name.[…]20mn.ch
