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."
France: The mayor of Marignane to take the initiative to ban Islamic clothing in swimming pools
Monday, May 23, 2022
Burkinis
Medforth : He wants to prevent the burkini from finding its
way into his city’s swimming pools.
After Éric Piolle’s mayoralty in
Grenoble gave the green light to allow Islamic swimming costumes in
public pools, some politicians are already taking the initiative to
prevent the phenomenon from spreading. This also applies to the mayor of
Marignane, Éric Le Dissès.
On Friday May 20, he passed a municipal
council resolution for a burkini ban in the municipal swimming pools of
the municipality in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône. In a statement
reported by La Provence on Saturday May 21, the mayor of Marignane
recalled that the ban also applied to “Bermudas, shorts and the like”:
“Only swimming costumes are allowed”, he reminded.
In the same letter, Eric Le Dissès called on the other mayors of
France “not to give in to the pressure of pro-burkini associations”,
whom he accused of wanting to impose “the extreme Islamisation of
France, which many French Muslims do not approve of”. He did not
hesitate to criticise the mayor of Grenoble, Éric Piolle, who is
responsible for allowing the burkinis in the municipality in the Hérault
department.
The mayor of Europe Écologie-Les Verts (EELV) was described
by Éric Le Dissès as an “apostle of Islamic law”, as reported by La
Provence. An apostle who “deliberately forgets that swimming pool
regulations obey hygiene rules and specific safety standards that
guarantee public health”.
On the same day, Friday May 20, the mayor of Fréjus, David Rachline,
announced his intention to amend the relevant ordinances of the
municipal swimming pools to “explicitly ban the burkini”.
In his
opinion, Eric Piolle’s decision would be an “aberration” that would
violate “our basic republican principle of secularity”.
