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."
Germany: Afghan Muslim migrant stabs his wife 29 times, killing her, because of her Western lifestyle
Monday, May 02, 2022
Samad Q. (39)
Robert Spencer : In the Qurāan, a mysterious figure, known as Khidr in Islamic
tradition, kills a boy in an apparently random and gratuitous attack. He
then explains:
āAnd as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we
feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief. So
we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than
him in purity and nearer to mercy.ā (18:80-81)
And according to Islamic law, āretaliation is obligatory against
anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.ā
However, ānot subject to retaliationā is āa father or mother (or their
fathers or mothers) for killing their offspring, or offspringās
offspring.ā (Reliance of the Traveller o1.1-2).
And in 2003 the Jordanian Parliament voted down
on Islamic grounds a provision designed to stiffen penalties for honor
killings. Al-Jazeera reported that āIslamists and conservatives said the laws violated religious traditions and would destroy families and values.ā In Iran, according to the New York Times,
the legal system ātreats parents who murder their children with
relative leniency, as the maximum sentence for the crime is only ten
years.ā