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."
The bill calls to establish an official means for the US to recognize and remember the Nakba —The establishment of Israel and the exodus of Palestinians caused by the 1948 War of Independence.
“The root of the catastrophe: The Arab world refused to accept the UN
plan for a Jewish and Arab state in what was left of the UK’s Palestine
Mandate after Jordan’s creation,” wrote the Democratic Majority for
Israel. “Instead, five Arab armies invaded Israel, attempting to destroy
it and push the Jews into the Mediterranean Sea.”
“This
resolution is just the latest in a long line of antisemitic,
anti-Israel statements, policies and actions by the most radical voices
in the Democratic Party,” Jewish Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin, a member of
the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a statement.
“Whether
it’s supporting the antisemitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
movement against Israel, falsely accusing Israel of war crimes, or
suggesting that support for Israel by members of Congress is ‘all about
the Benjamins,’ this group on the far-left never misses an opportunity
to dangerously promote antisemitic and anti-Israel sentiments and
agendas," he said.
“What’s
even more disturbing is the unwillingness of Nancy Pelosi and House
Democratic leadership to condemn this vile behavior. Israel is our
nation’s strongest ally, the only functioning democracy in the Middle
East, and the victim of repeated attacks and threats of destruction from
its hostile neighbors.”
