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."
Nigeria: Islamic State releases video showing murder of 20 Christians
Monday, May 16, 2022
Nigerian Islamic State's Savages
Robert Spencer : āOne of the masked militants who spoke in Hausa language during the
execution said it was to avenge the killing of the groupās leaders in
the Middle East earlier in 2022.ā
āAnd we prescribed for them in it, Life for life, and eye for eye,
and nose for nose, and ear for ear, and tooth for tooth, and retaliation
for injuries. But whoever forgoes it, this will be expiation for him.
Whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed, such people are
wrongdoers.ā (Qurāan 5:45)
āTerror Group, Islamic State Releases Video Showing Execution Of 20
Nigerian Christians To āAvenge Killing Of Leaders In Middle East,āā Sahara Reporters, May 12, 2022:
The Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria (ISIS) has published a video that shows the execution of about 20
Christian civilians in northeast Nigeriaās Borno State, BBC reports.
One
of the masked militants who spoke in Hausa language during the
execution said it was to avenge the killing of the groupās leaders in
the Middle East earlier in 2022.
The video was published on an IS-linked news outlet and shows three groups of captives in civilian clothes. The time of the video and location of execution is however unknownā¦. The
IS militants operate in the Lake Chad region under the name Islamic
State West Africa Province (ISWAP), along with another Islamist militant
group, Boko Haram.
The group has recently suffered huge losses as a
result of attacks by a multi-national military forceā¦.
