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."
Nigeria: Muslim mob burns shops and houses in anger after it fails to locate another Christian woman to lynch over blasphemy allegations
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Earlier this month in Nigeria's Sokoto, a Muslim mob had brutally beaten
a Christian woman named Deborah Samuel to death over a WhatsApp message
that was deemed 'blasphemous'.
On Monday, an enraged Islamist mob went on a rampage
and set fire to over a dozen commercial and residential properties
after they failed to nab a 40-year-old Christian lady whom they wanted
to lynch over the charges of alleged blasphemy.
The incident was reported from a town in Warji, Bauchi where the
violent mob was upset over a message that was posted by the Christian
lady on social media. The message was deemed offensive to Islam and was
declared as an act of ‘blasphemy’.
Last week, a staffer of the Medical Department of Warji council area
named Rhoda Jatau used Whatsapp social media to post a video message
that was allegedly critical of Islam. The video message that reportedly
originated from Ghana was allegedly forwarded by Jatau in a 20 membered
group, out of which 15 were Muslims. She was threatened by several
Islamists to take down the video. Also, the deputy director of the
Medical Department of Warji was forced to interfere in the matter.
