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."
‘Palestinians’ throw stones at police at journalist’s funeral, Israel is blamed for responding
Monday, May 16, 2022
Abu Akleh funeral
Robert Spencer : This is a common pattern that we have seen in connection with other
jihads (notably in Myanmar and India) as well: Muslims attack
non-Muslims.
Police beating mourners. That's what Jazeera & co want to show.
Yet they hide that: 1 Family coordinated with police 2 Part of crowd hijacked the coffin, 3 beat the hearse, 4 charged police line.
Non-Muslims then retaliate, and the international media
reports the incidents as if the Muslims were entirely innocent, and were
gratuitously attacked by the non-Muslims. Always and in every case, the
narrative must be advanced.“Police to investigate clashes at Abu Akleh funeral,” Jerusalem Post, May 13, 2022:
The Israel Police Commissioner in
coordination with the Public Security Minister Omer Bar Lev instructed
on Saturday that an investigation be conducted regarding clashes that
occurred during the funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh,
who was killed during a gunfight between IDF special forces and armed
Palestinians in Jenin.
The findings of the investigation will be presented to the Commissioner in the coming days.
At
the start of the Friday funeral procession in Jerusalem, masked police
officers faced scores of flag-waving and chanting Palestinians in the
compound of St. Joseph’s Hospital in east Jerusalem, television footage
showed.
