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 Blatant Hypocrisy of Islamic Apologias - Straining at gnats while swallowing camels.
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Sheikh Samir Hashish
Front Page Mag : An Arabic-language video of
a Muslim cleric addressing how terrorists “misuse” Islamic scriptures
to justifying killing non-Muslims is an ideal example of the hypocrisy
of Muslim apologias.
During his sermon, Sheikh Samir Hashish—who was addressing the bombings
of Coptic churches in Egypt, which have left hundreds dead over the
years—said that those Muslims who attack churches and kill infidels often cite a sahih hadith (a
statement attributed to Muhammad and deemed authentic), where the
prophet said, “A Muslim must not be killed on account of a kafir [a non-Muslim, or infidel].” After saying that the hadith does not justify the outright slaughter of non-Muslims, Hashish elaborated:
The hadith itself is of course authentic… However, the hadith does not
mean that whoever, without cause, kills any of the People of the Book
[Christians and Jews] has done rightly. Not at all—the hadith did not
say this; it did not say those who do this are right. The hadith simply
excludes the death penalty from among the possible punishments. In
other words, the Muslim who kills a non-Muslim without cause—is he wrong
or not? He’s wrong. Is he to be penalized or not? He is to be
penalized—but without the death penalty. Let him be judged any which
way, but do not kill him. Why? Because of what the hadith says. The
prophet said, “a Muslim must not be killed on account of a kafir [infidel].”
Why? Because their blood is not equal. The blood of the Muslim is
superior. Call it racism or whatever you want, but of course the blood
of the Muslim is superior. This is not open to debate. [Translation my
own.]
What is notable is that, while the sheikh claims that radicals are
twisting the hadith to say something it is not—that any Muslim who kills
any infidel is exempt from any punishment—what the hadith is really saying—that the life of a Muslim is more precious than the life of a non-Muslim—is little better and possibly worse.
Nitpicking over details while ignoring the root problem—that is,
“straining at gnats while swallowing camels,” to quote Christ (Matt. 23:24)—is increasingly how leading Muslim clerics disassociate Islam
from the violence and intolerance performed in its name.
