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."
Nupur Sharma, the national spokeswoman for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a leader of the party’s Delhi unit, has received
several death threats, including the threat to behead her and her
family.
This is just one of the hundreds of threats that several people
receive in India even on the pretext of a rumour that someone has said
something against Islam that has been perceived as an offence by
Muslims.
These threats expose a narrative that is being peddled to portray
that Muslims in India are under threat and are subjected to differential
treatment by society. Nupur Sharma
simply asserted in the video that if people are insulting the Hindu
faith on a regular basis, they can equally criticise other religions,
referring to Islamic beliefs. She was only responding to the mocking she
was receiving throughout the program, but Islamists took advantage of
the opportunity to harass her and threaten her with execution.
It is normal for Islamists to perpetuate the myth that Muslims face a
threat in India. Actually, the truth is that this particular section is
the safest among all the communities existing in India because they
have an armour called “minority” and they employ bunkers called
“persecution,” “intolerance,” and “genocide” to defend themselves from
all the actions brought by their transgressions.
