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."
In January this year, he addressed a gathering of 20 lakh Muslims in
Bareilly and threatened that Hindus would have nowhere to escape if the
rage of Muslims flared.
The district administration in Bareilly has imposed
a curfew after controversial Islamic cleric Maulana Tauqir Raza
announced that a protest will be held on June 10 against BJPās Nupur
Sharma over her remarks on Prophet Muhammad. As per reports, the curfew will remain effective until July 3, 2022,
to avert any law and order situation. The administrative action has been
taken as a precautionary measure in the aftermath of the recent
violence in Kanpur.
Reportedly,
the assembly of more than 5 people will not be allowed in public
places. No demonstrations can be held during the imposition of curfew.
It must be mentioned that Maulana Tauqir Raza has a history of inciting
violence against the Hindu community.
āI see the anger within my Muslim youths and I am afraid that the day
this anger bursts out, the day I lose control over themā¦ I want to warn
my Hindu brothers that Iām scared that the day my Muslim youths are
forced to take the law into their hands, you will not find a place to
hide anywhere in Indiaā, said the Islamic leader while displaying his
hate for the Hindus.
In April 2022, he provoked Muslims to take action after several
BJP-led governments demolished the illegal houses of rioters. āIf this
government continues to do such injustice, the countrywide Jail Bharo
Andolan will become so big that government will be unable to contain it.
And the day Muslims come to the streets, one must understand that they will be uncontrollable, he had said.
Tauqir Raza incited violence against Hindus
In January this year, he addressed a gathering of 20 lakh Muslims in Bareilly and threatened that Hindus would have nowhere to escape if
the rage of Muslims flared. Tauqeer Raza, once an ally of the Samajwadi
Party and Congress, was heard as saying, āIf we rise, you canāt hideā.
