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."
Turkey reveals it’s a transit country for jihadis, accuses EU of serving as a source of jihadis
Monday, August 08, 2022
Robert Spencer : True on both counts. “Turkey reveals it’s a transit country for jihadist fighters,
accusing the EU of serving as a source of terrorists,” by Levent Kenez, Nordic Monitor, August 5, 2022:
In a rare statement, Turkey’s Directorate General of Migration
Management on Tuesday released statistics on “foreign terrorist
fighters” deported from Turkey. It did not disclose how many of these
fighters were members of which organization, but almost all of them are
believed to be jihadist fighters who went to Syria to fight.
Wording specifically targeting the US and EU were included in the
statement issued by the directorate general, part of the Ministry of
Interior.
According to the statement, a total of 9,000 foreign terrorist
fighters from 102 countries, of which 1,168 were from the US and EU
countries, have been deported since 2011, as a result of “the work
carried out for Turkey’s security within and across the border.” The
fact that the number of deported fighters is exactly 9,000 raises doubts
about the accuracy of the statistics.
The directorate general explained that these people are foreign
terrorist fighters who came from their home countries to join terrorist
organizations such as the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and
the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS or DAESH).
The statement emphasized that the largest group among the deportees
comprised citizens of EU countries.
According to the directorate
general, a total of 1,109 foreign terrorist fighters from EU member
states and 59 from the United States have been deported since 2011….
