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."
London's Muslim Mayor Nixes Proposal to Honor QEII…
Friday, September 30, 2022
Daily Mail : Sadiq snubs the Queen: No statue of Elizabeth on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth for the foreseeable future as monument to Malawian anti-colonialist hero is unveiled instead. A statue of the Queen will not be placed on the fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square for the foreseeable future.
Calls have been made in recent days for the plot, currently used for a different monument every two years, to have a permanent statue of Queen Elizabeth II.
However, Mayor of London The latest occupant of the Trafalgar Square corner was unveiled yesterday - a statue of anti-colonialist John Chilembwe by artist Samson Kambalu entitled Antelope.
It restages a photograph from 1914 at the opening of Chilembwe's new church in Nyasaland - now Malawi - in which the preacher has his hat on next to missionary John Chorley, defying the colonial rule that forbade Africans from wearing hats in front of white people.
Chilembwe led a revolt against British in 1915 and was killed shortly after. His church, which had taken years to build, was destroyed by colonial police. Sadiq Khan said the plinth would continue to be used for temporary installations, as it has since 1999.
