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."
Majority of students hide Jewish identity, pro-Israel views, Hillel Ontario poll finds
Saturday, February 11, 2023
BCF : A new poll by Hillel Ontario found that a significant majority of
Jewish students had refrained from expressing their pro-Israel believes
in public for fear of being criticized and slightly more than half had
downplayed their Jewishness in social settings.
Hillel Ontario, which describes itself as the largest regional Hillel
in the world with a combined Jewish student population of 14,000 across
nine universities, released the findings from the “student pulse check
survey” after polling nearly 500 Jewish students between November 2022
and January 2023.
The survey found that 61 percent of students refrained from
“expressing their opinion on Israel or Israeli policies in public or
social settings” because they were afraid of being ostracized. Jewish
identity was “central or very important” to most students, with 75
percent agreeing that it was crucial to their overall identity.
But
over half of respondents (56 percent) downplayed their Jewish identity
in “interpersonal interactions” out of concern for antisemitism. On
the subject of antisemitism, most students were most concerned about
the activities of student unions and groups and discrimination on social
media, the poll found.
When asked whether being part of a Jewish
community was “central or very important” to their identity as Jews, 64
percent indicated in the affirmative, with 75 percent agreeing that
Hillel was the most important voice in speaking for Jewish students on
campus. Hillel was also described by 68 percent of students as their “go
to” for Jewish experiences at university.
