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."
UK: ‘Islamophobic’ hate crime goes flat as man who set two Muslims on fire turns out to be a Muslim also
Saturday, March 25, 2023
Robert Spencer : Two more “Islamophobic” hate crimes turn out to be something else
altogether. One might almost get the impression that anti-Muslim hate
crimes hardly ever occurred (and shouldn’t, of course), were it not for
our moral superiors constantly assuring us otherwise.
“UK police question suspect after elderly Muslim set alight,” Al Jazeera, March 22, 2023:
…“The two recent deeply troubling incidents where two
elderly Muslims have been set on fire as they left mosques are
shocking,” Iman Atta, head of Tell Mama, a hate crime monitor, told Al
Jazeera.
“We ask all communities to remain alert and vigilant whether at a
mosque or in a public area. This is especially the case because Ramadan
is just around the corner and the safety and security of our communities
remains a key priority.”…
Oops.
“Moment man is arrested by counter-terror cops in Birmingham after
‘setting a Muslim on fire outside mosque before trying to return the
next day’ – as police probe whether it is linked to separate attack in
London,” by Chris Matthews and Andy Dolan, Daily Mail, March 22, 2023:
This is the moment counter-terror police arrested a man
on suspicion of attempted murder after a Muslim man was set on fire
after leaving a mosque.
Footage shows a suspect being detained by officers on Dudley Road in
Edgbaston, Birmingham, after the pensioner in his 70s was sprayed with
an unknown substance and set alight on nearby Shenstone Road on Monday.
The victim had been praying in front of a suspect described as being
‘Somalian’ by fellow worshippers, before he was followed home and
attacked yards from his front door.
Yesterday afternoon police carried out the arrest after he was
spotted by worshippers attempting to go back into the mosque as a
funeral was about to begin. A source at the mosque said: ‘People
recognised him because he had been coming here for a few weeks.’
The attack came exactly three weeks after a similar incident 120
miles away in Ealing, when another worshipper, 82, was set ablaze after
being followed out of the West London Islamic Centre. He was taken to
hospital for treatment for severe burns to his face and arms.
In the Birmingham incident, residents’ security cameras showed the
younger man engaging the grey-haired victim in conversation outside the
mosque, before he carried out the attack.
As the victim screamed on the
pavement, cars continued to drive past just yards away….
