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."
The Horror At The Music Festival By Hugh Fitzgerald
Friday, October 13, 2023
Robert Spencer : Here is one young womanās account of what happened at the music festival
when the Hamas killers arrived. As we now know, at least 260 Israelis
were murdered at the site. āIsraeli survivors recount terror at music
festival, where Hamas militants killed at least 260,ā by Isabel Debre
and Michael Biesecker, Associated Press, October 9, 2023:
The night was a getaway. Thousands of young men and women
gathered at a vast field in southern Israel near the Gaza border to
dance without a care. Old and new friends jumped up and down, reveling
in the swirl of the bass-heavy beats.
Maya Alper was standing toward the back of the bar with teams
of environmentally conscious volunteers, picking up trash and passing
out free vodka shots to party-goers who reused their cups. Just after
6.a.m., as a light-blue dawn broke and the headliner D.J. took the
stage, air raid sirens cut through the ethereal trap music. Rockets
streaked overhead.
Alper, 25, jumped into her car and raced to the main road.
But at the intersection she encountered crowds of stricken festival
attendees, shouting at drivers to turn around. Then, a noise.
Firecrackers? Panicked men and women staggering down the road just in
front of her fell to the ground in pools of blood. Gunshots.
