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."
Any Excuse to Attack Israel: Amnesty International’s Propaganda on Gaza
Thursday, November 02, 2023
EoZ : Amnesty International is among the most active NGOs that systematically
promote demonization of Israel , BDS, and antisemitism – under the
facade of universal human rights.
Dear @Amnesty: Your hero Ahed Tamimi just posted, “Come on settlers, we will slaughter you. We are waiting for you in all cities of the West Bank. What Hitler did to you was a joke. We will drink your blood and eat your skulls. We are waiting for you.” @Amnesty, will you condemn? pic.twitter.com/z0kBs3jsHr
In recent years, this bias and
discrimination has been reflected in its “apartheid” campaign, extensive
efforts to exclude antisemitism as a human rights concern, and
undermining the implementation of the International Holocaust
Remembrance Association (IHRA) definition to combat hatred of Jews.
In the wake of the barbaric Hamas massacre of 1,500 Israelis and the
kidnapping of more than 200, Amnesty has exploited these events to
amplify demonization and delegitimization of the Jewish state. As with
previous rounds of conflict with Palestinian terror groups, Amnesty has
disproportionately focused on allegations of Israeli wrongdoing, as
opposed to an intensive campaign regarding the murder, torture, rape,
hostage-taking, and dismembering corpses that represent one of the most
egregious human rights atrocities in the past 30 years.
“Apartheid” – Amnesty Emphasizes “Root Causes” In multiple statements, Amnesty emphasizes “the root causes” of the
conflict, in particular “Israel’s system of apartheid imposed on all
Palestinians.” Amnesty does not identify “root causes” on the part of
any other actor, including Palestinians and terror groups. Amnesty’s
publications and statements by its officials as part of its ongoing
apartheid campaign make it clear that the NGO sees Israel’s existence as
a Jewish state as the “root cause” and believes that it should not
exist as such. (For details, see NGO Monitor’s reports “False Knowledge
as Power: Deconstructing Definitions of Apartheid that Delegitimise the
Jewish State,” “Neo-Orientalism: Deconstructing claims of apartheid in
the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,” and “Amnesty International’s Cruel
Assault on Israel: Systematic Lies, Errors, Omissions & Double
Standards in Amnesty’s Apartheid Report.”)
In a statement issued on October 7 (Israel/OPT: Civilians on both sides
paying the price of unprecedented escalation in hostilities between
Israel and Gaza as death toll mounts), as the Hamas massacre of Israelis
was taking place, Amnesty asserts that “The root causes of these
repeated cycles of violence must be addressed as a matter of urgency.”
It specifies the objective of “ending Israel’s 16-year-long illegal
blockade on Gaza, and all other aspects of Israel’s system of apartheid
imposed on all Palestinians.”
Similarly, in an October 26 statement demanding an “immediate ceasefire”
(Israel/OPT: Urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties to
end unprecedented civilian suffering), “Amnesty International also
reiterates its calls for…The root causes of the conflict to be
addressed, including through dismantling Israel’s system of apartheid
against all Palestinians.”
