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."
Euraisian Times : Over 200 Indian-origin Jews from the Bnei Menashe community, who migrated to Israel in the recent past, have joined the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) for active or reserve duty in the war on the Palestinian group Hamas since the October 7 massacre, media reports said.
According to a report by the Jerusalem
Post, which quoted the Shavei Israel nonprofit this week, they were
either called up for active or reserve military duties or volunteered. Of these soldiers, 75 were recent
immigrants from India who volunteered for military duty post the Hamas
attacks, while the remaining 140 were called for military service from
their settlements across Israel.
Shavei Israel is a Jerusalem-based
nonprofit founded by Michael Freund to strengthen Israel’s ties with the
Jewish diaspora communities worldwide. The nonprofit has been lobbying over the
last two decades for mass immigration of the Bnei Menashe community,
which claims its descent from one of the Lost Tribes of Israel.
In May, the Jerusalem Post quoted
Freund: “There are a total of about 5,000 Menashe people left in India
who have been requesting to immigrate to Israel for many years.” According to Shavei Israel, 99 percent
of all men of military age who immigrated from India joined Israel’s
fight against the Hamas terrorist group, while 90% of women enrolled in
National Service.
(L-R) Bnei Menashe Olim served in the IDF: St.-Sgt. Gershon Menashe, St.-Sgt. Harel Paltuel (SHAVEI ISRAEL)
The report said Natanel Touthang, aged
26 and a member of the Bnei Menashe community, was wounded by shrapnel
from a Hezbollah rocket fired at Israel’s north after the conflict
breakout on October 7. Touthang was serving in the Givati Brigade when
he was injured.
“Since the war broke out, Shavei Israel
has received hundreds of requests from young community members in
northeastern India asking to make Aliyah (migrating to Israel)
immediately,” Freund said.
“Not only that — they are asking to join
the IDF immediately to fight shoulder to shoulder with their brothers
and sisters,” he said.
