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."
A Detailed Look Into Hamas' Massive Terrorist Tunnel
Thursday, December 21, 2023
The IDF has uncovered Hamas' largest tunnel so farāonly 400m from the Erez humanitarian crossing. This tunnel was utilized by Hamas to launch a deadly attack and destroy the crossing, a vital route for Gazans commuting to Israel for their livelihoods.
Iāve been to Gaza years ago. It had beautiful beaches and coastal areas, somewhat like the beaches of southern California with palisades and dunes. Israel unilaterally left Gaza in 2005 and forcibly evicted 9,000 Israelis from 21 settlements in Gaza. They left behind clean modern housing and state of the art agricultural infrastructure; greenhouses, irrigation systems.
What did the Gazans do? They set explosives off and destroyed all of it. With the tens of billions of dollars donated to Gaza since 2005 by sympathetic European, Gulf Arab countries and others Gaza couldāve developed a thriving, vibrant and green tourism economy. It couldāve been the Riviera of the eastern Mediterranean, perhaps another Singapore or Dubai.
Instead, they took the concrete meant for schools and hospitals and housing and used it to create a giant subterranean terror complex for the benefit of hamas and not even for the Gazans. They took the pipes meant for irrigation and turned them into Qassem rockets. The opposite of Isaiahās prophecy.
They worship death and the dark hopeless future they chose was of their own making. Not anyone elseās as the Gazans voted for Hamas. It didnāt have to be this way. Hopefully when Israel finishes with hamas the Gazans will make better choices for themselves and their children.
Israel has no interest in remaining in Gaza but it will never again allow an existential threat to itself like what weāve seen since Gaza elected hamas in 2007.
