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."
British police are letting pro-Palestine vandals run riot By Nicole Lampert
Monday, March 24, 2025
Lord Balfour's Portrait Being Vandalized
Spiked : This time last year, a female pro-Palestine activist
took a blade and a can of red spray paint to the 100-year-old painting
of Lord Balfour in Trinity College, Cambridge.
The perpetrator targeted
the painting because Balfour was a signatory of the Balfour Declaration ā
the British Empireās 1917 recognition of the aim to establish a Jewish
state.
The crime was filmed and posted online for all to see. The
perpetrator had a distinctive hairstyle (two plaits), as well as what
looked like a Ā£1,400 Mulberry backpack ā something your average criminal
usually doesnāt sport. She was also very clearly part of an outfit
called Palestine Action,
which claimed responsibility for the attack. With just a tiny bit of
police work and some political will, uncovering the identity of the
perpetrator would not have been a monumental task. And yet, a year after
the historic painting was destroyed, Cambridgeshire Police have ended their āinvestigationā. They said only that they hoped new information may one day come to light.
Palestine Action has vowed to continue its violent behaviour. Just this week, three activists occupied part of the Allianz offices
in central London and covered the windows in red paint. They scaled the
building to unfurl a banner demanding that Allianz ādrop Elbitā, an
Israel-based defence contractor, as an insurance customer. Police stood
around for hours, apparently helpless to do anything, until the
protesters were finally brought down and arrested.
Also this week, in Manchester,
two Palestine Action activists were arrested after climbing on to the
Aviva office in the city centre. Again, they covered the buildingās
windows in paint, set off flares and waved Palestinian flags. Aviva,
Palestine Action claims, also has links to Elbit.
