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."
Libyans Face Death Penalty for Converting to Christianity By Uzay Bulut
Friday, March 07, 2025
Robert Spencer : February 15 marked the tenth anniversary of the execution of 20 Coptic Christians and one Ghanaian by the Islamic State (IS) on a beach in Libya.
In 2015, ISIS uploaded a YouTube video, entitled āA Message Signed
with Blood to the Nation of the Crossā. 20 Coptic Christians and a
Ghanaian Christian dressed in orange jumpsuits were marched
along a Libyan beach by their captors, their soon-to-be executors. The
men were given one final chance to renounce their faith before they were
beheaded.
The human rights organization Open Doors reported:
When IS beheaded the 21 men, they were denied a proper
burial. Their bodies were discarded in a mass grave. Three years later,
one of the captured militants revealed the location where the martyrs
had been hidden, and their remains were finally returned to Egypt. A
church was built in their hometown to honour their memory. Their bodies
now rest inside, along with their portraits and testimonies.
Most Coptic Christians from Egypt who lived and worked in Libya have
since returned to their home countries. This trend escalated following
the 2015 massacre, followed by another ISIS massacre of 30 Ethiopian Christians in April 2015.
