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."
Syria: Terrorists in Suits and Ties No Future for Christians or Other 'Infidels' by Lawrence A. Franklin
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
From March 6-9 – unchecked by Ahmed al-Sharaa's professedly "moderate"
interim government – his jihadist troops slaughtered an estimated 1,080
Syrians in 72 hours, apparently mostly civilian members of the minority
Alawite religion.
Gatestone Institute : In December 2024, after an offensive lasting less than two weeks that
swept through much of Syria, a Turkish-backed Sunni militia led by
Ahmed al-Sharaa ousted the Assad regime, which had ruled the country for
54 years.
From March 6-9 – unchecked by al-Sharaa's professedly "moderate" interim government – his jihadist troops slaughtered
an estimated 1,080 Syrians in 72 hours, apparently mostly civilian
members of the minority Alawite religion. The Alawite sect, which split
off from Shia Islam in the ninth century, is regarded by other Shiites
as heretical. To people who practice Sunni Islam -- the religion of
al-Sharaa and Turkey -- all non-Sunnis are infidels. Alawites are
estimated to be up to 10% of Syria's population, and the deposed Assad
family belong to the sect.
Al-Sharaa, on taking power in Syria in December, originally professed
to be a "moderate." The Biden administration even lifted a $10 million
bounty for his arrest, for previous terrorist activity linked to Al
Qaeda, presumably in the hope of moderation actually being delivered.
Since that time, however, al-Sharaa and his followers have appeared more
as terrorists in suits and ties.
Since December, and escalating in March, Jihadist terrorist gangs have been slaughtering Alawites in coastal Syrian towns. The atrocities this month began purportedly in response
to attacks on government troops by Alawite remnants of the Assad
regime's security and military forces. Some Syrian Christians were also slain, but possibly not specifically targeted by the new government.
Like the Alawites, Christians were for the most part a protected minority during the Assad years. According to many Syrians, however, Christians are resented by the Sunni Syrian majority "because they are viewed as infidels."
