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."
Texas Recognizes "Pakistan Day" As Pakistan Destroys Human Rights by Uzay Bulut
Thursday, April 17, 2025
At the same time as Texas was celebrating "Pakistan Day", in Pakistan,
Christian citizens were being arrested and sentenced to death for
"blasphemy," and Muslims were abducting young Christian girls to
sexually abuse, forcibly "marry," and coerce into converting to Islam.
Gatestone Institute : The Texas House of Representatives passed a resolution
on March 28, officially recognizing March 23 as "Pakistan Day." The
resolution, introduced by State Representative Dr. Suleman Lalani,
claims that Pakistani Texans have made "significant contributions in the
state's social, religious, linguistic, and economic spheres."
Pakistan's Consul General in Texas, Muhammad Aftab Chaudhry, was present
at the event.
The problem is that at the same time as Texas was celebrating
"Pakistan Day", in Pakistan, Christian citizens were being arrested and
sentenced to death for "blasphemy," and Muslims were abducting young
Christian girls to sexually abuse, forcibly "marry," and coerce into
converting to Islam.
Pakistan's national and provincial parliaments have given their consent to these atrocities. In 2019, the Sindh Provincial Assembly rejected a bill criminalizing forced religious conversions. This was the second attempt at enacting a law against forced conversion in the province. In 2016, the Assembly had passed a similar bill, but the governor did not agree to it.
In 2021, a committee in Pakistan's National Assembly rejected a bill against forced conversion after the Ministry of Religious Affairs opposed the proposed law.
Christians, Hindus and other non-Muslim communities in Pakistan have been enduring increased levels of violence and persecution.
On March 25, Muslim gunmen attacked 34-year-old Adnan Masih and his wife in Faisalabad District, robbing them at gunpoint. According to Masih:
"When I told them that I was a poor Christian and an
ordinary worker at a brick kiln, they started whispering something into
each other's ears... One of them grabbed my wife's arm and pulled her
into a nearby sugarcane field... and took turns raping my wife."
On March 21, a Muslim in Punjab Province, Zohaib Iftikhar, slashed
the throat of a Christian co-worker, Waqas Masih, on allegations that
he had committed blasphemy by touching an Islamic textbook "with unclean
hands."
On March 20, police arrested
a social media influencer on allegations of blasphemy from the
country's Muzaffargarh District. A complaint was filed against the woman
for "posting derogatory remarks."
"Police registered a case against the TikToker under
Sections 295-A (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage
religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious
beliefs) and 298-A (Uttering words with deliberate intent to wound
religious feelings) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). She was later
arrested... and she was sent to jail on judicial remand..."
On March 17, Federal Investigation Agency officials arrested
24-year-old Arsalan Gill, a Christian, "under a blasphemy law mandating
the death penalty in relation to material that appeared on Facebook
groups without his knowledge."
"The impoverished Catholic family was shocked when an FIA
official told them late that night that their son was arrested and
charged with sharing blasphemous content on Facebook groups. The FIA
officials did not let them meet with him that night..."
These are not isolated cases. Under Pakistan's blasphemy laws, anyone
found guilty of insulting Islam, its prophet or other religious figures
can be imprisoned and sentenced to death.
