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."
Boston: Muslim who stabbed rabbi denied bail, Jewish leaders urge hate crime investigation
Saturday, July 03, 2021
Khaled Awad
Jihad Watch : This will be an uphill battle, as the idea that a Muslim could commit
a hate crime against a rabbi goes against the prevailing political and
media narrative that Muslims are always victims. “Boston rabbi stabbing suspect denied bail as Jewish leaders urge hate crime probe,” by Louis Casiano, Fox News, July 2, 2021:
The 24-year-old man accused of stabbing a Boston rabbi multiple times outside a synagogue was ordered held without bail Friday. A judge ordered a hearing for Khaled Awad, of Brighton, the Boston
Herald reported. Awad is charged with assault and battery by means of a
dangerous weapon and assault and battery on a police officer.
The charges are connected to the Thursday stabbing of Rabbi Shlomo
Noginski outside the Shaloh House Jewish Day School in Brighton. He
sustained multiple non-life threatening wounds to his arm and is
recovering in a hospital. Awad allegedly drew a gun and told the rabbi to take him to his car
and attempted to force him inside, Rabbi Dan Rodkin, executive director
of Shaloh House, told Fox News. Noginski tried running across the street
to a nearby park called Brighton Common and was stabbed eight times in
the arm, he said.
“The victim and suspect walked toward the van and the suspect told
the victim to get in the van. At this point, the victim began to flee.
The suspect chased the victim across Chestnut Hill Avenue and into a
park across the street. The pursuit continued into the park, where the
suspect caught up to the victim and stabbed him several times with a
knife,” according to court documents obtained by WCVB-TV.
Prosecutors said officers confronted Awad after the attack and drew
their weapons on him after he pointed a firearm at one officer. After
putting his weapon on the ground, he allegedly kicked an officer in the
stomach. The school was running a day camp at the time of the attack and went
into a brief lockdown, Rodkin said. No one else was harmed.
A motive for the attack was not revealed. In court, prosecutors said Awad does not have a criminal record in
Massachusetts but faces charges in Florida for alleged battery and
theft. He may also face civil rights charges, prosecutors said. Rabbi Shlomo Noginski was stabbed multiple times Thursday outside a
Boston synagogue, authorities said. He is recovering from his wounds.
Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins was in the courtroom
Friday and is facing calls from Jewish leaders to investigate the
stabbing as a hate crime. “This was an act of hate, of darkness,” Combined Jewish
Philanthropies of Greater Boston spokesperson Shira Goodman said,
according to WBUR. “We will continue to live Jewish lives. We’re going
to continue to pray at our synagogues, to attend our schools … and
double down on social justice for all. That is light and that is love.”
Noginski, a father of 12, experienced anti-Semitism as a child in the
Soviet Union when he was badly beaten in one attack, Rodkin told Fox
News. In response, his mother put him in martial arts classes and he is
now a black belt in judo, Rodkin said. The family eventually moved to Israel where Noginski became a
successful businessman and was a city councilman at one point. He moved
to Boston to serve the city’s Russian-speaking Jewish community, Rodkin
said.
“He dropped everything in Israel to come here to be a rabbi,” he
said. “It’s hard to find a person who’s more kind, more gentle, very
sincere, very humble.” The case has renewed fears of anti-Semitic behavior following a
series of attacks and vitriol against Jews that have gone viral in
recent months. …
In a tweet Friday, Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Nachman
Shai, said the attack on Noginski was reminiscent of 1930s Europe and
that “anti-Semitism is on the rise in the United States.”
