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."
Afghanistan: Summary executions of civilians begin, ‘there are grave fears for women’ By Christine Douglass-Williams
Saturday, August 28, 2021
Jihad Watch : Top UN human rights official Michelle Bachelet says she has “received
credible reports of serious violations committed by the Taliban in
Afghanistan, including summary executions of civilians and restrictions
on women and on protests against their rule.”
But the UN Human Rights council — which includes some of the worst
violators, such as Pakistan, China, Cuba and Venezuela — is not taking
the Taliban’s savaging of infidels seriously enough:
The council will consider a draft resolution, submitted
by Pakistan on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC),
that voices concern at reports of violations. But it does not mention
the Taliban by name, nor would it set up a fact-finding mission to probe
them.
Those who are particularly vulnerable are Christians and other minorities. The Taliban has already been going door-to-door executing Christians, even demanding people’s phones, and if they find a Bible
on their device, Taliban jihadists murder them immediately. Expect
full-on Christian persecution, as is practically routine in some areas
of the Middle East and Africa, where the Islamic State is perpetrating a
genocide of Christians.
Prediction: the world will become increasingly apathetic when people
realize that Christians are the particular targets of the Taliban, as
they do when Christians are targeted in other locations. Christian lives
are persistently devalued, including by far too many Western Christians
who prefer to turn a blind eye to the jihad. So also are the lives of
Jews.
“UN rights boss says has reports of Taliban executions, millions fearful,” Reuters, August 24, 2021:
The top UN human rights official Michelle Bachelet said
on Tuesday that she had received credible reports of serious violations
committed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, including summary executions of
civilians and restrictions on women and on protests against their rule.
Bachelet urged the UN Human Rights Council, holding an emergency
session at the request of Pakistan and the Organisation of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC), to set up a mechanism to closely monitor Taliban
actions. “A fundamental red line will be the Taliban’s treatment of women and girls,” she told the Geneva forum.
“There are grave fears for women, for journalists, and for the new
generation of civil society leaders who have emerged in the past years,”
Bachelet told the forum’s emergency session, held at the request of
Pakistan and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
“Afghanistan’s diverse ethnic and religious minorities are also at
risk of violence and repression, given previous patterns of serious
violations under Taliban rule and reports of killings and targeted
attacks in recent months,” she said.
Nasir Ahmad Andisha, a senior Afghan diplomat from the deposed
government, called for accountability for Taliban actions, describing an
“uncertain and dire” situation where millions of people fear for their
lives.
Independent UN human rights experts, in a joint statement, said that
many people were in hiding fearing reprisals as “the Taliban continues
to search homes door-to-door.” “Searches, arrests, harassment, and intimidation, as well as seizures
of property and reprisals, are already being reported,” they said.
The council will consider a draft resolution, submitted by Pakistan
on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), that voices
concern at reports of violations. But it does not mention the Taliban by name, nor would it set up a fact-finding mission to probe them.
Instead, it calls on Bachelet to report back to the forum at its
March 2022 session and urges all parties to respect human rights law
including “the full and meaningful participation of women” and of
minorities.“
We were hoping for a stronger text, it is extremely minimalist and
we are disappointed,” a Western diplomat told Reuters as heated
negotiations continued on the text…..
