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."
Mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan: ‘Noble Islam promotes doing good and abandoning evil’ By Christine Douglass-Williams
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Amer Ghalib
Jihad Watch : No, Mr. Ghalib. Islam is the only mainstream religion that does not promote “respecting others and treating them well,” at least when it comes to women and non-Muslims. Islam sanctions violence against disbelievers, hatred against Jews (and thus the state of Israel), and the inferiority of women.
While adherents of other faiths outside of Islam may also commit
violence, hate those who are different in creed or race, and mistreat
women, it isn’t sanctioned in their religions.
One need only look at Sharia states which have no freedom of
religion, equality for women and they arbitrarily detain human rights
advocates/dissidents. The persecution of Christians and other minorities
over 1400 years is not a figment of anyone’s imagination; nor is it an
anomaly in Islam.
Preempting any Islamophobic backlash or fear,
Ghalib assured citizens that they should not expect any changes from an
all-Muslim city government, just efforts to revitalize city
infrastructure and a commitment to serve its people. “There is no difference,
because we are all bound by the city regulations and the country’s
constitution, with laws and regulations that we cannot violate,” he
said.
There is a big difference. A few examples of Islamic influence in
America: pushing the “Islamophobia” subterfuge to curb free speech (the
cornerstone of free society) when that speech offends Muslims; fueling
the pro-Palestinian lobby, which perpetuates antisemitism and
pro-Palestinian special interests in Congress, who managed briefly to strike Iron Dome funding from a US budget bill.
“Michigan city council becomes first all-Muslim led government in US,” Arab News, January 17, 2022:
HAMTRAMCK, Michigan: Hamtramck, Michigan is the first city in the US to be led by an all-Muslim government.
A city of mostly Polish-Americans for 99 years, locals say the
population has gradually shifted to now be over half Arab-Americans. And
in its 100th year, the city’s leaders reflect that change.
“It was a historic achievement that’s never happened before for the
Arabs and immigrants,” Amer Ghalib, Hamtramck mayor, told Arab News.
“And I think it inspired many of the youth to go for this field and
made them confident in themselves and of their abilities and that they
have become an inseparable part of the fabric of this society,” he
added.
The Yemeni-born mayor leads Hamtramck alongside the elected city
council which, with the exception of one American-born convert to Islam,
is made up entirely of Arab immigrants.
Having moved when he was 17, Ghalib considers the two square miles that make up Hamtramck to be his mother city.
“I feel proud and I feel a big responsibility and this is why we have
to work very hard to prove that we, as immigrants, can work and succeed
in managerial, public service, and political fields in this country,”
he said.
Preempting any Islamaphobic backlash or fear, Ghalib assured citizens
that they should not expect any changes from an all-Muslim city
government, just efforts to revitalize city infrastructure and a
commitment to serve its people.
“There is no difference, because we are all bound by the city
regulations and the country’s constitution, with laws and regulations
that we cannot violate,” he said….
