Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen 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 soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt 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."
Bangladesh: Rape victims ostracized for being raped, often forced to marry their rapist By Robert Spencer
Thursday, April 07, 2022
Jihad Watch : āAnd then the criminals take the opportunity, marry the victims and get relieved from the punishment,ā she said.
Costa,
a social activist and mother of three, was speaking to UCA News after a
court granted bail to a police officer after he married the woman he
raped in June 2020. The inspector was jailed and convicted of rape.
On
March 23, Judge Mehedi Hasan Talukdar of the Women and Children
Repression Prevention Tribunal in Panchagarh district in northern
Bangladesh granted bail to police sub-inspector Abdul Jalil after he
married his rape victim on the courtās premisesā¦.
On Nov. 19,
2020, Zahirul Islam Zia was granted bail after he married a teenage girl
at a jail gate in Feni district in southeastern Bangladesh. Islam was
arrested and jailed after the girl filed a case accusing him of raping
her with the promise of marriageā¦.
Human rights lawyer Rina Parvin termed the practice of marriage between rapists and victims as āa miscarriage of justice.ā
āThis
is totally unacceptable from a legal or moral point of view. It is in
no way sympathetic to the victim who has endured physical and mental
abuse. It is clear the perpetrators resort to such methods only to
escape punishment. The victim was raped before the court trial and now
she will be raped repeatedly,ā Parvin told UCA News.
āIn a
patriarchal society like Bangladesh, males always want to save males,
but lawyers need to stand for truth and justice. Our legal system needs
to change so that a rapist is never exempted from punishment and allowed
to marry a rape victim,ā Parvin addedā¦.
