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."
India: ‘I told him to stay safe but he led a mob attack on my family’
Monday, April 18, 2022
Fire Brigade
Robert Spencer : “‘I told him to stay safe but he led mob attack on my family’: Hindu
victim of Khargone violence talks about betrayal from his Muslim
neighbour,” OpIndia, April 16, 2022:
Days after the Khargone Ram Navami
violence, Hindus who suffered in the riots have been sharing dreadful
stories of betrayal, perfidy and treachery they endured from their
Muslim neighbours. On Friday, one of the Hindus revealed to the media
that he was attacked by his Muslim neighbor to whom he had alerted about
the riots and asked to stay safe amid the violence.
In an
exclusive conversation with India TV, the Hindu victim said that he had
asked his Muslim neighbors to stay secure amid the escalating violence.
He stated that his neighbors defrauded him and joined the rioters who
were pelting stones and petrol bombs on Hindu residences.
“As I
heard of violence escalating during the Ram Navmi procession in another
area of Khargone, I told my neighbors to lock themselves safe in their
houses. I also closed the doors to protect my family. Later, these
Muslim neighbors joined the rioters and led a mob attack on my family”,
the victim said on April 15.
He added that there was no procession
in his area but the Muslims began targeting all the Hindu residents of
Khargone. “They pelted stones, burnt vehicles belonging to Hindus, threw
petrol bombs to create fear in the minds of Hindus. Suddenly 200-300
Muslims gathered in my colony and abused us. They banged at my door
intending to break it but could not. So they broke my electricity meter
and wrote outside my house ‘Yeh Ghar Bikau Hai’”, he said….
The
Hindu victim continued to curse his Muslim neighbours who joined the
rioters to attack them. He said that his neighbours maintained good
relations with his family earlier, but unveiled their real faces on
April 10.
“I and my family inside the house were scared as 200-300
people began thrashing the door. I covered my younger son’s mouth to
avert his cries from reaching the rioters. Later they went away but
destroyed the outer side of my house”, he added.
In the ground
report by India TV, the residences belonging to Muslims in the colony
could be seen untouched and safe. Properties and assets owned by Hindus
however could be seen destroyed. The report showed the burnt vehicles
with ‘Aum’ written on them, remains of the petrol bombs and bricks that
were targeted at the Hindus on Sunday.
The report further mentioned that
the Muslims had climbed up to the terraces of buildings and had
deliberately targeted non-Muslims.
