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."
Israel pushes back against Arab ‘fake news,’ announces it will keep status quo in Jerusalem By Christine Douglass-Williams
Sunday, April 24, 2022
Temple Mount
Robert Spencer : Israel will maintain the status
quo on the Temple Mount, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said on Wednesday,
pushing back against “fake news” spreading in the Arab world.
“We
have no intention to change the status quo or prevent freedom of
worship, but we will keep the order in the capital of Israel,” Lapid
stated.
“Israel is the sovereign and we can be the moderate force
taking the public welfare into consideration. Our goal is for Jerusalem
to be calm on the holiday…We will not allow fireworks to be thrown from
the mosque at Jews on the Temple Mount or anywhere,” he added.
Prime
Minister Naftali Bennett said in an interview with Kan Bet that
“neighboring states need to show leadership against the lies.”
“There
is a huge amount of fake news,” Lapid said, citing a rumor spread by
Palestinians that Israel trying to split the Temple Mount between Jews
and Muslims using the model of the Tomb of the Patriarchs. “It’s not
true but very strong on social media.”
Lapid also referred to a
video spread on social media that looks like a Molotov cocktail was
thrown into the Al-Aksa Mosque, which is, in fact, a video that was
reversed of someone throwing the explosive out of the mosque…….
