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."
Washington State Man Reads the Qur’an, Gets the Idea to Kill a Woman By Robert Spencer
Wednesday, April 06, 2022
Tyrone Bernard Wells Jr.
Jihad Watch : Wells “told police he used methamphetamine and had been awake ‘since
Wednesday.’ The last time he reported using meth was the day before the
murder, on Saturday, March 26. That night, Wells invited Rios to come to
his apartment to stay the night. Wells told police he had the
‘premeditation’ to kill her at the time he invited her over.” This
“premeditation” took a form that hasn’t often been seen in the United
States up to now.
Wells explained that “he had been reading the Quran before Rios came
over and told police ‘that verses in the Quran seemed to indicate to him
that it would be necessary for him to kill Rios.’” For some reason,
Wells thought this detail could be taken as exonerating or extenuating,
as he “later told police, ‘For the record… I’m not trying to throw that
religion thing in there as a defense.’” Noted.
Now, Wells must be mentally ill, right? After all, how could anyone
read the Qur’an and get the idea to commit an act of unimaginable
violence? Could it be, on the other hand, that Wells happened upon the
passages that direct believers to “kill them wherever you find them,”
(2:191, 4:89) or to “kill the idolaters wherever you find them” (9:5),
or to “strike the necks” of the unbelievers (47:4), or above all, to
beat women “from whom you fear disobedience” (4:34)?
No one, left or right, in the American public square today wants to
admit it, but the unpleasant fact is that there are plenty of passages
in the Qur’an that Tyrone Bernard Wells Jr. could have read in a manner
that led him believe that he should kill Randee Leeann Rios. This is
also true internationally Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said in
February that “the West conveniently associated Islam with terrorism
but in the last 20 years, Muslim countries unfortunately, did not
respond to this narrative. Muslim leaders should have stood up to the
West and made it clear that there is no link between Islam, or any other
religion, with terrorism.” See? The reason why anyone thinks “Islamic
terrorism” is a reality, as opposed to the genuine threat of “right-wing
extremism,” is because of the ever-dastardly non-Muslim West. And
really, who else’s fault could it be?
Back in the real world, however, it is false to claim that the West
associated Islam with terrorism. The terrorists themselves did that.
Take 9/11, which is just one of innumerable possible examples. In March
2009, the masterminds of the 9/11 plot, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi
bin As-Shibh, Walid bin ‘Attash, Mustafa Ahmed AI-Hawsawi, and ‘Ali ‘abd
Al-’Aziz ‘Ali – styling themselves as the “9/11 Shura Council” –wrote a
lengthy communiqué titled “The Islamic Response to the Government’s Nine Accusations.”
In it, they wrote: “Many thanks to God, for his kind gesture, and
choosing us to perform the act of Jihad for his cause and to defend
Islam and Muslims. Therefore, killing you and fighting you, destroying
you and terrorizing you, responding back to your attacks, are all
considered to be great legitimate duty in our religion….We ask to be
near to God, we fight you and destroy you and terrorize you. The Jihad
in god’s [sic] cause is a great duty in our religion.” They quoted
numerous Qur’an verses, including one stating that “to those against
whom war is waged, permission is given (to fight,) because they are
wronged and verily, Allah is most powerful for their aid” (22:39), and
another commanding Muslims to “fight in the way of Allah those who fight
you, but be not the transgressor, Allah likes not the transgressors”
(2:190). They even quoted the notorious “Verse of the Sword”: “Then
fight and slay the pagans wherever you find them, and seize them, and
besiege them and lie in wait for them in each and every ambush” (9:5).
To cinch their case, they used two verses enjoining Muslims to strike terror into the hearts of their foes: “Soon
shall we cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers, for that they
joined companies with Allah, for which he has sent no authority; There
[sic] place will be the fire; and evil is the home of the wrongdoers”
(3:151); and “Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of
your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into the heart of
the enemies of Allah and your enemies” (8:60).
There are innumerable other examples, and 40,000 jihad attacks
worldwide since 9/11. The devil can quote Scripture for his own purpose,
but it is clear that there are all too many Muslims today who see the
Qur’an’s exhortation to violence and more as valid for our time. The
jihad passages in the Qur’an are anything but a dead letter. Tyrone
Bernard Wells Jr. just reminded us of that.
