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."
Robert Spencer : Writing personally, Twitter always ignored the death threats I got
from Muslims over my Mohammad cartoons, yet they banned me for good in
2018 for criticizing Marvelās Islamophilic Muslim superhero comic book,
which ignores the Only reason any of us began to speak about Islam,
jihad. But after I heard of Musk buying the platform, I decided to see
if I can sign up for an account after four years, and surprisingly, I
was able to create one, and Iām back up on it as @TheBoschFawstin. And
itās been fun posting on the platform, as Iāve always liked its forced
limitations, as I think concision is a real value in writing.
But then thereās the leftās insane, unhinged reaction to Musk seizing
its weapon, because make no mistake about, thatās exactly how the left
viewed Twitter, as a weapon against its enemies, and one which they used
to lie about them and to lie about what theyāre actually up to. And
just as the left has moaned about the existence of Fox News, as even one outlet
thatās not under their control is too much for them, theyāre telling us
in their always indirect way that losing even one social(ist) media
platform is catastrophic to their need to propagandize 24/7. So the left
is treating this loss as if it were the end of the world and theyāre
vilifying Musk in the same way that they vilify Trump, calling him every
name in the book, and smearing him as if their lives depends on it. And
yet theyāve had no problem whatsoever with the fact that the platform
had/has a major stockholder whoās as illiberal as it gets, Saudi prince
Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, who no doubt made sure that Twitter has been
a shariah-compliant company since he bought his way in. (See my Jack
Dorsey taliBAN
cartoon that I drew for Laura Loomer, ripping Dorsey for allowing
Muslim terrorists on his platform.) And of course, the Saudi prince was
completely opposed to Musk taking over Twitter, to which Musk challenged
his position on free speech by writing him directly:
Interesting. Just two questions,
if I may. How much of Twitter does the Kingdom own, directly &
indirectly? What are the Kingdomās views on journalistic freedom of
speech?
We all know the answer to Muskās final question, and I give him
credit for asking it, as so few are willing to challenge Muslims,
particularly wealthy and powerful ones, about what they really think, as
they lie as much as leftists do. So going forward, I can imagine that
this Saudi prince will not be part of Muskās Twitter, if weāre to
believe Muskās claim that heās a āfree speech absolutist.ā I even
challenged Musk to back his claim here.
We donāt know exactly where this is going, but it is promising that
the richest man in the world appears to understand how important free
speech is. I canāt help but think that at the least, a major platform
thatās been the leftās weapon for years, has a chance at being what it
advertised itself as, a platform where all people can have their say,
without it favoring certain groups over others, or punishing others, and
having a far more healthy exchange of ideas.
Weāll see what happens, but I have to admit that Iām excited at what
the possibilities could be, not only with Twitter, but with other
platforms and outlets, particularly because so many were convinced that
Musk couldnāt pull it off, that the leftās stranglehold on social(ist)
media was impenetrable. Well, a major leftist platform was seized by
someone whoās not afraid to be associated with those on the right, such
as the Babylon Bee, and who repeatedly speaks of free speech as it
should be spoken about, because it IS the most important issue of our
time, of any time.
