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."
Did stone-throwers ‘desecrate’ Al-Aqsa Mosque by collecting stones there to throw at Israelis?
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Stones inside mosque
Robert Spencer : “Clashes at Al Aqsa mosque: Viral images, videos reveal Palestinians were equipped with stones inside the mosque compound,” OpIndia, April 16, 2
Hours after clashes broke
out between Israeli police and Palestinians inside the premises of the
Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem on Friday (April 15), social media
users pointed out how the latter had been collecting stones to pelt at
the Israeli forces.
Columnist Yisrael Medad shared a video where
Palestinians were seen barricading the Al-Aqsa mosque and collecting
stones. While labelling it as a ‘religious service’, Medad pointed out
how the stone pelters were not interrupted or stopped by other
worshippers within the mosque premises.
Dov Hikind, the founder of
America Against Antisemitism, had also shared images of stones that
were kept within the mosque premises. He had inquired, “If Ramadan and
Al Aqsa truly mattered to Palestinians why would they desecrate the
month and the site by bringing stones to throw and playing soccer in
there?!
Religion is no excuse for violence so don’t try to abuse it.”…
