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" ā€œWhen you're left wounded on
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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

" ā€œWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā€

ā€œIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā€
ā€œOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
ā€œThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace,
for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā€
ā€œMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā€
ā€œThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

ā€œNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
ā€œIt 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."

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Iraq: Muslims still brutalizing Christians, menacing churches and monasteries
Friday, September 08, 2017
Jihad Watch : Even though the Islamic State is largely gone from the area.
Christian leaders say Iraqā€™s monasteries and churches could soon become mere relics unless something is done to curb the violence against Christians The violence against Christians is ubiquitous in Islamic states, not just in Iraq. But in Iraq the situation is critical: The Armenian Embassy in Iraq estimates about 13,000 Armenians remain in the country. Before US-led forces invaded Iraq in 2003, the Armenian population stood at about 25,000.
Although ā€œChristians are genocide victims,ā€ they have not been given priority as refugees. Open Doors World Watch list indicated 13 Islamic nations out 14 countries where Christian persecution is at its worst.ā€œViolence still plagues Christians in Iraq,ā€ by Wassim Bassem, al-Monitor, September 6, 2017:
BAGHDAD ā€” Christian leaders say Iraqā€™s monasteries and churches could soon become mere relics unless something is done to curb the violence against Christians. During an Aug. 26 press conference, Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch Mar Ignatius Joseph III Younan described Christians as ā€œthe most targeted and most vulnerableā€ minority in the region ā€” and not just because of the Islamic State (IS). This comes as Iraqi Christians in general, and Armenians in particular, prepare for the post-IS phase. Many of those who were driven from their homes in the Ninevah Plains are deciding whether to return.
On Aug. 9, Iraqi Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Farid Rwandzi received Armenian leaders to discuss promoting their communityā€™s cultural activity. In June, the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Iraq, Archbishop Avak Asadourian, and representatives of Armenian committees and groups visited some of the liberated villages and towns of Ninevah, including Aghajanian, one of the areas IS had occupied since 2014 after either killing or forcing out its residents.
Now that IS is gone from the village, thereā€™s a possibility that Christian areas in the plains could be included in the controversial Kurdistan Regional Government independence referendum scheduled for Sept. 25. However, on Aug. 27, the Assyrian Democratic Movement, which is Christian, called for steering the Ninevah Plains clear from the conflicts and keeping the area out of the referendum. Amid the long-term threat of violence, the Armenian population in Iraq has significantly declined.
The Armenian Embassy in Iraq estimates about 13,000 Armenians remain in the country. Before US-led forces invaded Iraq in 2003, the Armenian population stood at about 25,000. Since IS took over Mosul in 2004, ā€œthe number of Armenians has completely receded in Mosul; not a single Armenian remains,ā€ said Adnan Haider, the editor-in-chief of Bashtabya news agency, which regularly covers minority affairs. As Armenians came to Iraq centuries ago, some settled in the south and have had dioceses in Basra since 1222. Their numbers reached 37,000, most of whom settled in Baghdad in al-Batawin area and in the areas of Camp Sarah.
Muslim minority activist Mudrek Hussein, the director of relations for the Armenian Relief and Development Association in Basra, has witnessed firsthand how the rights of the Armenian community in Basra have been quashed. Politicians ā€œused legal tricksā€ to turn a centuries-old Armenian club into a shopping center, Hussein told Al-Monitor, adding, ā€œThe [Armenian] cemetery has shrunk to about 5,000 square meters [1.2 acres], all of which is destroyed graves now.ā€ However, though the Armenian presence is receding, itā€™s still reflected in current symbols, most notably the Church of the Sacred Heart, the Church of the Virgin Mary and the Armenian Church in Baghdad, which is more than 100 years old.
Given Armeniansā€™ lengthy history in the region, a Christian Armenian said, on condition of anonymity, ā€œIraqis should no longer look down on Armenians as strangers.ā€ Khajak Vartanian, the head of the administrative committee of the Armenian community in Basra, told Al-Monitor recently by phone about ā€œthe absence of projects reserved for Armenians by either the government or the Christian endowment.ā€ There are so few Armenians left, he said, that national ID cards donā€™t even include ā€œArmenianā€ as an option anymore. ā€œIn the old Basra area, for example, there is only one Armenian family left,ā€ he said. Although Vartanian claimed Armenians ā€œare not included in the parliament quota like other minorities,ā€ Christian parliament member and rapporteur Imad Youkhana denied this.
ā€œThe Christian [parliament] quota includes Armenians as part of the Christian community, and one should not look at this subject from a national point of view only,ā€ Youkhana told Al-Monitor. ā€œThe Armenians are suffering under a lack of financial allocations to manage their places of worship and fund their schools,ā€ he said. ā€œThe Committee on the Needs of Christians was officially formed and approved by both the government and parliament, with the participation of Asadourian, head of the Armenian community in Iraq, as well as Raad Kja Jie, head of the Endowments of the Christian, Yazidi and Sabaean Mandaean Religions Diwan.ā€
Youkhana added, ā€œThe Iraqi parliamentā€™s decision to recognize that Christians in Iraq are being subjected to genocide also includes Armenians. ā€¦ Armenians have the right to promote their [culture] and as a result of their [help], the Syriac language is being taught in Christian schools in Kirkuk.ā€ Abdul Rahman Alloizi, a parliament member representing Ninevah, told Al-Monitor, ā€œArmenians lived in Iraq in peace with the rest of Iraqā€™s sects, and the Iraqi constitution has approved the use of the Armenian language as a mother tongue.ā€ Alloizi added, ā€œThere is a current opportunity for displaced Armenians to return to their areas,ā€ which was demonstrated in July, when a new church was built in Ankawa in northern Iraq.
Political and church leaders want to restore minoritiesā€™ faith in the state and the law so they can practice their religious rites freely
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