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The Holocaust (from the Greek ὁλόκαυστος holókaustos: hólos, "whole" and kaustós, "burnt"), also known as the Shoah (Hebrew: השואה, HaShoah, "catastrophe"; Yiddish: חורבן, Churben or Hurban, from the Hebrew for "destruction"), was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, throughout Nazi-occupied territory. Of the nine million Jews who had resided in Europe before the Holocaust, approximately two-thirds perished. In particular, over one million Jewish children were killed in the Holocaust, as were approximately two million Jewish women and three million Jewish men.
Some scholars maintain that the definition of the Holocaust should also include the Nazis' genocide of millions of people in other groups, including Romani, leftists, Soviet prisoners of war, Polish and Soviet civilians, homosexuals, people with disabilities, Jehovah's Witnesses and other political and religious opponents, which occurred regardless of whether they were of German or non-German ethnic origin. Using this definition, the total number of Holocaust victims is between 11 million and 17 million people.
War Machine (James Rupert Rhodes) is a fictional character, a comic book superhero appearing in comic books set in the Marvel Comics universe. The character of James Rhodes first appeared in Iron Man #118 (January 1979) by David Michelinie, John Byrne and Bob Layton. The War Machine armor, which became Rhodes' signature armored battlesuit, was designed by Len Kaminski and Kevin Hopgood.
Also known by his nickname Rhodey, Rhodes has been a featured character in the Iron Man animated series, Iron Man: Armored Adventures and The Invincible Iron Man animated film. He was first portrayed by actor Terrence Howard in the 2008 film Iron Man. Don Cheadle replaced Howard in the 2010 sequel Iron Man 2 and will reprise the role in Iron Man 3.
In addition to Iron Man and his own title War Machine, Rhodes has been featured in the ensemble titles West Coast Avengers; Force Works by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning; Sentinel Squad O*N*E; The Crew by Christopher Priest; and Avengers: The Initiative by Dan Slott and Christos Gage. Rhodes was also featured in the alternate-reality Marvel MAX imprint's U.S. War Machine series by Chuck Austen, and U.S. War Machine 2.0, by Austen and Christian Moore.
And I read in the book of James last night
What my life really is
A vapour on the wind that vanishes in time without a
trace
And now that I am old and sick
I think I understand it well
I had a restless night last night
As though it might be my last one
It is cold out his morning
My breath hangs in the air
I try to hide my memories inside a safe place in my
head
Where even death itself might not break in to steal and
to erase
But everything is so confused
A panic withers me inside
And as I fall to meet the ice
I know there's nothing can be done
I just want the ones I love to know I tried
People with purpose and a life to live
I see their rushing feet
No on will stop to help this old bugger
Who's collapsed in the street
I am the vanquished
I have had my go at life
And now it's done
A heavy clouds obscures the sun
As if in recognition
And I fight for Islam in the streets of Lebanon
The holy war requires I give myself up to fate
Allah knows and loves his own
Standing on the top floor of a broken tower block
In a good position to see Christian militia
Hezbollah is my family
Many would not attempt to sneak into this district
But I have the Koran sewn into my fine young heart
Suddenly the night below
Is lit up by the blasting of gunfire
And Christian bullets rip around my head
And now I'm on a fire escape
Running upwards
But somehow the soldiers see me
They are just below
On a flat roof now
I don't know how
But I am on my back
And they stand right over me
They are strange and silent
Around me a soft rain falls
This is not what I thought martyrdom would be like
It may be their Mary would have me to see heaven
And I don't know how long I've lain here on this
bedsitter bed
The agony I call my past now
Was the prime of my life
My only companions in this room
Are the flies that dance around my head
I am resolved to take my life
My last dream on earth was so nice
The angels walked on the ocean
They came to me alone on the shore
Only Jesus can know the heart of the outcast
God knows all the rivers of life that flow into the
deep dark sea