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."
In reference.I hope it is just plain mulling. First of all Malaysia does not have any diplomatic ties with Israel, Most of the time, Jews and Israel are demonized in Malaysia. Just a reminder, so as to enforce my argument, "Jews rule the world by proxy". Even the current PM's son-in-law has led demos against Israel. Malaysia has had experience peacekeeping in various parts of the World, the most challenging being in the Congo and Somalia, the rest of the missions were a stroll in the park.
Peacekeeping is a different ball game all together when it involves Israel. The current UNIFIL comprising of China, France, Ghana, India, Ireland, Italy, Poland and Ukraine and UNTSO comprising of Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and United States is toothless and expensive. Note the commonality, no Muslim countries. What many seem to forget are the lads mentioned above are the "UN presence" that everyone is clamouring for.
The United Nations Troops have not been exactly paragons of virtue and humanity, they have a legacy of shame in many places. Here in East Timor is a very long list.
This is what would likely happen if troops from Muslim countries were deployed, like the case of Jordanian peacekeepers firing at American soldiers after a dispute over Iraq, whilst on a peace keeping mission. Which is bad for the peacekeepers morale and anyone who is in a mood for a debate.
Throughout my military career, I have noticed that most Malay Officers tend to side with the Arabs and most Non-Malay Officers tend to sympathize with the Israelis, many an argument used to breakout, with the Malay officers saying why on earth do we support Israel. In my case, my argument is always, Israel has never hurt Malaysia. Why on earth do I want to support the Arabs, all the major wars fought by the Arabs against Israel were supported by Communist Russia. We were fighting the Communists, so it is natural to root for Israel. Further the wars fought by the Jewish state were against the Arab nations that did not want it to exist. Geographically too, why bother, too far away.
Malaysian peacekeepers are not averse to taking sides, case in point, during the Bosnian conflict, elements of the Royal Malay Regiment, which comprised the Malaysian UN contingent, were implicated in the burning of a "Catholic Cross" near Bosnian Croat-controlled Kiseljak, about 15 miles (25 km) northwest of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. Mindef and the Minister of Defence, had to pull out all the stops and spin this, to pull Malaysia out of the "political toilet". The first two soldiers mentioned in the link were the perpetrators. We used to raise a stink in the Mess on this incident, whilst drinking beers, as they were not Rangers. The two Malaysian Christian soldiers who were on attachment, mentioned later in the link, salvaged the situation.
The guys who kidnapped the two Israeli soldiers initiating this current war. A long read, written by Amir Taheri, an Iranian observer titled God's army has plans to run the whole Middle East, a 3 page article. An alternative read being this write up by Walid Phares titled "HIZBOLLAH'S IRANIAN WAR IN LEBANON",The only way this war is going to come to some stable conclusion anytime soon is if "The New World Order" comprising of countries like Russia, China and India put together an international force that can escort the Lebanese army to the Israeli border and remain on hand to protect it against Hezbollah and vice versa to prevent Israeli incursions into Lebanon.
I am not talking about a U.N. peacekeeping force which has already proven it's ineffectiveness. I am talking about an international force, like the one that liberated Kosovo, with robust rules of engagement, heavy weapons, airpower and troops from countries like Russia, India and China. That neither Iran, Syria or Israel would wish to try their luck. The rules of engagement should not compromise on going the UN way, softly, softly. They should be "peace enforcement duties". "The New World Order" will help to extend the peace in the Middle East.
