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."
Malayan lawmakers have blocked the Chinese from becoming citizens. Monday, Oct. 6, 1952
Friday, November 03, 2006
One of the factors that makes Malaya a chronic Asiatic trouble spot and a major headache for the West is its population.
Left : Malaya, 1961. 2 soldiers of C Company, 1ST BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (1RAR), going into operations by canoe, L1A1 SELF-LOADING RIFLES (SLR) at the ready at Sungei Rhuin(RIVER), North Malaya. Left to right:: Jerry Shawcross, THE RIVER BOATMAN HIRED TO TRANSPORT THEM, RICK ESBAHA. (DONOR C. GOWING) Copyright: clear Roughly half of it (about 3,000,000) is Chinese. Relatively recent immigrants (most arrived during the last half-century), Malaya's Chinese are industrious and formidable trade competitors for the more easygoing Malays and East Indians. For that reason, Malayan lawmakers have blocked the Chinese from becoming citizens. Thus disfranchised, the mass of Chinese in Malaya have little patriotic interest in the country's future, and most of them tacitly support the guerrillas (almost all Chinese) whom a large British army has been doggedly fighting for three years. No matter what stern measures the British take, the guerrillas seem always to find a haven among their countrymen.
Finally, the British proposed to give citizenship in the Federation of Malaya to some of the Chinese, e.g., those born in certain Malayan provinces, or those with one Malaya-born parent. By these standards, the British estimated, only about 350,000 Chinese would be eligible for citizenship. The Malays did not like the idea, but after months of negotiations, they finally agreed. When the bill became law, it brought a whopping surprise to Malaya.
The original British estimate had been woefully off. Census officials reported last week that 1,200,000 Chinese—nearly four times as many as was originally estimated —are in fact eligible for citizenship under the conditions laid down by the new law. The Malays were shocked. They had thought that, legally speaking, the Chinese would only get a foot in the door; instead they were smack in the living room, i.e., they will have a major voice in government, escape trade restrictions on foreigners, etc. The British hope that they will also shoulder the duties of citizenship, including service in the Malayan army. But there was no doubt last week that, as one U.S. observer put it, "the federation got more than it had bargained for." The source.
