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."
GERIK: Three soldiers died while four others were injured when a 33-meter tall tree came crashing down on their base camp in Sungai Kejar in the Royal Belum forest at 4.50am Saturday. They were among 24 soldiers from the 21st Royal Malay Regiment based in Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan who were in a camp between routine patrol duty along the Malaysia-Thai border.
The dead were identified as Kpl Fauzi Yamat, 35, from Kelantan; Mohd Yazman Yaakub, 25 from Pasir Puteh, Kelantan; and Roslin Hassan, 22 from Setiu, Terengganu while the injured were Lt Shah Amirol Izham Shamsul Kamar; Lans Kpl Mohd Yusri Yusof; Mohd Izuam Ishak, and Amar Mohamad Nordin.
2nd Brigade Commander Brig Jen Datuk Fazlurrahman Mohamad Irfan said the injured were to taken in a boat across Tasik Temengor for treatment. He said soldiers sought the help of underwater loggers in Tasik Temengor to help excavate the victims.
"The site is not accessible to machinery and things have to be done manually," he said when explaining why the bodies could only be removed by 12pm. Star Online
