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."
DAP: Scrap the national service Saturday May 10, 2008 by CHAN LI LEEN AND CHRISTINA KOH
Saturday, May 10, 2008
IPOH: Several DAP leaders are calling for the suspension or even scrapping of the National Service programme. Batu Gajah MP Fong Po Kuan said she had submitted notice to table an emergency motion in Parliament following the latest death of an national service trainee. “There had been many deaths,” she told reporters after paying a courtesy call on Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin at the State Secretariat yesterday.
Too Hui Min, 18, who was assigned to the Geo Kosmo National Service Training Camp in Kuala Kubu Baru, died at the Slim River Hospital on Wednesday at 10.45pm after complaining of constipation.
Kem PLKN Jiwa Murni Semanggol has been placed under quarantine by the Kerian district health office due to an outbreak of a fever since early this week. At least 10 of its 300 trainees have been warded at the Taiping Hospital, while 80 others are being treated at the camp. Fong said these clearly showed that there were weaknesses in the programme, as even the most basic needs of health and safety were not fulfilled. “I will also be calling on Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to stop the programme immediately as some 110,000 young people will be taking part this year,” said Fong.
Reiterating her objection against the programme, Fong said it was impossible to achieve unity, instil love for the country and build one’s character in merely 90 days. Meanwhile, Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran suggested that the national service programme be suspended for a parliament select committee to conduct a thorough study to see if it was worthwhile. “No parent wants to send his child to an NS centre, only to have the child's body returned to him,” he said. From the official propaganda organ of the MCA.
