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."
Here he goes again, saying Badawi was a mistake for UMNO. Well he was a BIG blunder for Malaysia. Dr Mahathir Mohamad has urged Umno members not to repeat his ‘mistake’ in backing Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to be prime minister. “I admit I wronged in choosing Abdullah as my successor. Now I regret because I didn’t think that ‘Mr Clean’ would not be that clean.“I believe that Umno members and leaders at all levels who are angry with me (for anointing Abdullah) surely does not want to make the same mistake,” said Mahathir. From Malaysiakini. Yeah what about the shit he stirred and left for others to mop up?
Madhatter has an excellent take on how Mahathir, step by step destroyed the institutions here in Malaysia. ...and he has the temerity and selective memory of others doing it. My most ardent wish is for him to live long, to see Anwar become PM. Maybe we can see another case of sodomy with reversed roles. This will be his legacy, of course knowing this despot it will be, "Mahathir mudah lupa"-edit
This is so typical of the man. But Malaysians will not forget this man who single-handedly destroyed many of the country's reputable institutions including the judiciary in 1988, not to mention lives, in his egoistic and egotistic management of the country for 22 years.I lost all respect for him when he cynically remarked that Anwar Ibrahim had probably hurt himself and got the infamous black eye. I am no friend or admirer of Anwar but it was unbecoming of Mahathir to have been so cruel and callous. Not content with destroying his political enemy's career, he had to put his boot in when Anwar was already on the floor. That single remark showed me the kind of person he was, notwithstanding his intelligence. But intelligence without wisdom is folly. Continued here to Madhatter's article....
