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."
The Reneging Of An Agreement Between The Government Of Malaysia And The Communist Party Of Malaya To Terminate Hostilities
Monday, October 13, 2008
Why is our Government reneging on this agreement signed on the 2nd December 1989 in Haadyai, Thailand ?
Refer to : The Government of Malaysia and the Communist Party of Malaya , consistent with their common objective for peace, hereby agree to the following :-
Article 3 - Residence in Malaysia 3.1 Members of the communist Party of Malays and members of its disbanded armed units, who are of Malaysian origin and who wish to settle down in Malaysia, shall be allowed to do so in accordance with the laws of Malaysia.
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3.2 Members of the Communist Party of Malaya and members of its disbanded armed units, who are not of Malaysian origin, may be allowed to settle down in Malaysia in accordance with the laws of Malaysia, if they so desire.
Chin Peng applied to be permitted back into Malaysia, and a complex legal issue has arisen out of this. Hearings on whether to permit his return to Malaysia were scheduled for May 25, 2005 but the High Court postponed the hearing to July 25, when his application to be allowed to return to Malaysia was rejected. In June 2008, Chin Peng again lost his bid to return to Malaysia when the Court of Appeal upheld an earlier ruling that compel him to show identification papers to prove his citizenship.
Chin Peng maintained that his birth certificate was seized by the police during a raid in 1948. His counsel, Raja Aziz Addruse, had submitted before the Court of Appeal that it was wrong for the Malaysia government to compel him to produce the documents because he was entitled to enter and live in Malaysia by virtue of the agreement. Wikipedia.
Where is our honour ? Here is an article by M.Bakri Musa but then he is a bit disingenuous to say, "It was significant that Malaysia was able to defeat the communists, for at about the same time in neighboring South Vietnam the Americans were being humiliated by a ragtag bunch of pajama-clad communist peasants ( they were well equipped and the North Vietnamese had a regular standing army-it is the norm for American haters to say that, ironical too as the author lives and practises in the US, like the proverbial fleas on a lazy, plump dog -edit)." The document signed between the MCP and the Malaysian government was not a document of surrender but a termination of hostilities on the 2nd Dec 1989. The Vietnam war ended when North Vietnamese troops marched into Saigon Apr 30, 1975.
The last American soldier killed in Vietnam was on the 29th Apr 75 (the first was 8 Jul 59). That date also signifies the ending of the official American presence in Saigon when the last Americans are evacuated by helicopter from the US Embassy roof. Within hours the Saigon government surrenders to the VC. The difference between the two events is 14 years! So it is definitely not about the same time, read his article with a pinch of salt, especially so on Chin Peng's attempt to resettle in Malaysia.
