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."
She has been achieving her goals by hook or by crook by TAY TIAN YAN, Sin Chew Daily
Friday, February 06, 2009
I got this in my Haloscan comment box in one of the threads. It would be a waste not to post this-edit.
She has been achieving her goals by hook or by crook, even if she has to harm others. She ranks herself as the top priority. Eventually, she has taken a cruel act: To betray the world rather than being betrayed.
This is one of the characters of Cao Cao, which is also the cruellest part of him. No wonder ancient scholars warned that one should not read the Three Kingdom at young age to avoid being influenced by the bad guy.
She has been achieving her goals by hook or by crook, even if she has to harm others. She ranks herself as the top priority. To her, she is more important than any other people, value, ethic and integrity. It could be for power, money or simply a revenge. She is disloyal and merciless.
She would rather destroy it if she could not get it. Thus, she destroyed the Perak Pakatan Rakyat state government.
She could disappoint all but she would not allow anyone to disappoint her.
She has been asking for a State Exco position from the very beginning. But she is not qualified in terms of educational background and capability. The state government is not a circus and no clown could be the manager.
However, she was appointed as the deputy speaker, they hoped that this could appease her. But to her, the position is powerless.
She tried every means making troubles from time to time to attract attention. "It would be fine to be the state assemblyperson at anywhere."
She did not take her duties as a people's representative seriously. She played the people as fools. When the whole country was looking for her, she said she was sick and her mobile phone was turned off.
She pretended to be pitiable – "I have joined DAP for over 20 years, it is really hard to leave the party and I have never thought to switch party."
It is a con game. She showed her true self in the end.
Perhaps, she could really realise her dream of being a state exco. But she achieves it by taking the risk of public contempt.
She could never wash away her stain unless there are no longer right and wrong, morality and truth in the world. (Translated by SOONG PHUI JEE)
