Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen 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 soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt 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."
Political Roguery Runs Riot In Perak by Martin Jalleh
Monday, March 16, 2009
(MJ tries to capture the initial events leading to Umnoās power grabbing, pariah politics and pyrrhic victory in Perak)
The rakyat of Perak are robbed in broad daylight of their political right to determine the State Government they want. Their will is ridden roughshod over by a few renegades and running dogs ready to reap their reward. A day of reckoning will come. A fraudulent state government rules Perak. It is a farcical government of a fallacious āmajorityā. The people are frustrated and furious. They believe that a fake legislature forced upon them will eventually face its fatal consequences.
C4 and 4Cs
The Election Commission (EC) plays politics and panders to the political (pay)master. It even portrays itself as a court of law and makes a palpably wrong decision that prevents the people from being the paramount arbitrator to overcome Perakās political deadlock. The new EC chairman refuses to recognise the Perak Speakerās request to call for two by-elections after two assemblymen āprostitutedā themselves. It is a duty which he is constitutionally bound to do so ā a fact promptly and plainly confirmed by his predecessor.
The EC chairman sets a precedent that will perpetuate party hopping and paves the way for Umnoās power grabbing, pariah politics and pyrrhic victory. He reinforces growing public suspicion that the EC is hand-in-glove with the powers-that-be. The mandate given to Pakatan Rakyat (PR) by the majority of Perakians is made a mockery of by the minority UMNO State Government. Umno survives on manipulative maneuverings, mysterious disappearances and money politics led by Machiavellian characters like Najib Tun Razak, who will soon assume the mantle of PM.
Soon after Umnoās defeat in the Kuala Terengganu by-election in January, its elites called for a ārevampā, a āreinstating of the āwowā factorā and āradical reformsā. As proof of its unwavering resolve ā it receives without any reservation two former PKR assemblymen who have been charged for corruption!
Dr M slams the Umno leadership for 'stooping low' in courting the two crossovers. He should know its implications. He had left behind a Cabinet of soiled reputations and an Umno full of spent characters and self-seeking sycophants. Pak Lahās new MACC, a supposedly āseriousā effort to stem out corruption, turns out to be a silly joke. The country catches a glimpse of Najibās āculture of changeā. More powerful than C4, he will charge this country up when he wears the crown, with 4Cs ā Corruption, Coercion, Crossovers and Coups. Such is his commitment to compromise our democracy ā whatever the cost! Continued here......
