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."
It is quite obvious that the ranting of Nasir Safar is not an isolated act from one of the fanatical Umno members who have of late started crawling out of the woodwork.
Rather, it appears to be part of a well-drawn out plan to create havoc in the country, a plan to offend and insult the non-Malays and non-Muslims so much that they would finally retaliate only for Umno to then fully let loose the dogs of war, a plan that hitherto has miraculously not succeeded.
Nasir Safar is not your common run-of-the-mill government servant; he is an aide to the prime minister no less and thus it would be unthinkable for him to take a stand or make a statement so diametrically in contradiction to his boss.
He is part of that plot to keep on pushing the envelope so that something cracks, racial turmoil breaks out and with it, perhaps the Malays will once again rally behind Umno's unsheathed kris.
His act was not something done in the dark of night as was the case previously. This time the insults were brazenly poured openly on an audience of non-Malays.
What will they do next? Enter church during Sunday service and again desecrate all that is holy to Christians?
The existence of a 'Greater Plan' can be seen in the aftermath of what Nasir did - the prime minister's office went out of its way to defend him, saying that: 'Nasir never intended to make any derogatory remarks. He spoke at length on the contributions made by all races in developing the country'.
