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."
Aquino warns Sulu sultan over M'sia stand-off Starr: It looks as if Philippine President Benigno Aquino is more forthcoming on the Lahad Datu crisis than Malaysian PM Najib Razak. It's
indeed mind-boggling why Najib should see it fit to keep silent
throughout the incident. Of course, he does have a handful of scandals
to deal with and the decision to call for a general election. Or
like he said, he wanted to see his transformation programme bearing
fruit before the elections. Indeed, he has been too busy to be bothered
about the armed incursion in Sabah. After all, he doesn't see
any immediate threat to national security unlike the presence of Senator
Nick Xenaphon from Australia on our shores. Onyourtoes:
I don't know what game the Malaysian authorities are playing anymore.
At first, they want to engage and negotiate to send the intruders back.When
the Philippines government sent a warship and sought to take them back,
suddenly our authority wants to throw the book at these terrorists. Doc: It looks like Aquino is acting on our PM's behalf in calling for the self-proclaimed Sulu sultan to stand down. ForTheNation: Our
leaders are smarter than you think. See, they have the Philippine
president doing all the hard work for them. Malaysia Boleh for sure. Solaris:
Here we are waiting for Najib to at least say something on the issue,
but the Philippines is flashing its whip - in the interest of Malaysia.
Intruders snub Aquino's warning to leave Sabah Headhunter:
This is what happen when armed invaders and terrorists are treated as
tourists. Imagine what would have happened had the group size been
10,000 strong. Sabah would have been declared as Philippines territory
by now. Is our defence minister sleeping on the job? Happily Writing: Our
government tolerance on these invaders is amazing. Deadlines can be
moved like shifting goal posts. This is a sign of weak government. This is a sign of a PM who does not care about people, especially Sabahans. He only cares about his own popularity. For him, real issues can wait. Anonymous_4056:
It is only right to return Sabah back to the Sulu sultanate if it can
be proved that we only lease the land from them. After all, they are
Malay and Muslim too. Paul Warren: Who has a
better claim to Sabah? The Indians, Filipinos, Indonesians and
Bangladeshis who have been given citizenship or these Sulu people? I reckon, if we have been paying rental to them then they certainly
would have a far better claim to Sabah than those who were favoured by
former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Filipino intruders 'ready to defend' themselves Ferdtan:
The group of Filipino intruders have vowed to stay and defend
themselves to the end. This is what happened when Malaysian authorities
are seen to be weak and indecisive. Najib is still mum on the
Sabah invaders. His personal interest in the coming general election is
more important than ensuring our country internal security is safe. At least Aquino (who is showing more leadership than our PM) has warned the clan leader that he must end the stand-off. Now the engaging authority, our police force under the clueless Home
Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, has passed the buck to the Foreign
Ministry. We should have in the first place been tough - the
Defence Ministry and the army should be called in to take charge,
instead of the police. The situation is now getting rather
hazardous. It may end up a bloody mess. Our government has clearly
underestimated the resolve of these ‘invaders'. NoNoNo: This
is 20th century, not 16th, not 17th and not 18th century. The Sulu
sultan lost ownership of Sabah the day the British North Borneo Company
took over the land. And the day Sabah opted to join Sarawak and
Malaya to form Malaysia, it is owned by Malaysia. The sultan can blame
his ancestors for being cheated by British North Borneo Company which no
longer exist. ACR: Perkasa chief Ibrahim Ali is not commenting on this threat to national security? How
about citizenship expert and know-it-all Mahathir? He was the brains
behind Project M and also on ways of stripping a person of citizenship. Send him immediately to negotiate with the Sulus, with Ibrahim in tow. Wanderer: This
group of Filipino intruders must be fully aware that our security
forces are brave enough to tackle unarmed anti-establishment protesters. Only 30 armed intruders and these "butt dancers" have no guts to move in. Malaysiakini The above is a selection of comments posted by Malaysiakini
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