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."
From Malaysiakini Kosmo editor urges BN to be more bumi-centric Tehachapi: It's sad to say this, this sort of editorial comments such as Kosmo are mostly seeking to please the political masters of the day; they do not reflect the political sentiment of the time. People
on the whole understand that Umno has lost its legitimacy and the party
is in shambles. Young and educated people, irrespective of race, are
rejecting the party's philosophy and mode of operations. Of
course, Umno can continue to manipulate the people, intimidating and
threatening to punish them for rejecting the party. From now on,
whatever it does is interpreted as usurping the power of the people. Its
days are numbered. More and more, it is perceived to be serving
only the vested interests and privileged class of the country. A party
without the genuine support of the masses will not last long. Umno has
lost its cause and it is imploding. The next development is a fierce internal struggle for the coveted positions within the party to further embezzle public funds. Quigonbond: Kosmo and Utusan Malaysia are
cut from the same stained cloth of racism. PAS is getting important
positions in Selangor government, and they have a state to run in
Kelantan. In 2008, it was even better, they have Kedah and Perak. But guess what? BN through illegal means usurped Pakatan power in Perak. If you want Pakatan partners to be fair to one another, why don't you
be fair to Pakatan in the first place? Return three assemblypersons to
Pakatan so that it can form the Perak government. We'll have a great power-sharing formula with PAS at the helm, no problems. Mikey:
The stupid dolts still don't get it. The fight is corruption, rule of
law, justice, fairness, transparency. Sure, continue with those stupid
policies. All they benefit are the cronies, quite a few of whom are
Chinese. Who do you think those friends of BN are? Why do you think they come up with so much money for GE13? Ipohcrite: The
Chinese, who comprise 25 percent of the rakyat, do not need to be
grateful to BN. To borrow a quote, "the rakyat do not owe the
politicians anything, but the politicians owe everything to the rakyat." Kosmo is just trying to scapegoat a minority ethnic group even though the popular vote of the nation went to Pakatan. Kosmo is nothing but a despicable coward. Haveagreatday: Kosmo editor Baharom Mahusin, what has 43 years of affirmative action brought to the needy among the bumiputeras? Yes,
you have the super rich in Taib Mahmud's and Mahathir Mohamad's
dynasties. Yet look at the poor bumiputeras in Sabah and Sarawak - in
fact, the poor in peninsula as well - can you explain how more years of
the apartheid-era policies will improve their socio-economic status? Stella Ling:
Who foot the bills for the Psy concerts and the dinners for thousands
of guests costing hundreds of millions of ringgit to attract people to
BN ceramahs before the GE13? The Malays? It's from the Chinese
businessmen, just like the taxes the government collects every year. Go
ahead and isolate the Chinese. If not for these taxes, how are you going
to pay the over one million government and civil servants, 90 percent
of whom are Malays? Now who is ungrateful? Faz: The trouble with Umno-BN is the leadership is rotten to the core with regard to corruption and cronyism. Its
extensions in the form of government servants and the editors of MSM
(mainstream newspapers and TV stations) are for all intents and purposes
doing the same; proposing the defunct 'apartheid system' with the
attitude of punishing the ‘offenders' and advancing the classic 'divide
and rule' method of political management. If your eyesight is
blind, eye replacement from donors may correct the situation, but if you
heart is diseased and 'blind' too, there is no cure. Vijay47: What a brilliant subtle try at injecting some strife into Pakatan, Awang Selamat. Your bosses at Utusan will be so proud of you, of how you are able to reflect the same level of intelligence as them. By
the way, I am all for a "bumi-centric policy" in Malaysia. Perhaps you
might want to rely on your own funds. Leave non-bumi money to us
non-bumis. Joe Lee: Is Kosmos and Utusan
some kind of stone-age cavemen? Are they related to the missing link?
Are they the ones for whom the great civilising influence of the last 10
millennia have missed? Lagi Satu Kalilah!: That's
good. Without Chinese support, do you think BN is able to take back
Selangor? Better let BN be an opposition party forever in that state.
