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 Zahid's get out call personal opinion, says Khairy Maplesyrup: I
think the newly-minted home minister cannot understand that as a
minister, he does not have the luxury to voice personal opinions.
Indeed, he should confine his personal opinions to his bedroom chambers. New Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin as usual is cleverly trying to do damage control, but Malaysians are not stupid. Democrat: How on earth can you say it was his own opinion when he was writing in Utusan Malaysia as the home minister? Ministers should think with their head before they open their mouth because whatever they say is the government's view. True Colors: Khairy,
please don't try to cloud the issue. It is beyond normal intelligence
to insinuate that his comments in a mass circulation newspaper can be
taken as his personal opinion. When you are a public figure, whatever you say in public represents the voice of your office. Nowornever: If that is so, how then do people know which views of a minister are official or personal? Is it that:
a) It is conveniently a personal view, if and when public opinion works against the person issuing such a statement? b) It is an official view, if and when the statement works to the issuer's advantage?
As it was well said by former US president Abraham Lincoln: "You can
fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the
time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." Tailek: Khairy, please do not defend the indefensible. It is unbecoming of your first public statement as a minister. Even
if it is Zahid's personal opinion and not government policy, it shows
what he thinks of opposition voters and ultimately this kind of
narrow-minded thinking will creep into policy making. Zahid
should publicly apologise to the rakyat for such a statement. In
addition, PM Najib Razak should chide him, but we all know that is never
going to happen because he needs Zahid's support and he is also
spineless. Onyourtoes: Khairy, why are you
trying to explain on Zahid's behalf? He is more senior than you. He is
the home minister. I am sure he knows what he is talking about. So let
him explain. We certainly have every right to criticise the
excessive gerrymandering, the blatant malapportionment and the fraud and
cheating committed in the general election. Please don't ever
tell us these are constitutional provisions and rules established under
those provisions and therefore sacred. The original intent of the
constitution governing elections and the independence of the Election
Commission (EC) were raped, amended and abused beyond recognition by
Umno in the past five decades. Anonymous #40112563:
Strange how BN people never answer the fraudulent part of the electoral
process, i.e. gerrymandering, which is the cause of the GE13 result of a
winner with a minority vote and a loser with a majority vote. Awang Top: If
Zahid wants to express his personal opinion, do it when he resigns from
ministership. He is a paid public servant, and the rakyat paid him to
serve not to express his personal opinion. Vijay47: Does
Zahid get to say whatever he wants as personal opinions? Just like the
ex-judge, the ex-minister, the Perak mufti, the pro-chancellor of UiTM,
they can all say what they want since it would be their personal
opinions? In your line of justification, personal opinions
however offensive or seditious they may be are acceptable as long as
they remain personal opinions. Perhaps you can educate us
non-Oxford folks when exactly an opinion becomes illegal. I am sure your
good friend Perkasa veep Zulkifli Noordin would be glad to hear your
commentary on personal opinions. This is why I have never trusted
you, Khairy, once in a while you come out with a statement that
remotely suggests some unexpected intelligence yet you do not have the
spine to come out and make a stand when the issue demands it. Whether from Oxford or UiTM, Umno will be Umno, and Khairy will be Khairy. Tetawak Ibu:
We need reliable honest leaders to realise the rakyat's needs and for
betterment of our country; and not for them to merely act as ‘cabinet
devotees'. With reference to leadership quality, former US secretary of state Collin Powell once said: "Leadership
is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems
is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost
confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case
is a failure of leadership". CKL: If what Zahid
said does not reflect the policy of this government then sack him.
Najib says all ministers must speak from same page and what one says
reflects the view of the cabinet. Doc: I'm
confused: one minister says migrate if you are not happy with the
electoral process, another minister says it is not the government's
stance to urge people to migrate if they are not happy with electoral
process. There is no point asking the PM to clarify on these
conflicting statements as he will ignore the rakyat's plea for
clarification on the government's official stance. This is not a transformation cabinet, this is a confused cabinet.
