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."
Today I asked a senior Police officer, whether the IGP will resign, he actually laughed! The 3 most honorable professions in the world are soldiering, nursing and teaching. The Politicians and the Police apparently come no where near them.
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Khalid Abu Bakar is now highly discredited, with the High Court implicating him in covering up the cause of death of suspected car thief A Kugan, Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo says. "It
must have been brought to the notice of the prime minister that the
conduct of the IGP was seriously in question with the case of Kugan
pending, but yet the prime minister felt it fit for him (Khalid) to be
appointed as IGP. "Now, the prime minister is highly embarrassed
and he has only himself to blame for not realising the obvious, which is
that the court could well find against Khalid in the case, which it
ultimately did," Gobind said in a statement yesterday. Yesterday, the Kuala Lumpur High Court implicated that Khalid, in attempting to cover upKugan's death in January 2009, did not correct his statement that Kugan died of pulmonary edema(fluid
accumulation in lungs), despite a second autopsy report finding that
Kugan had died of kidney failure as a result of his beatings. The
court also questioned the "unilateral" action of Khalid, who was then
Selangor chief police officer, to investigate V Navindran, whom judge VT
Singham implied could possibly be a scapegoat, for "causing hurt to
extort a confession" instead of murder under Section 302 of the Penal
Code or manslaughter under Section 304. Gobind said Prime
Minister Najib Abdul Razak should re-examine his decision to appoint
Khalid as IGP, and pointed out that Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi too
was facing a lawsuit "How does the prime minister talk of greater governance and transparency with appointments like these? "In
fact, the prime minister should perhaps go to the Federal Court
tomorrow (today) morning in Putrajaya to hear for himself arguments in
the case involving the allegations against his home minister," he said. Gobind
was refering to the case of businessperson Amir Bazli Abdullah, whom he
is representing in court and who is accusing Ahmad Zahid of assault.