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."
Minister Shafie backs Treason Act proposal Multi Racial:
Politicians are politicians. Most of them never do what they are
supposed to do. They will do anything they think can win them some
votes. The Umno election is near and these politicians must be
thinking that supporting such a Treason Act may win them some Malay
support. If Umno vice-president Mohd Shafie Apdal feels so
strongly about this, where was he when former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad
proposed changes to the law to curb the rulers’ powers? Wasn’t that an
act of treason? I am not against anything which is good, but before we implement a new law, let's look at the following:
1)
Is this Act more important as compared to massive corruption, which is
causing this country to eventually go bankrupt if nothing is done?
2) Without this Act, is the institution of royalty in danger?
3) Are there sufficient Acts to protect the institution of royalty?
Let's
do what is right and urgent, and not what is popular. Let's focus on
what is of greater importance to Malaysians and Malaysia.
KiaSi-SiamSai: Indeed, we should also make a law that corruption is treason against the country.
Blackknight: Wow, such loyalty to the royal institution from someone who originates from a state that does not have any royalty. I
am sure Shafie had the Umno assembly in mind when he backed the
proposal for the Treason Act. I am still waiting for the ex-Court of
Appeal judge Mohd Noor Abdullah to be charged for sedition. You can't
have one law for Umno supporters and another for the rest of us. Dood: If the law were evenly applied, many Umno-BN leaders would have been hanged for treason a long time ago.
Geronimo: Good,
I support the move of introducing the Treason Act, but it must be
applied retrospectively. First to be charged is the person who removed
the powers of the royalty in the first place. Then we charge the
person/s who allowed our sovereignty to be breached by allowing illegal
immigrants to become citizens without proper vetting. These are
just starters. Fellow Malaysians can provide more instances where Umno
had committed treason to the sultans and Agong. Remember, Umno, the
blade cuts both ways.
Bamboo: Here’s another
Umno big gun posturing for the gallery of Umno delegates. We can always
predict how Umno politicians behave according to the 'season'. For
general elections, they would show the moderate stand. During the Umno
party election, they would flex their ‘ultra’ muscles to get elected and
move up the hierarchy. Cala: This is the art of
abusing power by the powers-that-be. Whether the Umno-led BN regime is
indeed the defender of the institution of royalty can be deciphered
through a study of history. First, in the past, one witnessed
the erosion of power of the royalty after the constitution was amended,
so much so that it has no say in the passage of law. Hence, for the
Umno-led BN regime to claim that it is the defender of the institution
of royalty is laughable, incredulous and illogical.
Second, the
regime’s evil intention can be seen through ‘historical
institutionalism’, where the powers-that-be interpret, reinterpret, or
outright amend/enact a law in a manner that suits the hidden objective
(to curtail the growing influence of the opposition). As an
example, when Dr Mahathir Mohamad favoured Japanese companies, he
introduced the ‘Look East Policy’ to justify his actions. Put simply,
the regime is neither sincere nor committed as the defender of the
institution of royalty.
Raja Chulan: Laws must
not be made for the convenience of circumstances or situations. Laws
must not also be made by those in power merely to use it as a
tool/weapon to pursue and punish their political opponents. All
laws must serve the long-term national interest and its overall agenda.
It should never be enacted to serve individuals or political parties for
short-term political expediencies. Why is it that an act
suddenly a crime only when another person (not you) is the one who
commits it, while a crime becomes non-criminal when you yourself commit
it? Whatsup: This is just another law to
prosecute those not supporting the Umno evil regime using the flimsiest
of excuse under the guise of protection of the royalty, which we all
know is to protect the Umnoputras so that they can continue their crimes
against the rakyat, country and, ironically, the royalty. But
the problem is this devil just can't be defeated, since its evil
tentacles have spread far and wide, into every nook and cranny, and
those who are weak fall easily to the evil path. How did we ever reach
this pathetic stage?
The Observer: Yet
another ill-conceived plan to muzzle the voices of the people and to
keep tyrants in power. Umno has shown itself incapable of reform, it has
chosen to remain deformed - in mind, heart and soul. Abasir:
Nazri Abdul Aziz, the tourism minister, makes statements about law and
order, while Shafie Apdal, the rural and regional development minister,
comments on treason.
