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."
FREE YOURSAY As Sarawakians, we felt cheated and betrayed by Malaysia. What had
agreed during 1963 is now changed. We have lost our resources and now
you want to take away our freedom of worship.
FREE YOURSAYI am truly embarrassed to be a Selangorian today. The very people we
voted to look into the welfare of all Selangorians seem to pussy-foot
their way. Like what former Bersih chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan has
said, "Selangor's response to this whole issue is indeed pathetic."
FREE YOURSAY This is more important to the taxpayers than the Merc, which is not the
latest model and bought with RM100,000 discount, bought for the Penang
CM. The company said it has completed refurbishing an aircraft of "the head
of state of Malaysia". Now who is the head of state of Malaysia? The PM
or the Agong?
FREEIn most countries, nothing. But Lee Min Choon found out last Thursday
that the long arm of the Islamic religious authorities can somehow
extend to people of other faiths in Malaysia, despite the Federal
Constitution allowing freedom of religion.
