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."
Malaysiakini : Ferdtan: There goes the three Rs again; the playing up on royalty, race and religion by these troublemakers before the Umno AGM.
The whole nation knows who the mischief makers are and yet our PM and
his ‘helpless’ government are silent as if they are hard at hearing. We
don’t expect as usual one word from the Umno government to condemn them. Most possibly, some of the protesters are also members of Umno. Where
are MCA, MIC, Gerakan and the Sabah and Sarawak Christian BN leaders? We
are really fed-up with the government for not condemning these bad hats
for unnecessarily causing religious mischief. First, when Pakatan Rakyat took over Selangor, we had a similar kind of protest on Aug 28, 2009, infamously known as the ‘cow head’ protest. The story is the same one; except this time instead of involving a Hindu temple it is now a Christian church. The cow is considered a sacred animal to Hindus and the cow’s head
brought by the protesters in the protest in 2009 was desecrated. Like in
this case, they said that the Hindu temple was too near to the area,
Section 23 in Shah Alam, which they claimed to be a Muslim-majority
area. In my area, we have over 90 percent non-Muslims. We have a surau but there were no protests from the residents. Are the Muslims in Malaysia becoming that intransigent conservative
(mildly put) that they cannot stand the ‘sight’ of holy premises of
other religions?
Shathriyan: If your faith in your religion is strong, why are you frightened of other religions? Nearly 90 percent of the Indians in this country are non-Muslims. Yet, several Islamic programmes are broadcast in RTM Tamil channel (radio) from early morning till midnight.
Open preaching is done in a channel which is patronised mostly by non-Muslims. Yet, neither the Hindu nor the Christian Tamils protest against this. Now, tell me who is not being sensitive to other religions?
