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."
Umno should just ban all non-Malay political parties - By Commander (Rtd) S THAYAPARAN Royal Malaysian Navy
Monday, July 17, 2017
Malaysiakini : “A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with
such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties,
classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless
in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends.” - Henry A Wallace
COMMENT | Communications and
Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak claimed “the opposition coalition
can never match BN, which has a track record of cooperation between the
different ethnic groups and tolerance between its leaders, without
compromising party principles”. This brings us to the question of what
exactly are Umno’s principles.
We know from the National Civics Bureau (Biro Tatanegara, BTN)
courses that Umno’s principles are an unholy brew of racial supremacy,
religious bigotry and corporatism that was endorsed by a compliant
Malaysian polity, resulting in a cascade of religious and racial issues
that compromised every facet of government. With the ouster of the
charismatic, jailed political prisoner – Anwar Ibrahim – from the Umno
fold, the contemporary Umno narrative is one of loss of power and
influence by attrition.polity, resulting in a cascade of religious and
racial issues that compromised every facet of government. With the
ouster of the charismatic, jailed political prisoner – Anwar Ibrahim –
from the Umno fold, the contemporary Umno narrative is one of loss of
power and influence by attrition.
The Malay vote is the most important vote to Umno. I wrote about how
the dialectic in the Malay community is a threat to Umno hegemony, which
is the real reason behind the racial and religious sabre-rattling. This
is the existential threat Umno is facing – “what would happen if a
majority of Muslims in this country decide that they have had enough with state religious authorities intruding into their lives?
