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."
M’sians will soon forget the children who died in school fire - By Commander (Rtd) S THAYAPARAN Royal Malaysian Navy
Monday, September 18, 2017
Malaysiakini : “A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.” ― Thomas Paine
COMMENT | Let me get this
straight. The religious school where 21 children and two adults died was
operating illegally and had been warned for safety violations. The
manager of the school claimed that he registered his school with the
Federal Territory Islamic Religious Council (MAIWP), which apparently
unlike the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) did not carry out safety
checks.
Two questions – does an Islamic body trump a civil one and does this
mean that the owner’s registration with an Islamic body that neither the
owner nor the state religious body in question bears any responsibility
for the deaths that occurred during their watch? Some folks have even
made the excuse that this was apparently a “temporary” facility used
because the permanent one was in the process of renovation. Does this
excuse make any sense whatsoever?
Keep in mind that Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had said
that the federal government, which sticks its snout in everything in
this country, has no power to take over the running of these so-called
private institutions and passed the ringgit to the state religious
authorities which have apparently no enforcement powers either.
