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."
A ‘bad’ Umno win and the non-Malay fate - By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Sunday, April 01, 2018
Malaysiakini : “Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and the simple,
however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt.” – Graham Greene, ‘The Human Factor’
COMMENT | I really wish when Umno
“konco-konco” (to use a Mahathir term) make threats against the Chinese
and Indians, they would elaborate on them, so the pundit class – that
would be people like me – can make an accurate threat assessment. I am kidding, of course. I enjoy riffing off these goons because
their generalities allow me to fill in the blanks and explore narratives
often ignored for a more palatable fare.
The Umno grand poobah's son, Nazifuddin Najib, claimed
that if Umno lost the upcoming general election, the bumiputera power
that also protected the Chinese and Indians would be lost. Insidious
words for a tragic election. Who exactly wishes the Chinese and Indians harm in this country? The
only threats, which have always been made or existed, are those
emanating from Malay/Muslim hegemons.
However, Nazifuddin (photo) is correct but not in the way he
thinks or people who despise Umno think. It is a little more
complicated than merely reverting to the Umno playbook and this election
is perilous not if Umno loses but depending on how “badly” Umno wins.
If Umno wins with an iron-tight mandate from the Malay community then
the non-Malays are safe.
However, if Umno wins by merely scraping through and with the aid of
the electoral legerdemain of the mendacious electoral redelineation,
then the non-Malay community is in trouble. A “bad” Umno win would embolden the Islamic deep state and with other
Islamic powerbrokers, make Umno conform to extreme Islamic narratives.