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."
Harapan must unearth slavers and killers of Wang Kelian - By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Monday, May 21, 2018
Malaysiakini : “There is no evidence to show there had been any police officers
who were in cahoots with the syndicates in this particular case.” – Bukit Aman responding to questions posed by New Straits Times
Readers email me and ask me what I think of the fall of our kleptocrat. Surely, I must have something to say? Most reportage reeks of schadenfreude and for a voting public who for
years had their noses rubbed in the scandal, every photo, every news
piece, every indignation suffered by our former prime minister is the
equivalent of a money shot. Needless to say, I am relieved that his
reign is over and nobody has ever been as complicit as he has in his own
downfall. My interests, of course, lay elsewhere.
There is something very wrong with our country. Nowhere is this more
evident than in the mass graves of Wang Kelian. What keeps me up at
night, especially as a former servant in the state security apparatus,
are incidents like Wang Kelian. This, to me, is real evil. Institutional
evil that corrupts our society in ways that Birkin bags, luxury yachts
and chocolate-pilfering cops could never do.
