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."
PAS’ foreboding green tsunami - - By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Malaysiakini : “Kita berkerja atas kepercayaan kita melakukan semua ini untuk
Islam. Kita tidak kisah kalah, kerana kita pernah kalah banyak kali.
Kita tidak peduli jika tidak menjadi kerajaan kerana kita biasa menjadi
pembangkang. Tetapi kita hendaklah kalah dengan strategi-strategi yang
telah kita lakukan dengan baik. Jadi kalah kita kalah bermaruah.”
- Mohd Nasir Abdullah, Harakah Daily
COMMENT | The problem many people
make with PAS is that they conflate Abdul Hadi Awang and the Islamic
struggle of PAS. While PAS may have lost supporters because of Hadi’s
perceived collusion with Umno, the reality is that PAS is the only
political party with a coherent political and religious ideology and
vision for Malaysia that makes them, for now, political outsiders albeit
with considerable influence when it comes to the weakened mainstream
Malay/Muslim hegemons.
While Hadi is a hate figure for opposition – now establishment –
types, the reality is while PAS may not have hindered the current
Pakatan Harapan regime in the recently concluded general elections, its
GE14 outcome is testament to the fact that Hadi’s leadership of PAS has
sustained the party through a Malaysian tsunami while creating a tsunami
of their own.
