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."
‘Are you really Chinese? Why is your skin dark?’ - By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Monday, August 20, 2018
Malaysiakini : “How I wished during those sleepless hours that I belonged to a different nation, or better still, to none at all.” – WG Sebald, Vertigo
COMMENT | When my friend P
Uthayakumar said this – “That could have been done just merely by a
stroke of the pen… but they did not do it” – about the current Pakatan
Harapan regime solving the issue of stateless Indians, he is right, of course. M Kula Segaran, on the other hand, is also correct to point out that
citizenship status would be granted not only to the Indian community but
to all races. Both statements demonstrate how easy it would be for the
government to correct this injustice if there is political will to do
so.
When Harapan came into power, unlike most people, I was (and still
am) not obsessed about 1MDB. This country was a kleptocracy long before
Najib Abdul Razak’s excesses sealed the regime's fate on May 9. What interests me is how the state during the long Umno watch
reshaped the demographics of this country. And what really bothers me is
that there are people who have been living in a state of limbo for
decades, while foreign nationals have been granted not just citizenship
but the privileges that come with being of a certain race.
