Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen 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 soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt 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."
National Service-BTN replacement same difference - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
How on earth can you instill patriotism in the heart of children with this National Service-BTN replacement, Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, you are an immatured toady of Mamakthir who is still pushing his Apartheid agenda. Even our taxation system is blatantly Apartheid in nature. This is an excuse for a money making venture for the "mentally handicapped"! No amount of brainwashing will work, until you do away with inequality and injustice as is defined by your faith as you think that "You are the best of people". It will never work like NEVER, until you guys are voted out of office. A question to ask is why do the Muslim majority 57 countries on planet earth treat their minorities like shit? It's the blatant practice of Apartheid ingrained in them from cradle to grave. - Major D Swami (Retired)
Malaysiakini : āThatās the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the
young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.ā ā Philip Pullman, āThe Golden Compassā
COMMENT | Apparently, there is a āspecialised programmeā for youths in the works to replace the National Service (NS) and National Civics Bureau (BTN) programmes. Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, who has the
uncanny ability to mimic a forward-thinking technocrat on one hand and
parrot an old-style alliance politician on the other, is upbeat that
these new initiatives would produce āmulti-talentedā youth leaders.