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."
Does Harapan want to discover what happened to Amri, Koh? - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Pastor Koh & Amri
Malaysiakini : Enforced disappearance
is frequently used as a strategy to spread terror within society. The
feeling of insecurity and fear it generates is not limited to the close
relatives of the disappeared but also affects communities and society as
a whole. – Amnesty International
COMMENT
| By now everyone should be wondering if the Pakatan Harapan
establishment really wants to discover what happened to Amri Che Mat and
pastor Raymond Koh.
While much has been made of the ethnic composition of this task
force, the real issue here is not the lack of diversity but rather that
all the men who were chosen are part of the Malay establishment who know
“how things work”. If they had chosen independent Malay investigators,
the kind of people who are really interested and have a history of
impartiality, it would not matter if this was a solely a “Malay” affair.
