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."
Rupert16: Just imagine a non-Muslim denigrating Islam the same
way Zakir Naik denigrates other religions - will this be acceptable to
our Muslim brethren? The answer is obvious, isnāt it? So, donāt do unto others what others would do unto you. Respect each otherās religion, thatās the bottom line.
Anonymous_b3cdcd05: How does one view an alleged money
launderer and terror instigator, banned from a host of nations, and on
the run from his own motherland, being accepted and celebrated here
among Muslims as a God-sent preacher cum converter par excellence?
Is
it any surprise then that this fugitive rogue preacher is up to no good
here inciting the non-Muslims through racist, insulting and offensive
speeches that enrage and divide the people, but gains favour with gutter
politicians and radical Islamists who support this antagonistic,
abhorrent man for their own selfish ends? Vijay47: David Dass, I must admire the restraint with which you comment on painful, alarming issues. I,
on the other hand, tend to be rather passionate, some might say I get
carried away, when writing about racial and religious abuse, and the
dregs of society like this Zakir Naik. Yes, there I go again! But
without the least hint of apology, not when it comes to that fugitive
from the law.
Sir, you have expressed your thoughts in a most
enlightening way, looking at freedom of religion from the micro and
wider perspectives. But the ugly elephant remains - we still have
Muslims making all manner of offensive and threatening statements, we
still have Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin from Perlis, leaders of ummah, that
former IGP (inspector-general of police) Musa āMattressā Hassan, even a
minister, Mohd Redzuan Yusof, ringing alarm bells loud and large, that
liberals and Christians are marching onwards to do in the Malays and
Muslims.
It does not in the least matter that these warnings,
often accompanied with subtle threats, are absolutely false and
unfounded; repeat a lie often enough and it ironically becomes gospel
truth. There is nothing religious about these charges. The
intention is to terrify a gullible, ignorant community and get them to
rally behind the flag flown by political opportunists.
To balance the equation, we have PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim, IGP Abdul Hamid Bador, even the Pahang mufti Abdul Rahman Osman, urging everyone to be calm, even as they warn that firm action will be taken against those who stir up peaceful waters.
Yet the lies continue, Zakir Naik remains free after all that he has said, and now boldly goes to enjoy dinner with a schoolboy who thinks he is an adult.