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."
Major Mohd Zahir Armaya from the 11th Special Forces Regiment
Malaysiakini : Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu is calling on the public not to
speculate about the death of an army commando who was shot during a
demonstration, pending an autopsy report.
Special Forces in Training
Major Mohd Zahir Armaya
from the 11th Gerak Khas Regiment had died during a launching gimmick at
the Lok Kawi camp in Kota Kinabalu when he was shot dead this morning.
The son of actor A R Badul was portraying a masked criminal who was to be shot by an army officer at about 8.30am, according to Harian Metro. After the shot was fired, Zahir collapsed to the ground and the performance was called off. He died an hour later at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The army in a statement said practice demonstrations had been carried
out last week, but a "situation happened" today, which caused the
death. Mohamad (photo) and Army chief General Ahmad Hasbullah Mohd Nawawi expressed their condolences to Zahir's family. "I
hope his family remains steadfast in facing their grief, and we at the
Defence Ministry are very sympathetic and sad," the minister added.
Zahir leaves behind three children, two of whom were from a previous marriage.
