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."
Malaysiakini : "They try to make themselves the victims when they are actually the culprits.” – Lim Guan Eng
COMMENT
| Some of you may find the above quote funny, coming from a DAP
politician. Playing the victim card and then deflecting had been an
effective strategy for the DAP when they were in the “opposition” -
until they become the establishment. I have no idea why the Tunku
Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) needs to be an “independent
education institution” before it gets government funding. The DAP – and
let us be clear, this is a DAP/MCA squabble – has not made it clear how
MCA, owning TAR UC, is detrimental in any way or, how TAR UC, as an
independent institution, would better serve the Malaysian community. For
instance, is the MCA using TAR UC as a propaganda organ?
The MCA/DAP TAR UC squabble is politics at its pettiest, and for
non-Malay political discourse, extremely chilling. When the finance
minister says this, "Your time is up, your time is over. Let it be run
as an educational institution," it is unnerving at the viciousness and,
yes, BN-style rhetoric coming from a politician of this so-called 'New
Malaysia'. It would seem that the DAP wants to destroy the legacy of the
MCA as a means to form a new narrative about "Chinese" education in
Malaysia.
