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."
Anonymous_1544340881: Terrorists who go abroad are better than those who stay? Taking this super-intelligent assessment, the solution from Bukit
Aman Special Branch's Counter-Terrorism Division chief Ayob Khan Mydin
Pitchay is to bring them back. That is just brilliant! How did he get this job? God help us if this is the person who is supposed to keep us safe.
Terrorists
who leave the country should stay where they are. Terrorists who stayed
behind should be despatched as the law permits. When the Islamic
State (IS) was winning the war and beheading their victims, did those
terrorists call home pleading to be allowed to come back? When IS
was raping and enslaving Yazidis and Christians, did these apostles of
their peaceful religion ask the police or call Ayob Khan that they felt
sorry and wanted to come back?
When they helped IS commit genocide, did they admit their mistakes? No. Now defeated, suddenly they remember family and country. Before
you take them back, which you seem intent to do, please be honest and
stop the lies and charade and tell us what will you be charging them
for? Travelling without passport? Failing to declare income tax? Or some
other petty light crime? Can you charge them for murder or serious crimes? Will you fly in Yazidi witnesses to testify?
So, please do not feed us with generalities and falsehoods. Before
they even come back, publish their names and keep a register like we do
sex offenders. Surely, everyone deserves to know and have a say over
who they live next to, school with, or employ. Frankly, I think most people would feel safer with a molester next door than mass murderers and their active supporters. Anonymous 399221447786384: Are you sure you can monitor these 40 terrorists from Syria? To
date, the police can't find pastor Raymond Koh. They canāt find Indira
Gandhi's daughter or that convert husband. They can't find the woman in
the shootout in Batu Arang. And now, you want to keep tabs on more terrorists, whom the police are welcoming back?
