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."
Harapan is mainlining apathy into its base - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Tokong Lim Guan Eng
Malaysiakini : āSo, in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to be
agreeing machines instead of thinking machines. All their minds had to
do was to discover what other people were thinking, and then they
thought that, too.ā - Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions
COMMENT
| Finance Minister Lim Guan Engās plea for more time and patience when
it comes to implementing policies meant for everyone is a pusillanimous
tactic considering we were told that removing the Najib Abdul Razak
regime was an all or nothing gambit and time was of the essence.
Prime
minister-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim echoed the same sentiment when
pleading for there to be no protest votes against the government he
hopes to inherit. At this moment both are dealing with anger from a
section of the Harapan base aimed at a particular component of Harapan.
In
politics, anger is something that can be dealt with, with the
appropriate realignment of policy and agenda. What is worse, and which
could eventually destroy Harapan, is apathy. This is the real danger
facing Harapan.
