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."
Malaysia’s Special Branch and the Deep State By Murray Hunter
Monday, November 25, 2019
Special Branch
Asian Sentinel : Malaysia’s
Special Branch, a secretive division within the Royal Malaysian Police
force (PDRM), has functioned as one of the country’s most covert units,
or did until earlier this year, when the human rights NGO Suhakam
accused it of being behind the disappearance of two social activists, Amri Che Mat and Pastor Raymond Koh.
The new Director General of Police, Absul Hamid Bador, denies the accusation, claiming that the unit has no operational capabilities.
Nonetheless, the accusation shines a light on a shadowy organization
that had its beginnings as an intelligence unit established by the
British after WWII to primarily gather human intelligence (HUMINT) on
the communist insurgency throughout North Borneo and Malaya as well as
spying to counter the growing Communist influence as well as watching
the Singaporean trade union and political movements.
A third important
task was to undertake surveillance and infiltrate the Chinese triads
operating in the towns throughout Malaya. As a
colonial creation, it has never been legitimized by act of Parliament,
It has, no public charter, and reports neither to the National
Parliament or the executive. It became an arm of the police
organizational structure with a director who reported to the Director
General of Police (IGP). The only indication of its mission and
objectives are on the police website, stating that it is“responsible
for collecting and processing security intelligence to preserve the law
and order of the public and maintain Malaysia’s peace and security.”
Today it
conducts surveillance, intelligence gathering, and infiltrations that
span all aspects of Malaysian society including religious organizations,
mosques, churches, and temples, Chinese schools, universities, the
state and federal civil services, government agencies, local government,
trade unions, NGOs, media organizations, social activists, and even Royal households.
Special
Branch attends many public gatherings, press conferences, and events
where there are people of interest. Both opposition and government
members of parliament are kept under surveillance. It has expanded from
just utilising HUMINT gathering and now utilizes all the tools of modern
electronic intelligence gathering, with sophisticated cyber abilities.
Under Mahathir the SB is even more powerful now than it was under the last BN Government.
