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."
Perak MB starts a battle he cannot win by Mariam Mokhtar
Friday, November 15, 2019
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | One of Sun Tzu's golden rules of warfare was, "Do not start a battle in which there is no chance of winning."
Perak
Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu should take heed of this rule because
he may live to regret the comments about his "lone battle". which he
made in a video. He told a small gathering that he was fighting "a
desperate battle alone, against DAP".
In his lone battle, Ahmad
Faizal probably imagines that his enemy is the DAP. He is wrong because
his enemy is the people of Perak, whom he betrayed with his incompetence
and arrogance.
In the video which went viral, Ahmad Faizal said, "In Perak, I am fighting a desperate battle alone against 'puak-puak' (factions) DAP. "I want to defend the land of the Malays, I want to champion our religion." He
needs to tell us from whom or what he has to defend the Malays and
Islam. For the past 62 years, Umno touted the same line, but what have
they done to improve the lives of the Malays?
The same goes for Ahmad Faizal. What has he done in the past 19 months, to improve the lot of the Malays? Is Ahmad Faizal still trapped under his tempurung?
Malays occupy positions of power in GLCs, in ministries, in the police,
customs, immigration, Mara, Felda, Tabung Haji, Khazanah, Bank Negara
and Jakim.
If
the Malay needs defending, it is from the other Malays. Many are not
used to holding power or being in charge of money. Disgraced Najib Abdul
Razak, his former deputy PM Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Isa Samad, formerly of
Felda, and Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim (above), the former head of Tabung Haji, have been charged with criminal breach of trust and money laundering.
The
Malays also need defending from being pampered. Dr Mahathir Mohamad
scolds the Malays for being lazy, but in the next breath, rewards them
with handouts. No wonder they are confused.
What does Ahmad Faizal
mean by wanting to "champion our religion"? Is it through might and
right? What has he done to push the IGP to find Indira Gandhi's
daughter, who was kidnapped by her convert husband? Will he stop the
alleged forced conversions of Orang Asli?
