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."
Tanjung Piai is not a credible bellwether for non-Malay dissatisfaction - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Monday, November 04, 2019
Go for Gerakan, you can teach Harapan and BN a lesson!!!!
Malaysiakini : “And men are so poor in intellect that a few cold chills down
their spine will be enough to keep them from ever finding out the truth
about anything.” - Thomas Merton
COMMENT
| Some people say that Harapan needs to be taught a lesson in the
Tanjung Piai by-election. The perception is that non-Malays are weighing
their options when it comes to voting for the Bersatu candidate. The
idea is that losing this by-election will teach Prime Minister Dr
Mahathir Mohamad some sort of lesson.
This is problematic for a
variety of reasons. The most important reason is that elections are but a
small section of the old maverick’s political chessboard. Control of
GLCs, the leaping of political frogs, fermenting discontent in various
power groups in his own Pakatan Harapan coalition, enabling the deep
Islamic state and various other bureaucratic malfeasance are the
instruments of strongmen. The big question is, do his allies enable the
strongman?
Barisan
Nasional (BN) played a good hand by picking a non-Muslim candidate. The
optics look good as far as playing nice with the MCA, and it gives PAS
an opportunity to demonstrate that it would support a non-Muslim
candidate like how it was in the good old days of Tok Guru Nik Abdul
Aziz Nik Mat..
