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."
LTTE 12 – They are on their own - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Monday, February 17, 2020
So called LTTE.........
Malaysiakini : “As citizens, we must prevent wrongdoing because the world in
which we all live, wrong-doer, wrong sufferer and spectator, is at
stake.” - Hannah Arendt
COMMENTS
| Friends and family members of the LTTE 12 have been contacting me
asking me what can be done for their loved ones. Everyone of them
understands that this is a political issue, not a criminal one. They
understand that they have been targeted by the state – deep or otherwise
– and the LTTE 12 are collateral damage. Most of them believe they are
on their own.
The arrival of Zakir Naik on our shores, a religious
extremist who not only disparages other religions in his sermons but
asks the Malay community to vote for corrupt Muslim leaders over honest
non-Muslim leaders, galvanised the deep Islamic state and emboldened
nativist narratives made more complicated by the political fracturing of
the Malay community.
The acolytes of Zakir, led by the Perlis mufti, must be extremely
happy. Their handiworks are all over these persecutions. Nobody can
dispute that the LTTE was a non-issue before Penang Deputy Chief
Minister (II) P Ramasamy was targeted by the Perlis mufti for being the
most vocal critic of Zakir (below).
