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."
'Audio-gate' demonstrates Harapan's hypocrisy - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Monday, April 12, 2021
Malaysiakini : "In terms of ethics, we must think, do we want to work hand-in-glove with traitors?" - PKR president and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim
COMMENT
| "Audio-gate" is a prime example of how Anwar is his own worst enemy.
Everybody keeps saying there is nothing illegal in that recording and
that the āinvestigationā by the state security apparatus is
unwarranted.
Well,
yes to both, but this is what the state does. This is what the state
always does. This is mainstream politics in this country. But more
importantly, it is this kind of behaviour and political norm that Anwar,
Pakatan Harapan and the āreformasiā movement were supposed to put a stop to.
Ex-senator Ezam Mohd Nor claimed there was nothing in the audio clip "which could compromise the 'reformasi'
spirit that gave birth to PKR". Really? So you do not see anything
morally dubious about two men, one under a cloud of corruption scandals
colluding with another who claims he wants to get rid of a kleptocracy?
You
do not see anything wrong with one man claiming the other handled the
Umno general assembly well by cutting off avenues of dissent when
Harapan and reformasi are supposed to be about freedom of speech and expression?
You
do not see anything wrong with the "no DAP" part of the speech which
was supposed to be "tactical"? After all, the DAP has been demonised by
the establishment for decades and when they were briefly in power and
bending over backward to their Malay counterparts, they were still
demonised.
You think Anwar, a Harapan leader who was just chosen
to lead the "multiracial" coalition against a Malay uber alles regime in
the 15th general election, who seems to be going along with this
anti-DAP propaganda, does not compromise the spirit of reformasi?
