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."
He
could have told the MPs not to come with him. The money spent
accommodating these Putrajaya hangers-on was a waste of resources and
manpower, but he failed to refuse them.
More
importantly, Ismail needs to focus and engage with the victims of the
floods, and not be distracted and waste time with his mandarins.
First things first. If the man who imposed the strict lockdown rules cannot be bothered to follow them, why should you or I?
As the former Senior Minister of the National Security Council (NSC), he dictated the rules. Soon after, he was elevated to the post of prime minister (PM), by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Aug 20. He then flew to Kedah, a few days after his inauguration, to inspect the damage in the floods affected areas of Yan and Merbok.
Looking
at the photos from government news media, one is left wondering. "How
many Umno-Baru MPs does it need to change a light bulb? One to hold the
bulb, and 40 others to issue instructions or take turns holding the
ladder?"
After his maiden speech as PM, in which he wanted all Malaysians to think of themselves as one big happy family, "Keluarga Malaysia", many questions spring to mind about his trip to Yan.
Ismail
is the PM. Everyone takes orders from him. What he says, goes. So, if
several MPs express a wish to travel north with him on the prime
ministerial jet, can't he just exercise his authority and forcefully say
"No!" Bigger is not better.
