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."
Muhyiddin continues his lame-duck premiership - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Thursday, August 05, 2021
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COMMENT
| Who knows if Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin can survive these
political plays by his opponents within the Malay political
establishment?
Umno may be on a brink of a purge, PAS is clutching its
pearls and Pakatan Harapan, well, Harapan is grappling with the reality
that nobody wants to go out on a date with it.
This latest
sandiwara of a September confidence vote is just to buy the current
prime minister a little more time so he can corral the required numbers
from Umno to bolster his failed regime. The fact that the once-mighty
Umno is so weak that it cannot oust the current prime minister is
demonstrative of how much pressure there is on the gravy train.
Muhyiddin
will do everything in his power, aided by various political operatives,
to delay proving his majority until he has done enough to entice more
of these craven Umno types to rally to his banner. He really does not
care what Harapan demands because he knows his opponents will not do the
strategic thing and team up with Harapan.
