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."
Harapan did not sell out with MOU - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Malaysiakini : If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.” - PJ O'Rourke
COMMENT |
The easy line here is that you cannot sell out if you do not have any
principles in the first place. I mean some Pakatan Harapan political
operatives talk about political frogs as anathema to democracy but take
this “hear no evil, see no evil” stance when it comes to opposition
leader Anwar Ibrahim attempting his various counter coups.
Also
this idea of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) as a means to constrain
former Umno prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, merely reflects the kind
of personality instead of policy politics that is driving Harapan.
And
it sounds absurd, you claim you are working for the rakyat but then say
that this is a political strategy to constrain your political opponent,
especially since Anwar was sniffing around personalities of the court
cluster hoping to hitch a ride to Putrajaya and Harapan did not seem to
have an issue with this.
