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."
Ku Li looks back, while Najib looks forward - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Malaysiakini : "Any politician who would want to play a role would want a seat in Parliament." - Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak
COMMENT
| Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, while debating the king’s
address attempted to frame our current turmoil – “race relations,
religious tolerance, economic issues and political instability” – as
Umno losing its raison d'etre as a movement, as opposed to the 'crime syndicate' it has become as exemplified by the creation of Umno Baru.
The old Umno, the one before 1988, is the Umno Razaleigh (above) believes will save Malaysia and is worth reviving and he publicly claimed that the then judiciary did former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad a favour.
He
said: "It is now clear Umno was declared unlawful and then deregistered
for the ulterior purpose of capturing its leadership undemocratically
and against the law. It was a decision without any legitimacy whatsoever
and an abuse of political power."
Razaleigh, who is fondly known
as Ku Li, of course, always nurtured the perception that he was the last
honest man in Umno, a prince who reluctantly found himself consorting
with thieves.
Resigning
as Umno advisory council member may elicit guffaws and remarks like
that of former minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz who claimed that Ku Li
was hurt that he was not named prime minister, but the reality is
that Umno can now wage war on behalf of kleptocrats without any hassle
from any quarters within the party.
Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad with Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (right)
Razaleigh
has the remarkable ability to engender goodwill from certain sections
of the general public by disassociating himself from the excesses of
Umno even though he contributed to the very culture he claims to
despise.
