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."
Malaysiakini : “The only people truly bound by campaign promises are the voters who believe them.” - Christopher Hitchens
COMMENT
| This week, the government will decide if it wants to kick the can
down the road when it comes to the issue of how people will vote, by
possibly declaring an emergency in Malacca.
All over the world,
democracies or tyrannies are using the Covid-19 pandemic as an excuse
for policy shifts or the strengthening of autocratic rule.
The manure show, which is the dissolution
of the Malacca state assembly, is merely another banal example of how
this country is floating down the proverbial crapper, ever since the
hegemonic model of Umno/BN rule was replaced by covens of political
operatives who for various reasons cannot shelter under the shade of
Umno rule.
When you have a political operative like Idris Haron claiming that to “… a certain extent, MCA is more chauvinist than the DAP,” you know the train has left for crazy town.
Never
mind that Pakatan Harapan is attempting to play the innocent in this
fiasco, when in reality, like the Sheraton Move, everyone knew that the
house was crumbling down, but nobody wanted to be the one who belled the
cat.
