Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen 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 soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt 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."
Politicians will never reform the PDRM - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Malaysiakini : "Police business is a hell of a problem. Itās a good deal like
politics. It asks for the highest type of men, and thereās nothing in it
to attract the highest type of men. So we have to work with what we
get...ā - Raymond Chandler
COMMENT | In March last year, then inspector-general of police Abdul Hamid Bador when describing his frustration at the bribery going on within his organisation with the allegations made against 12 police officers said this:
āThe
one who takes (the bribe) is the husband, if they donāt think about the
fate of the family, then they can carry on, and if they are caught,
there will be no point of feeling remorse as there have been enough
warnings and advice given.ā
This
is the problem right here with the Royal Malaysia Police Force (PDRM).
All these āwarningsā and āadviceā for dirty cops are exactly why the
security apparatus is in the state it is in.
Everyone knows that
there are corrupt cops but everyone also knows that they will be advised
or warned not to carry on being corrupt cops.
