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."
BUTTERWORTH: A single mother who recently discovered that her three
children were converted to Islam without her consent has expressed shock
that the Perlis mufti had questioned them about their conversion.
Loh Siew Hong was also saddened that those who had no ties to the
girls could spend time with them while she, the mother, could not,
supposedly due to “Covid-19 restrictions”. “They are kids. How can you ask them what their faith is? You should
ask their mother,” Loh told FMT. The girls are both aged 14. “Why can the mufti meet them while I can’t? That is really cruel,” she added.
Loh said this after Perlis mufti Asri Zainul Abidin uploaded a video
on Sunday in which he is seen spending time with Loh’s twin daughters
over satay and asking if they “wanted to be Muslims” and if they were
“coerced” into converting.
In the video, Asri can be seen telling the girls he would work
towards ensuring the girls remained Muslims. Loh’s son, 10, was not in
the video. In his post, Asri said the children’s father had converted to Islam
in July 2020 and that the “Perlis authorities” had taken care of their
education and welfare, without knowing that the mother had custody of
her children.