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 : “Sometimes, in a place with a lot of gangsters, the leader needs to be one of the gangsters as well.” - Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin on why Malaysia needs a Saddam Hussien
COMMENT
| It does not surprise me one bit that Perlis mufti Asri Zainul Abidin
is part of the forces intent on keeping kidnapped children who were
unilaterally converted from their birth mother. It should not surprise
anyone that the Perlis Welfare Department, which is holding the
kidnapped children, decided to use Covid as an excuse for not allowing
Loh Siew Hong (the mother) to see her children but allowed Asri to have a
meal with them.
What we are witnessing is kidnapping in broad
daylight and the power of the state religious authority to circumvent
civil laws. What we are witnessing is the last vestiges of moderate
Malaysia ripped away over a satay meal
with two kidnapped children and a religious operative who is enabling
the criminality, not to mention immorality, of the perpetrators of this
crime.
Imagine, the mother of these kidnapped children finally gets an hour
with her kids with strict conditions including no photos, while Asri
gets to have a meal with them and broadcast everything on his social
media account. This is the kind of pettiness that only conniving
bureaucrats display, not caring about how their behaviour is perceived
because their behaviour is sanctioned by the state. This is the kind of
blatant disregard of the laws of the land by religious operatives and
state bureaucracies when it comes to the issue of unilateral conversion.
Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin meets 14-year-old twin girls
Asri
apparently asked the underaged children if they were forced to convert
and the children apparently asked their mother if she was willing to
convert to Islam, and no rational person would believe that this is
unrelated.
