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."
DAP’s off-messaging in Johor - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Liew Chin Tong
Malaysiakini : "Playing racial politics non-stop. He (Umno deputy chief Nur Jazlan
Mohamed) has forgotten that he is half Chinese. I'm heartbroken." – Johor DAP chief Liew Chin Tong
COMMENT
| If what they say is true – there is no such thing as bad publicity –
maybe the DAP is doing a hell of a job, positioning itself as the
rational alternative to the MCA. But if it’s not true, then what
in god’s green earth is the DAP’s strategy with all these nonsensical
attacks against the MCA and Chinese sacred cows?
Most of it seems to be emanating from Johor DAP chief Liew Chin Tong,
who just makes a bad situation worse whenever he pipes up about issues
that have no relevance to how Johoreans have suffered the past couple of
years. These fights, centred on the Chinese community, are merely
reinforcing certain stereotypes about the DAP - that the MCA does not
have to deal with - when it comes to dealing with Malay power
structures.
First, the normally rational DAP national publicity secretary Tony Pua lashes out at Chinese educationalists which earned a soft reprimand from party veteran Lim Kit Siang. Now, Chin Tong talks about how MCA candidates “are unable to speak the national language fluently without reading from a script”.
Does speaking Malay mean you have better multicultural credentials?
I
can name many Malaysians who speak poor Malay but over the years have
done more for the Malay community and the cause of multiculturalism than
a dozen political operatives who speak Malay (without reading from a
script) and merely showboat in Parliament and state assemblies.
Johor DAP chief Liew Chin Tong
Meanwhile, Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate Shazani A Hamid is using her Mandarin skills to connect with Chinese-speaking voters and stay on message – at least she has one.
She
wants to help develop education institutions in Ayer Itam and make the
town an important stopover point in Johor. You should check out her
videos and most of these videos are not confrontational.
