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."
WITH single mother Loh Siew Hong now approaching the court to nullify
her children’s unilateral conversion, a Selangor PAS leader voiced his
frustration over it.
“Why should she take extreme steps which will create animosity? Loh
could have taken peaceful resolutions on it which would have been
supported by Muslims and our royalty. “But she had decided to nullify her children’s conversion to Islam without thinking of its consequences.
“Don’t anger the Muslims just because of marital problems. Does those
advising Loh want a repeat of the Natrah tragedy (it was NOT a frigging tragedy Natrah was only 5 years old during wartime, it was a betrayal of trust!!!!) which happened in the
1950?” PAS Selangor secretary Roslan Shahir Mohd Shahi was reported
asking in Harakah Daily yesterday.
On related matter, lawyer-activist Siti Kasim urged Loh to lodge a
police report against Roslan and Harakah Daily for incitement under
Penal Code for criminal intimidation. “This guy is inciting the public and threatening Loh. This type of
people are a danger to our society and Islam itself when clearly, he is
showing an extreme interpretation of Islam,” she told FocusM.
As a mother and the legal guardian to her children, Siti said Loh has
every legal right to seek redress in court on her children’s unilateral
conversion, especially when the law is clear on the matter. “I hope the authorities, and especially our Sultans, will keep in
check these overzealous people who don’t respect the law and only see
things from their tunnel vision on what Islam is all about,” she
remarked. – March 28, 2022.
