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."
BlueShark1548 : Commander you are spot on! Anwar never did have a plan except that he should be PM by any means including getting support from the likes of Najib and Zahid!
Malaysians are looking at UMNO's comeback with a vengeance.
All the scandals, abuse of power and mismanagement of our nation's resources meant nothing! UMNO can return to power and do the same again as a large majority of Malaysians want it!
Malaysiakini : “Najib is setting the stage for a political comeback, but what is Anwar's plan?” – Mariam Mokhtar
COMMENT |
Three years ago, when there was this rather dumb petition that Najib
Abdul Razak’s trials be broadcast live - a move an initially reluctant
Najib embraced - I
thought the government had dodged the bullet when it came to shots
fired by the media-savvy former prime minister when then communications
and multimedia minister Gobind Singh Deo nixed the idea of state-owned media broadcasting live telecasts of Najib's trials.
While
numerous Pakatan Harapan officials continue the strategy of attacking
Najib, what they miss is that the allegations against Najib did not
remove him from Umno, it did not result in a populist revolt in the Umno
base, and it has not resulted in disavowal from the Umno establishment.
What is dangerous about this Najib sandiwara is how the
extremist forces in this country have taken advantage of the political
instability brought upon by the weakening of the Umno political hegemon.
Racial
and religious issues are being played up because all these Malay uber
alles parties want to be the sole voice of the “Malays”.
Having
said that, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim could have really thrown a
spanner in Najib's current political role by delivering a very public
rebuke of everything Najib and Umno stand for.
It would be easier
if there were various policy differences between Anwar and Najib but a
skilled debater understands that in debates such as these, people want
spectacle and it was not incumbent on Najib to deliver the fireworks.
