Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen 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 soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt 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."
Loke: Shafie 'unprincipled' for willingness to work with GE15 winners
Thursday, June 30, 2022
JBond : Shafie has UMNO DNA lah. Kaki cari makan. Out in the cold after losing Sabah state government must have made him desperate. This is an opportunist so another low life like so many in UMNO. Ask him to balik kampung.
Malaysiakini : It is unprincipled of Warisan president Shafie Apdal to be willing to
cooperate with any winning political coalition after the 15th general
election to ensure political stability, said DAP secretary-general
Anthony Loke.
He said a party that expressed support for the winning coalition only seeks position and interest.
"I
am saddened by what he said at a forum last Sunday. He said he was
willing to work with any political coalition, be it BN, Perikatan
Nasional or Pakatan Harapan that formed the government.
"His view seems to be unprincipled. Secondly, itās absurd," the Seremban MP said in a live online interview yesterday.
