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."
"May 13 bloodletting, Bersih different kettle of fish - Ambiga" By RK Anand
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Ambiga Sreenevasan
Malaysiakini : Equating a racial clash which claimed scores of lives with a
gathering pressing for free and fair elections is egregious, according
to those who disagree with Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar.
For Ambiga Sreenevasan, the distinction between the two is obvious or in her own words, “a different kettle of fish altogether”. “Rioting is a criminal offence. A peaceful assembly is not.
“Malaysians
have matured and well appreciate that their rights extend only to
assemblies, protests and gatherings that are peaceful,” she told Malaysiakini.
Ambiga was the former chairperson of the electoral reform group
Bersih, whose mammoth street rallies rattled the political elites and
led to the implementation of several measures such as the use of
indelible ink during the voting process. The initial rallies,
however, were marred by sporadic incidents of violence which the
organisers claimed resulted from the police’s unwarranted actions.
Last week, Sultan Ibrahim,
in denouncing a DAP leader’s call for street protests over price hikes,
recalled May 13, 1969, racial clashes and Bersih rallies.
