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."
Kenapa ke Polis perlu mengambil keterangan? Bukan ke Veteran-veteran ini yang menyelesaikan masalah apabila Polis tak dapat memerangi Pengganas Komunis. Ingat Darurat adalah masalah Polis untuk keselamatan dalam negeri, kebanyakkan Polis zaman ini, semasa Veteran-veteran in gadai nyawa untuk pertahankan negara ini, masih lagi berenang atau pandangan serong sahaja.
Malaysiakini : Pengerusi Suara Veteran, Komander (B) Abdul Rahman Husain berkata
pihaknya sudah hadir memberi keterangan di Balai Polis Dang Wangi
semalam, berhubung penganjuran himpunan Reunion Veteran di Tugu Negara,
Kuala Lumpur pada hari yang sama. Menurut Abdul Rahman (gambar utama), selain dirinya, lima ahli jawatankuasa program turut memberi keterangan secara berasingan malam tadi.
“Tiada
masalah pun sebenarnya. Saya tanya sini, perlu ke permit untuk
berkumpul di bawah Akta Perhimpunan Aman 2012?” soalnya ketika
dihubungi. Sementara itu, timbalan pengerusi himpunan Mejar (B)
Mior Rosli Mior Jaafar berkata polis melayan mereka dengan baik
sepanjang memberi keterangan dan pihaknya juga memberi kerjasama
sepenuhnya.
“Mereka cuma tanya soalan biasa. Apa yang diucapkan dalam perjumpaan,
siapa yang berucap, ada menghina Agong ke, ada bercakap isu sensitif
ke. Saya cakap tiada. “Kami berjumpa memang sebab nak buat penerangan kepada ahli-ahli veteran tentang apakah hak mereka.
“Kami bukan musuh negara, kami bukan hendak menjatuhkan kerajaan, kami tidak mempunyai apa-apa niat serong,” katanya kepada Malaysiakini.
Dalam
acara yang berlangsung semalam, seramai kira-kira 1,500 pesara tentera
dari seluruh negara berkumpul di Tugu Negara bagi menyuarakan beberapa
isu, terutama berkaitan kebajikan mereka. Antara gesaan mereka adalah untuk penyelarasan pencen tentera yang
bersara sebelum 2013 serta hak untuk menerima pencen setelah
sekurang-kurangnya 10 tahun berkhidmat.
Memetik laporan Free Malaysia Today hari ini, Ketua Polis
Daerah Dang Wangi, Noor Dellhan Yahaya memaklumkan kertas siasatan
berkenaan acara itu telah dibuka di bawah Seksyen 9 Akta Perhimpunan
Aman. “Kertas siasatan telah dibuka di bawah Seksyen 9 Akta Perhimpunan Aman,” katanya kepada FMT.
Mengulas
lanjut, Mior mendakwa pihaknya telah mendapatkan kebenaran polis dan
malah polis yang mencadangkan agar ia diadakan di Tugu Negara, bukannya
Dataran Merdeka yang di awal perancangan.
Mejar (B) Mior Rosli
Namun,
dakwanya, kebenaran itu hanya secara lisan selepas perjumpaan dengan
wakil dari Bukit Aman, Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen (IPK) Kuala Lumpur
dan IPK Dang Wangi. “Saya ada minta untuk ditandatangani
persetujuan itu sebagai rekod hitam putih tetapi tak dapat. Ketika
mesyuarat bersama pihak polis, mereka ada cakap nak berikan bantuan
kawalan keselamatan, kawalan trafik dan ambulan sebab yang datang pun
ramai orang tua.
“Dan bila saya sampai di Tugu Negara semalam, saya nampak polis trafik, anggota polis beruniform dan dua buah ambulan sudah ada. “Apabila
saya nampak tiga perkara yang dijanjikan polis itu ditunaikan, saya
beranggapan mereka berpegang kepada persetujuan lisan sebelum ini dan
kami berhimpun semalam secara sah,” katanya lagi.
Dia turut merakamkan penghargaan kepada pihak berkuasa yang terlibat membantu perjalanan himpunan semalam.
