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."
The hypocrisy of Zahid’s 'original Malaysia' By Eric Loo
Wednesday, June 08, 2022
darmakochi : Original Malaysia? Remember you were not born in original Malaysia like my parents and I.
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | A poet friend wrote: “In
poetry, pessimism is the highest form of optimism. In politics, optimism
is the direct cause of pessimism.”
Cynical as my friend is with
partisan politics, his cryptic composition reminds me of BN chairperson
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s claim that only Umno can return the country to the “original Malaysia”.
That,
certainly, is a cause of my pessimism. Could the 15th general election
(GE15) return us to the “original” state of nepotism, cronyism, and
public corruption with impunity? Maybe. Unless first-time voters can remobilise to achieve what was thought unachievable in 2018.
Zahid’s claims are old, tired – basically boring. His ‘optimism’, and former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s regular campaign appearances,
despite both their numerous criminal charges yet to be decided by the
court, underscore their strategy to use a possible BN win to evade a
jail sentence.
