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."
Harapan’s blame game on abolishing draconian laws - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Malaysiakini : “The Pakatan Harapan government will also abolish draconian
provisions in the Penal Code, especially on peaceful assembly and
activities harmful to democracy, Communications and Multimedia Act 1998,
Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma), Peaceful
Assembly Act 2012 and Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota) 2015.”
– Lim Guan Eng
“Although
we may not abolish these laws, we will make changes so that those parts
said to be draconian, like (providing for) arrest and detention without
trial, will be amended.
– Dr Mahathir Mohamad
"I know that there are no decisions made [regarding Sosma] in the 22 months.”
– Muhyiddin Yassin
COMMENT
| One of the things that really angers me, when I see Pakatan Harapan
political operatives demonstrate righteous indignation when it comes to
oppressive laws that have been hanging over the heads of the rakyat like
the sword of Damocles for decades, is that when given the opportunity
to abolish those laws they did nothing.
Blaming the Sheraton Move
is the dog ate my homework of excuses and merely a cynical attempt to
deflect from the obscene fact that Harapan was more than happy to use
this issue as a campaign talking point, like M Indira Gandhi, Teoh Beng
Hock and the numerous other "crimes of the Umno/BN state", that came in
handy when firing up the base but were cast aside when comfortable seats
were filled with plump backsides in caverns of power in Putrajaya.
