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."
Here's what could likely destroy Umno - P Gunasegaram
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Dumb, no?
BluePanther4725 : The leaders in UMNO are scrambling for the top post to be the chief kleptocrat to plunder the lion share of our country's wealth for themselves. Those from PN wanted the same loot for themselves. The politicians from UMNO and PN are flaunting their luxury homes, cars, clothing and shoes without even a shred of shame. Under this corrupted and incompetent PN/BN, our country will go down the same path as Sri Lanka. Our duty is to stop this from happening by getting rid of these incompetent kleptocrats in GE15 before it's too late.
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | Two questions need to be
answered if we are to examine how Umno will do in the next elections -
first, who will lead the party into elections and second who will be the
prime minister-designate if Umno wins.
If Umno stands divided in
these two areas, it will cost them heavily in the polls. The glaring
differences between key leaders will considerably undermine the poor
confidence that people already have in Umno and perhaps even destroy it.
In the first part
of this article, we explained the posturing within Umno in the light of
new revelations and how the party is divided from within. In this
second part, we discuss some possible permutations that will shape
Umnoās future.
Before we look at who is likely to be Umnoās prime
minister-designate at the 15th general election (GE15), we need to know
the outcome of a crucial decision to be made on July 16 - that of
whether the Registrar of Societies, or ROS, will allow the postponement
of Umnoās election.
