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."
Yeo: Azmin-led Sheraton Move was 'beyond my wildest dreams'
Monday, July 11, 2022
That Gang Of Coup Plotters
Kilimanjaro :In Hadi's words, he started planning the downfall of PH in Putrajaya from day one. Like the saying that the leopard doesn't change its spots, Hadi's envy and jealousy of NM, especially in sharing real power, is well known.
After GE13, when Hadi was adamant on leaving PR, Anwar had tried to coax him to be with PR but to no avail. In politics it is not just about building bridges. It is also about "stabbing in the back". This brings to the fore the narration by Liew Chin Tong on how Muyhiddin had asked the favour from LKS and LCT to back a Bersatu MB for Johore.
I believe PH more than in many ways was committed to building bridges but then there were enough traitors within PH to bomb those bridges. Thank god, you finally learnt who the real brother Saiffuddin is.
Azmin wasted no time in summoning a Bumiputra Congress almost immediately after GE14. It was the naivety of YBY not to notice what a chameleon and power-greedy politician Azmin has been and still is. Just ask Wan Azizah how he went behind PKR to become the Selangor MB, of course with the help and support of PAS. One of the reasons PAS then cited was the gender of the MB.
Yes, political power comes from politics, more so from politicking and how personal interests override that of people and country. The perception is clear and this is the most unfortunate that we have to face and endure - that we never had a leader but only self-seeking politicians and how to play a game of dividing the people and the country to come and stay in power. It is written all over their faces.
Everything has a limit and such racial gutter politics will come to an end. The Sheraton move not only revealed who the traitors are, it also revealed that the base they stood on called "Malay unity" has been shredded to pieces and it was nothing more than a mode of ulterior politics and politicking that led them to nowhere.
This perhaps sums up the hope and optimism you have that will chuck such greedy and gutter politicians out of the system. And this will and has to come from the people. A good start is the anti-hopping bill. Hopefully it goes through.
Malaysiakini : The Sheraton Move coup that led to Pakatan Harapan’s early and highly
unexpected end as the government was not something Yeo Bee Yin saw
coming.
In her upcoming book “Unfinished Business” she revealed
that it was “beyond her wildest dreams” that Gombak MP and then PKR
deputy president Azmin Ali would “cross to the other side”. “As
much as I have heard the rumours since the end of 2019 about this
‘backdoor’ operation, I still believe that Azmin had his moral limits.
“After
all, Azmin was the Selangor menteri besar when I was serving in the
Selangor State Assembly. While I didn’t agree with him on everything, it
was beyond my wildest dreams that he would cross over to the other side
after having been in the Reformasi movement for over 20 years. He had
stood with Anwar and PKR through the darkest times.
“It was also unfathomable to think that Saifuddin Abdullah would
cross over. He was the supposed gentleman who called me ‘sis’ every time
he saw me and sat beside me in every cabinet meeting. “Only when I
saw their faces at the Sheraton Hotel, hugging and kissing with PAS and
Umno leaders, did I finally realise that we (Harapan) had been
betrayed,” she wrote.
The
Sheraton Move in February 2020, which ended Pakatan Harapan’s 22-month
stint in Putrajaya, refers to a weeklong political impasse triggered by
an alliance between Umno, PAS and Bersatu.
