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."
Troll farm link is the least of the police's malfeasance - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Monday, August 08, 2022
Malaysiakini : "The police are not here to create disorder; they're here to preserve disorder."
- Richard J Daley
COMMENT
| Well, of course, the police are going to deny any links with
pro-government troll farms. Police secretary Noorsiah Mohd Saaduddin
said the police viewed the allegations by Meta seriously, and of course,
they were going to gather more information.Of
course, anyone shocked that Meta is a breeding ground for troll farms
and that Meta is serious about curbing the spread of disinformation
should get their heads checked.
In 2016, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, in an interview with Sinar Harian, said this about the government at the time.
“(Bagaimanapun)
jangan memandang rendah kepada kerajaan kerana mereka ada kuasa, ada
televisyen, radio, duit dan media. Mereka juga ada alat-alat risikan dan
sebagainya. Media dia lebih tahu pada kita. Dia tahu kita belum tahu
lagi. Sama ada dengan kekuasaan itu, parti yang berkuasa akan kalah saya
tidak tahu.” (Whatever happens, don't look down on the government
as they have power, television, radio, money and the media. They also
have the intelligence apparatus. They know more than us. They know we
don't know. With all that power, I have no idea if the ruling party will
lose).
Abdul Hamid Bador, in retelling his appointment as Special
Branch head by the old maverick, when the old maverick returned to
power, said: “He faced many problems because he did not know ‘who was a
friend and who was a foe’ and that may jeopardise any plan to establish
the dynamic government that he wanted”
Keep in mind that it was
Abdul Hamid who made allegations against Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin
regarding the “our boy” recording and, not to mention the cartel, which
he claimed he had under control but in reality brought him down.
