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."
MP SPEAKS | Harapan must offer M'sia a new federal deal By Wilfred Madius Tangau
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Malaysiakini : MP SPEAKS | Independence is
meaningless if it does not ensure self-government. After all, we didn’t
get rid of unelected foreign rulers only to replace them with new
colonial masters from our midst.
When Malaysia was formed 59 years
ago, many questioned if we as a political union could last, or if
Malaya would emerge as the new colonial master. These two questions have
not disappeared altogether even 59 years after the country’s formation
and may never will.
We still have Malayan imperialists who see
Malaysia as nothing but an extension of “Tanah Melayu” and Muslim
nationalists who want to impose their moral and cultural aspirations on
other Malaysians, including Borneo Muslims.
Some of them even
insult other Malaysians on a seasonal basis when elections are near. If
such bullies are not checked by the majority of Malaysians who treasure
our God-given diversity and harmony, separatist voices in Sabah and
Sarawak would naturally grow in response.
The failure in realising the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) has
frustrated many Sabahans and Sarawakians. Fixated with a tripartite
structure, some believe the solution lies in treating the federal
government as only representing Malaya, so that Sarawak and Sabah can be
its equal partners.
This view is, however, unpragmatic and
counterproductive – even with Malayan politics now fragmented, Sabah and
Sarawak have no bargaining power to force the federal government to
retreat to representing only Malaya as before 1963.
While Sabah
and Sarawak may aspire to be Scotland, the 11 Malayan states with nine
royal houses are real political entities that cannot be forced into an
England-like entity.
