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."
Malaysiakini : PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli is adamant that there is no need
for Pakatan Harapan to work with Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the forthcoming
15th general election (GE15) to garner Malay support.
Contrary to
popular perception, Rafizi said that based on his data, the former prime
minister did not bring in Malay votes for the coalition in the previous
election. “(Back then) it was felt that Mahathir could bring Malay support and I tracked that number every month since 2016.
“There was nothing that suggested having Mahathir onboard brought a wave of Malay support (for Harapan),” Rafizi told Malaysiakini in an interview at the PKR headquarters last Saturday, Oct 29. The Malay support figure for Harapan, he said, remained stagnant for a
few months after Mahathir and Bersatu joined the coalition in 2016.
It only started to pick up towards the end of 2017, he added.
PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli
“But
we really started to see the swing in only the last three weeks of the
election, so it’s not actually about Mahathir or anyone. “It is a
cumulative work of two to three decades of convincing the public that
there can be a better government with a better plan for the country,”
Rafizi said.
JazliSalleh : Rafizi's campaign speeches are worth following. His campaign speeches are very informative. In each of his speech he presents the problems Malaysia is facing and he gives his views on how they could be solved without the need to be corrupted and unfair.
He covers a wide range of issues including bread and butter issues, employment, education, finance etc. This is what the Rakyat want to hear. This is what is lacking among many of the existing politicians. They are not bothered about race or religious rhetorics.
Omissions R Dishonest : Support for PH started to rise again after Rafizi returned. The whole PH us riding on Rafizi's efforts. The entire PH should just trust his instincts.
ScallopJilatDedak : RR is 100% right. As for Kalid, if PH work with traitorous mamak, in case PH++ win, you straight away run the risk of being betrayed the second time.
Why would PH want to take this risk and let a known traitor occupy some of the seats, where PH can share out among them these seats without any risk.
In Chinese culture, accepting back a traitor is NEVER considered, what more this traitor is asking for the throne.
Apollos : Pejuang chairperson Mahathir has made an appeal to meet up with Harapan but, unfortunately, the Harapan leadership decided against it.
Unfortunately did you say?
While I agree that one more friend is better than one more enemy, I wouldn't trust MM to look after my toilet. I'd say the Harapan leadership made the right call.
