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."
Will Umno-BN be a legitimate govt if they win GE15? By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Malaysiakini : “If individuals do not occupy their legitimate position, then it will
be occupied by a god or a king or a coalition of interest groups. If
citizens do not exercise the powers conferred by their legitimacy,
others will do so.”
- John Ralston Saul, ‘The Unconscious Civilisation’
COMMENT | The short answer is yes.
What
prompted this article was a late-night call from a political operative
who in a Trumpian diatribe, went on a rant that if Umno-BN won this
election, it would still be an illegitimate government.
As someone who has claimed that the current government post-Sheraton
Move is an “illegal government”, I am not gun shy in my polemics (I have
never claimed that what I do is anything else) but preempting an
electoral loss by claiming the winner is an illegal government is just
ludicrous and frankly undemocratic.
This would mean that the only
time Malaysia will have a legitimate government is if the opposition
won. If that is not out of the Trump-fascist playbook, I do not know
what is.
Umno holding the election now is a political strategy,
and while morally repugnant, it is not incumbent on Umno or any ruling
coalition to hold an election when it is convenient for their political
rivals or for the people for that matter.
The dangerous game Umno
is playing is that this may incur a backlash which they may have not
anticipated, and if this happens, it would be a boon for Pakatan
Harapan.
