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."
Can GPS change PAS? Can Abang Jo manage Hadi? By Wong Chin Huat
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Malaysiakini :COMMENT | Now that Umno decides to
take the opposition bench, the ‘quickest’ but almost impossible option
would be a Pakatan Harapan-Perikatan Nasional-Gabungan Parti
Sarawak-Gabungan Rakyat Sabah grand coalition, and the more likely next
option would be a PN-GPS-GRS minority government of 101 seats.
The
survival of this minority coalition would hinge on GPS, the kingmaker
with 22 seats, without whom, the next viable option would be a Harapan
minority option of 82 seats.
If GPS can persuade PAS which has
twice the number of seats, 44, to not march on its hardline Islamisation
agenda - from gambling and alcohol ban to Hudud punishments, garnished
by ‘anti-infidel’ statement from its top leaders every now and then -
then this minority government may survive.
While PAS and GPS had
already been coalition partners for 32 months since the Sheraton Move,
then both were junior partners with 18 seats. Now, PAS is the largest
partner, some wonder if the real prime minister might be Abdul Hadi
Awang instead of Muhyiddin Yassin, and GPS holds the card that its
withdrawal alone can bring down the government.
