Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen 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 soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt 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 : INTERVIEW l Zuraida
Kamaruddin does not mind being a ānormalā parliamentarian without any
ministerial status as positions are not what she chases for.
Saying
this, the former PKR vice-president added that she willingly gave her
ministerās position back to (now caretaker) prime minister Ismail Sabri
Yaakob when she left Bersatu to join Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM).
āWhen
I declared (that I was leaving Bersatu), I met the PM (Ismail Sabri)
and surrendered my ministerās position to him because I want to live on a
moral high ground.
āI am not hard up
for positions... I donāt care about the ministerās post, I only care
about my supporters and grassroots,ā Zuraida (above) told Malaysiakini in
a recent interview. She held the plantation, industries, and
commodities portfolio under Ismail Sabri's administration, prior to her
resignation.
RZee : I think I am going to vomit. The Sheraton move was living on high moral ground ? We canāt wait for you to lose and get out of our sight.
GreenWalrus1310 : "because I want to live on a moral high ground"
You have selective memory?
Do not forget that you were voted into parliament via PH/PKR.
Betraying those who voted for you and you still have the cheek to claim you live on moral high ground?
To me, you're morally sick.
People like you, "S"man, the emergency declarating Mahiaddin, Gangster Indon, the lying old mamak MUST be culled politically permanently.
Parti Belakang Mask( PBM ) suites you fine and should be permanently culled as well.
YellowPigeon2752 : No matter how you tried to explain, you are the big frog in the name of Rakyat. You will be punished in next 1 week.
apanama is back : Zuraida, let me modify a Malay proverb for you and we will see whether it comes true, next Saturday. "Sepandai-pandai katak melompat, akhirnya jatuh teruk dan dipijak, macam pengkhianat". Wait and see. Time flies!