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."
What the pundits are forgetting in the 'green wave' mania By Terence Netto
Friday, December 09, 2022
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | Pundits,
apprehensive about the “green wave” that swept the north and northeast
in the 15th general election, appear to have forgotten a lesson from the
past on how to tackle this wave.
There is a useful
antecedent for GE15’s most significant development - the surge that saw
PAS emerge with 44 parliamentary seats, up from the 18 seats it garnered
at GE14, which was itself a good performance in the polls of May 2018.
This was the 27 seats that PAS won in GE10 in November 1999.
In
that election, Malay voter resentment over the treatment meted out to
Anwar Ibrahim by then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad saw the Islamic
party leverage to a hitherto unmatched haul of 27 seats.
That
sizeable collection enabled PAS to oust DAP from its long-held position
as the leading opposition party and gained its then president, Fadzil
Nor, the role of opposition leader, replacing Lim Kit Siang, who lost
his Bukit Bendera seat in the polls.
