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."
Kim Quek:
Independent historian Ranjit Singh Malhi is correct in his narration of
the completely Malay-centric school history textbooks since 1996.
Such
teaching of history that virtually obliterates the role and
contribution of non-Malays in nation-building for the past two centuries
has undoubtedly contributed to the deeply ingrained “Ketuanan Melayu”
mindset among Malays - as if the country belongs only to the Malays.
The proof of this phenomenon is the completely racially polarised voting patterns
in the 15th general election, with virtually all non-Malays voting for
multi-racial Pakatan Harapan while the overwhelming majority of Malays
voting for the Malays-only Perikatan Nasional.
Unless this serious
and fundamental flaw in our education system is corrected, all efforts
of reforms to build the “New Malaysia” under the government led by Prime
Minister Anwar Ibrahim will be futile.
Anwar should therefore
include the proper correction of our history textbooks to reflect our
truthful history as an urgent and indispensable item in his reform
agenda.
