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."
Mahathir 'mudah lupa' about why Malays are poor By P Gunasegaram
Thursday, March 09, 2023
Mahathir al Iskandar Kutty
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | Two-time prime minister
Dr Mahathir Mohamad - for 22 years and then 22 months - easily forgets
these days. He recently expressed sadness that Malays were still poor,
lamenting their backwardness relative to other races.
But why are
the Malays poor, Mahathir? The truth is that they are poor because of
you, Mahathir, you ignored them for the nearly 24 years when you were in
power - you were too busy making Malay (and non-Malay) billionaires,
including one or two of your children and saving them from ruin as well.
What
was it that you did for the poor Malay, or for that matter, for any
poor Malaysian? In the last 42 years, you were PM for almost 24 years,
57 percent of the time. You had every opportunity to take care of the
poor, but you did not. Because you were focused on the rich.
You
wanted to create world-class billionaires and businesses from a country
whose income was middling - how is that possible? The only way you
develop a country and increase its gross national income is to increase
productivity and pay everyone a decent wage.
