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."
Dr M and PN - Disrespecting the royal institution By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Tuesday, June 06, 2023
Extremist Mullah with an extremist racist
Malaysiakini : āIt is unusual for Malays (to go against their own rulers) but such is the feeling now on the ground.ā
- Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad on PNās emergency.
COMMENT | Of course, the former prime minister (twice) Dr Mahathir Mohamad would want to answer any charges in a court of law. He
and Perikatan Nasional (PN) need the attention. Going against the
royalty while claiming to defend Malay rights is exactly the strategy
that a theocratic state engages in to attain hegemonic control.
The spectacle of Mahathir defending his speech would galvanise not
only his political fortunes but would serve the agenda of the
theocrats-in-waiting. People who vote for this religious extremist
organisation who for years were taught to obey and respect the feudal
culture would turn themselves over to another kind of theocratic feudal
system.
Now, rational people can have their views on the royal
institution in this country and those views may very well get them in
trouble with the law. But for Mahathir, PN and the rest of the Malay uber alles crowd, going against the royal institution means bupkis.
MS : More significant than these concerted forays against the royals, is the general nonchalance of the Malay masses who, in the past have been known to froth in the mouth anytime a seeming slight against the "institution" was perceived.
Whether it is a shift in the general mood among the hoi polloi or whether such expressions were nothing more than sandiwara staged by Malay politicians to intimidate non-Malays is moot.
Whatever the case, luminaries like Hadi and Mahathir, it appears, are licensed by their followers to indulge in a bit of sedition any time they choose
