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."
Kit Siang swipes at PAS leaders after Hadi's admission of unity govt offer
Friday, June 02, 2023
Malaysiakini : DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang has taken a swipe at the PAS leadership
following party president Abdul Hadi Awang’s clarification that the
offer to join the coalition government was made after the 15th general
election and there are no fresh offers.
In a statement this morning, Lim (above) said that this shows that other PAS leaders do not know what their president was talking about. “I
congratulate PAS president Hadi for not suffering from the intellectual
inadequacy of mistaking my personal suggestion that PAS should join the
Anwar government as an official DAP or government invitation.
“But
it also showed that all the other PAS leaders, including the spiritual
leader, the deputy president, and the information chief did not know
what their president was talking about. “If the other PAS leaders do not know what their president was
talking about, it is expected that the other political parties in the
Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition, including Bersatu, have no idea what
the PAS president was talking about either,” said Lim.
Who made the offer?
Yesterday, Hadi told the media that the offer for PAS to join the government was not a recent one but came after GE15.
Unspin : LKS is fond of using "reverse-psychology", innuendos or even sarcasm to put his point across. Unfortunately, these kind of convoluted language is beyond the mental faculty of some PAS politicians and its supporters.
Considering that LKS is not part of the cabinet, it is best for him to keep his language simple and unambiguous so that it does not get misinterpreted - resulting in a conflict with the strategy and direction of the unity government.
Better still, if possible, LKS should stay retired because he is the lightning rod for most things that PN politicians want to blame on the DAP.
Kalu : Politics is generally associated with marketing strategies of purely manipulative intent for oneself and one’s party. BN and especially UMNO had a good run for some half a century or more. And the communal mould in the political voting architecture gave them some built in advantages .
But unfortunately they got complacent, inefficient and allegedly corrupt in managing the affairs of governance. And now we have PAS and PN who are getting to be quite adept at marketing a new majoritarian mould. And for PH Harapan with its progressive mould it’s an uphill task yet. Especially if the sentiments of the majority voters are quite unwilling to give up the favours of yesteryears that they were indulged with.
Obviously individuals like YB Hadi are exploiting any opportunities to further their objectives. Our senior politician Mr Lim Kit Siang an avowed nationalist should be held in good esteem for his noble intentions.
