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."
Puad: PAS used to work with DAP but its members did not leave By Haspaizi Zain
Thursday, June 01, 2023
Malaysiakini : Umno leaders have spoken out against former Umno Youth chief Khairy
Jamaluddin who predicted the party will lose more than 50 percent of its
Malay voter base in the upcoming state elections.
Umno supreme
council member Mohd Puad Zarkashi said it is baseless for Khairy to
assume that Umno will lose those votes due to the extended anti-DAP
brainwashing.
“Khairy’s claim that 50 percent of Umno voters will
shift to Perikatan Nasional (PN) is just an assumption. His reasoning is
that Umno members have been indoctrinated to be anti-DAP for a long
time and so they will reject (Umno secretary-general) Ahmad Maslan’s
call to vote for DAP.
“Khairy’s assumption is not strong.
Political enmities do not last. PAS used to be friendly with DAP. We
have not heard that half of PAS voters have left PAS.
“Umno members have become accustomed to the changing political
approaches. Not to mention Umno does not practise narrow politics, that
is why there were no large-scale protests when the supreme council
decided to join the unity government,” Puad (above) told Malaysiakini.
Khairy
had previously predicted that Umno would lose half of its Malay voter
base in the upcoming state election if it does not get rid of its
members’ bad perception of DAP.
The former Rembau MP claimed that Ahmad’s call for Umno members to “vote for DAP” is so sensitive that it has incited anger and rejection among the Malay party members.