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."
Sanusi’s extraordinary, dangerous land-grabbing gambit By Mariam Mokhtar
Tuesday, June 06, 2023
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | What will happen when the
Philippines does a ‘Sanusi’ and tells Putrajaya that Sabah belongs to
them, Brunei demands the return of huge areas of Sarawak and Sabah, and
Thailand then lays claim to the northern states of Perlis, Kedah and
Kelantan, and we inform Singapore to prepare to be absorbed back into
Malaysia?
When will the madness started by Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor stop? Where did he get his idea from?The
MB talks about rectifying the ‘distortion of history’. How far back in
time is Sanusi prepared to dig? Will he accept that in the sixth
century, Kedah was steeped in Buddhist and Hindu culture? Artefacts from
the Bujang Valley confirm this, but ironically, Sanusi was happily demolishing temples and cancelling the Thaipusam holiday.
Last weekend, at Lima’23 in Langkawi, Sanusi donned the uniform of admiral of the Malaysian navy. Didn’t the former defence minister Mohamad Sabu
ban politicians from wearing military uniforms and receiving honorary
awards? Sanusi insults the serving men and women who worked hard and
sacrificed much for the right and privilege of receiving their award and
for wearing their uniform.
Proof of pudding always in the eating : This is what leadership in Malaysia is all about. When don't have solutions, which is usually most of the time, let's blame some one else. The final blame always on the Israelis and Jews even though none in sight but the sycophant zombie followers will lap it up.
Coward : I see your point Mariam. PH, particularly PH in Kedah, should drum up the fight on all the points you raised. This is a distraction yes, and one that sacrifice PN's chances in Penang for kedah. It is so bad that it had to be countered but PH should not let him get away with this distraction.
Go back to basics and challenge him constantly and consistently on his administration's non performance immediately after addressing the issue. Do this for his next issue and there next and the next to drum it home. If Sanusi says he is willing to accept whatever a court rule on the topic of Penang belonging to Kedah why haven't he start the court process yet.
According to him, kedah had been wronged. As MB, if this is his view, it's his duty to seek redress. As he said, the ultimate referee is the courts. The courts are available to him, why haven't he use it?
