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."
PAS wants to neutralise non-Muslim vote By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Monday, February 26, 2024
Malaysiakini : “Very often the test of one's allegiance to a cause or to a people is
precisely the willingness to stay the course when things are boring, to
run the risk of repeating an old argument just one more time, or of
going one more round with a hostile or (much worse) indifferent
audience.”
- Christopher Hitchens, Hitch 22: A Memoir
COMMENT |
Recently, various PAS potentates, including PAS grand poohbah Abdul
Hadi Awang, have been issuing diktats that PAS needs to garner
non-Muslim support.
PAS Selangor leader Roslan Shahir Mohd Shahir said,
“It is proven that DAP continues to incite and create fear among the
non-Malays by portraying PAS as a violent extremist party.
“In reality, the Islam championed by PAS is different. In fact,
justice and well-being for all guaranteed by Islam is ensured for all.
This is PAS’ objective.”
Really? A rational person can hold DAP
accountable for many issues plaguing the country but the reason why
non-Muslims fear PAS and indeed fear the rising spectre of theocracy in
this country is because of PAS and the pusillanimous and enabling
responses of this unity government.
The fact that Umno under Dr
Mahathir Mohamad for decades demonised PAS and now he hooks up with PAS
with his tail between his legs, is evidence of how the work of the
religious bureaucracy enabled by the political elites has engineered a
polity which is narcotised by race and religion.
Forget that the PAS president has claimed that non-Muslims control the government when they should be "pak turuts".
Forget that various Perikatan Nasional representatives have made
allegations that there is a Jewish conspiracy linked to political
parties to usurp the rights of the Malays in this country.
MS : Anwar Ibrahim is laying the ground work for an Islamic state which would be spearheaded by PAS (and in all probability include Madani which is inclined to be flexible enough to embrace, support and nourish the country's most corrupt party.)
As I wrote in response to Bridget Welsh's insightful piece:
Anwar came with an agenda and that agenda had nothing to do with reviving the country’s flagging fortunes, its appalling standards of education, the widening cleavage among the races or the rotting rafters of governance.
He came as a crusader for the Muslim Brotherhood which he signalled as he appeared at his very first press conference - with that deliberately very public telephone conversation with the Turk Rasip Edrogan.
It was soon after that when we learned about Jakim being ordered to play a pivotal role in economic planning- to infuse Islamic thought into the economics of the country
Madani- that quaint Arabic derivative with strong religious overtones, which is really code for whatever he deems correct- was introduced around the same time.
The country and its observers were then treated to the spectacle of conversions presided by him - one in Klang and the other in NYC. Once again the signals were clear. As was the appointment of his ABIM mentor’s daughter being appointed Minister of Education.
She in turn wasted no time introducing armed Palestinian resistance into schools as the pictures of balaclava clad cosplay fighters with guns rocked the nation .
Meanwhile the ringgit continued its slide, as prices of essentials continue to rise. As temperatures rose among concerned consumers, he engineered the DNAA now on everyone’s lips followed by that reduction of the jail term and fine for the country’s foremost felon.
It was an act of mercy and compassion he said. In line with Madani.
The slide continues unabated even as the man’s Muslim Brotherhood agenda continues to be rolled out.
