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."
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | Itās true; letās face it.
There are Malaysian terrorists. Yes, some of our people had been
radicalised and had left for Iraq, Syria and elsewhere to join the
jihadists.
Several years ago, we learned that a group of 13
Malaysians who left to join the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) to
fight in Syria have been itching to return home.
The 13 were
caught in the all-out offensive by the United States-backed Syrian
Democratic Forces (SDF) against IS fighters in eastern Syria and some
had contacted their families pleading to return home.
With this
recollection, I hope that Bukit Aman will update Malaysians on the 13
known radicals if that has not been done. Many would have forgotten
about it as this took place some years ago.
Still, I also believe that Malaysians are keen to know the latest
state of terrorism involving our citizens abroad. Apparently, some
Malaysians are still on the terror-watch list of foreign security
organisations.
Hereās an example. On Friday, PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man
dubbed the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) placing
three local Islamic NGO leaders on the Terrorist Screening Center list
as āunsettlingā.
He charged that the trioās placement on the list reeked of foreign interference.
"The
FBIās act of labelling the three NGO leaders as terrorists is part of
the USā continued efforts to oppose those who help Palestinians," Tuan
Ibrahim said in a statement
