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."
Does the establishment really want to empower bumiputera? By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Wednesday, March 06, 2024
Malaysiakini : “It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.” - Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit
COMMENT
| Bursa Malaysia chairperson Abdul Wahid Omar recently said at the
Bumiputera Economic Congress - “So, we must ask. If it’s been six
decades, we have implemented various policies to empower the bumiputera
and what is the result today? Why haven’t we reached our target all this
time?”
This is the problem right here. After 60 years, the Malay
establishment cannot bring themselves to admit that all their policies
have failed the majority ethnic community.
Do not get me wrong.
Rich people were created from these policies, Malay and non-Malay, but
for the majority community (I am not including the “other bumiputera”)
it has been a total failure.
Wahid (above) said that the main cause of the failure was
that the bumiputera group concentrated on the public sector and
neglected the private sector.
He wants mandatory diversity
disclosures to ensure private companies hire more bumiputera, especially
when they do business with the government.
In 2019, Wahid also pushed for an equal opportunity act because it helps everyone and “many are aware there is still prejudice or discrimination against the bumiputera”.
