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."
GISBH exposes underbelly of M'sian religious enterprise By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Monday, September 16, 2024
Malaysiakini : āI am very sad. I am a Muslim, and you are Muslims too. We are
divided as Muslims, and then the children are arrested and so on. I am
not trying to side with the law; yes, we have legal faults, but canāt
advice be given?ā
- Global Ikhwan Service and Business Holding (GISBH) executive chairperson and CEO Nasiruddin Mohd Ali
COMMENT |
Perlis mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin made a few extraordinary claims
against the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) when it came to the
GISBH scandal.
He implied that the slow action of the department
when it came to GISBH was either because āsome were unwilling to take
the riskā, āothers may have viewed it as insignificantā, or āsome of the
group (GISBH)ās beliefs are linked to certain individuals involvedā.
In other words, Jakimās cowardice, ineptitude, or religious simpatico were the possible reasons for the inaction.
Keep
in mind what Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said - āBased
on intelligence and initial statements gathered, the child victims were taught how to commit sodomy, and they too were sodomised by their guardians.
