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."
Anwar's 'crazy era' can end with strict, equal enforcement of law By R Nadeswaran
Friday, November 29, 2024
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | It started with
unsubstantiated accusations - police officers who raided Najib Abdul
Razakās properties in 2018 for evidence of corruption helped themselves
to his grandchildrenās chocolates.
This was followed by a statement from his lawyer claiming that police investigators had posted a āseries of leaksā on social media detailing the police investigation in real time.
After Najib was charged, they demonised then-attorney-general Tommy Thomas, wrongly claiming he could not speak the national language.
When
these failed, it was time to attack the judge - Mohd Nazlan Mohd
Ghazali, who handled the SRC International case. Various authorities,
including the MACC, were unleashed to find muck on him.
He was exonerated, and the Federal Court ruled that the probe against Nazlan did not involve elements of public interest.
Then,
it was the time to turn on the screws on Thomas. In a statement, now
suspended Umno information chief Shahril Hamdan penned an editorial
claiming the former was a ādisgrace to the AG institutionā.
