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."
1. What a soldierās memoir says about Malaysia By Frankie D'Cruz:
Some books inspire pride. Others confront us with truths we would rather avoid. Retired army major D Swamiās memoir, Exigent Circumstances ā A Soldierās Journey Down the Road Less Travelled, belongs to the latter. It unsettles, provokes, and refuses to let readers look away.
2. A soldier's harrowing memoir of service to country By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
My platoon commander said, āSir, the operations officer told me not to follow your orders and not to return fire if fired upon the patrol, that they are all our saudara (relations by virtue of them being Muslims).ā
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The Muslim Arab Officer Arabs Call a Traitor⦠But Can't Stop Watching ā Captain Ella's Untold Story
Captain Ellaās story is one of the most controversial in todayās world. A Muslim Arab woman in the Israeli military, she is called a traitor by many ā yet millions canāt stop watching her.
From hiding her identity to becoming a powerful public voice, her journey is full of risk, courage, and conflict. Watch and decide for yourself ā who is she really? Amazing, she choses the right side of history. They call them traitor because this muslima educated like Druze muslim who is serve in IDF also...
Loyalty to one's country, not betrayed by the country.
The claim that Islam is "simple and perfect" ignores its many flaws. The Quran has contradictions and errors, and its teachings often promote violence and oppression.
If you need more information or details, check out the entire livestream video link below (if provided). Also, read the irrefutable article links and sources that discuss this (if provided). Islam has no ground to stand. Don't believe me? Ask your Imam about this topic, including videos articles, and sources (if included), and see how he answers. He may deny it unjustly or attempt to harmonize it.
If you seek the truth, you will find Jesus Christ, the Lord of Lords and King of Kings!
Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar's Final Moments Caught on Camera
The Israeli military released camera drone footage on Thursday said to show the last moments of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's life. In a room wrecked by shelling, a man is sitting in a chair, his face covered with a cloth, possibly to hide his identity.
UN Lost their Employee of the month. Surrounded by armed guards all his life and ended up dying alone. "He who lives by the sword will die by the sword". He was sitting in the recliner waiting for CNN to come on. They didn't even know it was Sinwar until the next day. Leviticus 26:7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
He was eliminated in Rafah, the same Rafah that IDF was told not to invade, and was also told to evacuate for hostage deal. Terror tunnels, hostages, now Sinwar are things that were found in Rafah by IDF, the same Rafah that was forbidden by everyone for IDF to go to.
So that's the way Sinwar treats people who try to cure his cancer? What a guy. He survived much longer than the innocent Palestinians. Protection for the terrorists, but not for the common man. $10,000 in cash? That explains why Hamas leadership wants to hang on to power.
Fox News correspondent Max Gorden reports on the sexual misconduct and assault allegations against Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., as his gubernatorial campaign unfolds. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., weighs in on āSaturday in America.ā
Why wasnāt he held accountable for screwing a Chinese spy while accusing President trump of false Russian affairs???? The swamp is corrupt beyond redemption and two tiered injustice system must end. Adam Schif shouldn't be talking he is a criminal and a liar as well.
Can we ALL agree that Eric Swalwel is a HORRIBLE PERSON and SHOULD have been sent to PRISON YEARS AGO??? Expulsion or resignation should not be considered accountability. He needs to be charged and tried in criminal court. Politicians hide stuff like these from Americans all the time and use OUR $ to fund their secret life crimes.
Couldn't happen to a bigger lying scumbag. Swallowell is disgusting.
Beluran pupils forced to study under tents and in mosque corridors, says Likas rep By MUGUNTAN VANAR
The Star : KOTA KINABALU: In Sabahās quiet eastern district of Beluran, the
children of SK Balaban Jaya begin their school day not in classrooms,
but under tents without walls and along the corridors of a mosque.
Their
laughter and lessons are carried by the breeze, sometimes interrupted
by rain splashing in or the scorching heat in their daily routines. Parents have voiced their concern and are pleading for quick temporary measures as an interim solution to the problem. The primary schoolās problem was highlighted by Parti Warisanās Likas assemblyman Tham Yun Fook.
He said the Education Ministry has allocated RM2mil for the
construction of a permanent school building but it is unlikely to take
off in the immediate future. The tender and construction process could take months or even a year before completion. For these children, a year is far too long, he said.
Jesus said: I am the way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Muslims also disregard ALL the historians at the time of Jesus that say he was crucified.
The Quran also says if there is a discrepancy look to the gospels for the truth. So the Quran says it's false! My saviour Jesus Christ! Lord Jesus Christ bless you brother for explaining the ward of God to a blind people God use you to serve him thanks Lord for everything you did for us.
To believe God is superior but also limit what He can do (become human) is contradictory in itself. She is limiting what our limitless God is capable of doing. This guy deserves a medal because he is SO brave & courageous...incredibly knowledgeable & always gives logical sensible answers through simple truthful facts...if Mohammed could not read or write ?
How does he know ? What his clerics wrote down from his dictation was the truth ??? So ? Who 'DID' write the Koran ??? The Bible was written hundreds of years before the koran..many of the main stories in the koran were inspired & copied from The Bible..but The Bible does not state that if you leave the religion ?
When you come 500 years later, you wanna spin about Jesus Christ? Please la, plagiarism is the in thingy. History always trumps fairy tales!
That you will be killed !!! How can this religion 'deceive' SO many poor souls???
If one, who does not know Lieutenant Colonel Harbhajan Singh a/l
Jagat Singh (200684), his demeanor is that of a calm and gentle person.
Donāt be deceived, when the call comes, he answers. The Colonel was from
Intake SSC 11, Royal Military College 1967. He was commissioned into
4th Rangers , served there for 6 years.
After that went on to become an Instructor at the Recruit Training
Center in Port Dickson. As for normal Officers from the Infantry have to
move on, from RTC to 3rd Rangers at Camp Kukusan in Sabah, then the
Unit moved to Camp Terendak, he was then the 2IC of the Battalion, the
Battalion received itās Colors in 1980.
Then it was time to move on, he was made an Instructor in the Company
Commanderās Course of the Army Combat Training Center. He was made the
OC of the Company Commanderās Wing for his remarkable training skills.
After that went on to become an Instructor at Officer Cadet School. Soon
he was posted out to 5th Rangers to become the 2IC at Camp Wardieburn.
From there he became the Commanding Officer of Seventh Rangers located
in Sri Aman, Sarawak in May 1987 until they moved to Mentakab, in
Pahang. His favourite sport was sepak takraw, without fail he played the
game nearly every evening with his boys and officers. He was very adept
at that game. From there moved to the 509 Regiment in Penang, before
his compulsory retirement in 1995.
He is proficient in many languages, of course he speaks Punjabi as he
is a Punjabi, fluent in Tamil, many an Indian soldier or Officer got
their shellacking in Tamil. He is very fluent in Hokkien too, sadly, not
enough of them to receive his wrath but sufficient and he could tear a
hole in any Dayak soldier fluently in Iban.
The Battalion was on Counter Insurgency Operations in 1973, Col
Harbhajanās Alpha Company was kept in reserve. Being the reserve
Company, a very dangerous mission fell on his head. One of the most
outstanding and life threatening mission undertaken by him was in the
peace negotiations with North Kalimantan Communist Party (NKCP) leader
Bong Kee Chok to surrender along with 481 of his supporters. This
negotiation was led by the Head of the Special Branch of the royal
Malaysian Police, Datuk Seri Yuen Yuet Leng. In the Book Nation Before Self written by him he mentions Lt Col Harbhajan Singh on page 215.
The Colonel in Datuk Seri Yuen Yuet Lengās Book Nation Before Self and Values that do not die, Page 215
It was an after thought, when he recollected the role payed by Col
Harbhajan, which was indeed an important one. Col Harbhajan at that time
was the OC of A Company 4th Rangers, he was based in Camp Oya, Sibu,
Sarawak. His operational playground was in the Rajang Area Security
Command (RASCOM). He was called up, his orders were given by the GOC
himself, General Jamil. He was to select 15 of his best men to provide
close protection to Datuk Seri Yuen Yuet Leng the Head of the Special
Branch.
The thoughts running through his head was whether he will come back
and see his beloved family againā¦ā¦or feel the sweet flow of ice cold
beer downs his thirsty throat. This was a do or die mission, he held on
to the highest traditions of the Ranger Corps and pushed aside his
doubts.
The following day they were deployed by Nuri to an LP. That LP was
constructed by the Communist Terrorists, no one was sure if that
location was booby trapped. The LP was located in a valley. The
helicopter hovered over the LP. The downwash from the helicopterās
rotors were very strong and the elephant grass and bushes were swaying
on that misty morning, the Booby Trap Clearing Team and some members of
the protection team jumped down avoiding the stumps on the ground. The
BCT cleared the LP giving the āall clearā that the LP was not booby
trapped. The Colonel sent his men into whatever good fire positions
there were. He realized that they were outgunned and outnumbered. Then
again he would give them a fight that they will remember.
Once the all clear was given an Alouette Helicopter carrying the Head
of the Special Branch, Datuk Seri Yuen Yuet Leng landed. In another
Alouette was a Major Maniam from the Artillery Regiment, took up his
role as the Forward Observation Officer in an Air Observation Post, to
rain down fire on that area with an Artillery Barrage, in the event
things did not go according to plan. That area was a registered target.
During the operation if anything untoward were to happen it was Col
Harbhajanās call to bring out the Head of the Special Branch, dead or
alive at all costs!! That, the Head of the Special Branch did NOT know!
The operation was nicknamed āSuicide Missionā. Col Harbhajan located a
General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) team around the LP-, the Commander
of the team reported via radio that there were around 80 CTās all around
the LP, ready to open up on Col Harbhajan and his merry men if they
felt threatened. The Head of Special Branch handed over a list of names
of all the CT Leaders named after cigarette brands to Leong Chee Wah,
the Depury Head of the Special Branch.
Fortunately nothing happened which resulted in the CTās returning to
Society. One of the conditions was that they be termed as āReturned
Enemy Personnelā NOT Surrendered Enemy Personnel. Amongst the Head of
Special Branchās team was a Sergeant Lim who had the uncanny ability to
determine if the CTās were sincere or not, this Sergeant had the ability
to recognize the CTās even with old photographs.
No one knew about this mission, Datuk Seri Yuen Yuet Leng added Col
Harbhajan as an afterthought on page 215, as he himself had forgotten
about that āSuicide Missionā.
It was a mission where everything could have gone wrong, resulting in
his death and of his men. Yet the Colonel stood up to be counted, the
nation and the people owe him, not many can say that they were on a
suicide mission. He can and he did!!!
The original article entitled āLieutenant Colonel Harbhajan
Singh a/l Jagat Singh (200684) an unsung hero on a suicide missionā was
published at Major (Rtd) D Swamiās blog Valour and Courage.
Chinaās Huge Loss in Iran War! Israel Blows Up China-Iran Railway, $6 Billion Wasted, BRI Collapses
Just before the U.S. and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire on April 7, Israel carried out an airstrike on the "China-Iran Railway"āthe first direct attack by Israel on a core interest of China's Belt and Road Initiative. The "China-Iran Railway" is seen as a vital artery for Iranās economy.
Analysts pointed out that while the attack targeted the railway, it was actually aimed at Iran's "financial lifeline," its "food supply route," and its "weapon transport line." Another BRI project gone wrong. How common.
All Iranian IRGC members who are fleeing to western countries such as Canada and my own country the UK need to arrest and they need to be tried for war crimes against the Iranian population and I'm sure there are Iranians who are in exile because off these monsters.
We can set up a court of appropriate people to try them for these crimes, the exiled prince can preside over the hearings. Japan has KAGA and are allied to Taiwan and all his air defense weaponry sold to Iran have been exposed as trash
Are Christians really meant to be doormats? In this video, we expose how āalways nice, never confrontationalā Christianity has become Satanās favorite ally, leaving believers stepped on while evil spreads.
"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent". To the soft, squishy, doormat Christians I say this, a hero dies once, a coward dies everyday. Definitely a needed message to counter the popular effeminate Christianity. Meek doesn't mean weak.
It means "strength under control" Doormat Christianity and refusal to condemn, confront, and discipline sin (as defined in the Law) has destroyed the West. Not only do these perverts want us to tolerate and accept them but for some reason they demand that we partake as well.
We truly are dealing with the Devil. I was brought up in a church that hammered door mat Christianity into me. I went to a youth camp and got repeatedly insulted then pushed so shoved the other guy over when he looked to be lining up for a punch.
It became church news, my own parents said they were so disgusted by my behaviour they didn't even recognise me because you should turn the other cheek, as a 12 year old I became such a doormat afterwards. Ended up resenting church making bad life choices and have only just found a new church and my way back.
Still have to fight the drilled in doormatness every day and to be honest I often lose the fight. Encouraging a child to be a doormat is child abuse, it leaves people totally unequipped and helpless. I hope nobody else has to go through this thanks to your work Mr Ibrahim. Being a Christian does not mean being a perpetual self-sacrificial martyr.
Never judge anyone for any reason. Always forgive and never hold anyone accountable. Just love and give and love and give, and serve yourself up on the silver platter of sacrifice........... Among other ridiculous things I was fed that totally make you vulnerable predatory, exploitative, and abusive people.
Standing up for yourself, having boundaries and standards, protecting yourself and your family, using discernment, telling people no, and so on are not anti-Christian. Being an enabler and helping those who can help themselves is not loving. That is codependent!
Not everyone who asks for help actually needs help..... Some people are just manipulative. I truly don't believe that God calls us to be doormats. We should not be jerks, but tolerating other people's abuse or nonsense is not loving...... It is enabling evil.
What London Just UNLEASHED For Its Muslims Changes EVERYTHING ā Not Even Muslim Mayor Can STOP THIS!
This is an invasion, the two ideologies are diametrically opposed to one another, creating a powder keg, on purpose. Wake up or die. What about British women and children being raped and murdered out of hate for anything not Islamic???
What about Muslim being hostile to other people? They hate other religions. Stop putting these people in your parliament , stop. They have their own agenda to wipe out Christianity right under your nose.
They donāt respect you or Christianity thatās why they go into government. Trafalgar Square is HALLOWED GROUND & using it as a prayer mat by people that do not care for what it stands is insulting to say the least. Get the Lights Down and put The Union flag up All round The British capital. LONDON BELONGS TO THE REAL BRITISH.
Is drinking alcohol compulsory in the Indian Army? What really happens inside Army messes and wet canteens?
Many defence aspirants and civilians believe that alcohol is a mandatory part of Indian Army life ā but what does the truth actually look like? In this video, we decode the real rules, regimental traditions, and the fine line between culture and compulsion inside the Indian Armed Forces. If you're preparing for NDA, CDS, AFCAT, or SSB ā understanding military culture is just as important as cracking the written exam.
This is the kind of insider knowledge that sets you apart.
Iranians Begin Killing IRGC On Streets - Ceasefire Talks Close To Collapse
Yes! With God's help Iranian people will get thier freedom from the IRGC Terrorist Members. Why isn't CNN covering this? Because CNN is the PR firm for the IRGC. YES! Brave Iranian people, free your country from all the IRGC!
Prayers for those BRAVE people taking back their country. The UK prime minister condemning Israel for defending its citizens against Hizballah terrorism is a sick man and he needs to be psychologically evaluated. Time for the Iranians to stand up for their countries and destroy the IRGC. Tousi...you are the BEST reporter on this whole mess. Listening to you and not MSM. They killed 40 thousand in two days, itās the citizens time to for freedom.
Pray for the Lebanese and Iranian people to succeed yāall are doing the right thing for your childrenās children. This will go down in history.
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | āWhat you donāt know wonāt hurt you,ā goes the adage. But in law, the opposite is true: ignorantia juris non excusat - ignorance of the law excuses no one.
Fair
enough. You cannot plead ignorance to escape liability, but what
happens when the law itself is so disconnected from common sense that
ordinary people break it without even knowing?
What happens when the very official invoking that law has his own credibility issues?
Here
is my problem. Since the government introduced controls on petrol
subsidies last September, I have been regularly breaking the law.
BlueShark1548 : Should have been sacked , period. But this is Madani government where everything can be compromised/excused .It can be very efficient when applying double standards.
Young activists are promptly arrested and its NGO accounts frozen just for having the guts to protest against MACC chief?
Open minded 2281 : Badrul should have been charged in court for treason as he allowed non citizens to become citizens disregarding the Constitution.
Starting from the Chief Secretary who does not see the need for disciplinary action on a top civil servant to all enforcement agencies, you can see the rot in the civil service. Yet someone stealing a Milo tin will promptly be charged and jailed.
WINNING Scarecrow : With 4 wives you can use 4 extra ICs to pump petrol for your car. Thatās certainly not abuse. It is called privilege. (Sarcasm at it's finest!)
Any who does not love dogs, is a horrible person. Do not ever trust them !! And yet he has no problem with goats. Mehdi is a taqiya specialist as a Shia Muslim. He's narcissistic, deceptive, disingenuous and a very evasive propagandist.
This guy is the same as leaving a fox to take care of your chckens. He is the biggest bullshitter I have ever heard. I always found the guy incredibly smug and self-righteous. This demonstrates that he is a fanatic.
They don't like dogs because they're protecting their owners and therefore not a good target for them to attack and kill. Mehdi like many other Muslims support the Iranian regime no matter how many people they slaughter or hang, the Mullahs slaughtered over 30 000 of THEIR own people in just few days in the streets of Iran, new level of barbarism!
You Won't BELIEVE What Prince William Told British Christians to Do!!!
Islam has been caught as a fraud in every direction. Thought the royals would have that knowledge at hand. The evidence is plastered all over the internet. So there is no excuse not knowing facts from fiction.
The government kept eyes closed on raping gangs so called grooming gangs is shameful for any govt.
He should never move nearer the throne. Both William and his father, are not worthy of being king of England, and head of the church of England.
Charles and William are complete traitors to the country! A quiet faith is no faith. Jesus said he would rather have you cold than just luke warm. Sitting on the fence is death.
"The Great Replacement" was never a conspiracy theory ! Not all cultures are the same....Melbourne is the machete capital of Australia. Hi there. Sydney person here. I can confirm I moved out because of these reasons.
Putrid parasitic invasion. This socialist Labor government has to go now. Albenese needs to be jailed for the rest of his life, stripped of all his assets, he is systematically destroying Australia. Australian government doesnāt work for Australians.
They work for the unelected EU. Many of us saw this coming, 30 yrs ago. Why the FK is our stupid govt making the same mistake others made decades ago. Australia is fkd. When Christians tried to sound the alarm, we were simply labelled as far right abs conspiracy theorists. Everyday there is trouble in Australia.
Higher taxes, higher prices on groceries, electricity, fuel etc., murders, criminals running rampant, Govt's Federal & State telling lies, the list goes on. Aussies are over it & we want our Country back. Save Australia, Vote: 1..'ONE NATION'.
The Albanazi has so much to answer for regarding his destruction of Australia.
Aussie Citizen HUMILIATES Payman, Faruqi & Ananda-Rajah: "Why Ruin The Country You Fled To?!"
"If Australia is so terrible, why did you come here? And more importantly: why are you trying to turn Australia into the exact same broken nightmare you just fled?"
That is the million-dollar question that everyday Aussies are screaming right now! In this explosive viral video, Katherine Deves Morgan completely obliterates out-of-touch politicians like Senator Fatima Payman, Mehreen Faruqi, and Michelle Ananda-Rajah.
They came to a prosperous, safe Western nation for a better life, but now they use their power to push forced multiculturalism and complain about the very culture that gave them everything!
We expose the terrifying reality of the woke elite's agenda, the looming threat of radical Islam, and why the globalist political class is letting this happen.
You come to Australia to assimilate, respect the law, and embrace the lifestyleānot to tear it down and rebuild the dysfunction you left behind! Watch this epic takedown before the mainstream media tries to ban it.
Saravanan cannot walk, yet he gave so another may walk again By Frankie D'Cruz
Mutalib Mydin smiles at a gathering defined by compassion and shared purpose in a time of need. (Noorul Ariffin pic)
Free Malaysia Today : Bedridden Mutalib Mydinās fight back gathers strength as a stricken race walking great pays forward a kindness he once received. PETALING JAYA: In a care home in Sungai Buloh, where former national cyclist Mutalib Mydin is beginning to rebuild his life, a quiet act of giving brought the room to a standstill.
G Saravanan, who is battling motor neuron disease, reached out to help him.
For a man who is unable to speak and stand, he still found a way to give.
Saravanan, one of Malaysiaās most celebrated race walkers, made a RM500 donation to Mutalib, the cyclist whose story of hardship and hope has stirred the nation in recent days.
It was not the size of the gift that mattered, but where it came from.
A year ago, Saravanan himself had been on the receiving end of kindness. National squash player Mohamed Kenneth Low, who is living with multiple sclerosis, had stepped forward to help him.
The gesture stayed with him.
Now, despite a body that has steadily failed him since his diagnosis in 2021, Saravanan chose to pass it on.
He is fed through a tube and communicates through an alphabet chart, spelling out his thoughts letter by letter. It is slow and painstaking, but it is still him.
His wife, M Sassikala, has become his voice.
āHe understands everything that is happening around him,ā she said. āWhen he heard about Mutalib, he was very clear. He wanted to help, even in his condition.
āThis is who he has always been. Even now, when he has so little left physically, he still wants to give something to someone else.ā
At the care home, Mutalib received that gesture with tears.
Days earlier, he had been lifted out of isolation in Kampung Bahagia Bukit Lagong, where he had lain bedridden for months after a stroke.
Now, he is in a place where he is being cared for, where rehabilitation has begun under the guidance of exercise physiologist CP Lee, and where hope has started to return.
But on this day, it was not therapy that defined the moment.
It was presence.
Among those who came to see him and made donations was Ridzuan Puzi, Malaysiaās first Paralympic athletics gold medallist, whose own journey has been shaped by resilience.
He arrived with badminton great Foo Kok Keong, hockey stalwart S Selvaraju and several other well-wishers, each offering their own contribution.
Also present were Megat Shahriman Zaharudin, the president of the Malaysian Paralympic Council and Noorul Ariffin whose intervention had changed the course of Mutalibās life just days earlier.
There were no formalities, just a quiet understanding among those who had, in their own way, carried the nationās hopes.
Mutalib listened as the visit unfolded, then nodded slowly, as if recognising something familiar.
The instinct of an athlete who never quite lets go.
Once, he had powered Malaysia to SEA Games gold, driving himself to glory with relentless force. Today, his race is different, measured not in seconds but in small, fragile gains.
Yet in that room, surrounded by those who had come forward, he was no longer defined by what he had lost.
He was held up by what remained ā respect, memory and brotherhood.
And in Saravananās gesture, perhaps the clearest reminder of all.
That even now, in failing bodies and silent rooms, they are still what they have always been: champions.
A national sport that stopped being national by Frankie D'Cruz
Free Malaysia Today : When large parts of the talent base stop feeding into Malaysian hockey, the issue is no longer selection, but structure. When Nor Saiful Zaini called for Malaysian hockey to rediscover its broader roots, he was not being sentimental.
He was issuing a warning.
The former international pointed to a growing absence that now defines the limits of the national team.
This is not about who plays today. It is about who no longer arrives.
For more than three decades, Malaysian teams set out to compete.
They drew from a wide sweep of schools, clubs, and playing environments, producing sides that could read the game, adapt, and endure.
That breadth did not come from design. It came from reach.
The game once spread far enough for talent to surface from many directions.
That reach has narrowed.
The signs do not shout, but they repeat. A smaller base. Fewer entry points. A game that still produces committed athletes, but from a pool that is no longer as wide or varied as before.
When the base shrinks, everything above it follows.
Recent performances reflect that shift.
The effort remains and the preparation shows. But when matches tighten and opponents adjust, the response often looks the same.
Variation, once a strength, is harder to find.
This is not a failure of players. It is the outcome of what the system now produces.
A structural imbalance has taken hold.
Development has grown more concentrated. Centralised programmes have improved elite preparation, but they also draw from a limited funnel.
What strengthens the top has, over time, reduced the range beneath it.
Across the country, the game still lives. Clubs organise.
Individuals coach. Young players step forward.
Hockey has not disappeared. The connection has.
Too often, promising players emerge at school or club level and stall. Progression beyond that point is unclear.
The step into state squads varies. The leap to national contention feels even more distant.
When that link weakens, participation drops.
Perception shapes behaviour. When players sense that advancement is uncertain, they walk away. Not suddenly, but steadily enough to shrink the pool.
That is how a national sport becomes smaller without anyone announcing it.
Responsibility cannot be diffused.
The Malaysian Hockey Confederation must answer a simple question: how wide is the base feeding the national team?
Development is not measured by intensity at the top alone, but by how far the system reaches outward.
State associations carry the same burden.
Without structured competitions, active scouting, and sustained programmes, they stop acting as bridges and become bottlenecks.
The system then works hard at the top, but draws from too little beneath.
This is where Nor Saifulās point sharpens.
When entire segments of the hockey-playing population stop appearing at the highest level, the issue is not selection at the end. It is loss at the beginning.
Rebuilding will not come from adjusting the final team sheet. It must start where the game begins.
School competitions need to matter again, not as casual events, but as proving grounds.
Clubs and community organisers need direct links into state structures so that talent does not disappear after it is spotted.
Entry into the sport must be easier, clearer, and sustained.
The game must also give something back.
Uncertainty over long-term prospects continues to limit commitment. Without stronger support ā in education, finance, and career planning ā the base will not grow.
Malaysian hockey does not lack effort. It lacks reach.
Until that reach returns, the conversation will keep circling the wrong question.
This is no longer about who is selected. It is about who has already been lost before selection begins.
Fix Your Messy PKR First, Nurul! Stop Being a Busybody in Singaporeās Affairs
The Coverage : Nurul Izzah, Mind Your Own Bloody Business!
Who the hell are you to lecture Singapore ā a sovereign, independent country ā about their own national policy? Please respect Singaporeās sovereignty! Why are you so busybody poking your nose into Singaporeās internal affairs?
Since when has Malaysiaās āneutralā foreign policy turned into openly
interfering in other countriesā business? Your fatherās government
loves to preach neutrality but keeps meddling where it doesnāt belong. Your own political party PKR is in complete shambles. Fix your own rotting house first before pretending to lecture others!
Who are you to speak on behalf of ASEAN? Your father is no longer the
ASEAN chairman. Stop preaching to Singapore about international law
when they are actually obeying it! The principle of freedom of
navigation in those waters is clearly written in the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
That is why Singapore refuses
to negotiate ā because negotiating would mean admitting international
law can be bent whenever it suits someone. At least they have
principles, unlike PKR, which screamed about fighting nepotism for years
and then happily turned into a father-and-daughter political party.
Nurul, before you interfere in Singaporeās affairs, go and lecture your own daddy Anwar first!
On one hand he acts like the greatest Gaza superhero, on the other he
happily dances with Donald Trump and signed the ART agreement with the
United States that will cost Malaysia RM1 trillion.
Why is Lynas under
the Madani government supplying rare earth materials to the US Pentagon
to produce more weapons? You all keep shouting about humanity while
happily helping supply materials for more killing machines. What kind of
disgusting hypocrite is this?
Taco, the Strait of Hormuz, and Singapore - Reaction on the article by a writer P Gunasegaram with Extreme Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS)e
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | In case you donāt know
what Taco means - there is really no reason why you should, considering
all the many names and acronyms he is being called now - it is Trump
Always Chickens Out. How every apt, but United States President Donald Trump causes considerable damage in the meantime.
Veteran 1972 : This writer has an incurable extreme Trump Derangement Syndrome. No hope at all!
Dr Peter Jebaseelan Jesudason : Gunasegaram has exceeded himself in this article which reveals an advanced stage of Trump Derangement Syndrome ( TDS ). Furthermore, it is full of spite, inuendo and unsubstantiated claims befitting of a tabloid hack, not a serious journalist.
To label Trump with the acronym TACO ( Trump Always Chickens Out ) reveals more about his detractors than Trump. Surely it was the right thing for Trump to agree to a ceasefire which Iran was " begging for " to quote Trump.
Would Gunasegaram have preferred Trump to carry out his threat to end the civilisation of the Shia Islamist Ayatollahs who have blighted the lives of ordinary Iranians for the past 47 years?
Bringing up the Epstein files to character assassinate Trump is a cheap shot. So what if Trump is mentioned 38 000 times?
Is there any evidence which has come to light that he was involved in child sexual abuse? The answer is no. Trump reportedly fell out with Epstein and showed him the door at Mar a Lago. It was Trump who released the Epstein files, suggesting he has nothing personal to hide. Previous US Presidents blocked the release of the files. Why did Gunasegaram fail to mention this?
Recently the IRGC carried out mass murder of unarmed Iranian citizens the vast majority of whom oppose the rule of this brutal religious dictatorship. Why has Gunasegaram studiously ignored the killing of reportedly 35 000 - 50 000 people? He seems to be confused about who the " Oppressed " and " Oppressor " are, like many of the Woke Left Champagne Socialists.
The Ayatollahs have been planning for the " Death of America " and " Death of Israel " since they came to power in 1979. They have a Shia ideological aim to spread their brand of Islam in the Muslim world and they have succeeded to gain a foothold in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Bahrain and Yemen through their proxy armies ( Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi ) and terror cells.
Their cells are spread across the world and many terrrorist atrocities have been traced to Iran who are their paymasters.
Vivian Balakrishnan should be lauded for openly expressing Singapore's position that it will not negotiate with the Iranian regime for safe passage because it breaks international law and normalises piratical and terroristic behaviour.
Gunasegaram does not understand that the Straits of Hormuz is an international waterway and Iran has no right to block the passage of vessels or to charge a ransom to let vessels leave or enter the Straits. The IRGC exercises control over Hormuz by threats of drone and missile attacks.
No civilised and decent country would do deals with an evil regime which is threatening to wreck the world economy.
Malaysia foolishly thinks it has secured a coup by successfully negotiating for our vessels to have safe passage.
But it would do nothing to help our economy or fuel prices because most ships are not leaving Hormuz for fear of attack. We need to eradicate the threat by piratical Iran, not negotiate with them. Otherwise, this would set a dangerous precedent and throw international maritime trade into chaos.
Trump does not forget and I fear all the great diplomacy Anwar pulled off with Trump has gone to waste. We need to be on good terms with the world's largest economy and most powerful nation, which is also a vital democracy and not with a murderous religious dictatorship.
Imagine Malaysia illegally claiming ownership to the Straits of Melaka, one of the busiest international waterways in the world and charging an enormous ransom for each ship passing the straits, othewise we would threaten to sink the ships.
This would be regarded as a declaration of war by Malaysia and we would face dire international retaliatory action.
Talking about low brow journalism and wicked innuendo, what wrong did Vivian Balakrishnan do by visiting a " convicted felon " Najib Razak who is his friend and who was out on appeal? Our very own PM Anwar is a convicted felon who was visited by all and sundry when he was out on appeal , in jail and now more so when he became PM.
That was a below the belt cheap shot by Gunasegaram.
We must always remember who caused this human and economic disaster. It was ideological hatred of Jews, Israel and the USA which initiated the war by Hamas invading Israel on October 7 2023 and committing the most unspeakble and sadistic atrocities known to man there.
This set off a " ring of fire " with Israel being attacked on 7 fronts with Iran being the " head of the octopus " and the paymaster.
All this while Iran caused havoc throughout the Middle East using proxies which have been decimated by Israel. Iran is now facing attack by USA and Israel, the countries which it has chanted wishes of death daily since 1979 for perverse religious reasons.
The democratic and civilised countries cannot allow Iran to bring chaos to the world. They should stand by Israel and USA who are doing all the heavy lifting in trying to keep Hormuz free from attacks by the IRGC.
Are Malays that easily confused? By Mariam Mokhtar
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | The Thean Hock Keong
temple in Penang tried to host a Hari Raya open house but found that the
event was blocked. The reason offered? Authorities claimed it could
āconfuse Muslimsā.
The temple
had gone out of its way to be accommodating: all food was halal, local
mosque leaders were consulted, promotional materials were revised, and
every effort was made to respect sensitivities.
However, the
authorities treated the Malay community as if they were incapable of
distinguishing hospitality from religious threat.
Many Malaysians
realise that this is not an isolated incident. It is part of a
long-standing pattern in Malaysia, where the majority Malay-Muslim
population is routinely treated as fragile, childlike, and in need of
constant supervision.
Are
we at risk of becoming a religious nanny state, whereby harmless words,
gestures, meals, and symbols are policed under the guise of
āprotectionā and āpreventing confusionā? A few will claim that we have
become one.
Asam Pedas : Religious bigotry has power. Thatās why daft people who have zero skill set or intellect chose to be clerics.
When they do become clerics, equality daft people give them power that they donāt know what to do with.
The safe and popular way will be elevate an already elevated faith and demean and insult the intelligence of smarter people.
Little do they understand that all this gives them an of optics of stupidity!! And they are.
PurpleDragon0476 : Mariam is rightā¦this āconfusionā claim is really about control, control, control of everybody. Down with UMNO/Madani for crashing this country into the ground.
The Light of Dawn tells the story of Operation Overlord. It traces one of the largest military operations man has ever conceived since the summer of 1941 - when Churchill and Roosevelt first broached the issue - to June 6, 1944.
He deciphers the strategy of 'Hitler to make it fail. The film recounts this crucial turning point in World War II where questions of geopolitics (the difficult alliance between London, Moscow and Washington), the various military strategies and technological prowess as well as the fate of the young soldiers who attacked the wall of the Atlantic will pay a heavy price.
The landing will be told here in the style of a play with its intrigues, its dramas, the art of bluffing and the fate of the world being played out.
On August 6, 1945, the course of human conflict changed forever. This documentary explores the top-secret Manhattan Project, the engineering and ethical challenges of building the world's first atomic weapon, and the desperate decision to use it.
Follow the journey of the B-29 Enola Gay as it delivers "Little Boy" to Hiroshima, and witness the devastating aftermath of the blast that brought WW2 to an end. It was the hardest choice of the war: drop the bomb and save countless lives from a costly invasion, or risk a prolonged, bloody war in the Pacific.
Skip the first 17 minutes to start getting close to the subject in the title.
PJ Media : Greetings and welcome to April 5, 2026. Itās Easter Sunday and the
fourth day of Passover. Some would have us recognize that itās National
Caramel Day, National Deep Dish Pizza Day, and National Raisin and Spice
Bar Day. Whatever floats your spice bar, I guess.
456 Saint Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop
1621 Mayflower sails from Plymouth, Mass., on a return trip to England
1792 George
Washington exercises first presidential veto to strike down a
Congressional bill to increase the number of seats for northern states
in the House of Representatives
1803 First performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D, conducted by the composer, in Vienna
1923 Firestone Tire & Rubber Company starts producing inflatable tires
Birthdays Today Include:English
philosopher Thomas Hobbes; British surgeon Joseph Lister, for whom
Listerine is named by its inventor; Booker T. Washington; Pop Warner
[Glenn Warner], American college football Hall of Fame coach; actor
Walter Huston (The Maltese Falcon,The Treasure of the Sierra Madre); actor Spencer Tracy (Bad Day at Black Rock;It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World);
actress Bette Davis; actor Gregory Peck; Peter Grant, English rock band
manager (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin); General Colin Powell; singer
Crispian St. Peters (The Pied Piper); actor Max Gail (Barney Miller); and singer Pharrell Williams (Happy).
If todayās your day, have a happy one.
Hereās a quote from the always worthwhile Thomas Sowell:
Europe
is belatedly discovering how unbelievably stupid it was to import
millions of people from cultures that despise Western values and which
often promote hatred toward the people who have let them in.
Indeed. The Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs quotes a report from Carnegie Europe, which in turn describes the consequences of the huge swings in immigration trends this way: That last point is more the left fearing they will lose elections
because of their policies, and less to do with what they are doing to
their countries.
Gee, pretty much what we've been seeing the last few
years during the Biden administration. As an example, remember Eric
Adams? PJ Media's Rick Moran does, having written back in 2023:
A Taxonomy of Jihad: How Does Islam Conquer? By Bruce Bawer
PJ Media : Before 9/11, how many Americans knew the meaning of the word jihad? Even
now, twenty-five years later, how many Americans grasp that acts like
the destruction of the Twin Towers, the Orlando Pulse club massacre, and
the Boston Marathon bombing are, in fact, not the work of people whoāve
hijacked or misunderstand Islam but, rather, of people who understand
the dictates of the Koran perfectly and are determined to carry them
out.
Some of us have spent much of the last quarter-century trying to
communicate to serious readers that Islam isnāt just another religion
but, on the contrary, an ideology of conquest.
Any number of invaluable books, like Robert Spencerās Stealth Jihad and The History of Jihad and Jamie Glazovās Jihadist Psychopath, have
stressed the centrality of jihad to the Islamic faith, have
demonstrated the roots of jihad in Islamic scripture, have traced it
back to the very founding of Islam, have elucidated its psychology, and
have made it clear that jihad can take a variety of forms, with acts of
terrorism being only one of them.
But never before, so far as Iām aware,
has any writer on the subject constructed such an elaborate taxonomy of
jihad as has Aynaz Anni Cyrus in her captivating new book The Architecture of Jihad: Inside the Ideology, Law, and Global Strategy Driving Islamās Multi-Front Expansion.
Cyrus,
let it be said at the outset, is an elegant, no-nonsense scribe: short,
succinct sentences, brief bullet points, snappy formulations, no
shilly-shallying around, and not a trace of academic fustiness. Her
constant aim is to convey every piece of vital information as clearly,
crisply, and urgently as possible. And one of the first things we need
to know is that all forms of jihad āare part of an integrated playbook:
normalize, enshrine, educate, entrench.ā
She begins with the most
familiar form ā ācombat jihad.ā Combat is central to Islam; wherever
thereās a genuinely Islamic government, violence is one of its key
tools. Violence was indispensable in the quick early expansion of
Muhammadās empire far beyond the Arabian peninsula; in the religionās
first centuries, ā[c]onquest evolved into a system.ā And combat jihad,
in the age of 9/11, Atocha, Bataclan, and the Manchester Arena, is alive
and well.
Easter Terrorist Massacres in Pakistan and Nigeria Catherine Salgado
PJ Media : In Pakistan and Nigeria, some Christians found their Easter turned
into a day of mourning after jihadi attacks reportedly caused mass
casualty events.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked about
persecuted Christians for his Easter message, but heads of supposedly
Christian countries in the West ignored the issue. Islamic terrorists
often choose holidays to target Christians with deadly violence, and
Easter 2026 was tragically no exception.
European media outlet VisegrƔd 24 shared on X on
April 5, āReports of a potential Islamist terror attack against
Pakistani Christians on Easter morning. A man rammed a truck into a
large Christian procession in Gujranwala, killing several Christians and
wounding 60+.ā It included a very brief and indistinct video clip.
The outlet then followed up with the following video and update:
Christian Pakistanis speak after a potential terror attack against a Christian procession on Easter morning.
A man rammed a truck into a large Christian procession in Gujranwala, killing several Christians and wounding 60+
It does not appear that clear casualty statistics
have come out of Pakistan. In Nigeria, however, there is a heartbreaking
casualty count, as Punch Newspapers reported:
Terrorists
have attacked Ariko community in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna
State, targeting two Christian worship centres during Easter
celebrations, killing at least seven persons and abducting several
othersā¦The councillor representing Awon Ward, under which Ariko District
falls, Mark Bawa, confirmed the attack to PUNCH Online on Sunday via
phone call.
According to him, the affected churches are First ECWA Church and St. Augustine Catholic Church, both located in Ariko.
At least 38 people were killed this week in suspected
extremist attacks on loggers and a village in northeast Nigeria,
anti-jihadist militia and residents told AFP on Friday.
Late on Tuesday, fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province
(ISWAP), a group linked to the Islamic State group, rounded up loggers
in a forest outside the town of Mafa, killing 27 and abducting 18
others, two anti-jihadist militia said.
āThey slit the throats of 27 loggers and took away 18 others whose
fate is still unknown,ā Babakura Kolo, a militia fighter assisting the
Nigerian military, said. His account was supported by Ibrahim Liman, another militia fighter
who said the loggers were from Mafa, 60 kilometers (40 miles) from the
Borno state capital, Maiduguri.
A triple suicide bombing last month killed 23 people in Maiduguri, in
one of the deadliest attacks in the state capital in years. Amnesty International said in a post on X that ā20 internally
displaced personsā were killed and 30 abducted while collecting firewood
in the forest near Mafa.
ISWAP and rival jihadist organisation Boko Haram have increasingly
targeted farmers, fishermen, loggers, herders, and metal scrap
collectors in the region, accusing them of spying on them and passing
information to the military. On Monday, ISWAP fighters raided Kautikeri village outside the town
of Chibok, killing 11 people and burning homes, a community leader said.
āThe terrorists attacked the village and killed 11 people.
They
burned several homes and barns before retreating to their enclave in
nearby Sambisa forest,ā said Manasseh Allen, head of the Chibok Area
Development Association (CADA), a sociocultural union in the Chibok
district.