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."
He just does not take responsibility for this criminal negligence. How on earth did this guy get to be IGP? Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar (IGP)'s explanation that the 44 missing weapons were not used by criminals is really pathetic and moronic. "Ballistic reports show that none of them have been used by criminals." he said. Does he have any inkling of accountability?
The IGP wants to be a leader, seriously I do not think he is prepared to accept the accountability that goes with his job. But you canāt have one without the other. They are two sides of the same coin. But what does accountability look like?
First and foremost, it means that you accept responsibility for the outcomes expected of youāboth good and bad. You donāt blame others. And you donāt blame the external environment. There are always things you could have doneāor still can doāto change the outcome. Until you take responsibility, you are a victim.
And being a victim is the exact opposite of being a leader. Victims are passive. They are acted upon. Leaders are active. They take initiative to influence the outcome. That is what our IGP is, a pathetic victim. Once you take responsibility, you can begin fixing the problem. This eliminates a lot of wasted effort in playing the victim and blaming others and the environment. The problem with our IGP is that he thinks he and his bunch of incompetents are above the law.
Remember his performance in the death of Aminulrasyid Amzah, (IGP) Khalid Abu Bakar, who was then Selangor chief police officer, said that the schoolboy was a criminal, a thug, because he supposedly had a parang in his car. This one took the cake, the Kugan case, when a person of his rank, testifying in court attempted to suppress the truth to escape liability. In his first statement to the media after Kugan's death, Khalid had said that Kugan collapsed and died after drinking water. In the next media statement, Khalid had said that Kugan died of water in the lungs. Is he covering up again for the missing 44 guns?
