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."
Zakar Naik a clear and present danger - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Saturday, August 17, 2019
Zakar Naik
Malaysiakini : “A liar is always lavish of oaths.” - Pierre Corneille
COMMENT
| Let us get one thing out of the way. The non-issue with Zakir Naik,
the alleged money-launderer and religious instigator, is that he and his
supporters believe that his freedom of speech (and theirs) trumps the
non-Muslim’s freedom of speech in this country. This is par for the
course in this country.
The real danger this English-speaking
religious provocateur presents to this country is that he could
radicalise a specific class of racial and religious provocateurs,
galvanise the far-right and influence Malay power structures into acting
against the interests of the country in the name of religious
supremacy.
In numerous articles, I have elaborated on the
phenomenon of “external” religious agents of influence whose agenda is
to undermine “native” Islamic practices in the service of disparate
Islamic groupings intent on establishing some sort of Islamic caliphate
in the region. The use of proxies and other “useful idiots” – a Russian
term – is well-known and well-documented.
