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."
Vijay47: You are hopelessly wrong, DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang. In
fact, you flatter yourself by referring to present weather conditions as
a “winter of despair”, suggesting a temporary discomfort soon to melt.
On the contrary, we are now experiencing the return of the Ice Age,
complete with sabre-tooth tigers, woolly mammoths and dinosaurs. And
this is the environment of your own making, or rather, unmaking. So
spare us the pink platitudes you have taken to excel in of late. You
ask "But who is creating all these threats?” and very tellingly, you
propose no answer. If you chose to pluck your head out of the sand it is
deeply buried in, you will discover that the villain is close, much
closer than you care to admit.
The sappy pretentious lines you
write is testimony to the failure you have achieved for all of us - a
refusal to face facts and take the bull by the horns. What were
you, DAP, and the other parties of Pakatan Harapan doing while Prime
Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad was running riot, doing the "Malay thing"?
We
can readily overlook the occasional transgression but Mahathir has been
consistent in his villainy, from his attendance and performance at the
shameful Malay Dignity Congress, his sentiment towards Dong Zong
accompanied, unbelievably, by the prime minister of this multiracial
country subtly inciting the Malays to take to the streets. What
were you doing while education was being pawned, even destroyed, for
racial dominance when institutions of learning were going berserk with
offensive stands against non-Malays?
Anyone would concede that in
any coalition there will be moments of disagreement. To a degree. But
when one party carries out incessant subjugation, the others must
protest. If the protest does not work, DAP must cross the Rubicon
and burn the boats. After all, what can DAP, and we, lose? There cannot
be much of a “spring of hope” in a barren desert of sand or ice. James Wong Joon Min: Lim, it seems to me and many thinking
Malaysians that you are still caught in a time warp in the past, when
you were in opposition. The Jawi issue is just one of the so many
other issues which indicate that leaders from your party and other
Harapan component parties are just too preoccupied with protecting the
newfound perks and privilege that come with ministerial portfolios and
government-linked company (GLC) appointments.
For decades, you had
been an outspoken proponent of reform for the Senate. You had
eloquently argued that the Senate had been a dumping ground for
political rejects and cronies appointed by the corrupt and kleptocratic
regime of Umno/BN.
Why was there pin-drop silence from your party
when your daughter (Penang DAP secretary Lim Hui Ying) and your
lieutenant from Johor, Liew Chin Tong, were appointed into the Senate
after GE14?
The education system in this country is in a state of
shame and desperately in need of reform. The former minister seems to be
more interested in the colour of school shoes, swimming lessons and
free breakfast. What about the economy? Some 19 months on, there
is no sign of the Harapan government, of which you are a part, of
implementing needs-based policies to make the economy more competitive.
As
far as Sarawak is concerned, Lim, how long do we need to persevere with
your government for Sarawakians to receive 20 percent royalties from
our oil and gas, as promised by your government more than 19 months ago?
Lim,
Malaysians are now faced with a dilemma. Come GE15, the thought of
voting the incompetent, corrupt and religious bigots from Umno-BN/PAS
back into power would send a chill down the spine of millions of
Malaysians. Lim, it's time to stop the rhetoric. Perhaps it's time DAP should leave the coalition.
