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."
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | A broad consensus
of international law scholars maintains that there are compelling
grounds to classify the illegal attacks by the United States and Israel
against Iran as a crime of aggression.
The joint
military operations against Iran represent an undeniable erosion of the
global legal order. Far from being a lawful act of preemption, these
strikes are being characterised by scholars as a manifest violation of
international law.International law is not a mere suggestion. It is a binding architecture of treaties and universally accepted rules.
Veteran : It's not an illegal war, the Iranians have been exporting war for over 47 years.
Asam Pedas : Hypocrisy of a wheel chair analyst. Itās as though he holds all the intelligence regarding the whys of the war. Is it all the truth? That Iran doesnāt kill thousands of its people, that the displeased people are begging the world to intervene?
Itās not that the Shias expansionist ideology funds forever conflicts to disestablish the ME? Only has peaceful nuclear programs but hides it deep underground? Supplies war drones to Russia to keep the war going with Ukraine? On and on but constantly lie and are unreliable in talks with any negotiation.
Falcon : Unadulterated hypocrisy! Another pretender like so many before, who remains silent on the alleged tyranny of the majority, or the 47 year old brutality of a religious regime killing those who oppose the Iranian butchers?
Fair Play : And what we have here? The majority harrass the minorities. Is that legal too?
Just Common Sense : Who is following 'international law' anyway? In Malaysia we have dual level citizenship based on race and religion and we persecute minorities and attack temples with excavators. Is that 'international law' by any chance?
Really rich when Malaysians talk about international law. At least in Israel and America all citizens are equal.
Any regime that oppresses its own people deserves what is coming wherever it is coming from. Kudos to America and Israel which are doing what muslim countries of the ME are afraid or too powerless to do.
Traveloka WINNING : Well, the speed this author chickened out like a wimp is astonishing. This is precisely why he ( and the Europeans) is being looked down, not only by Trump, Israel and all the s*tans, but also by our WINNING 3H, our WINNING HAMAS, our WINNING Hezbollah, and our WINNING Houthis, as well as their sponsor, our WINNING Iran.
Iran's goal is clear, to eliminate Israel and then, US. This is to MIGA-- Make Islam Great Again. Our WINNING HAMAS did an Excellent job on October 7, when they killed so many Israelis and hold them hostages; finally we get back at them!
To pretend that we are not at a forever war with Jews is simply disingenuous. To pretend that this has nothing to do with fighting back the Jewish colonizers, is simply sheer dishonesty. We should support our brethren in action, by sending our WINNING PAS in medieval armors and fake swords to Iran and FIGHT, so that we can in defeat the Zionists rather than WHINING like the author here like a LOSER.
Kajang pigeon : Letās examine what this rather half-baked argument is claiming.
First, weāre told that Iran has some kind of moral or religious prohibition against pursuing nuclear weapons. That might sound convincing in theory, but in practice itās a difficult argument to take seriously.
When the United States offered a clear path for compliance that required Iran to halt and dismantle nuclear activity, the response from Tehran was hardly enthusiastic. So presenting the issue now as a principled moral stance stretches credibility.
Then comes the irony of Iran warning about global stability while simultaneously launching ballistic missiles at Israel.
Predictably, this topic causes some people to foam at the mouth, but itās worth remembering one uncomfortable fact: if October 7 had not happened, this war would likely not have unfolded the way it did. That reality tends to disappear in many simplified narratives.
Another point that rarely gets acknowledged is that many Iranians themselves want change.
Over the past few years weāve seen widespread protests across Iran, with women in particular leading movements to reclaim dignity and personal freedom.
Those protests say a great deal about how people inside the country actually feel about their government.
Which raises an interesting question: why are people thousands of kilometres away so eager to defend a system that so many Iranians themselves are protesting against?
Perhaps the real purpose of this article isnāt analysis at all, but an attempt to regain some political relevance after making little impact when the opportunity previously existed.
Nice try ā but the argument might only pass scrutiny in outlets that donāt ask too many difficult questions.
Knucklehead2 : Hanipa, why not a word on Afganistan-Pakistan, Sudan civil war, Yeman war, Somalia & Nigeria insurgencis just to name a few.
Selective comments? Pray tell!
Just Common Sense : That is because no Jews involved in above conflicts. Shows perfectly their hatred for the Jews. Everything their kind do is perfectly shariah compliant but if the Jews do it all hell breaks loose.
GoldenHawk4197 : Why go far! Look at our own backyard and there are enough of prove as to who the troublemakers are and so what Trump is carrying out is justifiable.
Who are the ones who are so insecure even as they suck the life of this country and who are the ones contributing and making the world a better place? You donāt need brains or a degree for that, Hanipa!
When it comes to evil, war, chaos and destruction, these zombies will get excited just as how PMx got excited over Hamas!
