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."
DO queried on Penampang mosque project by Darell Leiking
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
From Malaysiakini : I would like to remind the district officer of Penampang District
Office and in his capacity as the chairperson of the Penampang District
Council about the actual status of a ‘mosque construction project’
rumoured to be taking place at Kampung Sedomon - next to the Penampang
by-pass heading towards Kota Kinabalu and in an area which is located at
the heart of the predominantly Christian district of Penampang.
The
district officer, William Sampil, has yet (to date) to reply to the
query of the people of Penampang which was highlighted in my official
letter dated Aug 1, 2013 and my press statement dated Sept 28, 2013.
And
as an officer of the government which had been given the full
responsibility to approve any development project taking place in this
district, his deafening silence over the mosque issue has caused
uneasiness and more suspicion within the community of Penampang.
Why
is it so hard for him to give the answer so as to clear all the
confusion and uneasiness. Since he and the Penampang District Council
have omitted myself and both state assemblypersons from Moyog and
Kapayan from taking part or being an observer in the District Planning
or of the Penampang District Council’s decision-making process, he is
then answerable over this issue.
If the district officer thinks
that he can keep quiet with the hope that the issue will be slowly be
forgotten by the public, he is wrong because this culture of ‘silence by
the authorities’ is exactly what we want to change in Penampang. We
have been advised to be diplomatic and I believe a letter expecting a
simple honest reply would have sufficed. After all, they like us are
public servants who are answerable to our respective task.
This
is what we want to do in Penampang. We want to change the
non-accountability and non-transparency system within the local
government authorities and other governmental agencies in Penampang.
I
again reiterate my stand on the controversy is no different on the
stand made by Chief Minister Musa Aman when he was compelled at the
request of the public to re-look on the Mazu statue in the district of
Kudat.
The Mazu statue was at its construction stage and the
government was compelled to intervene after it was alleged that the
construction was too sensitive as the community nearby were Muslims.
Hence we understand that the Mazu statue project has since been shelved
and an alternative site had been proposed by the government.
So
and in all fairness, I don’t see any difference between the Mazu statue
issue with the mosque issue at the Penampang by-pass. DARELL LEIKING is the member of Parliament for Penampang.
