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."
From Malaysiakini : The 4Rs - race, royalty, religion and the rural people - have been used by Umno Baru to divide and rule Malaysia.
When
Najib asked the rhetorical question, “Where would the Malays be without
Umno Baru?”, it was a cry of desperation and an admission of defeat.
Umno
Baru’s hold on the Malays is slipping. Najib and Umno-Baru are scared.
Without the Malays, where would Umno Baru be? Domination of the Malays
is not about protecting their rights. It is all about power and status.
The
line that Umno Baru has used for over five decades to divide the
nation, is no longer relevant. Malay graduates who return to Malaysia do
so because they have to fulfil the terms of their scholarship or loan.
Try asking them what they really feel about Malaysia, about Umno Baru
and its leaders. Their stories will fill you with hope.
The
current clampdown on dissent and the hunt for Malays who speak their
minds is because the government is afraid. A thinking Malay is a threat
to Umno Baru. A thinking Malay who is prepared to question the leaders
and make them accountable for their actions will erode the power of Umno
Baru.
Umno Baru knows that one thinking Malay will embolden other Malays and very soon, Umno Baru will become irrelevant.
If
anecdotal evidence is to be believed, the brain drain is no longer
confined to non-Malays seeking better shores. What frightens Umno Baru
is the fact that many Malays have become disillusioned with Umno Baru
and are not just abandoning the party. They are prepared to forsake
their country.
In the past, Malays used to deride the non-Malays
for leaving Malaysia. Many did not know the degree of unfairness with
which the government treated the non-Malays, in the areas of employment,
business opportunities, education, jobs in the civil service and
defence.
Today, young graduate Malays, who have been educated overseas, are telling their parents that enough is enough. They
are astute enough to know that the government will make the lives of
their families miserable so they leave quietly and without fuss. If the
government cannot prosecute the Malay graduate who has absconded, their
modus operandi is to go after their families.
In a change from
the past, Malay families are now supportive of their children working
and living abroad. In the age of the Internet, communication is easy and
relatively cheap. Ironically, the Malays are now emulating their
non-Malay peers, by turning their backs on Malaysia.
Many Malays who have found employment in the countries in which they studied are happy and glad they made the move.
One
Malay doctor said, “My work experience in the (Malaysian) hospital was a
bitter experience. I wasn’t just overworked but when I asked the
consultant for advice, I was shouted at in front of the patients and
other staff.
“It was humiliating and degrading. In the teaching
hospital in Sydney, the consultants were pleasant and eager to train me.
I felt appreciated.”
When you hear stories like these you know
that young Malays are not prepared to believe the lies of Umno-Baru, any
longer. The young Malays of today have an appetite for hard work, which
is not matched by the Umno Baru Malays or mat rempit types whom Najib
is fond of praising.
Answering Najib
A
Malay farmer in his sixties said, “What is Najib doing about the
farmers? The youth have no interest in agriculture They are leaving the
kampong in search of jobs. Many farmers are now in their 60s and 70s.
Who will take over my farm when I die?
“I know that many young
men who migrated to the cities, are still unemployed. Many have turned
to drugs or petty theft. What has the government done to make farming
attractive?”
Many civil servants claim that they are demoralised
at work. They find that their time and departmental operating budgets
are increasingly being used for political, Umno Baru activities. The
ones who voice their opinions are warned that they risk destroying their
career prospects.
Even Umno Baru supporters are slowly
realising they are being conned. One senior party worker said that, with
Umno Baru’s help, many rich Malays drive imported sports cars and live
in rumah mewah (mansions). When asked how Umno Baru had helped uplift his life, he was dumb-struck. The penny had dropped!
If
Najib Abdul Razak had asked the rhetorical question “Where would the
Malays be without Umno Baru?”, in front of ordinary members of the
rakyat, he would have been drowned out with hisses and pelted with
rotten eggs, or shoes.
The answer to Najib’s question is simple.
Without Umno Baru, the Malays would be better off economically,
financially, morally, spiritually and intellectually. Without Umno Baru,
the Malays can restore their lost dignity. A Malay who has the courage
to reject Umno Baru will be mentally liberated and feel a weight lifted
from his shoulders.
Umno
Baru has brainwashed Malays and gave them a false sense of entitlement.
They were told they were owed success without the need for hard work.
Only Umno Baru would think of placing a copyright on the word ‘Allah’.
Umno Baru gave Malays and Islam a bad reputation.
Under Umno
Baru, Malays have become arrogant, insincere, work-shy, complacent,
uncompetitive, demanding and insensitive. Umno Baru conditioned the
Malays to stop thinking and let Umno Baru think for them.
Umno Baru taught some Malays to steal the taxpayers’ money and learn the fine art of corruption.
Umno
Baru conditioned the Malay mind to think that any wrongdoing by its
leaders is acceptable, because this is preferable to a non-Malay leading
the country.
Umno Baru injected fear into the Malay psyche and told him that he should be afraid of change and new ideas.
Only Umno Baru would say that liberal Malays, Christians, Singapore and progressive NGOs are a threat to Malays and Islam.
Umno Baru is Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s creation and the mistrust, disunity, treachery, sedition and intolerance are his true legacy.
Only
an Umno Baru leader would defend his wife’s extravagance and boast of
her ability, but ignore the suffering of the rakyat. The average
Malaysian family is barely surviving. Where is the breadwinner going to
find an additional 15 percent more income to pay for the increase caused
by the GST?
Mahathir, Najib, Muhyiddin Yassin, Hishammuddin
Hussein, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Khairy Jamaluddin
and other senior Umno Baru politicians are poor role models for Malays.
Umno
Baru is not concerned about Malays or Malay rights. Its only concern is
status and power; both economic and political power. Najib realises
that without the Malays, Umno Baru could be as dead as a dodo. Najib
knows that Umno Baru is living on borrowed time.
By GE14, the only people supporting Najib and Umno-Baru will be the mat rempits and the ‘new Malays’ from Bangladesh. MARIAM
MOKHTAR is a defender of the truth, the admiral-general of the Green
Bean Army and president of the Perak Liberation Organisation (PLO).
Today, young graduate Malays, who have been educated overseas, are telling their parents that enough is enough. 
Umno
Baru has brainwashed Malays and gave them a false sense of entitlement.
They were told they were owed success without the need for hard work.
Only Umno Baru would think of placing a copyright on the word ‘Allah’.
Umno Baru gave Malays and Islam a bad reputation.
Umno Baru is Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s creation and the mistrust, disunity, treachery, sedition and intolerance are his true legacy.
