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."
Some choice responses to Marina Mahathir's request for Malaysians to pray for her Daddy
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Malaysiakini : On behalf of her mother Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali and their family, she asked the public to pray for his recovery. In another news article Malaysiakini disabled the comments section here, as the comments were scathing you can view them here................ Historians should visit this page when writing about his legacy!!!
Tok Guru : Once
upon a time the nation may have felt sadā¦ I guess if he reads the
comments he would realize the bitter truth but only a little too late
Anonymous_221043 : In
order to prevent Anwar from becoming the PM, what extent he had gone
to manipulate even at a ripe old age. In the process, everything blew up
and he destroyed the country completely. What
is happening to day has made us the laughing stock of the world and
especially our neighbours. Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand are moving
fast. What a great leader JOKOWI is. We are fast becoming the "SICK MAN"
of SEA. We are heading for financial bankruptcy. Everybody is exposing
everybody else. The free fall has started. "Rome is burning" When reality disappears and delusion sets, in disaster is imminent.
Mano : Only one thing comes to my mind. How one man alone could destroy a beautiful country!! And
he destroyed so many things like the separation of powers, judiciary,
bent and destroyed the education system, civil service etc etc. The trail of destruction done by him and propagated through him unfortunately will live for many generations to come.
MS : Marina Mahathirās call for the people to pray for her father shows how out of touch she is with ground sentiments.. Excessive
wealth, as history has always shown, has a way of distorting reality, a
way of blinding one to what is actually felt by the common man. It is a cruel twist of fate that the family of one who was once touted as a visionary, can be so blinded . While
we do not know how this will all turn out, one stubborn fact will keep
intruding into our collective consciousness - the man was no LKY, not a
universally acclaimed nation builder who turned a swampy backwater into a
gleaming metropolis , but one whose long, dark shadow will continue to
cast a pall over the nation for decades to come. Hubris is a word that must eventually find its way into the Malay vocabulary.
Seladang : This
is the master Machiavelli in his political maneuvering.We shall not
shed a test for this racist revisionist implementer of Malaysian hybrid
version of apartheid policy.He manipulated the majoratorian policy and
destroyed the Civil service and togather with Anwar Ibrahim implemented
Islamisation in the education policy which has created a pool young
citizens steeped in monolithic behavior without good paying employment
due to poor English command.
He promoted his cronies and family in a
hybrid version of corruption by staking a high golden share allocation
to his family who have amassed wealth beyond their dreams by
manipulation of the blue chip stocks in the Bursa .He used PKR,DAP and
Amanah with his minority Bersatu party to set one party against the
other.He is nassistic by nature and lies so often that no one believes
him to achieve his agenda at all cost.He instigated Azmin to split PKR
to prevent Anwar Ibrahim to take over after his retiy because he is
inherently fearful of Anwar because Anwar in his campaign trail had
alleged to investigate the Iill gotten gains of his family and his
cronies.
He was tormented in University Malaya Singapore in medical
college in the early 1950's because he applied as Mahathir a/l Iskandar
Kutty of Malabar Kerala ,Indian descent due to British discrimination
against the Malay applicants & mixed blood Malays.He had the gall to
deny his ancestry.He is a pathological liar who is self seeking and
had created inter ethnic polarization to stay in power for 23 years
and later reneged his promises to the citizens who had overwhelming
believed he is a changed leader in 2018 but denied all the election manifesto agree .
History will be very cruel to him and his demise will
augur well for the rebirth of a new Malaysia for all her citizens with
equal opportunities and equality for all citizens!
Cynic : I
simply cannot empathize with him. I have watched him wade through the
Malaysian demography likes a rabid typhoon, leaving irreparable
destruction in his wake, causing distrust, animosity, racial hatred and
unbridgeable among the once-carefree and tolerant races. No, I can neither pity nor wish him well. My conscience just wouldn't allow it.
GrayPanda9123 : Pray for him? We will never forget his arrogance. Millions of curses.
OrangeHornet9195 : Marina,
my prayers are for those detained under OPERASI LALLANG that they are
able to forgive your dad's miserable deeds to them. You are still in your late teenage years or early 20s when it happened. As a PM's daughter you enjoyed life then. I
saw with my own eyes how a family cope with their lives when the
husband/father was detained several years at Kamunting Camp without
trial. Now you still want me to pray for your dad ? In the aftermath of GE-14, we forgave your dad. we even cheered him up. Crooked as he is, he later abandoned us and went back to his racist days and created the downfall of a duly elected government. Marina,
you still have the cheek to ask us to pray for your dad. You should
extend your apologies to the victims of injustice on behalf of your
father, while he is still around. Do it. Dare you ?
Anonymous_15897060865429524 : Personally, its hard for me to feel sympathy for this man. He destroyed this country's multiracial potential. Racism. Corruption. These are his legacies. A destructive force, he is the root cause of this nation's ills. Out of basic human decency, I don't wish him death or harm. But should he leave this world, I wouldn't be losing any sleep. Just my honest personal opinion.
He should demise soon, very soon. Let's all pray for that to happen. As long as he is alive, he will continue manipulate the malays and inject racist again chinese andld indians only. His racist implanted among malays at the end will destroy the malays itself.
I pray GOD ALMIGHTY will give him a few more years to live, live to see his wealth, financial status, the amount of nations wealth plundered & swindled by him, to be brought back to the nation/rakyat, leaving mahathir & his children as paupers in our beloved Malaysia, AMIIN.
Those who have faith and religion will pray even for enemies. Whatever one has done he or she WILL BE ANSWERABLE WHEN HE OR SHE GOES UP TO MEET THE MAKER. REMEMBER JUDGE NOT THAT YE BE JUDG3D. LOVE YOUR ENEMIES DO GOOD TO THEM THAT HAVE INFLICTED PAIN AND ABOVE ALL PRAY FOR THE WELL BEING OF YOUR NEIGHBOUR OR THOSE NEAR AND FAR. FOR JUDGEMENT IS NOT YOURS TO MAKE. IF ONE PRAYS FOR ANOTHER NO MATTER HOW ONE WAS TREATED THE FRUITS OF JUDGEMENT SHALL BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO PRAYED EVEN FOR THEIR ENEMY. KEEP NOT ENEMITY IN YOUR HEARTS FOR THAT WILL NOT PROFIT YOU IN THE END FOR AFTER ALL THE D OF OUR LIVES IS WHAT WILL REALLY COUNT
Only God in his mercy will forgive him. He betrayed or trust but managed to rake in millions from the country. Enjoy the wealth he accumulated while still here one earth...
No words to describe how our country has fallen ill and each and every politician only care for their bank balances n ACCTS ...dear Marina,.where were you all these years? You seem to not keeping track of the happenings in this country..
He has fooled us all. I must say the first few years as PM, was moderate to good, then the ego, corrupt, racist and worst of all no limits on I'll faith to remain in power was his principle in ruling the country. He is the father of all our political ills today. We will never recover, we are doomed.
He has fooled us all. I must say the first few years as PM, was moderate to good, then the ego, corrupt, racist and worst of all no limits on I'll faith to remain in power was his principle in ruling the country. He is the father of all our political ills today. We will never recover, we are doomed.
Hope his next birth will be in KERALA ,INDIA as 'anything' because bluffed everyone that he is a Malay not a Malayalam mamak .what a shame on him Don't come back to Malaysia
We only live once after that is Judgement. It is a fair warning that all who aspire to be leaders and yet did nothing to free the people for poverty and hopeless will one day stand before the Judgement seat of God. When man do not fear God we see the fruit. May God help us to go forward and built a great nation of Malaysia whom we love.
I personally I have no hesitation to say this bastard, Traitor, Liar and RACIST deserve His Judgement Day soonest possible because of HIS SINS WHICH CANNOT BE FORGIVEN. SORRY TO SAY THAT. MANY RAKYAT I AM 101% SURE DON'T WISH HIM WELL. EVEN IF WE CAN FORGIVE THIS EVIL SATAN WE JUST CANT POSSIBLY FORGET WHAT HE HAD DONE TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED AND TRUSTED THIS BLOOMING FOX. HE DESERVES DEATH.
Many left malaydua , came back thinking it was good govment. Alas what mistakes they made and suffered 1 generation of abuse and cheats by his gang of marauders. Pray tell I ask God to look after my families and friends only. Cheers.
I had given my respect to him before. then he resigned. now I just hated him. I don't respect him and I don't want to wish him well he is a selfish evil old man who is unkind and very much a wolf on a sheep skin.
Even in his dying bed nobody feel sorry for him how sad to be remembered for all his evil deeds. If he like LKY all for the country people would shed a tear. With him it will be good riddance.
In this world who is sinless who in the name of all religious groups can stand up to said that I am righteous.Right Dr.M in his last decade he had done so much wrong that even he himself doesn't know how to forgive himself. But many of us also have gotten there are much good he had done. Praying for him is a sensible thing for those who had come under his Premiership for twenty plus years.I know that many or all of you will be cursing me for putting my personal opinion on this site but I need to be fair to him. Yes! no doubt he had done plenty bad things to destroy this country but only those who had not be elected by our own hands will not have these opportunities like scandal of 1MLDB, Joh Loh and many others.Just like our recent election in Melaka who were the ones elected this band of robbers again? It is our same hand!!!So,yes don't blame others while the fault lies in our mentality, prejudice, selfishness and not opened minded enough.
In this world who is sinless who in the name of all religious groups can stand up to said that I am righteous.Right Dr.M in his last decade he had done so much wrong that even he himself doesn't know how to forgive himself. But many of us also have gotten there are much good he had done. Praying for him is a sensible thing for those who had come under his Premiership for twenty plus years.I know that many or all of you will be cursing me for putting my personal opinion on this site but I need to be fair to him. Yes! no doubt he had done plenty bad things to destroy this country but only those who had not be elected by our own hands will not have these opportunities like scandal of 1MLDB, Joh Loh and many others.Just like our recent election in Melaka who were the ones elected this band of robbers again? It is our same hand!!!So,yes don't blame others while the fault lies in our mentality, prejudice, selfishness and not opened minded enough.
He has been given so many chances of doing things right for Rakyat but he betrayed them again & again. No more trust or belief in his words. He is a destroyer not a good leader of a multi racial country. Most of the current MP or assemblyman are followers without principles. They are the one destroying our economy, education system, racial harmony, encourage corruption & many more.....They are of no sight once being elected. Look at good leaders in our ASEAN countries which have trying to improve their administration of the country. A leader without biased will be a good leader for the country. PM can be anyone of you, but hopefully you are the right leader to run the country without fear & favor. Where are you???
In all decency and patriotism i cannot pray fir a good outcome fir your father. I can only hope that when he meets his maker? He will stand tall and say he was a son of Malaysia and he did the best for ALL Malaysians
He was instrumental in the suppression of Indians in Malaysia. Generations lost opportunities & education. Millions of Indians stuck in the poverty circle, while the Malays enjoyed the support of the government. Equal tax paying but systematically suppressed. Deepavalli is celebrated when an evil king died. How shld anyone love him. Forgiving him is a betrayal to all the lost generations and people whom are suffering. Fairness is the only thing people whom are suffering want , nothing else.
Good riddance to bad rubbish. The cleaning up starts now with the head himseld. He disappointed an entire generation of Malaysians and our country needs to have a massive clean up of the govt and civil service across all ranks and start afresh with young educated responsible adults. Otherwise, their kids will be working as maids and grass cutters soon in other countries, a situation our grandparents and parents worked hard to get us out off.
Alas, Alas,Alas! This is a great revelation! A large number of intelligent and clear-thinking Malaysians finally came out to express their true feelings. It augurs well for the future of their country.
I wished he is dead 30 years ago, before he even completed that 22 years of reign to destroy this beautiful country. What a tyrant he is. The cronyism will nvr b so powerful without him. N what a big time liar, what he pledged when the ppl were trusting him for a total reform. Look at d wealth that the entire family has accumulated. Almost one third of Malaysia belongs to him n sons, in billions. Manipulator, Big time Racist than any leader I have seen. Go to hell, shud die much earlier before he exploited the countryās wealth for his monthly stem cell injection that kept him alive for so long
The last GE he spoke in a ceramah and regretted of his oversight to a certain race and duped them to believe his words....nothing happened after GE to them...all promises broken and only disaster happened to that govt.of the day....
Tun please say some good words about National unity and races harmony as a stakeman of Malaysia! For years you have been seen creating hatred and racial suspicion among malays and non malays! Don't destroy the happy days that i enjoyed very much with my childhood Malay friends! Please be kind to Malaysia and the human race!
This old scum deserves no sympathy or prayers. What he deserves is a fast track to hell for destruction to humanity and country.