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."
Come GE15, Sheraton traitors will have to go - By Francis Paul Siah
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Malaysiakini : Does this mean you are directing your PKR people to also negotiate
with defector Azmin Ali if he approaches PKR? That will be the day if
this takes place!
If I were still in active politics today and a Harapan member, I would have great difficulty in following Anwarās directive.
This
reason is enough for me to disregard such an order. The most important
objective of the 15th general election (GE15), to me, is to get rid of
all the Harapan traitors who caused the downfall of the duly elected
Harapan government.
Itās time for them to pay for their betrayal
and treachery which I find unforgivable. (I will not pretend to be nice
or be hypocritical and say that āI can forgive but not forgetā.) No,
neither have I forgotten nor forgiven all the Sheraton treacherous
buggers.
This is not about revenge. This is about retrieving the
GE14 mandate of the majority of Malaysians. We want it back. The
government we elected into office in 2018 was hijacked right before us
22 months later, and we could do nothing about it.
GE15 is the
time to do something. It is the most opportune time for Malaysians to
vote out the Harapan turncoats, frogs and traitors. Bury them (Iām even
tempted to say āalive if possibleā).
Donāt sleep with the enemy
As
is always the case, it is difficult for active politicians and their
diehard supporters to understand the view and stand of the ordinary
citizen who has no political interest. In whatever they do, politicians
always have an objective ā their selfish interest and that of their
party would be tailored in.
If the key objective of Harapan in
GE15 is to achieve victory, even if it means ganging up with the
Sheraton traitors in the process, then I would have to tell all the
Harapan leaders, Anwar included, to go fly a kite.
Donāt ever
think of going to bed with the enemy ā donāt you dare, Harapan! Should
any key leader in Harapan ever harbour such an intention, he or she
would also be considered an enemy of the people.
Make no mistake about it. The voters will not be taken for a ride this time.
I
find it next to impossible to support a coalition working with
self-serving political parasites and leeches. No, these treacherous and
soulless dirty dealers must be dealt the death blow, come GE15.
We
must work hard to ensure that the next election will be their Waterloo
where we will rejoice as we bury them and after that, make sure that
even the dead wonāt have it easy.
Let them and their ilk be
haunted by their treacherous past. This is how traitors should be made
to suffer for their heinous betrayal.
Ensure traitors are defeated
Among
those we should go all out to ensure that they are defeated in GE15 are
former premier Muhyiddin Yassin and his bunch of ungrateful and
disloyal cohorts in Bersatu.
It is now quite clear that they are also known racists among them, harping on the racial line for political survival.
In
fact, Bersatu must be painfully aware that its end is near, judging
from its disastrous outings in the Sabah, Malacca and Johor elections.
Muhyiddinās
17-month tenure as prime minister was nothing to shout about. His
eventual downfall at the hands of an Umno faction illustrated clearly
the weakness in the man. I shudder at the thought that this misfit wants
to return as prime minister again.
Next, Azmin and the 10 PKR
defectors must also be trounced in the coming polls. They are nothing
but overly ambitious men and women who only aspire to climb up the
political ladder as quickly as possible, even if it means betraying
their party leaders and colleagues.
In Azminās case, karma is
already at work. There are reliable reports of a falling out between him
and his closest ally, Zuraida Kamaruddin, where the latter is said to
be involved in setting up the new Parti Bangsa Malaysia.
Azmin, said to be the most vilified
politician in the country today, would soon have to kiss his prime
ministerial ambition goodbye permanently as well. Why not when he could
not get the deputy prime ministerās post, even under two prime
ministers. Azmin will soon learn that getting involved in betrayal and
treachery does not pay.
Anwar can also forget about harping on
opposition unity. I maintain that the opposition will never be able to
unite. They are all so different, with each having its own set of
priorities. As Iāve written previously, if the opposition can ever
unite, cows will fly.
Instead
of worrying about unity, let us declare that we will go all out to bury
the Sheraton backstabbers and traitors come GE15. Let us reclaim our
mandate ā therein lie our honour and dignity ā because it is the right
thing to do.