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."
PN’s strategy of using 'infidelic' Western values - Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Monday, January 02, 2023
Malaysiakini : What we are dealing with here is a strategy to use Western democratic values to subvert this country into a theocratic paradise.
When
Muhyiddin Yassin, the former prime minister and Abdul Hadi Awang
frontman, says this for instance "There are also those who express open
support for other parties including Pakatan Harapan and BN. This is
their right in a democratic country”, what he is doing is using those
“infidelic” Western values to promote religious and racial extremism
into the Malaysian body politic.
That PAS rep who was allegedly
banned from preaching in a mosque in Pahang said this in the defence of
his religion and yes, free speech - "As a teacher, InsyaAllah I
choose to be professional. I have never mentioned PAS or any other
political parties during my classes. We only spoke about the Quran and
hadith (the prophet's teaching), about Islam and enemies of Islam.”
First
of all, as Hadi said, in Islam, there is no demarcation between the
state and religion, hence there is no way, this PAS preacher was
separating his faith from his politics.
Secondly, the enemies of Islam as defined by Hadi (and let us be
honest, he is the voice of mainstream Islam in this country) are the
DAP, liberal Malays, LGTBQ folk, anyone who believes in Western values
and of course anyone who disagrees with him.
PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang
Remember when Utusan Melayuclaimed
that the former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and now Pejuang head
was working with the enemies of Islam because he hooked up with the DAP
in 2016? PAS’ then-spiritual adviser the late Haron Din claimed: "When
you befriend the enemies of Islam, you will become just like them."
And
really, when it comes to the Islam PAS and PN advocate, it is not even
about good governance and anti-corruption. Why do I say this?
Because Hadi told us when he wrote
- "If the one leading is a Muslim, even if he were cruel, at least
(others) can become cattle herders. But if the one who leads is a
non-Muslim, even if he were the kindest, (others) can work however they
wish (but) without any limit of what is halal and haram they will still
end up in hell." And this was in 2019.
So when Muhyiddin and PN
blather on about corrupt politicians in Harapan, it means bupkis because
as Hadi said it doesn’t matter if they were cruel as long as they were
Muslim.
So why is it that PN uses all these vile Western values
when advocating that only Muslims even if corrupt, should lead the
faithful?
Well, it is simple. They understand that the electoral
legerdemain and Western democratic values, which they claim to despise,
are, for now, the quickest and easiest way to assume the throne of
Putrajaya.
Free speech trampled on
I am not a free speech absolutist but this idea that there is free speech in this country is absolute bunkum.
Look,
non-Malays are banned from using certain words. Books, films and art
are routinely banned. The progressive bloc in this country has not met a
religious or racial issue they have not run away from.
During
Muhyiddin's tenure and even Harapan's short stint, free speech was
trampled on. So saying that this country has free speech laws is
delusional.
The only folks who seem to have the protection of
these “infidelic” Western values, like free speech, are people like Hadi
and the numerous hate preachers who routinely demonise people of other
faiths, sexual orientations and differing values because the state will
not act against them.
Even when it comes to the three “Rs”, the so-called Umno “tiang”, the PN-led PAS could not give a fig.
Openly
disagreeing with the Selangor sultan ad calling for state theocratic
rebellion against the sultan, when it came to the Bon Odori festival,
was a way of flexing PAS' muscles.
Bon Odori festival
The
fact that there has been no sanction from the royal institution is
indicative of the growing power of this theocratic party. Please keep in
mind that what PAS was doing was merely exercising its Western
infidelic right of free speech.
Calling for non-Muslims to be pak turut
and thumbing his nose at the state security apparatus, is merely PAS'
way through Hadi of demonstrating they are above the secular laws of
this country.
And because the state security apparatus has been
infiltrated by the deep Islamic state, nobody really will do anything
against this seditious behaviour.
This pandemic and the failure of
PAS-led governments in certain states have demonstrated that PAS
political operatives are more than willing to lead the Malay community
to the slaughterhouse - as long as PAS political operatives can benefit
from the gravy train that powers the ketuanan bureaucracy.
This
is why when Muhyiddin says "I know many influential parties, including
independent preachers and famous artistes, who openly supported PN
during the last GE15”, it is because those famous artists and
influential preachers understand that as the elites in a theocratic
state they would be shielded from the harsh laws and diktats of the
theocracy and enjoy a life of privilege that the average Muslim and
especially non-Muslim would not.
Now there are certain democratic
values and principles that would nullify PN attempts and this would mean
instituting policies of institutional reforms which includes electoral
reforms which is what made Hadi go into conniptions in the first place.
Of
course, there are laws on the books, which could be used against these
hate mongers but because the state has shown no inclination to persecute
these cretins, they will carry on subverting the democratic processes
with the aim of turning this democracy into a theocracy.
In this
new year, rest assured that Hadi and PN will continue enjoying their
infidelic Western rights, while the rest of us wonder how long democracy
lasts in this country.
