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."
Political class weaponising Palestinian trauma By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Monday, November 20, 2023
Malaysiakini : So, what do they do? They allow the aggrieved mobs on social media to
attack businesses accusing them of being pro-Israel or pro-US by being
silent and these businesses have to bend the knee and make all sorts of
excuses as to how they support the Palestinian cause. And you wonder why
nobody takes us seriously on the international stage.
Take
ZUS Coffee - or whatever it is called - for instance. I have no idea
why there is a boycott call against them but what struck me was this bit
from an interview with ZUS Coffee vice-president Stephy Foong, who said
the company is “deeply saddened” by the boycott call, especially
because all its outlets are certified halal by Jakim.
Here we have
a company that complies with the religious requirements of the majority
so it could offer its products to all Malaysians and yet it is targeted
by online mobs and the government remains quiet.
Mind you, I am
not calling for the government to sanction anyone who calls for boycotts
for whatever reason but what amazes me is that the Madani government is
silent when it comes to business in the country that serves Malaysians
come under attack.
Or how about when Wealth Link Freedom Sdn Bhd
CEO Mohd Sobree Ali said this about his fear of boycotts: “I am a Muslim
and when Malays come, they will ask ‘halal or haram?’. That is becoming
an issue so I have to declare that I am Muslim and I am local. If not,
we cannot survive. We want to survive, we don't want to get boycotted,
otherwise, we will suffer losses.”
And there it is. Racial and
religious divisions eventually turn on themselves. Here we have Muslims
targeted for something they have nothing to do with.
We have
Muslims having to defend their business against the agitations of online
mobs who claim to act on behalf of oppressed Muslims.
What is the
point of these boycotts? It is certainly not for the sake of the
Palestinian cause. What we are dealing with here, is that after years of
indoctrination, some people are using the Israel-Palestine conflict to
further highlight racial and religious divisions in this country.
The
longer the Madani government is silent on these boycotts, the stronger
the dividing calls will get and eventually it may end in violence.
