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."
Only foolish govt MPs will support PN By Francis Paul Siah
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Malaysiakini : Experts believe the law will ensure that shifts in alliances
involving a handful of MPs would not result in a change of government or
the prime minister. Well, this was plugged alright.
However, the
same is also true the other way around. It can also help boost the
support of the sitting prime minister by MPs from the opposition.
Former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob
This
scenario was not thought of until the recent action taken by five rogue
Bersatu MPs to switch support for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
They
found a way to fulfil their obligations to their constituents by
declaring their support for Anwar and his Madani government. In return,
they were given MP allocations, normally reserved only for government
lawmakers.
They broke no law and did not resign from their party. They only pledged support for the PM and the government.
On Monday, Bukit Gantang MP Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz Syed Abdul Fasal (one of the five rogue Bersatu MPs) claimed that more Perikatan Nasional lawmakers will shift their support to Anwar.
Syed Abu Hussin was quoted by Sinar Harian
as saying there are seven to eight more MPs from the opposition bloc
who will declare support for the Pakatan Harapan chairperson soon.
I
tend to believe that it is more likely for MPs from the opposition to
switch allegiance than for those on the government side to cross over to
PN.
So, it was rather surprising, if not shocking, to hear Bersatu supreme council member Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof claiming that 10 government MPs will switch their support to PN.
Bersatu supreme council member Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof
I
doubt that will happen. It is unlikely for any Harapan or BN lawmaker
to cross over or even switch support. There is nothing PN could offer
the backbenchers to induce them to do so.
And what reason did
Redzuan proffer for this switching of support - due to disappointment
over the coalition government being āled by DAPā?
Seriously, I
wish Redzuan would think of something new rather than coming up with the
same āanti-DAP, anti-Chineseā tale. As usual, Bersatu people have
nothing else to say except to play up racial sentiments.
Their storyline is the same. Why must the federal government be under
the dictate of the Chinese DAP when the Malays/Bumiputeras are the
majority? Harping on such racial tones is just sickening if you ask me.
I find Umno supreme council member Mohd Puad Zarkashiās response to Redzuanās foolish statement most fittingly appropriate, even if laced with sarcasm.
Umno supreme council member Mohd Puad Zarkashi
āRedzuan
claims that maybe 10 government MPs will shift their support to PN.
That is indeed a surprise. But that will only happen if the āflying carā
that was planned by Redzuan could actually fly.
āAs long as the
flying car is impossible to fly, then the first ābatchā of 10 people
flying to PN is also impossible,ā Puad said on Facebook, referring to an
announcement Redzuan made while serving as entrepreneur development
minister during Harapanās administration in 2018.
Wow, I think Redzuan deserves to be poured over with cold water by the Umno veteran.
On
record, I have stated many times that I have zero respect for turncoats
and traitors, particularly those who participated in the Sheraton
putsch of 2020.
And Redzuan was one of the Bersatu MPs who betrayed and brought down the democratically elected Harapan government.
Nothingto offer
With
few prospects in his political career today, except to see PN in power,
Redzuan, like many of his impatient and restless colleagues in Bersatu,
will do anything to see to the collapse of the Madani government.
Itās
obvious that Redzuanās statement suggesting that 10 government MPs will
switch their support to PN is a move to ātest the waterā, but one that
will yield nothing positive for Redzuan and Bersatu.
If I were a government MP today, the last thing I would do is cross over to the opposition PN.
I
would be the dumbest politician to do that when I am already enjoying
the perks and allocations as a lawmaker with the unity government.
Seriously,
there is nothing āattractiveā at all in the PN, with one partner made
up of known religious fanatics and the other, comprising corrupt
turncoats and traitors.
However, between Bersatu and PAS, I have
just a little more respect for the Islamic party as a whole, save for
the extremists than for a party filled with many self-serving generals
and very few soldiers, that is Bersatu.
