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."
UiTM KKK drag show reflects 'don't spook Malays' politics By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Malaysiakini : According to the late Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, “The state government
proposed this because we want to increase our competency in higher
education.”
The former menteri besar said, “It was a sincere suggestion
by someone who has the best interests of the Malays and Malaysian
community at heart (and) at times it is good for us to accept advice
because it will help in global development.”
Fast forward to 2024, students dressed in black
(which, to this writer, gives a bad name to goth culture) because there
was some talk emanating from Putrajaya or at least there were rumours
that UiTM was going to be opened up to non-bumis.
As
one student said, “We may be seen as racist, but it has nothing to do
with that. Some people think that we are selfish by fighting for the
university’s enrolment policy to remain as it is, but they must
remember, this was how it started back in the day when the university
was set up.”
When the KKK blew up
empty buses to oppose school integration, they justified their actions
because they wanted to keep things as it was back in the day. Did this
come up in the UiTM KKK drag show?
Apologies to former MP Kasthuri Patto,
but what do you think the response would be from these 587th QS World
University Ranked students if a non-bumi did a Rosa Parks and was
determined to have an education in Uitm? What would be the response of
Madani?
I did say I was going to make a few false equivalencies,
but when you have the gall to defend students dressing up as a terrorist
organisation with the excuse of teaching them about racism and where
your university and its student body justifies exclusion in the name of bangsa (race), then you deserve all the mockery you get.
But do these students know any better? Actually, they do. The system enables and encourages them to think this way. Take the Biro Tata Negara
(BTN or National Civics Bureau) for instance. I have no idea what the
status of this organisation is now, but it was created to mould a
certain segment of society into thinking that, by race, they were
superior and endangered.
Do not take my word for it. Take the
former ambassador to the United States, former government official in
various capacities, and Umno veteran Nazri Aziz. He laid it out clearly
when he feuded with former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad in 2009.
From reportage, Nazri did not deny that the programmes encouraged antagonism
towards the other races. “You want me to lie? You (will) make people
laugh. I mean there are people who attended the courses who came out
very angry.
Former ambassador to the United States Nazri Abdul Aziz
“There
were many instances when words like ‘Ketuanan Melayu’ (were uttered and
it) is ridiculous. So I want them to tell me where did I go wrong in
not supporting the revamping of the BTN syllabus. Tell me where I went
wrong?
Should I lie and say we all get along? Or maybe the state does not want us to get along.
Remember
in 2018 when the G25 got into trouble because they suggested that
Islamic Development Department (Jakim) and Institute of Islamic
Understanding Malaysia (Ikim) were unconstitutional? As reported in the press, “As we are not sure what they are doing, but maligning other Muslims as apostates and liberals.”
Real patriotism
Forget
about UiTM’s KKK drag show. Let us talk about the Jalur Gemilang. I
despise all this faux reverence for the national flag from the political
class, and of course, thoroughly spooked non-Malays on social media
platforms.
I spent a good part of my life serving this country.
The men and women I served with came mostly from underprivileged
backgrounds.
Let me tell you something. Most of them did not know
the significance of the colours or symbols on the national flag. Some of
them did not even know the words to the national anthem. What they did
learn was genuine patriotism.
They learnt that patriotism meant
that we were all in the same boat together because we all bleed red.
They learnt that loving your country meant loving the person beside you,
regardless of race or religion.
That is patriotism, not
something these politicians and pencil-pushers tell us we should feel
aggrieved about the desecration of the national flag. But that is part
of the social contract.
Minorities
have to genuflect because we are apparently not patriotic enough.
Mistakes are weaponised. Apologies are never enough, and there should
always be retribution. But when we are maligned, insulted, demeaned, and
vilified, we should - what did MIC deputy president M Saravanan beg us to do? - just ignore it.
You know what ketuanism
(supremacy) really does and which is reflected in the action of these
UiTM students and the mainstream political class? It encourages its
adherents to see the mote in another’s eyes but ignore the beam in
theirs.
