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."
Muhyiddin and Hadi: Typical of sour grapes By Francis Paul Seah
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Malaysiakini : Muhyiddin is a sore loser, unable to stomach how Anwar beat him to
the coveted crown. His motive now can only be ulterior and necessarily
evil ā to bash Anwar at every opportunity, hoping that the unity
government would collapse so that he could return as prime minister.
Oh
yes, this was a man who once said that he has never aspired to be prime
minister but we soon found out that it was one of his many white lies.
PN chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin
For
a man who didnāt want to be prime minister but showed his defiance in
front of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong last Nov 22 at the palace proved just
the opposite. Muhyiddin desperately wanted the top job, as if his life
depended on it.
I donāt know whether Muhyiddin is embarrassed in
any way when junior members of the government have to join the chorus to
tell him off.
That the former PM was even told by a young āstill wet
behind-the-earsā newbie from Pakatan Harapan to shut up if he has
nothing good to say about others āas our good mothers have advised usā
has to be really embarrassing.
I would be so ashamed if I were on
the receiving end of such a brickbat from a ānobodyā but we know too
well that most politicians are thick-skinned fellas who know no shame at
all. Obviously, Muhyiddin fits into that category.
Itās us, those watching the drama from afar, who seem to feel ashamed on their behalf. Funny, isnāt it?
Oh
my, here I am on the subject of sour grapes, and the Bersatu president
has just fired another salvo at Harapan/BN saying that āthe Padang Serai
election result was a vote of no confidence on the new federal governmentā.
āVoters
are disappointed with the lies from Harapan and BN leaders and their
lies are the ābiggest electoral fraud everā and (on Dec 7) the voters in
Padang Serai and Tioman have given a clear signal they do not approve
of the two coalitions,ā claimed Muhyiddin.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim
This
is what I mean by Muhyiddin using every opportunity to take potshots at
Anwar and his allies in the unity government. The many
allegations/accusations from Muhyiddin against Anwar over the past two
weeks or so were all well reported.
PAS follows suit
PAS
president Abdul Hadi Awang, who only became Muhyiddinās BFF during the
Sheraton Move and thereafter also attempted to plot the downfall of the
Anwar administration, but like his newfound love for Bersatu, had failed
miserably.
Perhaps, just perhaps, something floating in the air is telling us
why Hadi and PAS are now inseparable from Bersatu/Perikatan Nasional
(PN). We canāt help but wonder whether PASā huge war chest during GE15
has any correlation with this relationship.
Hadi and PAS seem to
owe Muhyiddin and PN a huge favour that the PAS chief was even prepared
to defy the kingās decree on Nov 22.
We now know what transpired
that day at the palace. Anwar was prepared to abide by the kingās wish
to form a unity government but not Muhyiddin. This stance was also
agreed to by Hadi who was in the audience with the king.
Hello,
was it not the same Malay politicians who criticised others for alleged
disloyalty to the Malay rulers? By their action of defying the Agongās
decree, what does it reflect on Muhyiddin and Hadi?
Why, when it
suits their political interests, they will conveniently forget the
āLoyalty to king and countryā tenet in the Rukun Negara. This was an act
of total disobedience and disloyalty to the Agong.
On Nov 29, the Straits Times
of Singapore reported that the PAS president was slammed for remarks
seen as insulting Malaysiaās monarchy over its role in the formation of
the new government led by Anwar and Harapan.
PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang
Amid
global World Cup fever, Hadi had posted a cryptic tweet about a
football referee providing āextra time for the losing sideā after the
match was over, allowing the losers to āwin by any meansā.
His
remarks were widely interpreted as referring to how the new government
was formed on Nov 24, following the inconclusive GE15 on Nov 19.
To Hadi and Muhyiddin, I would suggest that both of you stop preaching to others about showing loyalty and respect to the king.
After
your act of defiance against the king, you no longer possess the locus
standi to speak for Malaysian royalty in any manner or under any
circumstances.
A final word to Hadi and his PAS cohorts: Donāt
lose your head over a so-called āgreen waveā dream. It doesnāt exist at
all in Sarawak and Sabah.
Muhyiddin and Hadi
All
the PAS candidates contesting in the two Borneo territories lost their
deposits. Itās still blue and red on this side of the South China Sea.
As
I looked out of my bedroom window in Kuching, I could see that the
skies are still blue and in the garden below, roses are still blooming
red.
