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."
State actors are not afraid of what they did to Koh, Amri By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Monday, November 10, 2025
Malaysiakini : Madani in no position to sanction offenders
This is why Koh’s wife, Susanna Liew, when expressing her disbelief that the Madani government would file an appeal against the decision, said the following.
“Why did they not do anything based on their own commissioned report, which they had complete control over, is baffling.
“This is a finding by a body commissioned by the cabinet itself, the highest branch of the executive in the country.”
That is when you realise that nothing was going to be done ab initio (Latin for “from the beginning).
Everyone involved in this conspiracy understands that the Madani government is in no position to expose or sanction them.
In
fact, if Madani were to actually do something to shine a light on these
state actors, it would create such chaos that it would benefit the
religious opposition in this country.
And
let us be very clear. There will be a large section of the polity who
will believe that whatever happened to Koh and Amri was well within the
political and moral authority of the state. This, of course, is the
unpleasant reality about these cases.
This
judgment and its fast-track appeal by the Madani government are a
shocking legal and public indictment of the police, the various
incarnations of the Home Ministry, but also a reminder of the unchecked,
unsanctioned, and unacknowledged existence of the deep Islamic state.
Bureaucracy,propaganda, education
Now, some folks scoff when I use the term deep Islamic state. This is understandable.
After
all, political operatives like to blame their political failings and
failed campaign promises on some sort of cabal whose sole existence is
to maintain the status quo, even though various iterations of political
coalitions have never strayed from the social contract politics which
define mainstream politics of this country.
In 2019, DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang attempted to blame the slow-to-non-existent reforms on the deep state. He wrote
- “The deep state is, in fact, an important reason why institutional
and political reforms for a ‘New Malaysia’ are not as rapid as they
should be.”
DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang
All of this is complete bunkum, of course. Reforms are slow or non-existent because there is no political will.
There
is no political will because everyone wants to maintain the status quo,
but wants their respective bases to believe that they are offering
something new.
But there is a “deep Islamic state”. It is a result
of the vast religious bureaucracy, the doctrinal teachings of
propaganda endeavours like the Biro Tata Negara (BTN or National Civics
Bureau), the religious education system, and foreign influence, either
through education or experience in foreign theatres of war.
What
we are talking about here are “fellow travellers” who enjoy the support,
either knowingly or unknowingly, of the Malay/Muslim political
apparatus in this country, who believe they are setting the religious
agenda, but in reality, are being manipulated by fascist elements with
agendas of their own.
These travellers aim to subvert the
constitutional bedrock of this country and turn this country into an
“Islamic” state, even if it’s not the agenda of the Malay bureaucracy,
royalty, plutocrat class or political brokers, whose definition of an
“Islamic state” is relatively benign, if compared to the forces who are
using it.
Abductions recorded
But forget all of this for a moment. There is allegedly a video recording of Koh’s kidnapping.
As
stated in Suhakam’s report - “(The investigating officer) said it
happened (during) broad daylight, it was very quick... He said the fact
that someone was taking a video, (would) fit the police operation
method.”
Keep in mind that Koh had been harassed by the state before, and in 2011, championed by then Selangor state exco member Hasan Ali, there was a raid on Pastor Koh’s charitable centre.
Here
is a description of the “raid” that Hasan claimed was not a raid,
according to witness Pastor Daniel Ho - “Around 30 Islamic religious and
police officials entered the church compound in Selangor without a
warrant and began taking videos and photographs.”
Therefore,
that imagery of the state recording the event crops up again. The fact
of the matter is that whoever kidnapped Koh, and no doubt Amri Che Mat
too, had recorded these operations for unknown purposes.
Longtime
rights activist Kua Kia Soong was right, as he usually is when it comes
to most things in this country, when he said that the appeal is “... an
act that can only be seen as protecting institutional impunity.”
This is the point. These state actors understand that Madani and any government after will protect them.
