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."
Mohd Khir had spent RM1.7 million on overseas trips including two to Disneyland - Terence Fernandez
Thursday, April 09, 2009
WHEN Maria J. Dass and I interviewed Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim soon after he took over the state administration last year, he made a promise to the rakyat – that he would practise full disclosure after sieving through the rot that had crusted in the state administration over the years.
So convincing was Abdul Khalid that we even headlined the interview "Unlocking the secrets".
It has been more than a year since Pakatan Rakyat had come to power and although it has fallen short on delivering on some of its promises, ie local elections, it has also exceeded expectations in several areas such as the policy of Merakyatkan ekonomi Selangor, putting people first in enjoying the economic returns from the state’s activities.
It has also outdone itself in taking to task the previous administration for vulgar excesses which have been news fodder for awhile. However, one is geared towards feeling that the Selangor Select Committee on Competency, Accountability and Transparency (SelCAT) inquiry into the activities of the Selangor Representatives Wives’ Welfare Organisation (Balkis) was triggered by former Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo’s accusations of Abdul Khalid’s financial impropriety regarding the purchase (then he changed it to servicing) of Abdul Khalid’s Lexus and the distribution of cows to the poor in his constituency. Continued here.....
