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."
Michelle Yeoh branded 'cheap opportunist' over Whale movie deal
Monday, October 01, 2018
Malaysiakini : The head of an anti-corruption watchdog has branded Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh as a “cheap opportunist”. This was after it was reported that she would be teaming up with Ivanhoe Pictures to produce a movie based on the Billion Dollar Whale book, which chronicles the 1MDB scandal and the exploits of its alleged mastermind Jho Low.
“Cheap opportunists like this should have no place in the new
Malaysia,” tweeted Cynthia Gabriel, who is the executive director for C4
this afternoon. “Mana ada integrity? (Where is the integrity?) Before regime change,
she was all over (former premier) Najib (Abdul Razak) and co...,” she
added. Gabriel was also a member of the special committee which probed the
1MDB scandal. The committee was set up after the May 9 general election. Previously, Yeoh had been reported as expressing support for the former premier.
In 2013, the actress courted flak on social media when she sang
praises of Najib during a gathering organised by the Federation of
Chinese Descendants of Selangor. “We have a leader here who has done so many good things and will do more. “I hope from the bottom of my heart that he will remain as the prime
minister and I ask all of you to give him a strong mandate,” she said.
In January this year, Yeoh had praised Najib for the manner in which he handled the Rohingya refugee crisis. “We are very proud to recognise the fact that he was the one who
championed this in the first place, as a good neighbour and doing the
right thing as a human being. “Our PM has shown great leadership together with the Bangladeshi
government, with our partners in Saudi (Arabia) and UAE (United Arab
Emirates),” she said.
Billion Dollar Whale was authored by two Wall Street Journal (WSJ) journalists, Tom Wright and Bradley Hope.