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."
Wakandan : Let’s see. In 1994, Mahathir was PM, Taib CM of Sarawak and BN was in power. Sarawak was a fixed deposit for BN, a great gift from Taib to Mahathir.
Mukriz then a 30 year old businessman, son of the PM. Despite a West Malaysian he got a logging contract from the state government of Sarawak.
Fast forward to 2019. Mahathir is a PM again, Taib a governor of Sarawak, Latheefa a MACC Comissioner and Mukriz, MB of Kedah.
They are doing well in their lives.
Malaysiakini : Legal advisor to the Sarawak government Fong Joo Chung has
accused Mukhriz Mahathir of obtaining a logging contract from Sarawak
Chief Minister Taib Mahmud in 1994 when his father Dr Mahathir Mohamad
was serving his first tenure as prime minister.
This was raised by Fong when addressing allegations of a conspiracy to defraud made against him by London-based website Sarawak Report. On July 27, Sarawak Report
published an article citing court documents which allegedly implicated
Fong and current Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Awang Tengah in the
matter. The pair were alleged to have conspired against one Tan
Yak Soon, who was previously the owner of Tanjung Tiara Sdn Bhd - the
company which won a 1,000-hectare logging contract.
Tan, according to Sarawak Report, successfully obtained an
award of RM285 million from his fellow Tanjung Tiara business partner Ha
Tiung Noon, who allegedly turned to Awang Tengah and Fong for
assistance. According to Fong, who never named Mukhriz and instead referred to him as a "well known West Malaysian politician", said Sarawak Report should have been "transparent enough" to name the politician.
In response, Sarawak Report, in an article yesterday, said it never intentionally omitted Mukhriz' name. "At the time of the publication of our original article, Sarawak Report
was not in fact aware of the existence of such a letter nor were we
aware that at the time of the granting of the original lease for the
disputed plantation, Mukhriz was the chairperson and co-shareholder of
the company, together with the present plaintiff seeking payment," said
the website.
