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."
Baru Bian: Sarawak must take Putrajaya to court to challenge constitutionality of three Acts related to state boundaries
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Baru Bian
Malay Mail : KUCHING, May 20 ā BaāKelalan State Assemblyman Baru Bian today urged the state government to take the federal government to court on the constitutionality of the three Acts of Parliament that touch the stateās boundaries.
He said the state government has the legal standing to take the federal government to court on the constitutionality of the three Federal Laws.
āIf the boundaries of Sarawak as extended by the 1954 Order in Council is non-negotiable as stated by the deputy minister, then it is incumbent upon this GPS government to take up a case in the High Court to challenge the constitutionality of the Petroleum Development Act 1974, Continental Shelf Act 1966 and Territorial Sea Act 2012, ā he said during the debate on the opening address of the State Assembly by the Governor Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud.
He believed that taking the federal government to court is a mandatory step to take, failing which, the implementation of the Land Code (Amendment) Bill 2022 would be restricted and so will the stateās rights and sovereignty over all petroleum and natural resources within the 200 nautical mile boundaries following the Continental Shelf of Sarawak.
