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."
Judge decides Zahid’s trial must continue without delay; prosecution accuses defence of late ‘ambush’
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Guess his goose is cooked this time!!
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (centre) arrives at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on June 28, 2022.
The Malay Mail : KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — The High Court today decided that Datuk Seri
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s trial must go on as scheduled to preserve the
precious few remaining hearing dates, rejecting the Umno president’s
attempt to delay proceedings pending a related matter.
Today is the eighth day that Ahmad Zahid has been testifying on the witness stand. At
the end of Ahmad Zahid’s testimony this afternoon, his lead defence
lawyer Hisyam Teh Poh Teik requested for the trial to be temporarily
paused until the High Court hears an application related to this case on
July 7 or next Thursday.
This trial has already been scheduled to run on from this Monday to this Thursday, as well as next Monday to next Thursday. High Court judge Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah then said that this trial has to continue on.
Previously on February 18, Ahmad Zahid had applied to get the
statements that anti-corruption investigators had recorded from 18
witnesses in his case, in order to prepare his defence in this trial. The
High Court on May 9 rejected Ahmad Zahid’s bid for the witnesses’
statements and he had on May 10 appealed to the Court of Appeal to
obtain the statements of just 11 of the witnesses. The appeal has yet to
be heard.
Ahmad Zahid’s lawyers had on June 23 applied for the
High Court to stay or pause his trial, until the Court of Appeal decides
on his appeal to get the witnesses’ statements. The High Court
yesterday scheduled July 7 as the hearing date for this stay application.