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."
We need real probe into our cash-and-carry politicians By P Gunasegaram
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Ra1965 : The majority wants to maintain the status quo. Ketuanan and ummah is more important than anything else for them. Good Luck.
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | If indeed key ministers
and politicians are involved in receiving so-called political donations
in cash, as alleged in a corruption trial last Friday, it is perhaps the
clearest indication yet so far that corruption has permeated the top
ranks of politicians.
For this country to progress, it needs good
politicians who are honest, straight and incorruptible while being
competent. It has long been suspected that there have been substantial
inappropriate and illegal “donations”, but strong evidence emerging has
been hardly investigated.
These need to be taken seriously and
investigated. If this backdoor government, in any way, hinders such
investigations then it needs to be thrown out at the next polls where
hopefully a less corrupt government will take over and take Malaysia
forward again.
Among the most shocking revelations is in the
ongoing corruption trial of Umno president and former home minister and
deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. A key witness alleged that
major politicians, including former prime minister and Bersatu head
Muhyiddin Yassin, received payments from the same source in addition to
Zahid.
Muhyiddin was alleged
to have received RM1.3 million. Other prominent people said to have
received money, according to entries in a ledger and confirmed by a
former administrative manager of the company (Ultra Kirana Sdn Bhd, or
UKSB), included Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, who was alleged to
have received RM3.7 million.
Other prominent names in the UKSB
ledger include Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, then rural
development minister and Warisan head Shafie Apdal, then foreign
minister Anifah Aman and the then deputy foreign minister Reezal Merican
Naina Merican (now housing and local government minister). These names
were also mentioned in MACC’s forensic report.
Scandal widens
Zahid
is facing 33 charges of receiving bribes amounting to S$13.56 million
(RM42 million) from UKSB as an inducement for himself in his capacity as
a civil servant and the then home minister to extend the contract of
the company as the operator of the One-Stop Centre in China and the
Foreign Visa System (VLN) as well as to maintain the agreement to supply
VLN integrated system paraphernalia to the same company by the Home
Ministry.