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."
Govt to pay 1MDB interest payments of RM1.57b for 2022 - For the sins of UMNO and the Ketuanan types
Tuesday, August 02, 2022
Malaysiakini : PARLIAMENT | The government is set to pay RM1.57 billion in interest for 1MDB debts for the year 2022.
According to the Finance Ministry, this is with an estimated foreign exchange rate of US$1 to RM4.50.
It
said this in a parliamentary response to Pang Hok Liong (Pakatan
Harapan-Labis) who had asked the ministry about the monthly interest
payments the government needed to pay the 1MDB debt. “The interest payments are made twice a year according to a set schedule,” it said in their response.
It was previously reported that as of June 30, the remaining debt commitment of 1MDB is RM32.08 billion.
Finance
Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz had said that the government, between
April 2017 and May 2022, channelled financial assistance in the form of
loans or advances totalling RM10.85 billion via the Finance Ministry
and Minister of Finance Incorporated (MoF Inc) to pay off 1MDB’s debt
commitments and interest.
Zafrul said that as of June 30, 1MDB’s
total funds recovered amounted to RM19.28 billion in various foreign
currencies, including the US dollar, Singapore dollar and Australian
dollar.
