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."
T'ganu sultanah denies involvement in 1MDB predecessor - Hidir Reduan Abdul Rashid
Monday, August 01, 2022
Malaysiakini : Terengganu Sultanah Nur Zahirah rubbished allegations of using her
influence to establish the Terengganu Investment Authority(TIA), the
predecessor of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
During today’s
first day of court hearing of her civil action against the defendant
and Sarawak Report founder Clare Rewcastle-Brown (above, right),
the plaintiff contended that the book ‘The Sarawak Report - The inside
story of 1MDB’ falsely painted her as having the ability to exercise
influence in TIA’s formation in 2009.
The royal family member
claimed that the book authored by Rewcastle-Brown falsely claimed that
the plaintiff helped businessperson Low Taek Jho, popularly known as Jho
Low, to obtain a role as adviser to TIA.
“The statement (from the
book) also showed as if I have used my position as well as role to
influence and form TIA and permitted the establishment of the sovereign
wealth fund. I emphasise here that I not only did not have a role,
influence, or involved myself in the formation of TIA, in fact, I do not
have knowledge at all in relation to it.
“The statement also portrayed as if I was involved, which I vehemently
deny here, in practices which are illegal, lacking integrity, and
immoral, including corrupt practices and as if I had a close
relationship with the individual named Jho Low, an individual that is
not only suspected and pictured through his reputation as well as media
reports as a ‘playboy’, lacks character, is involved in promiscuity and
is immoral in society’s view in the country. In fact, he is a person who
is wanted by the authorities.
