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."
The Last Station Ends Here – How Najib Top Lawyers Trapped And Outsmarted By First Woman Chief Justice
Saturday, August 20, 2022
Finance Twitter : Since the 1988 Malaysia Constitutional Crisis (also known as the 1988 Judicial Crisis), which ended with the suspension and the eventual removal of Lord President of the Supreme Court Salleh Abas, the country’s judiciary system has become UMNO playground. Mahathir Mohamad, the prime minister who destroyed the system, then ruled with iron-fist without any check and balance.
Ironically, the same man who had demolished not only the Judicial independence, but also practised dictatorial-style leadership and gerrymandering and misused institutional tools to manipulate an electoral process to stay in power for 22 years (from 1981 to 2003), had to go back to the broken system to repair it after the May 2018 General Election.
After defeating his former United Malays National Organization (UMNO) in 2018, Mahathir became prime minister for the second time under Pakatan Harapan government. Make no mistake. Mahathir had to revive the system not because he regretted what he did in 1988, but rather, he needed to clean certain part of the corrupted system to send protégé-turned-nemesis Najib Razak to prison.
Arguably, the two most important decisions made by the Pakatan Harapan government were the appointment of Tommy Thomas as the Attorney General and Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat as the country’s first woman Chief Justice. Thomas was responsible for prosecuting Najib Razak while Maimun is now leading a five-member bench that hears the former premier’s final appeal.
But A.G. and Chief Justice were not the only strategic appointments made during the Pakatan government. There’s a reason why High Court Judge Nazlan Mohd Ghazali was entrusted to hear the trial of Najib’s corruption from the beginning. If the High Court judge is corrupted, Najib’s prosecution will be screwed and there’s very little the Court of Appeal or Federal Court could do.
