Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen 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 soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt 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."
Was LCS project planned to help pay off bad debts, Harapan duo ask Najib
Friday, August 12, 2022
Malaysiakini : Former defence minister Mohamad Sabu and his then deputy Liew Chin
Tong questioned whether former premier Najib Abdul Razakās plan from the
beginning for the littoral combat ships (LCS) project was to help pay
off the bad debts from the failed new generation patrol vessel (NGPV)
project.
This comes after Najib attempted to link former prime
minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad to Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS)
being forced to use part of the funding for the LCS to pay off NGPVās bad debts. āIn 2011, Najib as the sixth prime minister (PM6) approved the procurement of six LCS and awarded the contract to BNS.
āDid PM6 start the LCS project through direct negotiations with the aim of paying off NGPVās bad debt? āNajibās answer to this question will help us all understand the
problems of the LCS project,ā Mohamad and Liew said in a statement
today.
Over RM6 billion of the ceiling RM9 billion LCS project
allocation had been paid to BNS by the Malaysian government. Of the RM6
billion, a total of RM745 million was used for the ābailoutā of the NGPV
project, they said.
Former prime ministers Najib Abdul Razak and Dr Mahathir Mohamad
They
claim using the funds in this manner is a criminal breach of trust that
is considered a crime under Section 409 of the Penal Code.
āThis RM9.128 billion is to make the LCS project a success, not to ābailoutā NGPV project. āBasically, what has been done here was to cover the losses of the old agreement that failed with a new agreement,ā they said.
āIf
we follow Najibās logic (that) NGPVās bad debts were the responsibility
of the fourth prime minister (Mahathir), then all of the LCS problems
are the responsibility of the sixth prime minister because all the
decisions regarding LCS happened while Najib was the prime minister from
2009 to 2018,ā they added.