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."
Malaysiakini : “But he that sows lies in the end shall not lack of a harvest, and
soon he may rest from toil indeed, while others reap and sow in his
stead.”
- JRR Tolkien, The Silmarillion
COMMENT
| For the record, former prime minister and convicted felon Najib Abdul
Razak as a rich person is entitled to the best defence money can buy.
I
am just not seeing that in public statements by Zaid Ibrahim. The
lawyer's public exoneration of Najib is filled with illogical talking
points.
For instance, when Zaid said,
“Now, I am convinced Najib was lied to. Not only by Jho Low but also by
his officers. He was misled by his officers in 1MDB and lied to by
Goldman Sachs and Aabar Investments in Abu Dhabi.”
All right, so the prime minister of Malaysia, was lied to by a dodgy young educated charlatan, his own people and foreigners?
In
other words, Zaid would have us believe that despite sworn testimony to
the contrary, Najib was so gullible, not to mention, accessible, that a
cadre of con artists took him for a wild ride and stole all our money.
And
then there is this - “So the loss of billions of ringgit, in my
opinion, was not because of Najib’s fault or in other words, he was not
the one who planned it.”
