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."
Tall tales that were told to cover up 1MDB scandal By R Nadeswaran
Monday, September 12, 2022
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | Judges make their decisions on the facts before them – nothing else.
No one can influence them and attempts to do so have been summarily dismissed most of the time. Accusations
will be made and attempts will continue to be made by some parties with
vested interests to insinuate that judges were biased, especially if
the verdict does not go the way they wanted.
This writer will
always err on the side of caution and will be especially careful rather
than taking a risk or making a mistake and inviting summonses for
contemptuous conduct because I am addressing an issue on a case which
has been decided and others which are in progress.
I have no interest in influencing the judges but am more interested
in informing the masses of the many issues which have surfaced since
trials started on financial misconduct on the part of former leaders.
Stored
in the archives, there are scores of documents in the form of news
reports, commentaries and official reports which weaved a tapestry of
lies on the 1MDB scandal.
Some were bare-faced denials, others were unsubstantiated claims and a few invoked the name of the Almighty. But
none could prevent the truth – an avalanche of it when things were
unravelled by investigators and adduced as evidence in court.
