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."
Azmin Ali's Political Aids Emerge As Concession Holders In Forest Quarry Scandal -EXCLUSIVE
Sunday, October 09, 2022
Sarawak Report : Disturbing facts have started to emerge as campaigners against the
planned destruction of much of the remaining area of Bukit Lagong Forest
Reserve in Selangor today took their concerns to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
After a moratorium had been passed on the relentless destruction of
the region’s natural forests by the then new PKR state government in
2010, it was acknowledged in a statement at the end of last month that
in the period 2018 and 2019 a total of 19 quarrying areas with an area
of 800.50 hectares were approved in the Bukit Lagong Forest Reserve,
on the grounds that they would provide materials for a new stadium and
other projects in Selangor and the Klang Valley.
These concessions had not been publicised nor tendered, say
protestors, who have found out about them only after logging destruction
had begun. There are also complaints that the due consultation
necessary with the local Orang Asli inhabitants of the area has not
taken place, which is all in total contravention of the proclaimed
values of the reforming, transparency and open tender platforms espoused
by the PKR party in government.
Indeed, the view is that the handing out of no less than 19 ‘Small
License’ concessions in such a manner, in several cases with more than
one plot going to the same consortium, is a blatant attempt to get round
the government’s own 25 Year Moratorium Policy preventing any logging
activity in Forest Reserves from 2010 to 2035.