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."
Batu Puteh task force cites Dr M's possible 'negligence'
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Malaysiakini : UPDATED 6.04PM | Former prime minister Dr Mahathir
Mohamad has come under the crosshairs of the Special Task Force to
review laws relating to sovereignty over Batu Puteh.
In its report
to the cabinet, the task force said Mahathir was possibly negligent by
failing to file an appeal against the International Court of Justice
(ICJ) decision on Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge in 2008.
The task force found that Mahathir had "missed the opportunity" to file the appeal.
This was revealed by Caretaker Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob in a statement today.
Ismail Sabri said the cabinet has decided to continue pursuing the
matter at the ICJ and will take "appropriate measures" to defend the
country's sovereignty.
The cabinet was briefed on the report on Oct 7 - three days before Parliament was dissolved.
The
task force was set up by the cabinet in October last year. Its mandate
is to seek the views of international experts on the request to review
the ICJ decision.
Knucklehead : All these 'possible' opinions will come out before General Election to fish for votes, to run down the opposition.
I am no fan of Tun M and I really hope he falls real hard this time around.
But to put a possible 'negligence' charge on him is sheer stupidity!
But then again, its Ismail Sabri talking here, what do you expect?
BTW. The international case was in English, how could he understand?
apanama is back : Hahahahahahahaha...attack the opposition.
After Mahathir, who? Tommy Thomas? Why let him go?
All these task force reports are hoax and cooked up reports. Really disgrace and insulting our intelligence.
"Ismail Sabri said the cabinet has decided to continue pursuing the matter at the ICJ ....."
Ismail Sabri, if I am not mistaken, the appeal period could be over. Case closed!
Look likes "lebih bodoh daripada bodoh"!
Krabian : But UMNO Rais Yatim claimed the outcome was a win-win solution for Malaysia? So it was another UMNO "syok sendiri" rubbish then.
Gerard Lourdesamy : So what? The review jurisdiction of the ICJ is almost never invoked. The so-called new evidence was objected to by Singapore and was not conclusive. It begs the question why the BN government under the then AG Ghani Patail failed to obtain and present this evidence to the ICJ during the hearing of the case.
The final nail in the coffin of BN propaganda on this issue is why did successive Alliance/BN governments since 1957 failed to exercise sovereignty over Pulau Batu Puteh/Pedra Branca despite helming the federal and Johore state governments?
Mohd Apandi Ali as the chair of this task force itself is an affront to the rules of natural justice because of his previous involvement as the AG in the review application to the ICJ and his sacking as AG by the PH government in 2018. How could he possibly be an unbiased and disinterested party?
