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."
Defamation suit: DAP unreservedly apologises to ex-Malacca CM By Hidir Reduan Abdul Rashid
Monday, December 05, 2022
Malaysiakini : DAP and the party’s former assistant secretary-general Khoo Poay
Tiong have unreservedly apologised to former Malacca chief minister
Rahim Thamby Chik to settle a defamation suit.
Kuala Lumpur High
Court judicial commissioner John Lee Kien How @ Mohd Johan Lee recorded
the consent judgment for the settlement of Rahim’s (above) civil action.
When
met after open-court proceedings this morning, Rahim’s counsel Firoz
Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin confirmed the outcome of the matter. Lawyer
Ramkarpal Singh appeared for Khoo and DAP.
According to copies of
the consent judgment, both Khoo and DAP accepted that the allegations
contained in several articles are “baseless and untrue”, expressing
regret over the publication.
Khoo and the party “unreservedly apologise” and that they have
removed the articles as well as undertake not to publish the articles or
any further similar allegations.
Rahim in return undertook to withdraw the civil suit against Khoo and DAP with no liberty to file afresh.
As part of the consent judgment, plaintiff Rahim was also awarded RM180,000 in costs.
Malacca DAP vice-chairperson Khoo Poay Tiong
On Sept 17, 2020, Rahim filed a suit against Khoo and the party for allegedly defaming him in articles that linked him to various scandals.
