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."
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly – From DAP’s Sacrifice To Zafrul’s Shameless Royal Lobbying For Finance Minister
Monday, December 05, 2022
Finance Twitter : Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was scheduled to unveil his highly anticipated cabinet
at 5pm on Friday (Dec 2). Media have been well prepared for the press
conference. The PM, having met the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) for
nearly an hour in the morning, had arrived at the administrative capital
of Putrajaya – Perdana Putra – around 4.30pm, suggesting everything was
in order.
Had there been complication or disagreement over the cabinet
candidates, Anwar would not have had gone to meet Sultan of Perak and
his supporters in Tambun that day, where he received a rock star’s
welcome. Something must have gone terribly wrong when the cabinet
line-up announcement was postponedto 8:15pm. As suspected, something indeed went wrong.
The biggest surprise, as it turned out, was not the announcement of
Barisan Nasional chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as one of two deputy prime
ministers. His appointment, despite criticisms from activists, idealists
and provocateurs, was a done deal after he easily
quelled internal rebellion that could otherwise see religious extremist
Perikatan Nasional forming the government instead.
The jaw-dropping announcement was the appointment of Tengku Zafrul
Abdul Aziz as the Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI).
Exactly how could PM Anwar appoint him, the same clueless and incompetent
former finance minister who had served previously backdoor Prime
Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Ismail Sabri? Has Anwar Ibrahim gone mad?
Hours before the cabinet announcement, the rumour mill was churning about the return of Zafrul asFinance Ministeragain.
Apparently, the underperforming former minister had lobbied –
shamelessly – for the powerful portfolio using his royal connection.
Even though he is the Selangor Barisan Nasional treasurer, not even
Zahid wanted him to be part of the unity government.
Born with a silver spoon, Zafrul, thanks to his
marriage to the great granddaughter to the fifth Sultan of Selangor,
managed to climb up the corporate ladder largely due to his royal title
“Tengku”. He was the chief executive of Malaysian banking group CIMB
before handpicked and promoted by Muhyiddin as the Minister of Finance
in March 2020 after a political coup.
But Zafrul is also infamous for being the superstar singer in a music video
for Najib’s 2018 Election Campaign. Instead of running the bank, Zafrul
was one of 53 Chief Executives of GLCs (government-linked companies)
who had shamelessly sung songs of praise for former PM Najib Razak, the crook who had misappropriated at least US$4.5 billion from 1MDB sovereign funds.
