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."
$7 Billion Chip Dream Shattered! CCP Lifted a Stone Only to Drop It on Its Own Foot & Banned Itself
Monday, June 05, 2023
The G7 Leaders' Summit concluded in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 21. Drawing significant attention from the global community, the summit, for the first time, had economic security as its main focus. During the preceding meetings of G7 finance and foreign ministers, key discussions centered around reorganizing supply chains and addressing economic coercion, perceived as directed towards the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The subsequent series of actions taken by various parties have reignited the already long-standing U.S.-China technology war. The focus of this war has once again intensified around high-end chips.
Japan's move was part of a classified semiconductor agreement reached in Washington on January 27 between the US, Japan, and the Netherlands, aiming to expand semiconductor export control measures against the CCP.
In addition to the ‘classified agreement' reached with Japan and the Netherlands, the United States also proposed in March last year the Chip4 alliance including the US, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. On August 8 of last year, South Korea agreed to participate in preliminary discussions, marking the official formation of the chip4 alliance.
The external community believes that the underlying intention of chip4 is to leverage the alliance to exclude Mainland China from the global semiconductor supply chain.
