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 curse of being a Malaysian PM By Mariam Mokhtar
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Malaysiakini : COMMENT | What will it take for the
convicted felon, Najib Abdul Razak, to realise that once he has been
convicted of a crime, he must serve his time?
No one is above the
law and he should know that even former prime ministers of Malaysia are
not entitled to special treatment, especially one who has been charged,
tried, and sentenced in a court of law.
This is the trouble with
former prime ministers who like to imagine they are above the law, or
perhaps, that they can do no wrong.
Najib may be behind bars in
Kajang Prison, and yet, his name may as well be emblazoned in neon
lights. For the past few weeks, all we hear about is the “royal
addendum”, his “house arrest”, or his “full pardon”. Not just in the
media, both mainstream and online, but also on social media.
When
he keeps mentioning the royal addendum, he brings the royals into
disrepute because members of the rakyat will wonder why the royalty is
interfering in the judicial process.
Najib does not care if other
people’s reputations are tarnished because he has nothing to lose. All
he cares about is his freedom.
Istana Negara
He
wants us to doubt the meaning of a constitutional monarchy in which he
knows that the powers of the monarch are limited by the Federal
Constitution.
Koel : The Madani govt appears to be compounding the problem of corruption by bending laws, rules and principles. Worse, a 2-tiered system of justice, ie one for an elite felon and another for the common man, is fast emerging under this govt.
And their appointments are equally of the weak and cowardly variety - the types that will bend to executive will.
Sealthedeal : As usual an insightful piece.
Where else in the world would a convicted criminal of this magnitude be given special privilege of a sentence reduction in the middle of a major criminal trial for corruption?
UMNO'S influence comes with a price for the Royals. It drags them into the public domain for all the wrong reasons.
