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."
Bersatu: Motion to oust 4 Penang PN reps should not apply to us
Monday, March 06, 2023
Razali Idris
Malaysiakini : The motion in the Penang state legislative assembly to vacate the
seats of four Perikatan Nasional representatives should not apply to
Bersatu assemblypersons as they did not jump parties, a party leader has
said.
According to Bersatu information chief Senator Razali
Idris, the representatives were elected in the 2018 general election as
part of Bersatu and remain in the party to date.
"The Penang
legislative assembly under Pakatan Harapan-BN will only abuse its
majority power to remove legally elected assemblypersons, without a
valid reason, as they want to weaken Bersatu before the upcoming state
Penang state election," he said in a statement today.
Razali (above)
was responding to the statement by Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow
that the state legislative assembly would table the motion to vacate the
seats of four PN representatives, namely Afif Bahardin (Seberang Jaya),
Zulkifli Ibrahim (Sungai Acheh), Khaliq Mehtab Mohd Ishaq (Bertam), and
Zolkifly Md Lazim (Telok Bahang), today.
Penang state legislative assembly
Chow said this following a Federal Court ruling that Article 14A in
the Penang constitution against party-hopping passed in 2012 is valid
and consistent with the Federal Constitution.
The four won their
seats on a Pakatan Harapan ticket in the 14th general election in May
2018. Their status as assemblypersons is now in dispute after the four
left Harapan.
Regardless, Afif said that the four representatives who failed to stop the tabling of the motion to vacate their seats will still attend the state legislative assembly sitting today.
The
four include two former PKR assemblypersons, whom Razali claimed were
removed from the party as PKR president Anwar Ibrahim "did not like
them".
Razali noted that Bersatu had voted in favour of the
anti-hopping law, and does not believe in robbing the people of their
right to vote for the representative of their choice.
