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."
COMMENT | Najib, do the crime, do the time By R NADESWARAN
Saturday, August 20, 2022
Malaysiakini : Liberty is not an exclusive right of a selected few like you. They
are universal, and the right to do as an individual pleases without
breaking the law forms the basis.
You talk about liberty, and sufficient to say, you are afraid – real afraid – of losing it.
Liberty to tell the truth
How
then would you describe the predicament of an actor and activist who
was pulled up for releasing yellow balloons at a shopping mall in Kuala
Lumpur seven years ago?
Bilqis Hijjas was arrested, taken to the
police station and later charged with “insulting behaviour” by dropping
yellow balloons at an event attended by you and your wife.
The words “free media,” “democracy,” and “justice” were written on the balloons. No one talked about her rights and liberty.
Bilqis Hijjas
What liberty are you talking about when your government suspended The Edge and detained its editor for just publishing the truth about the financial scandals brought about by 1MDB?
Did
you care about the liberty of journalists to write the truth? Did
anyone talk about liberty when editors and writers were shackled?
Najib, journalists need liberty too – to tell the truth and expose
the many shenanigans which happened under your watch and those
continuing to happen.
What can you say to Mathias Chang and
Khairuddin Abu Hassan who were detained under the Security Offences
(Special Measures) Act 2012, or Sosma with sabotaging the country’s
banking and financial services?
They were charged under Section
124(L) for actions deemed detrimental to the country’s banking and
financial services. What did they do? Lodging of reports about possible
corrupt practices with law enforcement agencies in five foreign
countries - France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Hong Kong and
Singapore.
How was this intended to be a conspiracy to cause harm to the banking and financial system of Malaysia?
Yes,
Najib. It all happened under your watch as you put in every effort to
pretend that the troubles of 1MDB never existed and your coterie of
ministers, sycophants and cronies sang the same song.
Khairuddin Abu Hassan and Mathias Chang
Liberty is for all
You
will, of course, remember Australian journalist Mary Ann Jolley. You
famously attempted to walk away from an interview. This was in 2018,
after you were no longer the prime minister.
But in 2015, she was
deported from Malaysia following her investigation into the 1MDB
corruption scandal. The Home Ministry deemed her activity as having a
“potential negative effect on the image of Malaysia”.
There were
scores of other unpalatable incidents involving yourself directly and
indirectly by using the systems in the government as your personal
tools.
Remember how you ordered the sacking of the former
attorney-general? The man did not even have time to pack his personal
belongings before being marched out.
Mary Ann Joley interviewing Najib in 2018, where he later attempted to walk away
Do you remember how the MACC was crippled by replacing top officers and replacing them with people who would dance to your tune?
What
about their liberty – to carry out their responsibility without
hindrance? Did you ever think of their liberty before you ordered the
axe to fall on them?
No, Najib. Liberty is for all but not for you.
You
have forfeited it through your injudicious use of taxpayers’ money as
if it was yours - accrued over the years as a result of your hard work.
The credit card bills, the jewellery, the renovations et al
were made at the people’s expense, and there’s a price to pay for such
indiscretions. These are not mere allegations but have been proven in
court.
The High Court found you guilty, and the Court of Appeal
affirmed that decision. Is it the Federal Court’s fault that you changed
horses in midstream and asked for the hearing to be deferred?
I take courage and pride as a law-abiding Malaysian in saying: “Do the crime, do the time.”
