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."
‘Boomerang’ of corruption has come to haunt PN By P Ramasamy
Saturday, March 11, 2023
Malaysiakini : The MACC has cast its net wide, others in Perikatan Nasional might be
charged and arrested, including the “never do wrong”, and
“sanctimonious” PAS leaders.
The “green wave” propelled by the PN
coalition in the last general election was predicated on the use of the
corruption weapon against the Umno leadership.
This “boomerang” was the principal reason that Umno lost Malay support, especially in the north and east of the country.
As
the state elections are fast approaching, the PN leadership are so sure
that such a weapon could be used in these elections to make further
inroads in the Malay heartland.But the unexpected happened. History is full of turns and twists - something that the PN coalition did not anticipate.
Even if there were allegations floated about PN leaders, there was no concrete proof that they had indeed indulged in the nefarious acts of corruption.
They just thought that the unity government was just going for a big bluff without evidence.
But then, the government of Anwar Ibrahim, despite its oscillations on some matters, was dead serious about stopping corruption in its tracks.
It was just a matter of time before the MACC was emboldened to swing into action to make their arrests.
Muhyiddin’s arrest
The third arrest was the biggest, it was none other than the netting of Muhyiddin who was charged and let out on RM2 million bail.
Muhyiddin and his ardent supporters can claim that they are being punished by Anwar’s government for political reasons.
Evidence might be there.
In the name of assisting bumiputera
businesspersons to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, millions if not
billions were channelled to bumiputera companies.
Whether or not they were the actual beneficiaries remains to be seen.
But
however, millions if not billions of taxpayers’ money was siphoned off
through the middle persons to politicians in Bersatu.
These illicit funds were heavily used in the last general election to gain political support for Bersatu and PAS.
Despite
the use of corruption money to buy political support by PN, the leaders
had the temerity to accuse Umno leaders of corruption.
It was on the matter of corruption and the bad publicity provided by the PN that robbed Umno of its crucial Malay support.
What was thrown at Umno, the “boomerang”, has now come in a full circle to hit and haunt the PN leaders.
Muhyiddin,
after being charged, said the recent arrests will only further embolden
the PN leaders to go for the political kill, meaning that whatever
Malay support the present government has will vanish in thin air.
I think that the “green wave” has been checkmated to some extent by the arrests of Bersatu leaders.
It is still there.
Anwar
might be described as a populist prime minister without an effective
political strategy, but in the nabbing of some of the Bersatu leaders,
he has demonstrated effectiveness to show that he means business.
Anwar
might have demonstrated that only when the top leadership is clean,
then only it is possible to move effectively against the scourge of
corruption.