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."
Hollow demands from Najib’s family for his freedom By R Nadeswaran
Sunday, June 11, 2023
Malaysiakini : What will Najib Abdul Razak be remembered for? He was already
described as “kleptocracy at its worst” by former US attorney-general
Jeff Sessions, and by The Economist as a “brazen kleptocrat”. At home, the Court of Appeal described him as a “national embarrassment”.
Yesterday, his wife, Rosmah Mansor
- a convicted felon herself - urged Umno members to continue with the
push for his release and hoped they will continue to appreciate Najib’s
struggles and contribution to the nation as prime minister.
Rosmah
urged Umno members to continue with the push for his release and hoped
they will continue to appreciate Najib’s struggles and contribution to
the nation as prime minister.
Najib Abdul Razak’s wife Rosmah Mansor
“I
hope my husband is brought out as soon as possible. I can now feel
party members appreciating my husband’s struggles,” she told reporters
in a rare appearance at the Umno general assembly.
Their daughter, Nooryana Najwa, had previously admitted feelings of
guilt while grocery shopping because her father cannot have his
favourite Starbucks caramel macchiato in prison.
What justice?
Joining
the fray at the assembly, Umno president and deputy prime minister
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi pledged that the party will continue to fight for
Najib’s release.
Zahid said Najib’s “spirit” remained with Umno although he was behind bars.
“We demand justice for Najib,” he said to chants of “Bossku” from the delegates.
What
justice, Mr DPM? Is he not paying the price for using money from SRC
International for expensive personal gifts and expenses? Was that money
not used to top up his bank account when he blew his credit cards?
Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Details
of Najib’s expenditure and transactions running into several million
ringgit were laid bare in court and he could put an explicable and
justifiable defence for the money he spent.
The evidence presented
before the court was more than sufficient for a conviction which was
affirmed by the Court of Appeal and two panels of the Federal Court.
Najib is currently serving a 12-year jail sentence after he was
convicted in the SRC International corruption case. His lawyers and
supporters claim he was not granted a fair trial.
The “fair trial”
theory is utter bunkum and has been demolished. Harping on it just
reflects the mentality of the people who are advancing it.
They
argue that his contributions to the country must be appreciated but they
must also remember the bad old days when the word “1MDB” could not be
published under Najib’s watch.
But more importantly, Najib committed the cardinal sin of using money which did not belong to him.
Where
were the people demanding justice when journalists were arrested and
media outlets closed and newspaper licences were suspended under his
watch just to prevent news on the 1MDB scandal from being published?
Where
were they when the dreaded Security Offences (Special Measures) Act
2012 (Sosma) was used to arrest and silence those who spoke out on 1MDB?
They do not remember the days Najib curtailed press freedom, targeting news portals covering the 1MDB scandal.
In 2014, The Malaysian Insider
was forced to close down after the Malaysian Communications and
Multimedia Commission (MCMC) blocked local access to its site. In 2015,
MCMC blocked two publishing/blogging platforms, Sarawak Report and Medium.
The licences of The Edge and The Edge Financial Daily were suspended. Police and MCMC officials also raided Malaysiakini’s
office and seized their property after it published an article about a
public prosecutor’s sudden transfer from a unit probing 1MDB
allegations.
Unforgivable crime
Najib was
and is no angel. As the 1MDB trial is ongoing, more will be revealed but
he has yet to express regret or an apology for the monstrous loss of
money which the taxpayers must continue paying.
Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak
He
committed an unforgivable crime - a crime against his state and the
nation’s people, and rightly, he has done the crime and he must do the
time.
The manner in which Zahid and his flock are proceeding and
campaigning to “free Najib” is a reminiscence of the past when Umno got
what it wanted.
It was par for the course in the past to use public money for private purposes which created a brood of rent-seekers.
Those
were treated as an entitlement that could never be questioned. From
some menteri besar to divisional warlords, they had long innings to
enrich themselves illegally or as rent seekers.
A few who tried changing their wayward traits were dumped by the roadside.
The
public outcry for a clean government resulted in changes taking place.
The government no longer has a place for them and the word “entitlement”
is no longer applicable.
If anyone tried something unacceptable,
the long arm of the law will get to them and the law will take its
course. The rule of law is firmly entrenched.
