It started almost a month ago , on the 12th. of February. The end is in sight, hopefully. The PM had arrived , finally.
I received some disturbing pictures of our slain uniformed men - with gory beheading and horrifying head and facial injuries. I'm reminded about what barbaric acts men can do to each other in the name of their chosen cause, lost, stupid or insane. I hope the PM remembers these pictures when deciding about what to do at the end the conflict.
I'm no general, of the armchair variety, or any variety. But I'm entitled to my opinion. I've said something in an earlier posting, and I'm adding to that here.
The lives of our security forces have been lost. How many now ? No updated figures have been clearly mentioned. The tv news have come from the news slot. What happened to the "breaking news" style so effective when the western media updated the world on the Japanese tsunami, for example. Is it because of a news blackout so the terrorists' won't know our forces' plans ? The public has the right to know the latest situation on such a grave matter. The terrorists could hardly be watching tv !
Can we get either one of the police or army head to speak up and not get in each other's way, and please refer to some notes to get rid of the "um, er, apa nama" etc. And you keep forgetting "Batu" from "Tanjung Batu" like it's a Latin word or something. These two buggers don't look very convincing. Maybe it's the way they put on the berets. They use "rojak" language, are not precise with the facts, and look in need of some p.r. savvy. This is very deadly serious business, do some very deadly serious news work here.
Being wise after the event, could our people's lives have been spared? Who did the first assessment of the situation when the armed intrusion was first discovered ? The east coast of Sabah has been a porous border since the very beginning. Remember the Lahad Datu incident many years ago, when about 100 armed foreigners marched in town ? Didn't we learn something then, and maybe beef up our border patrol ?
Now the "Sultan" wants disengagement after butchering our people? For once the PM has got it right by saying "no way." Make every one of the captured terrorists pay for his crimes.
They are burning the PM's photos in Manila. For protecting his country from invadors ?
In the mean time, I still say that the Home Minister and the Defence Minister both must answer the hard questions or quit. Better still, quit anyway. That might be the cheapest first step towards improving both Ministries.
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