March 5, 2013
Lahad Datu: This is War, Real War, Get It
Free Malaysia Today Editorial
Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein (left) cut a contemptible figure against a background of a mini "war" which erupted upon a "battlefield" of Lahad Datu. When a sharpened started in in between a "invaders" as well as Malaysian confidence forces, Hishammuddin made a dope of himself when he remarked which not a single shot was dismissed in a tense standoff. A firefight has damaged out as well as there were already casualties as well as yet a Minister was in blithe ignorance.
Hishammuddin was a male in assign of a Lahad Datu quarrel theatre as well as should have remained upon a belligerent from day a single to get present margin reports about a gunfight. He unsuccessful to do which as well as a nation was kept in a dim at a conflict of violence.
For a few hours pieces as well as pieces of headlines reached a outward universe as well as we read of ascent casualties upon both sides. There were even reports which a "invaders" have called for reinforcements. It appeared which a confidence forces were in for a bashing.
Two Malaysian Police commandos fell at a hands of enemy snipers in a first exchange of gunfire as well as twelve terrorists were gunned down. Some transient to a seas (have a submarine sunk?) though a rest have been still holed up in a village. They have been digging in for a prolonged fight.
Now Hishammuddin has gone down to a belligerent as well as has issued an ultimatum to a militants to surrender or face "drastic action". Perhaps he has drastically changed his stand as well as realises which Malaysia is ! dealing not with tourists though genuine terrorists as well as invaders.
While Hishammuddin was twiddling his thumbs for weeks trying to figure 
out who have been these not asked "visitors", his cousin, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak (right) was busily fighting his domestic quarrel against a Opposition as well as did not bother to issue a open matter about a conflict upon a government as well as territorial integrity. He did not take a first flight out to Lahad Datu to consider a situation.
The whole nation was nonplussed over this prolonged silence from a male who should have taken assign of a situation from a outset. He eventually spoke out about fortifying a government of a nation upon a day a fatal shots rang out. It sounded rsther than hollow.
Everyone has been articulate loudly upon a need for wilful action to exude a invaders though not Najib. Hishammuddin contingency have whispered into Najib's ears which those intruders have been actually good people who contingency be treated with child gloves. Cousin, give me some-more time, nothing to worry. Now, Najib is making shrill noises as well as even suspects which a Opposition has a hand in this diabolical tract (same aged diversionary tactic).
Spinning out of control
When a government of a nation is threatened, a male who should take centre theatre other than a Prime Minister is a Defence Minister. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (left) should be in a thick of action though this Defence Minister was personification a bit role. Was he peeved which a armed forces was reportedly sidelined? Is there a "turf war" in in between his method as well as a Home Ministry?
Zahid was read! y to cal l out a armed forces to crush civilian protests, though did not pierce heaven as well as earth to chase a genuine enemies in a home.
The invaders have been pronounced to be descendants of a Sulu sultanate, who have been fighting to reclaim Sabah. That gives it an general essence since a Philippines has prolonged laid explain upon a state as well as it had been a thorn in a side for many decades. The Malaysian Foreign Ministry should have come into a picture to find out from Manila either it is still posterior a claim. If a Philippines has not forsaken a claim, afterwards a armed forces of a Sulu sultanate will continue to bug us.
But Foreign Minister Anifah Aman (right) is reportedly in a dim over a Lahad
Datu flare-up. Hishammuddin, Hamidi as well as Anifah should be pass players though a contingent were never seen together co-ordinating a joint reply to a single of a gravest threats a nation is facing.
When a nation is "invaded" all a domestic masters as well as all a heads of a 3 branches of a Malaysian Armed Forces a Royal Malaysian Navy, a Malaysian Army as well as a Royal Malaysian Air Force should step out upon a podium as well as reveal to a nation their quarrel plan. But a theatre was empty as well as dim most of a time.
All Malaysians have a stake in a confidence of a country. People want to know what a government is doing to repel unfamiliar invaders. The prime minister as well as his ministers contingency reassure a open which a nation they call their home is safe as well as sound.
When Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim (left) floated a idea o! f conven ing a special sitting of Parliament to plead a Lahad Datu crisis, Najib should set aside domestic differences as well as adopt a common stand. But he is unlikely to come down a notch for fright Anwar may get a credit, generally when a inhabitant polls is getting nearer.
Now a situation is spinning out of control. The invaders meant business when they vowed to quarrel to a death. Casualties have been mounting, with some-more policemen killed. Unconfirmed reports have additionally emerged which some-more militants have been nearing upon a shores. The terrorists have thrown down a steel plating as well as a Malaysian Armed Forces can do no less than to pick it up as well as face them head-on. This is no phoney war. This is genuine war.
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