Dili Force

when i started dis blog, i said dat certain parts would b devoted 2 religion n current affairs..e faith part has been addressed sufficientli regular but i've neglected e current affairs portion a bit since comin 2 Australia..

e recent armed intervention of Australian troops in Timor-Leste jolted mi out of my quiet reverie (i checked guys n its not revellie as e semi-educated n semi-idiot SAF CSMs call it; but reverie)..

of course, any country bein called 2 intervene in another's troubles will tend towards a high-n-mighty attitude..we dun hav such problems so we can send troops 2 help u poor losers..n of course pictures of M113s n Australian soldiers carryin Belgian Fabrique Nationale General Purpose Machine Guns n Austrian Steyr-Aug Commando Carbines is great political capital for e John Howard government..we r e great peace-makers n we r e great defenders of civilisation..

havin served in e armed forces before, i say dis not 2 e discredit of the soldiers on e ground doin e hard, hazardous n thankless work, but 2 e shame of their political task-masters who milk them for every ounce of political advantage possible..i applaud those who serve in e brotherhood of soldierin anywhere..but boo the armchair generals n Cabinet of skeletons in power..

i wonder when Singapore will send her troops in..mayb e PECG (Peace-Keepin Engineer Construction Group) for re-construction purposes..or medical teams..milkin soldiers for political capital i despise..but issuin political statements thru e labour n sweat of soldiery is somethin noble..the Timorese n Australians must b told.."where is Singapore? n where is Timor-Leste? Yet y are they here n helpin pple n how do they do it?"

What a sight! RSS Intrepid n Enterprise sailin in2 e harbour of Timor-Leste 1 warm evenin..e Singaporeans hav arrived....