Malaysian jokers. There is absolutely no compelling need for NS
for them. Why copy Singapore? Singapore has NS not because it has a
choice, but because its professional army is simply not sufficient
in manpower. Isreal and Taiwan case is that they each face a very
dire threat. Their reasons of fostering social cohesion and
instilling greater responsibility in their boys really tickle me.
HUH?!? just because of these reasons you force them to do NS???
Come on, these things can be better done by reviewing their
education system. Like the reasons why the chinese DONT WANT to
send their children to national schools.
Having a reservist army is not a neglible financial undertaking.
Consider their lower defense budget, and their larger number of
boys a year. Lots of money will have to be spent yearly to sustain
and train their NSFs to be a viable fighting force. Its not the
size of the army, but the quality of the army that matters. This is
the golden lesson China learnt from the Gulf War, and the reason
why they have substantially reduced their force size. What Malaysia
is doing will just result in a boys camp with a little gun
handling, which will in the end produce *ahem* half-f*** 'soldiers'
which are 'for show'.
End result? More resources is diverted from their real fighting
force, and the end result is a lower capability armed force. If
they can implement it, a BIG if, I believe it won't be implemented
for long. Just another case of ill planned policies characteristic
of Malaysai. Might as well seat back and laugh at them for wasting
their resources.
