Ops-Readiness Efficiency ?

RockefellerSkank SG

I will add in more as i go on. Please feel free to comment or disagree, but do not flame-bait or troll. I want to have a decent debate/argument here. And oh, if you have any valid points to add feel free to do so.

shinkansen SG

I agree with you. Sometime I think, what if a war or conflict break out in our homeland?

will we able to counter the enemy? Thought we have the latest weapon.

seancannot SG

i think TS has hit the nail on the head especially on the PR issue...but i do not c anything wrong with reservist system ...IDF are also mainly reserve force those reserve unit on the front line are relatively young and still fresh from NSF , lao chiao MR like me may be given PDF duty

wonderamazement SG

first point... quite true if you look at it at some angle.

dadeadman1337 SG

I personally feel i would not fight for the nation, what can be more impt than your life?

bloodsucker SG

I think when war actually breaks out, and people see the propaganda everywhere, they will be motivated to fight. To actually protect their home, family and whatnot. Too early to say. And depending on which country it is and how much we hate it, we might even be willing to give up our lives just for the cause.

oldbreadstinks SG

pretty much agree with what you've just said, i can't really name anything i really feel i would fight for if there's a war.

i can't even go out each day without getting swarmed by foreigners. and the PRs we have nowadays aren't the ones we grew up with. most people i know who are PRs don't want to stay here. they're here for stuff they want then going off ASAP.

I know some do say its unfair to singaporeans because we have to serve ns and they don't but its not an area i can indentify with so i never had strong resentments in that area. what i don't like is why am i sharing my country i like with someone who don't like it? it makes sense if you like it here, i don't mind you here if thats the case. but if i'm going to have to defend my country in a war and i know somewhere behind the frontlines i'm protecting some dipshit who hates my country it doesn't makes sense does it?

maggot SG

First point very real

Let the FT and new citizens defend themselves

RockefellerSkank SG

Hmm, the thread title got changed...Maybe it was politically incorrect. Anyway i got some more points to add.

Anyway, i dont belong to a minority race, but i feel we are a country for long enough for the politicians to not dodge the issue and come clean, rather than say they dont trust a minority machine gun commander to perform his duty when facing the enemy.

Man!x SG

You might have the right concepts, but the thinking is hard to imply on the military, an institution based mostly on tradition and regimentation. Its like trying to change course of a huge oil tanker, it will take time for changes.

I think the Goverment not only discriminate against minority groups, Hell it even starts to discriminate against Singaporeans. " I need Singaporeans to fight in war but during peace, you have to find your own way" I dont even know if a war breaks out the fellas beside me will run or drop their arms. I dont think MPs wont even have the manpower to catch deserters.