I don't really get your point, especially since you do agree
with me that the operations were badly planned, and that the
security forces showed a disregard for human lives .....
the bigger picture is that the indian authorities failed to see
the bigger picture ... no coordination, no crowd control, allowing
the media circus to run amock, officials letting slip classified
info like the number of CT troops deployed for a chance to grin in
front of the camera ...
and to see what's wrong with our action hero with an MP5, one
doesn't really have to be a trained CT trooper, or barely a trained
infantryman, just a bit of common sense would do ...
and really, in which hostage situation were the authorities NOT
under pressure to quickly resolve the situation and suppress the
terrorists ? ... I do not think that is a passable excuse for the
fiasco that the world has witnessed, even in hindsight.
and you watch too ... in the coming days there's be more and
more of scathing commentaries coming out everywhere ...
at the very least I guess our own chaps got a darn good lesson
in what NOT to do if something similar happens ...
i raised the points of them using overexcessive firepower and
possible bad planning to show i agree with you to a Limited extent. not fully. not
entirely. they are valid points, but when you appreciate the much
larger picture, you'd find them somewhat understandable (i m not
saying rationale but at least easier to emphatize with)
i tempered it with a understanding of the duration of the
operations, the conditions they were in. Im not trying to defend
them, but i believe that they honestly did what they did to the
best of their abilities under the following circumstances
36 hours ++ combat situation:
from wed night to friday morning. maybe more, maybe less. flimsy
excuse ? maybe, but definitely a factor to consider when evaluating
their performance.
disorganized /lack of clear leadership and planning :
when you had the mumbai anti terror police chief taken out
within the first 12 hours of action, how the heck you have anyone
left to coordinate and know the local situation well enough?
the scale and scope of this incident was unprecedented as well.
you had several incidents all over the place, the mumbai Bus depot,
the Taj majal hotel, the obereon, the jewish centre. imagine the
complexities in organizing logistics and focusing on the target
?
AFAIK at the moment it seems like they split the clearing of
individual area to individual spec ops groups. army took taj mahal
hotel, navy took the obereon. jewish centre i m not sure. fault may
lie with the individual CT teams/Special forces groups
cowboy/action hero mp5 guy :
i m not going to defend him. but extrapolating from this one
guy's idiocity means they are all incompetent jackasses ?
if we go by that line of logic, by virtue of lionnoisy being
here would mean all singaporeans are like him too? not true right
?
Multiple agencies/bureacracies :
look at US operations in iraq. even after a good 15-20 years of
"joint-ops" they still get screw ups and coordination problems.
throw a bunch of CT teams from the navy and army (IAF i m not
certain did they participate) into the fray of action and expect
them to perform immediatly ?
quite unnrealisitc right ? point here is, they had bad
coordination, yes. but how much of this is due to the fact that
they are operating along individual service lines instead of
professional competency ?
conclusion
I m not trying to prove a point that they were incompetent/not
well prepared. but rather, see how media reporting is shaping your
thoughts and ideas. think it out. given the context, had they
attempted negotiations, or delayed action. this could have ended up
with thousands massacared rather than 172 dead.
its normal and perfectly understandable human reaction to lash
out against a presumed scapegoat/ responsible party in any
accident/mishap/incident.
I just try to introduce a element of balance into the whole
matter.
