And our generals were at the keyboards when the Indians ran wild

[Confuseous]

And where were the rhetoric masters when Little India burst into flames? The carnage that started at 9.30 pm on Sunday night involved a mob of 400, damage to several private vehicles, 5 police cars and one ambulance set afire. The other general, Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan Jin, rushed to man his keyboard, probably contemplating choice of words: is this a real riot (first in Singapore in decades), or an illegal gathering exceeding 5 persons? Oh, they sent the Gurkha Contingent out to handle the unruly, our boys in blue are more acquainted with manhandling docile Singaporeans.

"They may throw stones at you, they may attack you, they may work against you but we stand firm." The speaker was obviously nowhere near the junction of Race Course Road and Hampshire Road where the projectiles were more deadly than alleged cyber attacks. If he was, he would have been crapping his lily white pants. Trust the Secretary General to cap it all with irony, "Don't worry, the PAP will take care of everything, quite safe."

- http://singaporedesk.blogspot.sg/2013/12/what-riot-looks-like.html

 

[chootchiew]

I think they were at phone calls to each other, saying "...how how...jit bai hueng kan liao"

 

[Brubeck]

This is what you can expect of paper generals and scholars ...... seeking for model answers from their operating manuals.

 

[jw5]

You mean you expected him to be at the frontline?

 

[Leongsam]

It's a minor incident involving a small number of foreigners. There is no need for the generals to get involved. The lower ranks can easily handle the situation.

The term used is "effective delegation". This leaves the generals free to take of more important issues.

 

[blackmondy]

I think they were at phone calls to each other, saying "...how how...jit bai hueng kan liao"

I think they lom-jiam-pass for a long time to see who will kenna arrowed to handle the crisis.

 

[laksaboy]

"They may throw stones at you, they may attack you, they may work against you but we stand firm."

Fuck you. Your lanjiao stand firm! :oIo:

 

[jw5]

Your lanjiao stand firm! :oIo:

Doubtful!!!!

 

[xingguy]

When the People's Action Party gathered the troops last weekend to "forge the way forward", few would imagine they had intended to reflect on their party Secretary General's last minute promise at General Election 2011, the part that said "we didn’t quite get it right, I’m sorry, but we will try and do better the next time".

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[commoner]

just wondering which Mp or minister was at the scene first n what time, or they are just happy attending the pap conference or something

 

[laksaboy]

just wondering which Mp or minister was at the scene first n what time, or they are just happy attending the pap conference or something

From BBC article:

The incident, on Sunday night, comes as Singapore’s ruling party, the People’s Action party (PAP), has for months been appealing for greater social harmony in the wake of rising unease among Singaporeans over a recent influx of foreign workers, many of them immigrants from South Asia.

It came only hours after the PAP was wrapping up a one-day annual political convention at which its leaders launched a “new resolution outlining its goals and aspirations for Singapore”.

 

[Capano2121]

It's a minor incident involving a small number of foreigners. There is no need for the generals to get involved. The lower ranks can easily handle the situation.

The term used is "effective delegation". This leaves the generals free to take of more important issues.

Like crapped in their pants?

 

[melanietan]

just wondering which Mp or minister was at the scene first n what time, or they are just happy attending the pap conference or something

Does any of them even look like they have the Lam pa chee to go to the frontline in a crisis?

 

[chootchiew]

I think they lom-jiam-pass for a long time to see who will kenna arrowed to handle the crisis.

hahaha lom-jiam-pass very fast ma, unless some bastards lose liao say balek balek.