ISIS arrest: Should we (the citizens) be responsible for protecting Singapore too?

[Isogallardo]

I’ve read the reactions to news of the arrests:

“Kudos MHA!”

“Well done boys in blue!”

“We won’t complain about the ISA again!”

Of course, there’s nothing wrong in thanking these national organisations…but we had better remind ourselves not subcontract our vigilance entirely to national bodies.

Terrorism is not some far-away problem anymore. It is very real and very here.

Perhaps it is good fortune to have managed to stop something before it escalated. And it is also a bit strange to discover that the arrested militants have had no plans to conduct an operation in Singapore.

Yes, Ministry of Home Affairs did well this round to identify and stop the persons involved. But we shouldn’t be lulled into becoming a mere by-stander and pass the buck to the government.

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