it is absolutely unbelievable that a bunch of well-trained armed soldiers can lose to melee-armed protesters and get captured.
Wait till you see those sinkies ones from saf, you will realised that the Thai ones are super tough.
it is absolutely unbelievable that a bunch of well-trained armed soldiers can lose to melee-armed protesters and get captured.
Wait till you see those sinkies ones from saf, you will realised that the Thai ones are super tough.
Wait till you see those sinkies ones from saf, you will realised that the Thai ones are super tough.
any army having to endure such hardline protests has to be tough. I think our SAF might collapse at the sheer enormity of the protesters.
That's (apologies to say so) SAF NS mentality. Domestic protests are routine for Thai soldiers for decades, even centuries. There's nothing tough for them. These are men who willingly signed up to be trained and prepared to fight Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam armies.
SAF won't be useful in a mass domestic protest like that. LKY can keep dreaming and kidding himself. The so-called call in the army in case of freak election? What's a freak election, even by his own definition? It's when PAP loses power in a GE.
If there're so many voters who vote against PAP until PAP loses power, who are most of the voters? The NSmen and their relatives. Would they vote for opposition then crush down opposition? Shoot at their own relatives and friends? I'm sure if that happens, even the generals and colonels will switch side and support the new government.
To me, LKY sounds fixatedly power addicted with this type of threat. He can remain in power as long as people vote for him. Nothing wrong with that. There's no such thing as freak just because he loses, and threatening violence if he loses is way out of line.
you think our ns men even dare to fire on people? :d
cheers to the same view. The thai army can be very brutal if they want to, but so far, they showed lots of restraints. The fact that they shook hands with red-shirts..
Anyone who's been in Thailand awhile will know, Thai soldiers don't wear mass issued uniforms in sizes S, M or L. They wear individually custom tailored uniforms. They're prepared to die wearing it. That's the significance of custom tailoring.
sinkie also prepare to die when they run 2.4km and they are forced to run it.
every small incident in Singapore get magnified by us and media because we are a small and boring place with no news to report.
There are American Marines or Rangers who drop dead during physical training and their mass media have more exciting stuffs to report than this.
Anyone who's been in Thailand awhile will know, Thai soldiers don't wear mass issued uniforms in sizes S, M or L. They wear individually custom tailored uniforms. They're prepared to die wearing it. That's the significance of custom tailoring.
i think most of us here miss the point. you think lky trust sinkies ns men, regulars or the scholars paper generals? he will bring in the Gurkhas to deal with all of you! if sinkies can unite, Gurkhas is not a prob as they can be out numbered.
So what about SAF?
Can we capture SAF TANKS & arms & troops?
They remembered well what happened in southern Thailand in April 2004. About 200 Thai Muslim insurgents raided army camps at dawn and made off with a few hundred rifles and grenades. Of course, the Thai army pursued them, and cornered them in a mosque, no less. Before dinner time, most of them were dead and the Thai army paraded their bloody corpses on open street, inviting kins to come and claim. The mosque cleaners had lots of blood to mop up from the walls and floors that evening.
Can't understand. At age 18-22 NSF, run 2.4km can drop dead? What's the passing time? 9 or 10 minutes, yes? 2.4km is only 6 rounds stadium track. Can't do it, then might as well, as the saying goes, better off dead.
Most of the armies loyalty in China during Tiananman incident are only with their division commander.