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**Slonopotam845** · 07-02-2012, 11:41 PM

His grand debut preceded even this. Remember the Sentosa Cable car incident where the freighter Vladisvostock got its mast entangled with the cable suspension wires? He was then a Colonel. For a solid day, the cable cars with its passenegers hung precariously over the Keppel waters and no Army generals dared to come fwd. Eventually, a rescue was attempted and even then by a foreign team. When everything is back on solid land, then only our hero Col LHL stepped out and walked off into the sunset, bathed in glory.

He does take credit for his unique leadership. He will never raise his head above the parapet. He waits for the dust, the noise and the debris to settle then he comes out with measured words of wisdom. Remember the calls from everyone when there was radio silence during the Mas Selamat epsiode. And he is an Army General.

Reminds me of the Australian Army chief who abandoned his men and post in Simgapore and fled by boat to OZ claiming that he can be more effective from OZ. He was the only army chief that was not interned in Changi by the Japanese.

His father would in the first place would not have allowed Mr Mas Selamet to escape and if he did everyone would have have to pay the price.

07-02-2012, 11:41 PM	#23
Slonopotam845 Join Date Jan 2006 Posts 5,251 Senior Member	His grand debut preceded even this. Remember the Sentosa Cable car incident where the freighter Vladisvostock got its mast entangled with the cable suspension wires? He was then a Colonel. For a solid day, the cable cars with its passenegers hung precariously over the Keppel waters and no Army generals dared to come fwd. Eventually, a rescue was attempted and even then by a foreign team. When everything is back on solid land, then only our hero Col LHL stepped out and walked off into the sunset, bathed in glory. He does take credit for his unique leadership. He will never raise his head above the parapet. He waits for the dust, the noise and the debris to settle then he comes out with measured words of wisdom. Remember the calls from everyone when there was radio silence during the Mas Selamat epsiode. And he is an Army General. Reminds me of the Australian Army chief who abandoned his men and post in Simgapore and fled by boat to OZ claiming that he can be more effective from OZ. He was the only army chief that was not interned in Changi by the Japanese. His father would in the first place would not have allowed Mr Mas Selamet to escape and if he did everyone would have have to pay the price.
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