Thursday, July 17, 2008

DSAI and the balaclava

What is a balaclava? It is a form of headgear that covers the whole head, also known as the ski mask. Originally made to keep the soldiers warm from the bitter winter it is also used by athletes, especially in winter sports. Makes sense since it keeps out the cold. Racing drivers also use it.

It is also associated with special forces, terrorists and robbers. For the latter, it keeps their faces from being identified! I supposed wearing the balaclavas also make the special forces look meaner and fiercer. Anyway, what got me interested in this? The events that have been unfolding these last few days.

DSAI was arrested! And I was reading his daughter's blog when I came across the reference to balaclava. His first arrest also involved the special forces. This time it's no less spectacular! 15 police cars! And a number of special forces some more! That was the number of cars needed to arrest him. You would think that he must be a really dangerous man, armed to the teeth! But what was the reason given? All because they were worried that he will not show up by 2 p.m. at the police station.

Don't the police have real criminals to catch? Those who rob the ATM, snatch thieves who prey on the innocent people, the robbers who have been breaking into the rakyat's houses....the list goes on! And they saw it fit to send 15 cars...one wonders how many police personnel were involved in total! Was DSAI such a high flight risk? And then there is news of the warrant of arrest for RPK!

I am no fan of DSAI but it looks like people are going to sympathize with him more after this. After all, people are always very sympathetic with the little guy who is bullied by the big guy!

4 comments:

Lai Yu Zeng said...

balaclava more familiar for me, is a battle. Which fought between the allies of France and British against Russia during the Cremean war. The famous poem "charge of the light brigade" was originate from this battle, it's a pretty famous battle in the world history

AJ7 said...

yup...there is a battle by that name. Am vaguely familiar with it. Can do always do a search to read it up...you are a fan of all these wars??? Then you should read Sun Tzu's - The Art of War. 8)

Lai Yu Zeng said...

Well, I don't really familiar with zun tzu because it all talking about behaviour in war, I like physical and psychological tactics more than behaviour :P

AJ7 said...

When you talk about behaviour, you also talk about psychology....understanding the psyche is important. A good tactician should have a good understanding of the psyche of his opponents.

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