Are you willing to shoot your own friends?
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this reminds me of azumi
where she and 4 others had to kill their best fren -
Troop cannot see the big picture. They will be in camp, and maybe listening to the radio and CNN. Selective news release. They will be painted a scenario by their Commander. Troops will have to assume that the Commanders have been tasked by upstairs, and they in-turn listen to their Commanders.
In time of chaos, it will be very difficult to know who is telling the truth.
For example, look at Iran and Iraq. Their citizens are painted the picture that they are being invaded by 'angmos', but the other side paints a picture of liberating the people.
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Why not... They are going to shoot you...
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but what are the chances of ur scenario to happen?Originally posted by Ponders:I haven't even mentioned any purpose.
K. let me start a scenario.
PM Mr X raises GST to 50%, Pension Contribution returned at age 105.
BG ABC of 99 DIV feels that the PM has gone too far in wielding his powers and felt that for the better good of the country (to which he has sworn loyalty to), he activated his 666 BDE to surround Parliament and 777 SIR to defend Istana.
BG XYZ, a known supporter of PM Mr X saw the unbecoming behaviour of his colleague, mobilised his 444 BDE to neutralise and regain control of Parliament.
You are a soldier of 444 BDE, Will you fire upon your friend in 666 BDE?
Don't tell me Police Task Force will go parliament and set up cordon.
petty impossible and unlikely, i guess.
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If i make the scenario too real, i will be in ISD detention by now.Originally posted by vIn.Warrior:but what are the chances of ur scenario to happen?
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But what i was referring is, during the time troops are doing crowd control other Units are mobilised in defensive positions around Beijing's perimeter should other area's unit come in to take over Beijing.
Oh, I get it now. I remember reading that some tank BN had deployed with their turrets aiming outwards of Beijing, & the foreign press took that to mean they're defending against outside units entering their turf. But there was also supposedly a rumor that they only had blank rounds or something.
Hard to say, lah. The "Tiananmen Papers" book also revealed one BDE commander famously refused to obey orders to suppress the students (he was arrested, briefly jailed & disgraced), so I assume the disagreeing factions might have been enpowered only up to that COC level then.
Transferred to local context: Can, say, 1 SIB (or 54 SAB or a PDF BDE) fire on a "mutinous" 7 SIB? That's a clearer scenario, isn't it.
No, still no idea what I'll do. Other than perhaps with 7 SIB, I don't think the SAF has emphasized significant identity building at that command level. Instead, the focus has been more at the Unit or DIV level. As far as those two extremes go, a rebelling unit will be quickly & easily surpassed, while a division is too big for any insurgent army IMO.