Recently i wrote (in my field as a journalist) about Tom Clancy book, “The Marine” that was published somewhere around mid 90’s. I bought the book from MPH bookstore a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, my editor somehow does not want to use the story due to some sensitivity issue.
Tom, in “The Marine” is trying to depict a scenario on how US Marine force will work, he choose the setting in Sept 2008 when the Sultan of Brunei was blown apart in his helicopter by a guided missile.
The plot actually was mastermind by Malaysia government in an attempt to install a puppet ruler in Brunei, which is also a part of Malaysian government plan to control the oil field in Brunei (about the same scenario when the Iraqis invaded Kuwait in 1990s).
The United States immediately send its fleet of ships including an aircraft carrier to South China Sea.
Kuala Lumpur, meanwhile, scramble its fighter aircraft, the Migs and Hornet to warn the Americans but this action, was seen as an act of war by the US fleet commander. In retaliation, the US launched their Harrier and shot down the intruder aircraft.
One of the Hornet, pilot by a fictional character, Edward Tawau manage to close in and fire the aircraft cannon resulting a number of casualties among the crew in the US carrier.
In following days, a fleet of Malaysian ships including the frigate Lekiu and a transport ship, KD Seri Inderapura was on sail to Borneo without knowing a US submarine is stalking them.
The submarine later fire torpedoes and hit the KD Seri Inderapura, in his remark, Tom wrote, : “Lekiu (kapal friget Malaysia) stood by to recover survivors. By all accounts, they did a first rate, professional job of seamanship, worthy of the traditions they had inherited from Britain’s Royal Navy and their own pirate ancestors “.
The conflict ends, when US Marine succeed in destroying Malaysian army that was station to protect the oil feilds in Brunei.
My personnel opinion : Why Tom try to associated Malaysia as an American potential adversary? In the same book, Tom include two scenario on how the Marines will involve in tension. First, he create a scenario on how the Marines punished the Iranians (an attack on Iran nuclear plant) and second, the Malaysian invasion of Brunei.
Remember, he wrote the book in the 90s, the Iranian scenario is nearly a reality today where the US government is considering an attack as a retaliation on Teheran nuclear program.
yang komen di atas ni tak payahlah nak marah sangat, fiction saja, apa salahnya?
hollywood pun selalu ada movie yang meletakkan kerajaan AS sebagai pihak yang jahat. kerajaan AS tak marah pun.
macam la malasia kuat sgt nk jajah negara jiran. pada pendapat aku malasia cuma pro dalam support je. offence dgn defence lagi lemah
The imagination of the author of this book is laughable, to say the least. I can only conclude it was written with so much malice and aimed at creating suspicion, hatred and ill-feeling between Bruneians and Malaysians. What he fails to understand Bruneians and Malaysians are far more superior in their minds, thoughts and actions than the imagination of the author (Tom Clancy). Malaysia doesn’t need to attack anyone in order to get oil because its oilfields along its coast can last Malaysia for several hundred years. With Malaysia’s history of contributing to World Peace in providing aid and defense support in Congo, Bosnia, Somalia, Afghanistan and others which had even been acknowledged and appreciated by the United States Marine Corps themselves, so what is Tom talking about? I can only imagine of his lack of intelligence to have written such a book.
DAP memanglah dah Komunis.tapi org melayu yg dok sokong ni nak paggil apa pun tau..
Mungkin somebody hack blog ni kut
Salam en shah,
saya sgt teruja membaca blog saudara. Perasaan bangga dgn pencapaian malaysia. Mungkin saudara dpt menceritakan tentang Askar Timbalan Setia Negeri Johor, kerana ia agak unik satu2nya negeri yg ada askarnya sendiri.
setting nickname dan password reject di blog ini??? maaf saya sendiri tidak tahu perkara ini. Orang lain masuk ok je. Bab ini memang saya tidak tahu.
Tapi ada masa, saya pernah tidak dapat sign in ke dalam blog sendiri tidak lama dahulu. Bila letak alamat blog pada http, akan keluar laman web gereja. Saya rasa mungkin ada kaitan dengan bugs, saya benar-benar tidak tahu.
aku tak tahu kenapa nickname & password reject.. pelik…
anony boleh pulak ..salah aku atau memang dah setting blog ni mcm tu??
sama aja keparat asing dan melayu yg seleweng kuasa demi kepentingan diri..
yang jual pasir, jual tanah, jual wilayah iskandar ..tak lebih dari si kitul yang khianat..
aku lebih takut pengkhianat telah lama berkuasa berbanding yang belum pegang kuasa…sebab dioarng lebih arif sepak terajang menipu..
berbanding yang baru bertatih, senang aja Polis & SPRM boleh trap… fikir-fikirlah..
jangan terperangkap dengan permainan penipu yang dah 52 tahun berpengalaman segala selok belok kuasa…
Bro Shah, so thats is why we have to study and understand…. the American New World Order…What is the American agenda towards us ? We need to prepare ourself before it is too late….
Regards
CYBERCDO
huh baru tau DAP rupanya serpihan..marilah sama2 pakat2 kalih DAp kt penang..aku jgk risau sbb aku org penang..