And We're Still At It

This is my 200th post on this blog. Didn't think this blog will last this long considering I never had the habit of keeping a diary for long.

Saw my brother's Time magazine lying around this morning and I saw this title "Why America's Army Is At the Breaking Point". First thing that came to mind is, "You mean we are still on this issue?" Did we not establish this point long time ago? Even if the army can take the mental and physical toll, I am sure the US economy can no longer continue to support the army financially.

To say I do not care what's going on at the other side of the world is to lie. Do you not care when you read of 16-17 years old boys who died fighting the war of men. What's worse is instead of the usual 4-week intense training, they only get some 10-day weapons use, first aid and Iraqi culture training because US desperately need to send more forces to the front line. I'm not a military person, but that sure does not sound like much preparation to me.

Coming back to Singapore, the most discussed issue now is of course regarding our ministers' pay. Again, I do not understand why this discussion went on for this long, and has to draw so much flak. Time to just put a stop to it and just give the ministers more pay. Honestly speaking, if I earn more in the private sector and I do not have to make the personal sacrifices a minster has to make, why on earth would I want to join politics and be a minister? Would you?