Anwar Ibrahim and Azmin Ali whacked me to kingdom come and made all sorts of snide remarks against me during PKR’s annual general assembly in Penang. Azmin had venom is his tone when, during his speech, he looked at me and said that all those who collaborate with Dr Mahathir can take a hike. I detected the smirk on Anwar’s face when Azmin took that swipe at me.
NO HOLDS BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin
All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.
All warfare is based on deception.
Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.
He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.
It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used.
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.
Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.
The above are just some of Sun Tzu’s quotes. Nevertheless, these few are enough to give us an idea of what both Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim are doing right, and wrong.
Incidentally, my wife sent me a book on Sun Tzu’s quotes back in September 2008 when I was under detention in Kamunting and it took me only a day to read it from cover to cover. I must admit I found it most enlightening. It was the only book I ever re-read three days in a row.
I too have my own panduan peperangan (guide to warfare), which I once wrote about, probably ten years or so ago, long before I had read Sun Tzu. These go as follows:
Those who fight and run away live to fight another day.
Never fight your enemy in his terrain, which he knows best. Draw him into your terrain, which he is unfamiliar with.
The best form of defence is to attack.
When an enemy chases you, run away. When he is resting, launch a sneak counterattack.
A dead hero is of no use to his country other than for declaring national holidays.
Never face a more powerful enemy head-on. Ambushes always work better.
Your task is not to die for your country. Your task is to make your enemy die for his country.
When faced with defeat, surrender and sue for peace. Once you have gained the advantage, wipe out your enemy through treachery.
Take a smaller enemy of your larger enemy as your friend. Once you have defeated your larger enemy then you can turn on your smaller enemy.
Never allow principles to stand in the way of your strategy. Victory is still victory even if gained in unethical ways.
Okay, I admit, not all my quotes are originals. Some are stolen but they still make good sense. The objective of war is to win and it is not how you play the game that counts.
I know, you would probably surmise that, judging by my quotes, I would clearly not hesitate to do a Datuk Maharaja Lela on JWW Birch, the British Resident of Perak who was stabbed in the back while taking a shit in the Perak River. But who the hell ever said that war is about playing fair? War is about winning, at whatever cost, even at the cost of collateral damage, if it has to come to that.
Let me give you one example. The opposition is hell-bent on bringing down Shahrizat Jalil regarding the cowgate fiasco. No doubt RM250 million of the taxpayers’ money has gone bust so she should be made to pay for it.
Or should she?
Now, there is currently a tussle over the Lembah Pantai parliament seat, currently held by Nurul Izzah Anwar who wrested it from Shahrizat in March 2008. Shahrizat wants to contest that seat again, as does Raja Nong Chik.
If Shahrizat were to contest that seat then there is a strong possibility that Nurul Izzah would, again, win. However, if Shahrizat is brought down, and chances are she might since the cowgate fiasco is hurting the government bad, then Raja Nong Chik would most likely get that seat. And if it were Raja Nong Chik versus Nurul Izzah, then Nurul’s chances of winning would be reduced.
It would have been better to spare Shahrizat so that she is chosen as Barisan Nasional’s candidate for Lembah Pantai. Then, once the nomination papers are filed, you can go to town and bring her down by using the cowgate issue.
Raja Nong Chik is a stronger candidate than Nurul Izzah and allowing him to contest the Lembah Pantai seat is not a wise move. But with Shahrizat out of the picture, that can now most likely happen.
Raja Nong Chik is certainly a smart cookie. His people leaked the information on Shahrizat’s cowgate fiasco and the opposition gleefully grabbed at it. They are now doing Raja Nong Chik a favour by bringing down Shahrizat. And because of that Nurul Izzah may be brought down as well.
Anyway, that is one example and there are many more. Another can be: why attack Najib too much? I would be ‘gentle’ with Najib, which actually I am (although this has attracted allegations that Najib has bought me off).
If you want me to attack Najib I can do that as well. But why the hell do I want to bring down Najib just so that the opposition supporters would stop alleging that I have been bought off? I do not need the opposition supporters to sing my praises. They can condemn if that makes them happy. After all, small things please small minds.
If Najib is brought down and Muhyiddin Yassin takes over as Prime Minister, the chances of the opposition forming the next federal government is slim. With Najib leading the charge in the next general election, the disgust most people have with First Lady Rosmah Mansor is going to cost Barisan Nasional a lot of votes.
Rosmah is to Najib what Khairy Jamaluddin was to Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, an albatross around his neck. I would rather have Najib as Prime Minister when we face the next general election than Muhyiddin. Najib has a lot of internal enemies within Umno, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad included. And I would rather have Dr Mahathir on our side, like in the 2008 general election.
What, you do not think that Dr Mahathir is still relevant and a factor? Hey, if not for Dr Mahathir, do you think Pakatan Rakyat could have done so well in the March 2008 general election? Why do you think I supported Dr Mahathir back in 2006 and 2007?
Anwar Ibrahim and Azmin Ali whacked me to kingdom come and made all sorts of snide remarks against me during PKR’s annual general assembly in Penang. Azmin had venom is his tone when, during his speech, he looked at me and said that all those who collaborate with Dr Mahathir can take a hike. I detected the smirk on Anwar’s face when Azmin took that swipe at me.
I know what I was doing. Sure, that attracted a lot of snide remarks about how Dr Mahathir had bought me off and was financing Malaysia Today and whatnot. But then these are remarks from people devoid of a brain that can think clearly. They are guided by emotions and not by logic. And the way they are trying to bring down Najib and Shahrizat is evidence of this.
Anyway, enough said. You play the game according to your strategy and I will do so according to mine. At the end of the day the test of the pudding is in the eating, as President Bush said.
READ ALSO: All eyes will be on Shahrizat
Translated into Chinese at: http://ccliew.blogspot.com/2011/11/blog-post_25.html
written by rocky, November 26, 2011 22:32:22
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written by penangite, November 26, 2011 19:24:00
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written by wahyu9, November 26, 2011 10:33:02
A case of the bird in the hand & the 10 other birds in the (rural) bush. Hope they get about 5 extra birds; and maintain the bird at hand too
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written by flyer168, November 26, 2011 10:16:04
You are a "Survivor" and you have proven yourself with your strategies, Bravo.
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written by temenggong, November 26, 2011 09:54:25
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written by tanglc, November 26, 2011 09:41:41
Sincere apologies! I take back my remarks, if that is possible.
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written by Super Admin, November 26, 2011 06:37:29
tanglc, I just love your anti-Malay racist remarks. Please do post more such remarks. It gives me an orgasm.
RPK
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written by Middle Path, November 25, 2011 21:04:15
Anyway, whoever wants to become better, they always have to sacrifice alot.
Im sure they will come to understand one fine day.
some are really doing alot of favour for pakatan.
Actually they are digging their own grave.
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written by tanglc, November 25, 2011 20:42:40
Just to add that his 1Moolayu & Bahasa Moolayu might be favorable to the "Moolayu", especially the rural ones. So don't write him off .
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written by earthman, November 25, 2011 20:40:09
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written by earthman, November 25, 2011 20:29:36
Just educate the people , on what is a good government and good steward.
If the people understand where are all the nation's wealth going and why, the people should vote for a good government. Its all in the people's hands. Money politics is old stories, once the people are matured and understand what a good government can do for them and all others.
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written by Revolution, November 25, 2011 20:16:02
The voctory or not of Nurul is not is God's hands , It is in the VOTERS hands ,God have nothing to do with politics ...Normally ............
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written by cheekhiaw, November 25, 2011 20:06:33
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written by kclim, November 25, 2011 19:01:37
RPK is apolitical so he can go to bed with the ruling as well as the opposition parties. What is wrong with that ? RPK is not your average malaysian rakyat. He has been harrased, threatened, tortured, hunted and haunted. RPK watches out for his very own survival. Enemies will bury him while friends will betray him for a few gold coins. For those of us lesser mortals who wish to have a peaceful and meaningful life under the malaysian sun, follow RPK and support his cause. RPK will not be able to mislead us nor do us any more harm , it cannot be worse than what the current BN government is perpetrating and practising right now for the last 50 years.
pray that PR component leaders have the same common sense and leadership qualities like RPK. If not then it is still more of the same shit same difference. Then again we malaysians may be too stupid to know the difference anyway, always enticed by RM$ being splashed all across the landscape.
RM Ringgit Malaysia Razak Mongolia submarines diamond rings handbags fighter jet planes naval gunboats ISA PPSMI cowgate etc.too tired to list all controversies.
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written by Angela Ooi, November 25, 2011 18:57:41
RPK is using kid gloves on weaker enemy, Najis
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written by Hanuman, November 25, 2011 18:48:43
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written by vhari, November 25, 2011 18:39:33
Nurul Izzah has to fight him.
Win or lose ,it is in the hands of God
Please god make her win.
RPK ,forgive Dsai and Azmin .Help them
I know you Like Zahid .
But Zahid want to come up very fast.
With them in power,you can come back.
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written by Pato, November 25, 2011 18:37:33
Were there other forces at work that may have compelled the prime minister to engage in this astonishing political turnaround?
[......If the prime minister is not the main actor of this political deception, is it the work of right wing Umno leaders such as Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his son Mukhriz, the Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, Ibrahim Ali as well as Najib’s ambitious cousin, the Home Minister who have pushed him to this unprecedented flip- flopping on political liberalization?
Whichever hands finally prevailed on this obnoxious bill now being debated in Parliament, their mission is clear: to prevent the same exercise of the freedom of peaceful assembly and dissent that are toppling similar authoritarian regimes elsewhere in the world in the hope that they can buy for themselves a longer lease of authoritarian rule and unchecked power in Malaysia.]
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.c...se-spring/
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written by malsia1206, November 25, 2011 18:33:04
Same goes for some in Pakatan as well. They can stink just as bad.
When we have a choice betwwen the Devil himself and the Deep Blue Sea, just what else does the Malaysian rakyat has? The lesser evil? That's no comfort surely.
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You forget that if you want to catch more fish you need to cast a bigger net. It is not only Pantai Lembah seat, it is not only Shahrizat, it is not only umNO, it is GE13. 2012 is not a good year for umNO or BN said the Feng Shui master.