The RFMF – Hero to Zero

*Note: This is only my personal opinion on the matter. It does not reflect the opinion of other freedom bloggers. If you have a friend or family member in the RFMF and you are against to coup, no offence should be taken.

It is really sad that a small island nation in the Pacific with little, should be held hostage by the very people that swore to defend it. Rabuka started it, Bainimarama continued it. Its a crying shame. My interest in the RFMF has been further spurred lately by an article in the New Zealand Herald. There was an article stating that Bainimarama was seeking to address the issue. Unfortunately he can’t see his own shit that he is stepping in.

Over the years since the “Royal Fiji Military Forces”, the RFMF has degraded from a first-class professional army to a rag-tag bunch of misfits. Officers were once trained at the highest standards and troops forged their fearsome reputation in combat.

Fijians have been fighting wars even from the tribal days. They fought as proud sons of the Empire in the World Wars. The Malayan jungle and communist insurgents did not stop the Fijian infantryman achieving such amazing success.

However over the last 20 years, Fiji’s military forces have degraded into some sort “thugs force”. Rabuka started it. He connived and convinced the Vanua he was doing something big for them. All that came was that the Mara’s and Ganilau’s kept their mantle of royalty. The ordinary man and woman realised their livelihoods were set back and they had lost out. Fancy that, everyone getting suckered in so that the two families above reinforced that they were born to rule. One for the ages methinks.

Then fast forward some years later. Bainimarama arrived on the scene. His own troops tried to kill him after they had been personally threatened and were angry that Bainimarama had “overthrown” the very Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara himself. To be honest, throughout this whole kerfuffle, I’m really not sure who is innocent. In fact, every party was guilty as hell as far as I’m concerned. The whole CRW saga in itself was highly embarassing for Fiji as its crack troops mutinied when their country needed them the most.

It is well known that Bainimarama has a underlying disdain for special forces units. He hated the fact that the CRW troops (like the SAS of Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain) were paid more, got their own special armory, specially equipped barracks and equipment. To this day, he always showed a deep down hatred of the Police Tactical Response Group. To him, they were special forces with their “special status” as accorded to them by Andrew Hughes. And it showed when the coup was on. Those poor bastards holed up at their barracks could do nothing but surrender their arms.

And this disdain for special forces shows in the current composition of the RFMF. The senior leadership are hardly befitting for senior officers. You’ve got the overweight Tikoitoga and Teleni. The incoherrent Leweni. The masochist Driti. The terrorist Aziz. And the number one ‘tard’ of them all Bainimarama who reckons to uphold the law you must break it as many times as possible. Now in the RFMF, if you are fit and work hard for what you do, its a bloody crime.

Junior officers can’t motivate their own troops and the senior leadership gives them the idea that slouching and gaining stuff by the barrel the gun is okay.

Troops are no longer disciplined. They don’t train or keep fit. They don’t help fix the potholes in the road or clean up the rubbish off the streets. They sit inside their barracks while their pay gets either delayed or increased to buy their loyalty. The examples of overweight and uncaring troops around Fiji are just endless. I have walked around Suva and seen these guys hassle people or sit down doing nothing.

One pair of troops had fallen asleep on duty with their rifles next to them. Someone could have picked up their rifles and walked off with them.

Examples like this show how the heroes of the past, have gone to zero.

I did find it interesting that the RFMF just before the coup took place showed off their military might by staging night exercises. It was a veiled warning to the lurking Australian forces sitting just off the coast. The ordinary infantryman of the RFMF should realise their chances against troops like the Australians and New Zealanders are slim at best. At their current rate, they barely have the ability let alone the willpower to take on troops who are highly disciplined, fit and well trained. The Royal Australian Air Force would have destroyed the RFMF on the ground before it got a chance to mobilise. Again Bainimarama threatening a foreign country with superior firepower shows his immaturity as a Commander and human being with common sense.

In the worst case Bainimarama was prepared for the epic showdown (should it have occurred). I reckon the senior leadership would have ditched their troops at the critical moment, leaving their minions at the mercy of F/A-18 Hornets, LAV’s, SAS and the rest in tow.

The senior leadership has most to answer for in the RFMF. The officers and soldiers of old would have stood their ground and fought the battle as per orders. This current lot would ditch their posts and get on the first boat out of there.

Owned!

Don’t worry guys I’m still here. I took a small break to rest and recharge my batteries.

Just read the news on the Fiji Water debacle. Chaudhry was hoping. Hoping and praying. But all he gets is a drought with no water in sight!

Fancy that, the government telling a company how much its product is worth. I think the company knows how much its product sells for overseas. Except he still doesn’t realise the value of the water (as Fiji Water has been doing) is what it is sold to the wholesaler or retailer at. After that point in time, whoever has their hands on the water can charge whatever they want.

What is this capitalism or communism? Seems like Chaudhry enjoys that idea. Equality for all workers. Got that right. But no one said that the junta gets the same equal share of the pie. Remember the junta are not workers. They are leeches. Leeching on the system you and your ancestors worked hard to build.

He was looking for a quick fire cash injection. But he failed. The really hilarious part is that he is going to spend plenty of dosh trying to get this case through. He has the nerve to tell everyone else what they should spend their money on.

Chaudhry has got his grubby fingers on the Treasury coffers and willing to spend anything to defend his position. More of Fiji’s money down a bottomless pit.  More of your hard earned tax dollars going to nothing.

Hilarious but extremely sad.