Less tough talk more tough action

THE EDITOR: Congratulations to the Minister of National Security. No, not for providing national security, because he doesn’t. But for his creative and highly irrelevant prose. Frankly, it’s hard to beat him for comic book language and tough talk which he uses to replace tough action. When he declared that criminals have crossed the line, we were sure he would morph into a TT Clint Eastwood and clean up the place like Dirty Harry or Randolph Burroughs. Were we fooled? Not at all! The government would win the war against crime, he repeats whenever he has nothing else to say.

You’d swear he is Dick Tracy. But even though the battle against crime is being lost, “things are not as bad as they are made out to be.” Does this man live in TT? Apparently he does for he claims he is extremely fortunate to be Minister at this time. He didn’t say why. Perhaps he believes that talk is more important than action, and that the medium is the message, and that words and appearances are worth more than results. This would explain why his charges, the Police, are noted for posing in bullet-proof vests, skull caps, boots, and lots of shiny guns that can’t stop criminals, but intimidate the weak and the innocent.

Some people feel that the comic book language comes with the Ministry and not necessarily the existing Minister. Wasn’t it a predecessor who talked about “Operation Anaconda?” The result — a dismal failure that continues. In the meantime, his boss can start shopping around for an action-man replacement who will make sure that those who can’t hear will feel. Some names — Farouk Ghany, Errol De Noon, Michael Lambert, Michael Aboud, “Watchman,” Aeanas Wills. Do I hear others?

LLOYD CRTAR
Westmoorings