Stop the bleeding first [1]
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 06:14. Updated on Monday, September 9, 2013 - 18:40.
Editor,
MR FUKOFUKA: All is well and fair under the "Kasia Tree"...that's the spirit of Tonga High School. Greetings to you across the waves of the Pacific. My best regards to Ms. Katalin also.
It was a late night early morning recon patrol that went haywire in the outskirt of Kuwait City in February 1991, Desert Storm. A shrapnel from an incoming mortar wounded one of my men. I held on to him while the corps-man (medic) tried frantically to stop the bleeding. Our priority at the time is not improving a life. It was an all out effort with all that was available to us to stop the bleeding without exposing ourselves to incoming rounds (pbullets) and pray that the wounded Marine stays alive and strong enough to make it to the hospital where they can work on improving his life.
The cost-cutting or cost-saving measures that I believe that Dr. Fotu is proposing and I am suggesting is not about improving the economic life of the Kingdom. I believe that at this stage we should try to "stop the bleeding first" until such time the economy recovers enough to get us back to normal operation.
At the end of the day it is going to be a matter of cost versus rewards. We must ask whether the benefit is worth the sacrifices that we are making. I agree with you that we have to do the due diligence and conduct the Benefit Cost Analysis.
According Kenny Roger, the gamblers admonition is that, "you got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them, know when to walk away and know when when to run". There will be time enough for us to count the blessing when the after the damage is done. The best plan ends up in disaster when the timing is not right. Sometimes, we may have to take a few step backwards in order to move forward. I have experienced the sad feeling of having to lose a couple battles in order to win the war.
Always.
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