Kopassus Untuk Indonesia

It literally means Kopassus For Indonesia. Kopassus is Indonesian Special Forces, some call them the biggest criminal on the face of this earth and some are impressed by their bravery. I do not belong in any of those categories. I simply see them as human with profession.

When I was offered to do this book, I refused to be clouded by any prejudices. I did not have any ambitions to investigate the answers for all those mysteriously lingering questions of whether they did all the casualties or not. I just did not care. I just wanted to find out about the lives of these notorious soldiers.

What did I find? Human with different chemistry from many of us. Chronic adrenaline junkies. Fearless. Cunning. Smart. Basically every soldier is Secret Agent 007 with uniformed mind of devoting their lives to the ‘higher order’. Their obedience is inexplicable to me, but then again I never went through the 7 months training of going to hell. Naturally the question of ‘what’s next after hell’ is permanently stamped on their brain. They all have the needs to ‘let go’.

It is indeed a weird choice of profession, but then again, who am I to judge? Compared to them, my life has no direction, does not serve a higher purpose and my nationality is at the lowest of barometer. So, I keep my mouth shut.

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