If the government in the Malaysian administrative capital of Putrajaya were to be truly honest with itself, it will confront the fact that there's very little sympathy in Sabah and Sarawak on the ground for the security forces apparently battling it out with the forces of the Sultan of Sulu in the coastal town of Lahad Datu. It's 50 years too late. They might as well pack up and go home and instead recall the Sabah Border Scouts and Sarawak Rangers.