Spending billions to kill 'bad people' and to protect tankers through Hormuz!!!

 Drunkard Pete Hegseth was in his elements, after a few drinks and told the American people that he needs a few hundred more billions to kill bad people, meaning Iranians and Arabs and Muslims. To this drunkard, he and his hillbillies are good guys doing the killing of bad people. Now, how many silly brain dead and unthinking will just accept this silly rhetoric without questioning who are the good people and who are the bad people? The people doing the killing are the good people, the victims being killed are the bad people?

Take a step back, before 28 Feb, the Iranians were living peacefully, minding their own business. The oil producers were busily refining their oil and exporting them, making profits from their sales. The tankers were sailing freely through the Strait of Hormuz, without being harassed.

Now what? Who started to bomb and kill who? The good guys killing the bad guys or the bad guys killing the good guys by calling the good guys as the bad guys? Now drunkard Hegseth is demanding hundreds of billions more to kill more 'bad' people according to his definition. Trust a drunkard? Trust a gangster?

Drunkard Hegseth is blaming Iran for oil refineries being bombed and destroyed. Who started the bombing and destruction? If the evil American terrorists did not bomb Iran and Iranian refineries, all the refineries would not be bombed or destroyed. All the tankers carrying oil will be sailing freely and happily through the Strait of Hormuz, without the need for any protection from American warships.

Now these tankers cannot move freely through the Strait and needed to be protected by warships! Why should there be such problems when there was no problem at all, no need for protection? There was peace in the region until the white savages started to bomb Iran and kill Iranians.

And European countries and oil importing countries are also told to send their warships to protect their tankers. How silly! Does the drunkard Hegseth know that these countries do not need to do so as their tankers were safe and sound transiting the Strait?

Chinese tankers are safe to move freely through the Strait, no need protection from Chinese warships. The only fear is being hit by American terrorist warships. As for the Europeans, Japanese, if they dared to send their warships to the Strait, they will be seen as enemies of Iran and not only their tankers will be sunk, their warships will also be sank. Does the drunkard Hegseth know what he was saying, what he had done and now have to spend hundreds of billions, including the lives of American boys and girls when all this needs not be necessary? The European and Japanese are caught in a bind created by the drunkard and his terrorists, do they die, don't do they also die. They are still having their oil, their tankers can still pass except those of the AngloSaxon and Israeli tankers. Once the Europeans and Japanese sent their warships into the region, there will be no more oil for them. Period.

Drunkard Hegseth is as crazy as his mafia boss, lunatic Trump. When there was peace, they brought in war and killings and instability. Now asking their allies to send in their military and warships for peace?

Who are the good people, who are the bad people? Who is going to send more American boys and girls to kill Iranians and to be killed by the Iranians? If the Americans are not going to stop the savages in Washington, American boys and girls deserve to die and come home in body bags if they are lucky, or blown to pieces, with no body parts to bring home. 

Wait for the Muslim world to call for a Jihad against the American, AngloSaxon and Israeli terrorists worldwide when they will be unsafe around the world.

Israel is cancer. Iran hitting Diego Garcia...4,000km away

Scott Ritter minced no words saying that Israel is a cancer that must be eradicated in order for the world to have peace. Very strong words from someone who has seen the evilness of some countries around the world.

I always wonder why Hitler hated the Jews so much, but despite that, did not finish what he set out to do, which many around the world are asking? The Israeli cancer has been allowed to grow so malignant that the world is now finding it difficult to find a cure for it. From wanting a pound of flesh, the Jews are asking to be allowed to commit genocide against all other races so that they can survive to the exclusion of others. Antisemitism is no surprise for me, after seeing Israel committing such cruel behavior that most of the world cannot tolerate.

Trump now talks about considering winding down the war against Iran like switching off the lights in his White House office. It is now not for him to decide at this stage. Iran has refused to take up a ceasefire call, and Trump is trying to put across the boasting that his switching off of the war power does not include a ceasefire. What is he blaring about?

We know about his boast that he can just take over the Iran's Kharg Island oil terminal, but at what cost and would the Iranian just say thank you. Iran will rain missiles on every oil terminal, desalination plants, nuclear plants in the Middle East that have any connection to the USA. Oil terminals, desalination plants and nuclear facilities in Israel will be legitimate targets as well. These infrastructures are now unprotected by patriot missiles, THAAD batteries and whatever sling shot that have been rendered blind and ineffective. Iran has so far done what they said they will do. Trump and Israel better hope they do not go too far in attacking Iran's infrastructures.

By the way, Trump has been gloating about having taken out Iran's air force and naval force and rendered them useless. Many people have been saying that Iran did not have an air force nor a naval force in the first place. So, what is Trump boasting about? Like his great invasion of Venezuela that was given to him on a platter.

Iran is not Afghanistan, not to talk about being another Venezuela


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A few interesting points from my short trip to China

 Two seniors in their 70s went on a free and easy holiday in China, covering Nanjing, Changsha and Guangzhou, total 8N/9D. No rush and moving around by high speed trains, taxis and DiDi and relying on Trips.com, Alipay and Wechat to get around.

The most expensive taxi fair was from Nanjing International Airport to our hotel, 60km and costing 423 Rmb or about S$80. We started to use more DiDi and the fare for 30km, about an hour ride is about 50 Rmb or S$9. Subway travelling was a big surprise. In Changsha, above 65 got to travel free, even for foreigners. This is not the case in Guangzhou, but a day ticket valid for 24 hours costs 20 Rmb or less than S$4. Tickets were booked through Alipay in the comfort of our hotel room using mobile phones. No physical tickets needed. Entry by scanning the passport. Please book at least 4 or 5 days in advanced as they are sold out quite early.

Nanjing Train Station

Changsha Train Station

The two trips in high speed trains from Nanjing to Changsha and Changsha to Guangzhou cost 1,800 Rmb and 1,200 Rmb respectively or about S$300 and S$200 for first class. Second class ticket is half the price. First class seats are very spacious and comfortable. No free food but a bottle of plain water and a box of local snacks. Meal at 50 Rmb was quite good with 3 meat, 1 veg and rice.

Seniors have many privileges. We were able to gain entries to many tourist attractions for free. The famous Hunan Provincial Museum that housed the exhibits from Mawangdui, famed for a 2,000 mummy with very well preserved living tissues was very enlightening and educational. According to reviews online, entry has to be booked one week in advanced. As seniors, we could walk in on the spot with no advanced appointments, and free, just by showing our passports.

Canton Tower

The highly popular Canton Tower, rising to 488m and max 688m if antenna height is added, is also free or at half price. Above 75 years, one could go up to 107 floor, 408m for free. There are 4 more floors to top floor at 111 and accessible by stairs. I climbed to 108 floor and did not want to venture further. There are a few sets of oscillators to manage the swaying movement of the tower caused by strong winds and earth rotation. It was quite steady at 107 floor though one could still feel a light motion under the feet. 70 year old seniors have to pay 150 Rmb to reach 107 floor.

Young Mao and the continuous stream of visitors in a cold rainy day.

Sun Zhongsan's Mausoleum from half way mark, looking up.

Looking down from near the top of the Mausoleum 

Among the places we visited were Mausoleums of first Ming Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang and Sun Zhongsan, Old Ming Palace, also Palace for Hung Xiuquan of Taiping Revolution and turned KMT Presidential Palace, Mao's Hunan University in Yuelu Moutain, Mao's statue in Orange Island, Wuyi Square and Dufu Pavilion in Changsha. We were at Foshan to visit the old temple that housed items belonging to Huang Feihung and Ip Man. Foshan also has a long history dated to the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Ming first Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's Mausoleum, about 200m from the gate

Our best restaurant meals were in Guangzhou and Foshan. At a famous 100 year old Guangzhou Restaurant in Shangxiajiu, we had a fairly large Guihua steam fish for 198 Rmb, about S$30. We had about the best roast goose in a Kejia restaurant in Foshan, better than what we had in Taotaoju in Guangzhou during out last trip. It cost 68 Rmb, the size of a big chicken. Thick and juicy with a good layer of fat, and crispy skin.

The Chinese people are having a good time, with the young out every night dressed in the latest fashion or in traditional dresses of different dynasties and make ups. The seniors formed about 50 percent or more of visitors in tourist spots. In the evening, on weekdays, as early as 4pm, they can be found in the parks playing with their grand children, if they are not in some group activities like dancing.

The Chinese people are living well, eating well, driving the best EVs at very affordable prices. Theere are also many Mercedes, BMWs, Porches etc on the road, but fading fast. The taxi we took to the airport was big, brand new, and the driver/owner paid 110,000 Rmb for it. That is about S$20k!

Trump digs at mamasan on how to start war without declaring war...well what is a mamasan for?

 During the mamasan's visit to the White House, Trump did not give her any face. While answering a question from the media, Trump took a dig at the mamasan ... not with his fingers. Trump told the media that Japan is an expert in starting a war without making any declaration. No one is better at surprises than Japan, insinuating the sneaky attack on Pearl Harbour by Japan. Trump was justifying his undeclared war with Iran by using Japan as a precedent, right in the face of the mamasan and her entourage, to the amusement of the media. What is a mamasan for? Paid to be insulted, abused, humiliated and dig and still put on a smiling face.

This unexpected and unpredictable attack by Trump caught the mamasan with her pants down.  Oops, she was wearing a skirt this time. Just wondering what went though her head when hit by Trump's dark jesting. To laugh or to cry? She pretended not to understand the meaning but here facial expression was uncomfortable. Trump was rubbing her, not physically, reminding her of Japan's sneaky attack on America in front of the media. What a sick joke? Trump did not care how she felt, maybe did not know how she would feel, maybe did not even understand how this would go down to the mamasan and the Japanese delegates.

This is the kind of embarrassment that Trump would throw at his guests, guests that he did not see as an equal. He could bully them and tell sick jokes about them and expect them to swallow it, like it or not, because Trump is the mafia boss, a rogue.

Xi Jinping must take note of this Trump antic and never be caught in the same compromising position in the White House. It would take an articulate and quick thinking native English speaker to take the blow and return it to Trump in grace and eloquence. Xi is not a native English speaker, not used to speaking like slippery Americans in their mother tongue. This is a big handicap. Xi must never be set up in the same kind of position like the mamasan when meeting Trump.

Perhaps Trump might not dare to throw such a punch at Xi, but never be sure. Trump moves his mouth without engaging his brain. Hope Xi or the Chinese foreign ministry are watching this meeting between Trump and the mamasan. Humiliating a mamasan with sick jokes is ok, but not with a respectable head of state like Xi.

PS. I am back from my escapee. Happy Hari Raya Puasa to all.

America no longer able to protect its assets and tankers in the Hormuz Strait

If the USA is now being proven to be incapable of protecting Middle East oil producing countries despite its bloated military might to do so, and with USA military bases all around the Middle East, what does that tell us about their ability to protect allies around the world? And Iran is just the tip of the iceberg sinking the Titanic. Russia and China are no pushovers as well. The world can continue to live with the derelict myth of USA military superiority of the 20th century, but reality has proven otherwise in this 21st century.

The Gulf countries are waking up to the reality that they are not safe under the USA umbrella and military bases, which is why they are wary of retaliating against Iran directly, knowing that if the USA loses its clout in the Middle East, they have to contend with Iran themselves. What is worse for them is to retaliate now, not knowing what the future holds.

There is a perceived realization that Iran is not going to disappear tomorrow, not when it has survived the thousands of years of occupation and conflict, and the Gulf countries are not blind and stupid. The USA and Israel can carry on the merry go round of using threats against weaker Arab and Muslim countries in the Middle East, a threat that is degrading. Israel is not on the side of the Arabs and Muslims, nor able to protect them against Iran going forward.

The Gulf countries are weighing the risk and not taking up the coercion to strike Iran directly. I think there has been a repeated attempt to do that by Israel, possibly using false flags to blame Iran and ignite Arab anger.

The die had been cast and the world is entering uncharted territory of high energy prices, if it is true that getting back production by the Middle East countries is going to take years. Everyone is going to bear the consequences of what the USA and Israel did to Iran. Had that not happened, the world would still be moving smoothly without the energy crisis. Iran did not start the crisis. The USA and Israel started it. Yet countries are blaming the Iranians for striking oil installations. Sergei Lavrov asked those journalist during a session regarding the war against Iran and the bombing of the school in Iran. Has any sensible leader of countries and the MSM condemned the act? I can only remember Russia and China doing the sensible thing of condemning.


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