Hsien Loong visiting Washington as the White Knight

Hsien Loong is scheduled to meet Obama next month at Washington. Obama must be eagerly waiting for him this time as Hsien Loong is likely to bring along a big container of cash with him. And the Americans, especially the arms merchants must be praying that Hsien Loong arrived safely and be treated with more than a red carpet welcome.

The fate of the trouble stricken F35 multi role fighter of the American Empire could be saved by the White Knight in Hsien Loong. In yesterday’s paper it was said that the F35 is risking diving into a ‘death spiral’ because of the US budget cut. The Americans are running out of cash to support the production of this aircraft with many order cancellations or reductions. This would push up the already unbelieveable cost of several hundred millions per piece.

Hsien Loong could simply whisper to Obama for a bargain. How about Singapore picking up all the slacks, say we take a hundred pieces, we pay cash, but at a price Singapore cannot refuse, not with the normal Singapore premium of course? Singapore is fame for buying rubbish, troubled or bankrupt companies and paying a premium for it. The F35 is in deep shit and Singapore can come to the rescue without having to pay a hefty premium for them. Like they said, it is a win win deal, not the kind like Citibank or whatever banks Singapore bought and lost more money during the financial crisis .

With this deal, Singapore not only can scrap all the F5s, it can also lelong the F16s and replaced them with the F35s. The capabilities of these aircraft would make Singapore the most powerful airpower in the region, at least on paper. And Obama and his arms merchants will be eternally grateful to this rich kid that comes out of nowhere to save their lives.

Picking up a hundred pieces of F35s should be no problem with the profits made from the two SWFs. Sup sup suey. Bring them home.