Shangri La Dialogue – What’s new?

The Shangri La Dialogue came to a close after a two day session where the Americans set the agenda for the blind and daft to say aye aye. In yesterday’s media, Eng Hen gave a summary of the main issues of the Dialogue and as I asked, what’s new, he literally repeated the American agenda that North Korea and terrorism are the clear and present danger to the region. The big question, how many Asian countries feel threatened by the North Koreans or believe in this threat? The other big question is that how come none of the Asian countries could come out with alternative agenda on what are really important to the region and question the American slime that North Korea is a threat to the region? All happy and clueless coming to Singapore to have a holiday and to listen to the preaching of the Empire?

When Eng Hen repeated what Mattis said, does it mean that he or Singapore agrees with the American myth? It is difficult for Asians to think differently especially when the white man is from the most powerful country in the world and what he said must be right or at least not to be questioned. Or was Eng Hen just behaving like a gracious host, not to offend the most powerful nation in the world, Singapore’s staunchest backer in international affairs, and just has to repeat what the American said? Or is it due to the lack of an Asian view, an Asian agenda, that the rest of the Asian delegates were there making empty noises or talking nonsense or making no noise at all, so there is nothing to talk about other than the American agenda? Yes, what is new other then allowing the Americans to come all the way across the Pacific Ocean to tell the daft what is their problem and that the daft did not know.

Ok, to be fair to Eng Hen, I think he just gave lip service to Mattis by mentioning North Korea in passing while his main speech was all about terrorism which is the real threat to the region.  His only mention of North Korea was in one sentence, if the media is quoting his full speech, and the rest of his address was all about terrorism. Can the daft see and understand the difference in saying something and let it pass as irrelevant and then concentrate on the real issue, ie terrorism?

Who cares about North Korea other than the Americans and those that were stirring the hornet’s nest? If no Asian country is taking a pole to poke at the North Koreans, the North Koreans would not be bothered with the country’s existence. The real threat to the region other than terrorism is from the world’s Number One Terrorist, the Americans and their provocation and agitation for war in the region. The Americans are still behaving like the rogues from Europe that raped the whole world in the colonial days, believing in might is right. Remove this monster and there will be peace and stability with only the smaller terrorist threat to deal with.

Get the picture? The Number One Terrorist is pointing the fingers at the North Koreans and others and all the daft forgot to look at the Number One Terrorist as the real threat. They just divert the attention to something else and the daft just look at where the Number One Terrorist is pointing to. When would the daft open their eyes to see the real terrorist in the region, in the whole world?

Stupidity has no cure.