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6/26/2019
Singapore must not be dragged into another war in the Middle East
The world’s number one warmonger is again busily trying to build another coalition to start a war with Iran. After raising tension in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, the Evil Empire is telling the world that the region is unsafe for shipping and the ships must be protected. Protected by who and against who?
From the recent spate of false flag incidents when tankers were attacked by American fabricated incidents, it is crystal clear that the tankers were attacked by the Americans and used as excuses for American naval forces to protect them. They started the fire and asking for payments as the fire fighters.
Freedom of navigation is paramount, tweeted the American gangster Pompeo. Actually other than some African or Somali pirates, the region is fairly safe, definitely no risk of being attacked by the Iranians. It is in the interest of the Iranians to keep the region safe as they are a major exporter of oil. Only troublemakers like the Americans would want to raise tension in the region and invited themselves in as the policeman.
And mind you, this is not for free. All the ships in passing the region have to pay protection money to the Americans. The Americans are roping in other countries, calling it a coalition, but really a bunch of gangsters demanding protection money or their ships would be attacked by them. The American gangsters have created another new phrase, ‘proactive deterrence’, for a group of willing or unwilling nations to provide material and financial resources to do the American bidding as partners of a high sea gangsters, collecting protection money or else.
Let’s hope Singapore is wise enough this time and not be arm twisted to be another gangster and has its hands dirtied and bloodied. Singapore does not have to be an unwilling gangster of the high seas. Singapore has choices, can train anywhere else, can buy arms from elsewhere, even in China if the Americans close down our training bases in the US. We can close down Changi Naval Base to the Americans. The Americans have no other alternative choice, there is no place safe and convenient and strategic like Singapore for the Americans to park their war machine. Where else can the Americans go other than Singapore?
Singapore must stand firm on this, no more being a member of an international mafia and accomplice to international crimes against humanity.
As part of uncle sam cronies, there is no way out for sg. Cronies stick around for each other.
ReplyDeleteThe present situation in the Straits of Homus, Gulf of Oman, is part of the Americunts' overall strategy to cripple (if not destroy) China and stop China from her rising ability to challenge the Evil Empire.
ReplyDeleteThis is the Evil Hegemonic US Empire's present strategy against China, which means also any country in support or affiliated with China:
"China must be stopped or crippled at all costs as soon as possible at and from all fronts in all fields."
The immoral and barbaric Trump Administration has carried several steps further in the Evil Empire's containment strategy on China.
Hoping Singapore doesn't get involved in the coming major US-initiated war in the in the Middle-East is like hoping that the Workers' Party would win the next general elections and form a new government.
As long as these five key decision-making positions: the PM, Defence Minister, Law Minister, Home Affairs and Foreign Minister are held by people who are western-educated, western-trained, pro-US, anti-Chinese, or China-hateers, the Singapore Government will willingly girate (without having to be arm-twisted) towards participation in the Evil Empire's scheme of things in the near future (next ten years).
Some irksome old news headline (March 2, 2018):"SAF to deploy more forces to Iraq later this year: Ng Eng Hen"
ReplyDeleteNg told the House that US Defence Secretary James Mattis had written to ask the Republic to commit more resources . . .
@All,
ReplyDeleteSome SAF fellers won't mind another "safe", cushy stint in the middle east.
I knew one ex-Navy guy who volunteered for 3 months in the Gulf of Oman (outside the Persian Gulf & the throat of the Straight of Hormuz) during the Afghanistan operations. Was on an LST --- very useful as floating mobile platform for helicopters support base, logistics base, and special ops initiation & recovery base.
He got almost $100K bonus & salary for the 3-months assignment & he was just a low ranking fellow then. Officers could get a few hundred K bonus for the same assignment.
Big easy money gets thrown around in the military & wars. That's why it's SOOOO PROFITABLE to invest in War Stocks!!!!
If you invested $1000 after WW2 into general US stocks from 1946 till today, it will turn into over $250,000 including dividends. With war stocks it will be over $1,250,000.
OPC?
ReplyDeleteOther People's Children?
@ RB
ReplyDeleteWishful thinking:
>> Singapore must stand firm on this, no more being a member of an international mafia and accomplice to international crimes against humanity. <<
Singapore is a small-time member of the international mafia, and it has its own local mafia to look after "domestic affairs" and keep the Sheeple in line.
Anyway, since when has Singapore not profiteered from war or conflict? does anyone have an idea or remember how much money Singapore made during the Vietnam war?. Dun worry, if Uncle Sam is involved, there will be lots of money present.
Singapore should definitely cheer on the US and be locked-step with them, all the way to the bank.
Trump is going to resist going to war...he is an isolationist...America First. But if his hand is forced or the likes of Pompeo and Bolton manage to con him, then it is ALL ON. Chase tha Almighty American Dollar lah...
Never give up an opportunity to make a buck. To do so would be very un-Singaporean. 🤑🇸🇬💰
@ Obviously, lah 923
ReplyDelete>> Some irksome old news headline (March 2, 2018):"SAF to deploy more forces to Iraq later this year: Ng Eng Hen" <<
Aiyoh, of course, lah. It is an old business trick to deliver more than expected to create the sense of "extra value" in the mind of The Prospect...in this case, Big White Cock Uncle Sam.
Singapore is governed by Banana Scholars who are absolutely untrusting of China...although China has copied our Banana Economic Model and we've trained over 30,000 of their CCP officials at the Lee Kuan Yew School For Public Policy. However, deep down there is a MISTRUST of China. The Banana Scholars all think that China is out to "colonise" Singapore as part of some "grand plan for global dominance". To be sure, our Banana Scholars are not the only ones who hold this view on China. It is a very popular BELIEF.
So the Singaporean Banana Plutocracy has to "make good" with the USA to ensure that the US will come to Singapore's "protection" in times of "need", especially at some fantasy time in the future where the Evil Chinese Government and its Mighty Military try to "absorb" lil' ol' Singapore into its Dark Web Of Iniquity, of the vile satanic forces of communism and total annihilation of our magnificent republic.
OK, to be clear...this is their beleif...not mine. Although I am a "banana", I am definitely not a "scholar". I am a "longkang banana", abounding in "lonkang" values and motherfucking-chow-chee-bye-diu-lei-lo-mo filthy, eye-watering elocution.
Redbean: "Only troublemakers like the Americans would want to raise tension in the region and invited themselves in as the policeman. And mind you, this is not for free. All the ships in passing the region have to pay protection money to the Americans. The Americans are roping in other countries, calling it a coalition, but really a bunch of gangsters demanding protection money or their ships would be attacked by them. The American gangsters have created another new phrase, ‘proactive deterrence’, for a group of willing or unwilling nations to provide material and financial resources to do the American bidding as partners of a high sea gangsters, collecting protection money or else. "
ReplyDelete每个国家会为自己的利益而采用某种外交政策。当改变系统的成本低于一个国家期望从改变中获得的利益时，这个国家将寻求改变现状。
然而，成本和效益是主观计算的。
是什么决定了这些看法？
1。社会的历史经验（从过去战争中吸取的教训）
2。计算时间范围-短期收益、长期收益等。
3。限制幻想感知的物质因素——包括通常的结构和功率变量（经济、军事和技术因素）。还有可能改变的环境因素，比如运输以及通信、军事创新、经济因素（规模经济，等等)。结构能够约束各个国家行为。
4。经济变化赋予了新的社会群体权力，这些社会群体成为改变外交政策的工具——社会内部成本和收益的分配将进入是否改变国际体系的最终计算，以及结构因素。
一个国家的扩张及其对系统的控制可以说已经确定在很大程度上由 U 形成本曲线。扩展的初始阶段是其特点是成本下降,主要是由于规模经济。但是,作为
状态的大小及其控制范围增加,它开始遇到递减的回报规模。随着进一步扩张的边际成本开始等于或超过边际收益,扩张停止,达到平衡。
一旦达到均衡，维持现状的成本就会增加占主导地位的权力，他们开始衰落。
如果他们试图维持统治地位，主导权力将经历财政的危机。
内部和外部因素都会影响一个国家的衰落。
内部：
•经济结构变化：
每个经济体都受到自然规律的约束收益递减。
•战争成本增加的法则：由于军事成本增加军事技术的能力和扩散，占主导地位的成本保持系统随时间上升。但现代的效力增强技术可以缓解影响。
•私人和公共消费的增长速度都快于作为一个社会的国民生产总值变得更加裕。
•经济特征的结构性变化：服务业往往具有生产率增长率低于制造商。
•腐蚀富裕的影响：这导致私人和公众的分歧利益以及使主导国家的人民不愿意屈服要求挑战者或做出牺牲来捍卫现状
外部
•增加支配地位的成本：增加保护势力范围的成本并降低现状的盈利能力
•经济和技术领先地位的丧失：经济和技术的扩散向不发达社会提供军事技术是国际社会的一个关键因素权力再配。
面对挑战者，主导力量可以：
产生更多的资源，引导他们保持自己的地位，或者以这样的方式减少承诺和成本不会危及它的位置。
历史上，各州试图通过征税或获取更多资源来自其他国家的贡品。然而，这是有代价的，而且会引起叛乱。
减少承诺涉及单方面放弃国家承诺，以不那么具有威胁性的权力寻求和解，或屈从于崛起的大国。
如果不平衡状态没有和平解决，那么霸权战争很可能发生。霸权战争吸引了许多国家进入（“世界大战”），影响了制度的性质和治理，并可能使用无限段。
霸权战争爆发的三个先决条件：
1。主导力量的选择权和机会的减少
2。心理因素，认为“一个根本的历史变化是发生并折磨着对一个或多个当时的大国的恐惧不知怎的，开始与之对抗，我们应该通过先发制人的战争。”
3。事态失控：超出了人类的控制。确切地说，什么决定了没有战争的国家何时不能解决问题还不清楚-取决于历史上的偶然事件和各个国家决策者的决定。
霸权战争不是结束，而是另一个增长周期的开始，扩张，最终衰退，等等。
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They dunno what talking
"Pain pain pain",their brains shouting
Pretending to put up a brave front
NOBOLEE said anything
Including MALTILDA
And his patraitic idol, a Tamponese resident
Who has been posting many poems lately
Including cursing one wooden block
To experience constipation
What an angry old man
They say the wrath of a woman knows no bound
How about that of an old Tamponese patrait?
Who has forecasted disasters and calamity
To befall the disdainful parasitic wooden leeching walking ivory zombies
When the time comes
And karma comes knocking on their door
Bom bom bom
The messengers of the hade
Named the cowhead and the horseface
In the middle of a dark chilling night
Amidst ghastly wind
Howling cats
Torrential storm
Piercing lightning
Deafening thunder
Streaking across a dark reckoning night
@ 143
ReplyDelete>> 然而，成本和效益是主观计算的。
是什么决定了这些看法？<<
In all of your analysis, you forgot to include culture as the most important driver. All development of any cuntry, expansion or contraction is a result of collective HUMAN ACTION, which is based on (subjective) BELIEF (shared myths and fictions), brewing in individual minds, discussed widely thru the society...until they collectively decide to do certain things. That is essentially the mechanics of culture---"shared fictions. common meanings".
Why is China on the rise whereas Africa has remained a shithole until recently? (still a shithole. But now at least there's a flushing system...so it's a much "better" shithole)
If you drill down...it is the difference in CULTURES which explains it.