The moon is a very muddy place

 

This is a NASA pic of the moon landing in 1969. See how many muddy footprints are on the ground. This is ample proof that there is water on the moon, if you believe in this pic. Test 1, see if you can find the shadow of the flag. Test 2, see if you can see wires or worm like features on the ground. Test 3, explain why the back of the astronaut and his backpack were not totally dark but still visible as if something is reflecting light onto them. Test 4, why was the light so bright, like  spot light, on the flag and astronaut, on the spot in front of the astronaut but very weak away from this area? Test 5, why so many footprints as if they had been dancing around the flag?

The Americans have forgotten their last big lie about aliens on the moon and warning them not to return to the moon. Now with China planning to land the first man on the moon, the Americans simply forgot about the warnings from the aliens, no more alien lies. They are now desperately trying to get to the moon ahead of China, not afraid of aliens anymore.

Hey American liars, the aliens will kill you if you go back to the moon. NASA, please remind the Artemis astronauts of the aliens. The fact that China is going to land man on the move is China saying it did not believe in the American lies. There are many video clips circulating to prove that the Americans spread this alien lie, with American astronauts vouching for their authenticity. Real or not? Never would the Americans believe that these lies on video are coming back to haunt them and making them look so stupid with their stupid lies and their stupid astronauts.

Did they see the aliens in the Hollywood mock ups or on the moon?

Clown Trump expediting dedollarisation and the demise of the American Empire

 It is unbelieveable that Trump who is expected to make America great again, is helping to crash the dollar and the American financial system, including the collapse of Wall Street. How can this be? Don't ask Trump and his D grader rogues in Washington, they cannot see anything further than their nose. They can only shout and scream like empty head school bullies, kill them, kill them, we are winning, we are winning.

Think of it this way, the American economy, Wall Street and the strong dollar, depend on peace and a high growth world economy. The more growth, more trade, more gambling and punting in the Stock Market, the better for the dollar, increasing demands for the dollar.

This evil Operation to Kill Iranians is doing exactly the opposite, bringing the world economy grinding to a standstill. The world economies depend on the supply of oil, everything depends on oil flowing. The war is stopping the flow of oil to the countries that needed it. For a while, Iran still allowed oil to flow, not a complete shut down. Countries still find their ways to get their hands on the oil. But clown Trump said nothing of that, and imposed a blockade of the Hormuz to make the flow of oil to a complete stop.

This started a vicious cycle of paralysing the world economies. Countries like Japan and South Korea, India and also the European countries have the money to buy oil, but there is no oil for sale. The dollars circulating in the SWIFT winding down. This follows with the factories of these countries slowing production or suspending production, cutting down on purchases of raw material and no finished products for sale. The demand for dollars keeps withering away, slowing to a standstill. No revenue, no profit, no money for investment or gambling in Wall Street, no money to buy American bonds and debt. Japan is dumping billions of dollars in American bonds to prop up their ailing economy and the falling Yen.

The oil producing Arab and Muslim countries are also suffering. They cannot sell their oil. Their economies cannot function with all the bombings around them. No travelers, no tourists, life activities scaling down. No more dollars floating around, no more dollars to give to Trump and his Piss Board. Oil is about the most important item in world trade in American dollars. Without the dollar exchanging hands, it is as good as dedollarisation on a global scale among American allies and crony states. The more Trump tighten the noose around the Strait Hormuz, the more it will hurt all the American allies and cronies and the demand for the dollar, and of course the money to buy American bonds and debt and gambling in Wall Street. Not only no dollars flowing back into America, the Gulf states will be liquidating their American assets, selling stocks and bonds for much needed liquidity in their chaotic economies. Thanks to the Washington clowns.

The economy of every Arab and Muslim state in the Gulf region is in a limbo. So is the economy of Israel where every social and economic activity has been halted or disrupted. How long can Israel continue to stay in this mess? How long can the patience of the Israeli population holds before it explodes into the street? The peace and stability and comfort of life in Israel is now a living nightmare 24/7. The buoyant and joyful voices of Israeli young and children are now the same as the sound of Palestinian children in Gaza...muted and grim with fear. The Israelis may not want to admit it, but many that can have fled Israel for safety.

Well done Trump and the Washington clowns. The BRICS countries did not have to lift a finger when Trump and his Washington clowns are working so hard to cripple the demand for dollars. Ssssh, don't tell the Washington clowns. Not to worry, some are spending time downing more alcohol, some popping in more drugs, and chief clown fully occupied with his tweets and fantasizing to be Jesus, no time for the serious stuff. Congress and the Senate have been ordered to stand down by Netanyahu.

 America is on a free fall with the world having to do nothing, without BRICS having to do anything, and China also did not have to do anything, just continue to make sure its factories are producing non stop for the world with overcapacity Chinese goods, to be paid in Yuan or anything except the dollar.

This Operation to Kill Iranians would hasten the death of the dollar by at least two years or more.

When America cannot win, just lie about tech being stolen

Every Chinese move is a consolidation of its overall resilience. To take down China the USA would have to move against China in multiple sectors - its education system, its energy diversification, its manufacturing overcapacity, its global raw material control, its domination in renewable energy generation and above all its skilled workforce that have already lost all trust working in the USA to help in its development.

The attack by the USA against Chinese technology is already a battle the USA has only a slight edge at the moment. The AI battle is facing its most severe test between USA and China, with the expected move by the USA slandering China over its industrial scale theft, with nothing to prove beyond rhetoric that USA factories are in any way riding more on AI adoption than China and having any significant edge over the Chinese. So, the only way forward is trying to demean China's AI advance by hitting below the belt. The USA had used this tactic against Japan and Germany before and succeeded beyond measure.


Anonymous

Iran does not need to import sheep for Hari Raya. Trump will send American boys and girls as sheep for the slaughter

I am sure that Iran knows where those aircraft carriers are located, with Russian and Chinese intelligence giving a hand. When things start to get hot, those three aircraft carriers will be the prime targets to take out immediately. It does not take a military genius to know what the Iranian priorities should be. After all, the Iranians are no country bumpkins, having already shown their prowess since the war began. Iranian strategy of asymmetrical warfare against brute force has delivered the goods by taking out important military targets first and foremost. The USA support bases in the Middle East are gone and non-operational and countries around are wary of supporting the USA in its attack. Diego Garcia is the only alternative, and the Iranians have already shown that they have the means to level it like those bases in the Gulf countries.

Trump is going to face Vietnam version 2, as many have already warned if he puts boot on the ground. But heroic Trump, the stable military genius, said that he is not worried about that, so let us see what happens. Even if Iran suffers an initial setback under intense USA carpet bombing, that is if the aircraft carriers dared to move closer to shore, the war is still not lost for the Iranians. Carpet bombing creates an illusionary initial advantage, but the real war comes after that as in Vietnam. While Vietnam's guerilla warfare was fought in jungles, Iran's version is over mountainous terrains. 70,000 USA troops against a million Iranian militia over a country as big as Iran is sending sheep to the slaughterhouse. The USA does not celebrate Hari Raya anyway, but the Iranians do and should welcome the delivery of sheep for the celebration.

Trump tried to play a psychological game by calling off his negotiators after the Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi landed in Pakistan briefly before flying to meet Putin in Moscow. I think this is not a visit for tea with Putin. It is also a psychological move to keep Trump guessing. Both sides can play for same game.


Anonymous

Satanyahu - No place for violence. Violence against subhuman and animals are not violence

The biggest joke I woke up this morning must be watching Satan Netanyahu gloating about 'no place for violence' when commenting on the shooting at the White House press dinner. This monster is the epitome of violence in every way and every espouse that comes out of his evil mouth. Most recently he also threatened about bombing Iran to the stone age when given the go ahead by Trump. How ridiculously absurd that someone can say things without looking at himself in the mirror.

The hypocrisy regarding all the comments demonizing the shooting does not reflect on the violence that USA and Israel had inflicted on the Palestinians, the Lebanese and now on the Iranians. How those commentators have the conscience and audacity to even talk about being against violence really boggles the mind. Do they even believe in walking the talk or just paying lip service about not supporting violence.

I know it is impossible to counter the propaganda machine that has a worldwide grip on MSM outlets that are paid to do its job. But it is for those with a brain to know when to separate the wheat from the chaff.


Anonymous

Barron Trump will be the next American envoy to negotiate peace with Iran

 

A 7 min clip of Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, two Jews, representing America for peace talks with Iran. These two are not American govt officials, just a friend and a son in law of Trump. They are supposed to be the best men to represent an America that is full of brain dead hillbillies and rednecks, nothing in their heads to handle such negotiations.

If these two failed, already failed, as the Iranians would not want to talk to the representatives from Israel, representing Israeli interests. The next best choice will be another genius from the House of Trump, Barron Trump. It would also be a good excuse for Barron to skip the draft and not having to go to fight in the Middle East and coming home in a black plastic bag.

No talent America has no choice but needs more foreign talents. Forget about no talent hillbillies and rednecks. America is a big country and can import all the foreign talents to replace the no talent Americans.

Barron my boy, get ready for your next important mission, as Special Envoy of Emperor Trump.

Lebanon is the next Gaza

 In a way, Lebanon is very similar to Gaza in geography, except slightly bigger. To cut up Lebanon and be destroyed like Gaza is a piece of cake. The formula was put into practice in Gaza and very successful, with the whole world turning away, not wanting to know about it. Gaza is finished. The remaining work to be done is to get rid of the surviving Palestinians by all means. They will not be allowed to return to Gaza and no one cares a hoot about what is happening to them. The Palestinians were evicted from their homes and now with absolutely nothing other than the clothes on their backs.

Such horrible destruction of two million Palestinians did not attract the attention of any decent leaders other than passing remarks. The whole world has accepted the fate of the Palestinians. And many silly buggers are still going through the motion of talking to the American and Israeli terrorists for a Palestinian state and joining the silly Piss Board.

The American and Israeli terrorists have moved on with Lebanon to be bombed and flattened like Gaza. And the story will be repeated with no resistance to save Lebanon and the Lebanese. The American and Israeli terrorists are on a rampage to take over the whole of the Middle East. And the Arabs and Muslims are not bothered by it. They are all happily sleeping with the American and Israeli terrorists, signing more strategic defence pacts. They did not know what is the meaning of betraying the Arab and Muslim brotherhood.

The UN and the rest of the world should not sweat the small stuff, no need for any angst about the takeover of the Middle East by the American and Israeli terrorists. If the Arabs and Muslims did not bother about their land and their well being, why should the world care or worry about what is going on in the Middle East. For all you know, the Arabs and Muslims are on the same side as the American and Israeli terrorists and would want to wipe out the Iranians.

The Iranians have proven worthy of the full backing of China, Russia and North Korea. They fought bravely and winning. The rest of the Arab and Muslim states can go to the Americans and Israelis, but NOT Iran. The Iranians have the will to fight for their independence and sovereignty.

The grand plan of Greater Israel is proceeding smoothly without a hitch. Piece by piece of the Arab and Muslim land will be added on to Israel. It is so easily done. Why should the world worry about what will happen to the Middle East and be looked upon as fools? They should mind their own business and let whatever will be will be. There is nothing to be worried and unhappy about. 

The Middle East (minus Iran) would soon be renamed Greater Israel and be given a permanent seat in the UN Security Council as the 6th member with veto right. Do not go against the trend.

Terrorism, banditry, piracy, kidnapping, genocide, ... are legitimate under America's rules based order with full support from allies and cronies

We have already seen that piracy is already being rejuvenated by the USA from an old activity given mainstream new coat of paint with the seizure of ships or killing of people on board ships around Venezuela a year ago. That has continued with the pirates boarding ships at will around the Strait of Hormuz now. It is mainstream activity for the USA when no country, not even the UN could do anything about.

We have also already seen banditry being committed by the USA with the seizure of Venezuelan oil as if it is a right for the bandits just to take, illegally, oil belonging to a Sovereign country. And we have seen that kidnapping is simultaneously being given mainstream legitimacy by the USA with the kidnapping of a leader of a Sovereign country using fabricated charges that borders on insanity.

Having mentioned the above scenario regarding banditry, who were the biggest thief in history that ever stole whole continents, huge islands and occupying countries as discovered by them, as if no humans were already living there. Is it the Chinese during Admiral Cheng He's voyages or just heresy from recent and perennial slander that China had always been subjected to when accused of stealing stuff from the USA? Not by a long shot is China fitting into the equation. So, just keep guessing

The World's biggest terrorist is also trying to resurrect terrorism into a global phenomenon with its unprovoked attacks on countries it does not see eye to eye. What has Iran done to provoke the USA to carry out such heinous atrocity? My guess is it has nothing to do with nukes and everything to do with oil, as in Venezuela. Controlling global oil will stifle China's growth, which is the ultimate objective. But it is too little and too late, as China has already built in and insulated itself into a fail-safe economy beyond what appears on the surface. Sure, there will be minor interruptions, but oil is just a small part of the vulnerability of China's energy structure. China still has mountains of coal and will cope even if the shit hits the fan in a worst-case scenario. China will not collapse and will grow stronger in resilience with the experience. Mark my words.

Now, are we going to see a genocide of 90 million people in Iran being committed to rival the genocide of the Native American Indians? Someone already gloated about doing that by sending Iran back to the stone age. In fact, two lunatics said the same thing. Will genocide even go mainstream too after this happens?


Anonymous

Indians tried to play three sides and got caught with their pants down

The Indians tried to play three sides and got caught with their pants down.

India played the USA versus China card in the hope that USA and China could destroy each other so that India could rise faster and become the real superpower. Now, Trump is turning against India instead. Worse to come are the jobs in the call centers in India going to vanish soon, with AI taking over. Mass layoffs are already happening in the USA itself, and India will not be spared.

India also played the USA versus Russia card by buying Russian weapons and oil, while supporting the USA with hugging visits. Trump gave India a piece of his mind recently and cut India down to size. India was even humiliated by being warned to ask for USA permission to buy Russian oil.

The USA on the other hand had tried to use India to counter China, but lost the plot when India failed to deliver by failing to take on a more powerful China. Stray dog India has been dropped by the sidewalk not knowing where to turn to now for a new master.


Anonymous

More hard earned SIA money into a bottomless dark pit

Tata Group is Air India’s biggest shareholder with 74.9 per cent, while SIA holds the remaining 25.1 per cent stake, after the Indian flag carrier merged with the SIA co-owned Vistara in 2024.

As part of the deal, the Singapore carrier initially pumped in some S$360 million in cash into Air India, in addition to offering up its Vistara equity. It also committed up to another S$880 million, likely needed for fleet and capacity upgrades in the following years.

But that figure looks to balloon as the Indian carrier faces existential issues....

AIR INDIA’S PROBLEMS KEEP PILING UP....

So what now for SIA? If it chooses to bail out Air India, shareholders might need some convincing. Detractors are concerned SIA will throw good money after bad....

Also, SIA will need to be upfront about what this potentially huge capital injection means for its own financial resilience, especially given the Iran war's impact on fuel and demand.  CNA

India is always the same story, a shithole that is waiting to be filled by OPM from silly countries, but in the long, long run, maybe 50 years, 100 years, when all those who made decisions to dump good money into the dark pit would be gone, and the fictitious pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is forever there, waiting, more like fools gold. You cannot be cheated if you do not covet other people's things or being greedy for easy profits.

If Goh Keng Swee or LKY were still in charge, some people's neck would be chopped long ago. Never take unnecessary risks with the people's money, never gamble with the people's hard earned money. Things may have changed, now we have a lot of OPM to lose. What is a few billion?

The frightening stories coming out of India is common knowledge. Apple has been slammed with a US$38 billion fine for violating India's funny laws. US$38 billion, NOT million. Many foreign corporations have been forced to liquidate at fire sale prices to allow Indian companies to take over what they had invested for a song. Only the very dense would not shiver with such news and would continue to throw good money into a bottomless pit.

Those countries that have not been cheated, robbed, are mostly hiding their losses and their stupidity for deciding to invest in India. China had been cheated many times and has made it a state policy, no more investing Chinese money in India. Samsung, American and European corporations, Taiwan and Hong Kong investments all suffered the same fate. 

Let's pray hard that SIA or Singapore corporations will not be robbed and stripped off their pants by India. The SIA shareholders must take a strong stand and not be deluded by long, long term prospect. They will not be around to see it. How many silly companies are stuck in serious losses and unable to cut loss, or pretending that no such thing is happening to them?

When accountability is pushed to 100 years in the future, who cares? Just keep spinning the good news, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Singapore may want to invest in India's railway system, rebuild the medieval railway system with modern high speed trains, like trying to rebuild every Indian slum city. Big money man. A contract like this will keep Singapore very busy for decades or even centuries. Caveat, Singapore investment will be in Singapore dollar, India will repay with rupees, trillions and trillions of them, that is, if they will repay and not rob them outright by some ludicrous India laws.

Iran must not fall to Trump's lie...Trump did not TACO

WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Apr 21) said he was extending a ceasefire with Iran indefinitely at Pakistan's request to give more time for negotiations, but would maintain a US naval blockade of the country's ports.

Trump posted on social media that he would "extend the Ceasefire" until Iran came up with a "unified proposal" to end the conflict. However, he "directed our Military to continue the Blockade"....

It was the latest instance of Trump backing down from his repeated threats to bomb power plants and other civilian infrastructure in Iran. United Nations Secretary General António Guterres and others have said international humanitarian law forbids such attacks.  CNA

This is another lie. The American and Israeli terrorists did not respect any ceasefire and will attack anytime they choose. Also, the ceasefire is only meant for the Iranians not to fire at American warships attacking Iranian and foreign ships transiting the Hormuz. A ceasefire is just a delay tactic, a lie. The main mission is to destroy Iran and kill Iranians. 

More and more weapons and troops are being sent to the region for D Day to wipe out the Iranians and the Arabs and Muslims as collateral damages. Wiping out the Arabs and Muslims is the main objective of the American and Israeli terrorists. Do not forget this evil goal of the Americans and Israelis. Stop believing and trusting the American and Israeli terrorists.

This is an existential genocide against the Arabs and Muslims, with Iranians as top priority.

The alternative system will cripple the American dollar and military hegemony

Most smaller countries have no choice under USA's veiled threat. When the USA says, you are either with us or against us, what choice do small countries have?

But the obvious choice is getting murkier over time and getting away from the threat looks clearer with BRICS providing the alternative. Under Russia and China's protective umbrella in BRICS, both militarily and economically, unfolding events are undoubtedly changing the game. Russia is militarily about on par with the USA in terms of nuke capability. China underwrites the economic facade of BRICS, with the Chinese Yuan playing its part and providing the stability. BRICS is not formed for harvesting immediate results. It is for a longer-term objective of weaning countries away from using the US$. Rome was not built in a day, but the Roman Empire rose and flourish over time.

Decades ago, most countries faced the cardinal truth that the USA was their most important market for their exports. They provided the blood and sweat to produce the real goods in exchange for toilet paper printed out of thin air.

The strong USA military is the result of the US$ hegemony which must continue to function to provide the USA the ability to maintain such a widespread force globally. The US$ hegemony's continued existence is needed to maintain the USA military, while the USA military exists to protect the US$ hegemony. If the US$ hegemony fails, everything goes down like a house of cards, just like the British without the privilege of unlimited money printing powers then. Any weakening of the US$ hegemony, not necessarily its collapse, will render the USA military being heavily compromised.


Anonymous

Several old myths have been torn to pieces by the Iran War

Several old myths have been torn to pieces over the Iran War. A few are worth repeating.

First myth is that expensive weapons will always win no matter what happens has now been torn to pieces by Iran, a precedent that China will undoubtedly take good note. Iran has proven that cheap drones and missiles can also do a good job against top end weaponry. One interceptor cost five times or more to take down one cheap Iranian drone. And it is honestly highly optimistic to suggest that only one interceptor will be fired to take down one incoming drone. For the same price, Iran can fire five or more drones, which will in turn specify that the USA needs to fire five interceptors to take them down. Calculate the math.

Second myth is that aircraft carriers will always be used to project power has been proven and obsolete idea by Iran using cheap hypersonic missiles and drones, so much so that aircraft carriers have now turned into sitting ducks, having to stay far offshore carrying fighter jets that are now unable to take advantage of close to shore take off and return. In other words, the projection of power advantage delegated to aircraft carriers is no longer achievable and could be lost for good. More so, when the reach of hypersonic drones and missiles keep increasing. The USA was reported to have predicted that Iranian hypersonic missiles were not capable of going for targets more than two thousand kilometers away. The shock came when Iran showed its threat by firing two missiles at Diego Garcia, four thousand kilometers away. So much for the much-touted USA intelligence.

The third myth being broken to pieces is that blockading the Straits of Hormuz is going to strangle China over Persian Gulf oil. Iranian oil can still enter China by rail, still paid in Yuan, while Russia has assured China of taking up the slack. Meanwhile China is going all out by leveraging on renewable energy and building Thorium nuclear plants to provide unlimited nuclear energy on top of hydropower, wind and solar energy. Oil imports will slowly not figure most prominently in China's manufacturing sector in time to come. So, what will become of those choke points that can no longer be instrumental in choking China? Who else is the USA going to choke.

Many countries are also migrating to renewable energy in the face of the Middle East turmoil. For example, Pakistan has already been following the Chinese by harvesting hydropower with huge dams and solar farms. More countries will realize that depending on oil alone is disastrous as global oil reserves are limited and turning to renewables is the answer for the future.

Now, here again one country is going to laugh all the way to the bank. Chinese wind turbines, solar panels, EVs and even Thorium nuclear power plants for export are planned, all of which China is already dominating globally and will be sought after in years to come. Which other country has the capacity to supply all the equipment demanded at scale?

All the showboating about the USA having so much oil is perhaps just a short-term feel-good moment, when the rest of the world start migrating to renewables, while Trump keeps demonizing wind turbines for killing birds and Chinese solar panels spying on citizens and all the hubris. Oh, maybe Trump will threaten them with high tariffs if they turn to clean energy, lol.

USA still needs to import 30 to 35% of its oil needs. The USA cannot use all the oil that it produces as its own refineries are not built to process those lighter crude. The lighter crude may be sold to refineries outside USA that are able to process them elsewhere. So, what affects most countries around the world, also does affect the USA as well if the Strait of Hormuz remain closed. The fact that USA pump prices are now reaching for unscalable heights shows the reality of what I am saying. So much oil and yet cannot keep pump prices down does prove a thing or two.


Anonymous

Operation Kill Iranians - 3 aircraft carrier strike groups and more than 70,000 troops

Do take lunatic Trump seriously when he said he is going to wipe out the Iranians. This is not a joke. Lunatic Trump meant what he said. He will continue to sack the American generals and admirals if they refused to do his bidding, to kill Iranians and risking the lives of American boys and girls. Surely after all the sackings there will be one or two wimps with stars on their shoulders to say aye to Trump. Then the massacre will begin, the Iranians will die, a lot of them. The American boys and girls will also die, a lot of them. Why? For what, for who?

For the moment, lunatic Trump has been checked. He asked for the nuclear codes. If a nuclear threat is just for negotiation, there is no need to ask for the codes. The codes will give him access and the ability to press the nuclear button. To this lunatic, what is nuking Iran and killing a few Iranians? Gen Dan Caine, Chairman of Joint Chief of General Staff blocked Trump from access to the nuclear codes. How long will he stay on the job and his replacement would definitely be picked by Trump and do his bidding. This is a very dangerous situation facing Iran and the world. If this mad man can nuke Iran, he can nuke anyone. Period.

Operation Kill Iranians is temporarily on hold and will continue once the Trump has his forces in place. The extension of the ceasefire is not for anything good, but giving the American terrorists more time to deploy all the weapons and attack forces. Many aircraft, including the out of action F18s have not been flown to UAE to within striking distance of Iran. The F18s have been out of action as the aircraft carriers had been forced to flee to a safe distance from Iran. Now they can only fly from land bases near Iran. And the ceasefire is exactly for this purpose.

Iran must deploy and target the UAE bases with hypersonic missiles and fingers on the button the moment ceasefire expires. Better to be on the button now as the treacherous and cheating Americans will likely to strike before the ceasefire ends, the moment they are ready to hit Iran. They had done this twice during a ceasefire negotiation.

The next phase of attack against Iran is going to be harder. Hopefully Iran also make use of this ceasefire to restock with more hypersonic missiles to wipe out everything the American terrorists have laid before them. 70,000 American boys and girls will present enough targets for the Iranians, and the aircraft in nearby airbases. Would the American terrorists dare to sail their warships near to the Persian Gulf for target practice by the Iranians?

When the lunatic Trump only cares about winning, he will sacrifice all the boys and girls he can get. Body bag manufacturers should ramp up their production of these plastic bags.

America is now the joke of the world

While Trump, his regime and the USA people want to treat China as a joke, the whole world is beginning to see USA as a bigger joke. The war on Iran has exposed the biggest joke about USA military power. Not that it had not been already exposed in Vietnam and Afghanistan. The irony is that the world does not see the woods from the trees regarding the fate of a falling superpower.

China giving visa free travel to foreign visitors is a masterstroke to let foreign visitors see and experience the real China and undo the brainwashing that they had been subjected to for decades. No amount of propaganda can win against experiencing the reality. Just the high-speed rail experience in China is enough to floor visitors, with high-speed rail stations overshadowing airports in their own country. Do they think those are a joke?

And the low cost of living is another shocking experience that foreign travelers have noticed while in China. The food available at supermarkets are cheap, eating out is cheap, transportation is cheap and above all homes, rental flats and hotels are cheap as well. Medical treatment in China is also cheaper and more efficient. For comparison of cost, each Chinese ambulance costs about US$60,000 each fully equipped and delivered in weeks. An ambulance made in USA cost about US$500,000 and takes three years to deliver. That is the extent of the greed inside a democracy that works for the top 1% to make more money at the expense of the bottom feeders. Do USA voters realized that they have landed on the wrong side of the bargain, paying for essential things that should be heavily subsidized. What has USA voters benefitted from having a right to vote but ended up being more heavily squeezed each time.


Anonymous

China's real economic growth versus American's money printing growth and Ponzi scheme in Wall Street

25 years of the collapse of China has not come to fruition. This must be the mother of all failed propaganda ever trotted out by the West. I guess, this mantra will be repeated for another 25 years to come. I do not think Gordon Chang will still be around to witness the collapse of China, or the rise of China to be the biggest economy of the world.

Never mind that China's GDP growth is now around 4.5% or whatever, but it is still double what the USA has achieved over the years. Real growth supported by real manufacturing and real exports resulting in ever growing surpluses does not lie. On the other hand, growth through money printing is hiding a very unpalatable truth pertaining to more money being used for round-tripping investments in order to give the impression of growth. A Ponzi scheme never ends well.

Countries are wising up realizing that the Ponzi scheme is going to unravel sooner or later. Treasury interest rates are pushed higher and higher, yet few takers are being enticed. The fall of the US$ does not compensate even with the increase in interest rates and the inherent risk of holding such investments. Coupled with the risk of seizures like the Russian assets, lessons are being learnt. Investments in gold and silver rather than treasuries are now more beneficial without the inherent risk. It is better to be safe than be sorry like the Russians and Iranians.


Anonymous

One old lady's prayer worth a thousand words

 Old lady praying in church. Dear Lord, you have taken away my favourite actor, my favourite actress, my favourite singer, my favourite comedian. Dear Lord, my favourite politician is Donald Trump. And my new favourite comedian is also Donald Trump.   PS. Got this story from an email.

When a politician becomes the joke of the day, or when he made himself the joker of the day, what does it say? What does it say when the President of the USA, a very important man, with very important tasks and duties to perform, spent his times playing the joker? Oops, Trump is not playing the joker, he is the joker. And he is more, he thinks he is the Pope, he thinks he is Jesus, he thinks he is a doctor. He did not think he is sick, senile, that he is a mass murderer. Oops, I used to wonder whaat the J stands for when Trump signed off as Donald J Trump. You guess it, it is Jesus! Donald Jesus Trump.

How many hundreds of thousands of Palestinians has he killed by allowing the Jews to do it with all the weapons he provided? How many Iranians has he killed by starting this senseless Operation to Kill Iranians? How many Arabs and Muslims has he killed as collateral damages? How many American boys and girls has he killed when they are sent to kill Iranians?

Nobody wants to know. Nobody thinks these are important questions. Nobody sees anything wrong with the killing of Iranians. Nobody thinks it is Trump that started this war, started the closing of the Strait of Hormuz. Nobody thinks it is against international law to bomb another country, to kill their people, to blow up ships in international waters. Everyone only thinks it is Iran's fault. Trump is blameless. Who dares to blame Donald Jesus Trump? It will be blasphemy.

Anyone bothers when Trump wants to mass murder all the Iranians? What is more important is opening of the Hormuz, and more importantly is Iranians to open it. Who cares if the American terrorists are closing it?

And what is making Americans so happy, forgetting about the killing of Iranians? It is making jokes about Trump and laughing themselves silly about these jokes. Americans are very serious about human rights, democrazy, principles, genocides when they are free and have nothing to amuse them. But these are not as important as making themselves merry with jokes and laughing themselves silly at Trump. Jokes are the most important thing in the lives of clueless Americans. One day they can protest with millions of people, the next day they will be looking for something else to humour themselves if they are not taking drugs.

Oops, there is only one sensible person in this world, the old lady praying in church. She may or may not have principles. But she cares about her favourite things.

China has no choice...the non aligned states have no choice

 The belief that the evil American Empire is a peace loving stabilising force in the world has been shattered to pieces. The brain dead and unthinking would still want to think so. But the American terrorists have torn off their mask and telling the brain dead and unthinking to stop being silly. The American terrorists are the real terrorists of the world and are terrorising every country, to remain the biggest bully in the world. Their war cry, kill, kill and kill. Get that! No, the brain dead and unthinking would still not want to believe that this is true. America is the blessed country. God is white and a white God will always support white supremacy, will kill all the coloured people to make America a great white Empire to rule the world of inferior coloured people that are mostly brain dead or unthinking.

There is absolutely no justification to attack Iran, to want to kill the Iranian people. This is mass murder, ethnic cleansing. The Iranians are just like any other coloured country, minding its own business and being another member of the International Community. Iran, like any country, has all the right to live and survive, to trade with any country, to have nuclear weapons if it chooses to. Who is America to decide that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons? In fact, the Ayatollah had forbid Iran from having nuclear weapons on religious ground and would not allow Iran to have nuclear weapons. The evil Americans are lying and lying that Iran is going to have nuclear weapons and will use it to nuke America. Only the very dense and brain dead will believe in this lie. 

The frightening thing is that this lie will be used by the American terrorists to attack any country they like at their own time and choosing. The American terrorists can fabricated all kinds of silly lies to attack countries, in the name of national security and national interest. The American terrorists believe in absolute security, meaning they must have all the weapons of mass destruction, and no country can have them, so that they can dictate, bully and control the whole world.

Iran is in the list of 7 nations that the American terrorists wanted to destroy. And that is not the end. The rogue regime in Washington has been emboldened and wanted to take the whole world, to rule every ocean. Venezuela has been taken, Panama, Mexico, Bolivia, Canada, Greenland etc are all on the hit list. When Iran falls, all the Middle East countries will fall. Russia and China will be next. The war in Ukraine will continue when the American terrorists have freed themselves from the Middle East.

China's non interference and non involvement in other countries affairs will the an invitation for the American terrorists to invade China after the fall of Russia. The writing is on the wall. China either works with countries of the world, with Russia and Iran and others, to take on the American terrorists or have to face the American terrorists alone. 

Countries of the so called non aligned countries, not taking sides, will suffer the same fate. When China falls, there will be no luxury not to take sides. They will all be taken over by the evil American Empire and unable to say no and all the nice things about principles. The American terrorists intention is clear and a present danger to every country. You have no choice, either with us or against us. Stop being naive thinking that you can afford to stay neutral. You can do that now when China and Russia are in the way of the American terrorists. 

For those who love to be ruled by the white men, the choice is obvious. For those who value true independence, especially the coloured people, not to be oppressed and bullied by the white men, the choice is also obvious. This is the last chance to take sides. The window will close soon, for China and for the so called non aligned countries. Now there is still a choice. When Iran is down, Russia is down, there will be no more choices. The American terrorists will take over the world whether you like it or not. Some brain dead coloured countries are waiting for this day, to pray to the white Gods again.

The evil American Empire has made it a forced choice situation. The children will still think they can play both sides, we are neutral, we are not taking sides. Really?

Americans justifying their own lies with more lies

Commentary: Why the US military is stuck using US$1 million missiles against Iran’s US$20,000 drones

The US military doesn’t have a technology problem – it has a bureaucracy problem, says a former US Air Force officer.

OXFORD, Mississippi: It may sound hard to believe, but the almost trillion-dollar US military is struggling to fight cheap drones in its war with Iran.

Iran has built a simple drone, the Shahed, with a motorcycle-type engine, loaded it with explosives and successfully targeted its neighbours’ cities and power plants....

The drones cost between US$20,000 and US$50,000 to build. In response, the US military sometimes fires missiles worth more than US$1 million to shoot one down.

As a former US Air Force officer and now national security scholar, I believe that math is a problem: The US military for now has a US$1 million answer to a US$20,000 question. This math tells you almost everything you need to know about one of America’s biggest national security headaches.   Aaron Brynildson  CNA.  

This American national security scholar sees an American problem and explained it away with his own interpretation and understanding of the problem. The Americans cannot solve the problem because of bureaucracy, procedures and lengthy processes. These, he believes, are the real problems to resolving the math problem from an American scholar using the American way of thinking, everything so legalistic and systematic.

The big question, are slow processing the real problem, what is the real problem? For centuries, the American defence budget has been held at ransom by the Military Industrial Complex. It is a cash cow to fleece the Treasury and taxpayers' money to line the pockets of the weapons manufacturers and the generals. The MIC came out with a formula, it must be expensive to be good. And they keep on telling Washington and the Pentagon about building more and more expensive weapons and weapon systems to be the very best that the whole world cannot match, just like the trillions of dollars demanded by the AI craze. The more expensive the weapons are, the better they are. Just follow up with all the hypes and fictitious performance statistics to fool and confuse the daft senators and congressmen and women that they are paying for the best. And they needed all the best weapons systems to fight and subdue goat herdsmen in Afghanistan. No one wants to know the math on the cost effectiveness. And of course, the stars in Pentagon will be fully behind the MIC to demand for more expensive weapons systems. They all have vested interests to have the best and most expensive weapons. No need to explain why. 

And more wars are needed to keep the MIC fat. More expensive weapons must be used and dropped even on speedboats in the Caribbeans. Get the picture? The whole defence industry and the American armed forces is a scam. It is a money making machine. War is not about defence but about business, making money. No country is a threat to America. No country can threaten America. It is the American terrorists that are fabricating threats to start wars, to attack small little countries, to expend their expensive weapons that need to be replaced by more orders for the MIC.

The stars in the Pentagon cannot be that stupid not to know that using a $10m missiles to shoot at hot air balloon is silly. You don't need to know math to understand this. But they did it, not with one missile but several missiles. Follow the money trail.

For decades, the American were strutting around the world threatening the world with 11 carrier strike groups when not a single country can threaten America. Why need 11 carrier strike groups with hundreds of aircraft that cost tens of millions each? And an aircraft carrier needs to be protected with escort ships, destroyers, submarines, logistic support ships, etc etc, when the enemy countries did not have a single aircraft carrier, warship or aircraft that can match the Americans.

It is all about money for the MIC and you know who. This is the real reason. Some may believe in the American lies, raising scarecrows as targets to be conveniently shot down and be very happy with it. America will not build cheap weapons. Period. It must be expensive then it can be called good, just like university education. You want good education, you must pay dearly. The best talents coming to Singapore came from third world unknown village universities, cheap and good.

This myth was 'pitcha' by Pakistan using cheap Chinese J10Cs and cheap Chinese PL15 missiles to bring down expensive Rafales that cost 4 or 5 times a J10C. Expensive is not necessarily good. Expensive is good for someone's pocket, for some people to get rich.

For a start, stop the incestuous relationship between Pentagon and the MIC to end the rot.

American lies against China crumbling into dust

The deep-seated propaganda that China is behind the USA in everything is becoming a myth rather than a reality. The West can keep repeating the mantra that everything Chinese is inferior, junks, a joke and that China is copying everything from the USA and the West and therefore can never overtake the West.

The fact that China was able to have its own space station despite being forbidden to set foot on the International Space Station was a satisfying answer by China to the West that not everything China does needs to be dependent on Western technology. In fact, the International Space Station is largely a Soviet space project with participation by the USA. It was the USA that was instrumental in getting rid of the Chinese participation program on board the ISS. Where the USA is involved, it means trouble for China and nothing else.

The USA can never live with the fact that China can be a competitive entity in anything that the USA does. When Huawei was building its communication domination around the world, the USA and its allies like Ericson and Nokia realized Huawei was eating their breakfast, lunch and dinner and that resulted in the crippling of Huawei. Now, USA's 5G networks are still a joke and contenders still have to pay copyrights using Huawei's patents. Some allies that jumped on the anti-Huawei bandwagon have paid heavy prices just tearing down the infrastructures built by Huawei. What does not kill Huawei has made Huawei even stronger. It hurts for sure that Huawei did not collapse.

BRICS de-dollarization program has been brushed aside many a time as just an irritant and could never move forward against the mighty US$. Why is Trump making threats against countries joining BRICS or should I say joining the de-dollarization move? If it is harmless, just let it fail. The fact is China does not invest in something of this magnitude to fail. It is a long-term strategy that China is famous for. The results may not be apparent on the surface, but the foundation and motive is getting stronger and more targeted and Trump knows it.

What can we surmise from Russia and Iran selling oil in Yuan? Both are BRICS members, oil exporters and have a big say in the oil trade. Do not underestimate what they are doing by undertaking de-dollarization moves that should worry the USA.


Anonymous

Sign more comprehensive defense agreement with the Americans...Stupidity cannot be cured

It seems that what happened in the Middle East has not registered in the minds of those still seeking to sign comprehensive defense agreements with the USA.

The Gulf countries have entered into such comprehensive defense agreements with the USA, but were they able to defend themselves against Iran? The facts speak for themselves, although the rhetorics are still stuck in fantasy mode, and have not caught up with reality. If that is the case, it is still true that stupidity has no cure.

The signing of comprehensive defense agreements are all to protect the interest of the USA, not the other way round. Just look at NATO Europe now realizing that it is better to have their own collective defense strategy rather than rely on the USA. What is the point when Trump still retains his mindset about taking over Greenland, a country related to NATO Denmark. This is realistically one NATO country trying to invade another, when article 5 of NATO already said that an attack on one country in NATO is an attack on all. That would render article 5 completely screwed when it does not cover one NATO country invading another in NATO. In any case, the Anglo-Saxon cliques are great in setting time bombs that they can capitalize on when the time comes.

Anonymous

Disaster in Iran - 11 jets down, 47 American dead, 23 wounded

 

25 min of revelation, if true, makes Trump a liar exposed. Security breach by Trump's appointee.

Monday night. 47 American service members killed. 11 aircraft destroyed in what Pentagon documents reveal was a completely compromised special operations mission. I've got the 127-page after-action report, and what's buried in pages 83-103 exposes something far worse than mission failure—this was a preventable catastrophe caused by catastrophic security breaches at the highest levels. 

Iranian forces were waiting. They had our coordinates. Our flight paths. Our timing. How? An unsecured email from a political appointee with zero intelligence experience—someone Pentagon security had flagged two months earlier. The White House ignored the warnings. 

📺 WATCH NOW to understand what really happened before Thursday's hearing spins the narrative.

Trump thinks Xi is stupid...calling China a shithole and expecting Xi to hug him

 Lunatic Trump continues to order his regime to attack and harass China, Chinese businesses and Chinese in America and around the world, everyday and everywhere. The American terrorists are threating the Chinese as criminals, even official delegations to the US were harassed at the airports by American thugs in uniforms. Scott Bessent threatened Chinese banks for dealings with Iran.  Trump continues to send weapons to Taiwan but demanding China to stop sending weapons to Iran. Trump has seized Chinese investments in Venezuela, taking over Chinese bought and paid for oil to cut off oil supply to China. One of the main objectives of closing Hormuz is to stop Iranian oil going to China. Chinese businesses are being hit everywhere under the orders of Trump.

American warships had boarded Chinese ships to and from Iran. The latest, Trump is calling China a shithole and still wants to visit China in May.

Would China still want to host lunatic Trump in Beijing without protest? No matter how the American terrorists bullied, attacked, harassed, threatened China, to bring down China's economy and everything, tariffs, sanctions, blacklists etc etc. China is taking all the insults, attacks and bullying quietly, at most making a bit of noise.  Now that Trump is upping the ante, calling China a shithole. Would it change anything, would the visit still go on? What message is China sending to the world with this latest smear?

Trump is even bragging that Xi is eagerly waiting for him in Beijing and wanting to give him a bear hug like Modi. Is Trump deluding or insulting Xi as a spineless leader, wanting to kiss China's enemy number one, the rogue lunatic Trump?

It is looking like when Trump decides he wants to go to Beijing, wants to see Xi, Xi cannot say no, afraid to say no. Would Trump be raising the issues of discrimination and genocide against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, about Chinese threat and aggressive behaviours in Taiwan and South China Sea, warning China to stop sending weapons to Iran....or telling Xi to behave as dictated by the Americans?

When is China going to say no to Trump and the American terrorists? When is China going to tell Trump and the American terrorists to behave and stop attacking China or else no visit? When is China going to tell Trump to stop sending weapons to Taiwan, to stop meddling in Taiwan's politics?

Maybe the only time for Xi to wake up, is for Trump to slap him in Beijing in front of the Chinese people. There is absolutely no reason for China to be nice to Trump and the American terrorists and to invite him to Beijing when he is so anti China, with all his hostile and aggressive orders and acts against China.

China must slam the door in the face of lunatic Trump or always be under the thumb of the American terrorists. American terrorists only understand the language of power and might. Trump does not respect any weak leader. He has been insulting and attacking every leader in the whole world, including the Pope. Can you imagine how the Chinese people and the world would react if Trump, in his insane moment, slaps Xi in China or tell Xi right in his face that China is a shithole?

Trump calls India a shithole again. What can Modi do about it?

Trump no longer holds his contempt for India and China. India on Thursday slammed US President Donald Trump’s remarks over his “hellhole” remarks on Indians as “uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste.”

In a statement shared on X, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Official Spokesperson said that the Ministry has seen Trump’s remarks and the subsequent clarification issued by the US Embassy in response. FirstPostNews.

Trump no longer holds his contempt for India and China. He slammed both countries as shitholes. And he is going to the China shithole next month. Would Xi invite him to eat shit, to sleep in shitholes? So far have not seen how China is responding to this shithole insult.

India has protested. But Modi is keeping very quiet about what his idol had said. Maybe Modi should give Trump a call and remind this shithole of the downing of 11 American aircraft in Iran in the failed Isfahan raid. This is good opportunity for Modi to take a snipe remark on Trump for embarrassing him in the Operation Sindoor War. Then, Trump laughed at India for losing 6 aircraft, including 4 Rafales.

Telling Trump about his silly lies of saving a down pilot but really a botched raid on Iran's nuclear site would be a big slap to Trump. And telling him about America losing 11 aircraft in this childish raid would rub salt into the wounds. 

Why are you waiting, Modi. Time to give lunatic Trump a tight slap.

So easy to open the Strait of Hormuz. Just tell the American terrorists to stop killing Iranians

Iran is not negotiating it seems. In other words, the blockade is going to continue. The war is already in its 52nd day, seven weeks and counting.

Now Iran is not suffering as much, but those countries that depend on Persian Gulf oil and fertilizers are going to be in deep trouble when their stockpiles of oil and fertilizers are exhausted.

Iran is again going to win the game of chicken, because the blame goes to the USA for blockading the Strait of Hormuz to prevent traffic from moving. I think the Iranians are smarter than we think.


Anonymous

Do no evil and there is no fear of visitors at night

A USA General has come out to claim that the USA did not move THAAD missiles from South Korea to the Middle East. Earlier there were many reports of THAAD redeployment to the Middle East. I guess it depends on how we interpret the move - redeployment does not mean moved.

Why is it suddenly necessary to deny such THAAD movement? Is there going to be a change in the South China Sea problem that needed to resort to such propaganda to remind China that such THAAD weapons are still in South Korea, knowing that Japan is upping provocation against China, while China had closed its airspace around its offshore regions for 40 days until May 5th.

China could take out such THAAD batteries in South Korea easily, so what is the point of talking cock and singing songs.


Anonymous

Technology for law enforcement judiciously, and privacy concerns

SINGAPORE: Singapore must use technology for law enforcement judiciously, and privacy concerns need to be taken into consideration, said Coordinating Minister for Social Policies Ong Ye Kung on Tuesday (Apr 21).

Mr Ong was speaking to reporters in Hangzhou, China, following the 5th Singapore-China Social Governance Forum on Monday. CNA

This is the most forwarding looking and progressive statement coming from Singapore, using technology to enforce law and security.  The benefits of technology, robots and AIs need no further elaboration. These are highly productive machines, cannot be biased, not subjective to human behaviours and interference. Absolutely impartial if programmed to be so. Of course they can be programmed to lie and to cheat and to be biased. But that should not be the case. And machines cannot be corrupt, another strong point.

With the advancement of AI, and the capacity to store unlimited information, law cases, judgements and precedents, no human lawyer can compete with that, machine is the next thing to replace lawyers in litigation. Not only that, machine can also replace the judges in listening to complex cases or sensitive cases. Rapists have no fear of the likes of Justice Choor Singh in the past. The judiciary will be completely free from human bias and differential access. No one can accuse the court of being biased, favouritism.

This is going to be the future of the Judicial System. Why not, when it has all the advantages that humans cannot provide, clean and fair, justice will not only be done, but be seen to be done fairly and justly. No need to know who is your lawyer, who is the judge, who is the other party, no need to fear the rich and powerful. Only bad news, no need law schools, no need lawyers and judges, only administrative staff to make sure the system is switched on and off when needed will do. Oops, more unemployment as jobs are taken over by machine. But no need to pay an arm or a leg to star lawyers. The cost of litigation will be greatly reduced to the price of electricity and machine time.

A judiciary system run by AI machines will be most suitable for countries that want a cold, steely and efficient system that treats its offenders as objects, not human beans. All judgements would be clean and clinical, devoid of human feelings and encumbrances. The social scientists would argue for human judges to temper the harshness. in a sense cruel, and lack of human sensitivities of machines. It can be a terrifying world when AI machines decide the fate of offenders that are warm blooded humans, not senseless objects.

AI machines are productivity, efficiency and neutrality all rolled into one if wisely applied by warm blooded human beans, caring humans with a heart. The future is going to be very bright. And yes, no privacy issues. The machine will not know who is who or want to know who is who, unless they are programmed to do so.

Trump is indeed a miracle

 Now I am also convinced that God will do things in His own mysterious way. Trump is indeed a miracle created by God to be the President of the USA. And God has made his rule unchallengeable. No one can stop him from doing whatever Trump's need to do, like Judas.

Trump is leading America in a way that no American president could ever do in the past. He is leading America not because he is a wise or a talented leader. Every America knows that he is a D grader, a clown and everything that they did not want in a President. But somehow, they just follow him, admire him, laugh at his silliness, even when he betrays America to serve Satanyahu, oops, I mean Netanyahu, to kill Iranians. The Americans know it is wrong to kill, to pray to Jesus and God to kill, but the Americans were like living under a spell. There is no resistance to Trump's idiocy and violations of the American Constitution or the International Law. The Americans are licking the fingers of Trump without knowing why, involuntarily.

These are miracles in their own ways. And for them to happen the way it is happening is like there is an invisible hand behind everything. Only God can do it, with the power to do it, to make the 340m Americans blindly follow this lunatic and afraid of him, afraid to say no to him.  An idiot cannot command the respect and following of 340m Americans without divine intervention.

Why are the Americans choosing to give up, not to fight this clown when he is doing everything he could, including many vile things, many unethical and immoral things, when they can stop him in many ways? This is a great mystery. Congress and the Senate are as good as hibernating, defunct, afraid of Trump, an idiot.

Similarly, why are the leaders of the world also raised their hands in surrender to this international gangster? Can't they do anything to stop this lunatic from his killing spree? They can't. The invisible hand is controlling everything, to give Trump all the rooms and space to do what needs to be done, to expose the hypocrisies of the evil American Empire and the evilness of the Americans, go kill and kill, kill everyone to wake up the unthinking and the brain dead to see what American terrorists truly are. The pains must be strong enough to wake up the whole world that the evil American Empire is evil to the core and needs to be eradicated for good. 

And Trump is sent solely for this purpose, and he is unstoppable, until the evil American Empire is vanquished. Trump can lie and lie, can kill and kill, and he will have his way, to betray the evil American Empire, like Judas betrayed Jesus. The evil American Empire will be crucified on Capitol Hill. Amen.

If you are still waiting to witness a miracle, look no further. Trump is the miracle. A clown leading 340m Americans and bullying the whole world to subservience.

The jokers in America, headed by clown Trump, want to treat China as a joke

Not only is China not permitted to be perceived as happy, but China is also not permitted to overtake the USA. More than that, China is not permitted to have any influence anywhere in the world. The USA can go on promoting its Monroe Doctrine of total domination and control over the Northern Hemisphere, but the Global South is where the future lies.

I also read the assumption on some social media sites that China's navy is now a joke. Is it because China is not trying to project power and using its aircraft carriers for patrolling just the South China Sea? Now everything that China is doing is propagandized as jokes.

Elon Musk thought that Chinese EVs were a joke years ago when interviewed about China making EVs. That was when Tesla ruled the waves. Now, I do not think he has that same warped mentality. Tesla still depends on Chinese battery makers, and I am sure he does not think that CATL is also a joke.

I am also doubly sure that Steve Jobs did not think that China's cheap workforce was a joke when he decided to invest his iPhone production in China. If that was the case, Steve would have chosen India for even cheaper workers. Now, recently Apple did try to diversify some of its production lines to India and met with problems. The supply chain is not there, the power supply sources unreliable and the workers not at all qualified. With high rejection rates, the savings on labor is negated by the high rejection rates.

Let the USA and the West just presumed that everything Chinese is a joke - the EVs are a joke, the high-speed rails are a joke, the buildings and bridges are tofu models and a joke, the education system is a joke, its supply chain is a joke, its rare earth domination is a joke. I can go on and on. But what is the point. The truth hurts and it will hurt sooner of later.


Anonymous

All the choke points were against China. But China has worked around it

In time to come, as far as China is concerned, those choke points are becoming increasingly less relevant. In any case, those choke points were created to cater to only one objective - to strangle China's dependence on energy. And China seems to be the only country exploring solutions to overcome its vulnerability. The same way that China is finding ways to overcome the projection of power using aircraft carriers by investing in hypersonic drones and missiles with longer reach.

China predicted the USA's agenda after the Iraq War of 1991 and had several decades to plan its counter. All the setups - the BRI, the building of oil pipelines connecting countries from the North, West and South began in earnest, the setting up BRICS and SCO with Central Asian countries, the building of massive dams for hydropower, wind farms and solar farms and the mass transition of its entire transportation system moving to electrification are all not by luck but by necessity and for National Security.

The biggest blessing in disguise of all the effort put in must be the pushing of Russia into China's orbit by the USA and the West. The Ukraine War and the sanctions realistically let China have access to Russian energy on the cheap and on a platter.

The investments in the BRI also enabled China to evade all those choke points to some degree and is paying dividends as trade expands. The formation of SCO (Shanghai Co-operation Organization) with the participation of all the Central Asian economies ensured China's ability to access and capitalize on the BRI project. Of course, there were mass demonization of the BRI regarding its debt traps and all that hubris, which is to be expected.


Anonymous

Singapore's impeccable Justice system. Don't play, play

SINGAPORE: The Chief Justice on Wednesday (Apr 22) upheld a one-week jail term for a woman who lied about her address in order to enrol her daughter in a popular primary school.

Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon said the sentence was lenient and he would have effectively doubled it had he heard the case in the first place. He did not because he did not have material before him, such as submissions and case precedents, to inform such a decision.  CNA

This case of a mother trying to game the system to get her child into a good school should be an eye opener to wake up any potential criminal thinking of committing crimes in Singapore. Singapore is very high on upholding law and order. A crime is a crime. One week jail for such an offence is very lenient. Could be worse. 

The one week jail sentence would now be seen as a benchmark for crimes in Singapore. Anyone committing a more serious crime than cheating and lying about address to gain an advantage would surely stand to be jailed more than one week. Cheating crimes of more than a few thousand dollars are definitely more serious than trying to get admission for a child in a primarily school. Would causing hurt to individuals by foreigners, rape or sexual assault be considered more serious than this? Would corruption of more than a few thousand dollars be more serious than this to require jail sentence? What about cheating and scams involving more than a few thousand dollars? What about cheating on academic qualifications and resumes to get a job? Is it more serious than this case?

Personally I think cheating with fake degrees and resumes for employment are much more serious than this case and should all be jailed. Many Singaporeans are victims to fake degrees. National interests are involved. But many things are subjective and depend on many factors like belief systems and values and where they are coming from. What is serious to A may not be serious to B. Only God is fair and just.

Everyone will now use this as a benchmark in reference to what is considered a serious crime that warrants a jail sentence. A jail sentence is the minimum for serious crimes in Singapore. The mother and child did not cause hurt or harm directly to anyone. The crime is to cheat the system not for money, but for a place in a good school, and this is very serious in Singapore. Get it? More serious than corruption cases involving hundreds of thousands or millions.

Getting a slap on the wrist for crimes more serious than this will now be a thing of the past. The Chief Justice has set the standard. This is Singapore's impeccable standard. Everyone better behave, Singaporeans or foreign talents. No exception. Respect the law, and don't get caught. Justice is blind, no care who you are, mother or child. Time to build more prisons.

Can the world stop the the American reign of terror? American terrorism and piracy!

 Making a statement like this may be shocking to the world. What reign of terror? Americans are the most peace loving country, protecting the world from terrorism, from discrimination against the minorities and the weak, protecting human rights, preventing war crimes and crimes against humanity. Americans love and care about the Muslims in Xinjiang...only. America is the paragon of all virtues and goodness. This is written all over the American and western media and silly media of American crony states. It is taught in schools in America and former western colonised states that they all believe in this vicious and malicious lie. And the daft American hillbillies and rednecks are proudly standing in front of the camera in all forum and conference to brag about American virtues and goodness. They did not know or want to know the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians being genocided by the American and Israel terrorists and still going on daily. They did not see anything wrong when clown Trump declared to kill all Iranians. What's wrong with killing Iranians, or Arabs and Muslims? No one is protesting, not even Arab and Muslim states. It must be the right thing to do.

And many silly leaders are signing comprehensive strategic defence pacts with the American terrorist state as a badge of honour. These leaders have no morals, no rights or wrongs, only about might is right. Killing Iranians is a beautiful thing to do. All the Americans are behind this, supporting this killing without exception. The only criticism were just soundbites, theatre. When they protest, it is just for fun, a party for the weekend, to kill their boredom and meaningless lifestyle, to take a break from fentanyl or other drugs. See how happy they are now with the new fad about Jesus Donald Trump's foolery? This will keep them busy and happy for a few weeks. Who cares about the killing of Iranians, Arabs and Muslims?

Lula da Silva, the President of Brazil, spoke until his face turned red at the UN, to condemn the lawlessness of the lunatic Emperor in Washington. Any world leader dares to stand up to support Lula? Probably they will be asking themselves in silence, how dare Lula condemn their idol, lunatic Trump? The Pope is also asking if the world still needs an organisation like the UN when it fails to stand up for the weak, stand up against terrorism and crimes against humanity and lawlessness?

Is the killing of Arabs and Muslims and Iranians acceptable?

Is the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz against freedom of navigation and international law? It is an act of war.

Why countries cannot conduct trade with other countries unless approved by the American terrorists?

Why countries cannot buy and sell dual use goods because the American would not allow it?

Can countries sell weapons to each other without the approval of the American terrorists?

Attacking ships, landing on foreign ships are acts of piracy!

The UN should at least speak out to condemn these acts against international law and call out the American terrorists as terrorists and pirates and call for an international coalition to stop them. The American terrorists can veto the call. But the message to the world must be clear. What the Americans are doing are terrorism and piracy, in violation of international law and not permitted. Hypocritic states would be forced to take a vote to show their stupidity and hypocrisy at the UNGA and be shamed.

And the whole world can take a stand, not necessarily militarily as that is out of question. The UN can call for a sanction on America. Let the American terrorists veto it, but let the world know what is right and what is wrong, and the world can act in unison, to isolate the American and Israeli terrorists by non action, not trading with them. Those countries that can, can cut off diplomatic relations with the American and Israel terrorists. Let the Americans and Israelis know that they are pariahs in the eyes of the whole world and stop pretending to be holier than thou. Evil is evil. America and Israel are the two most evil countries, indulging in genocides and war crimes and crimes against humanity. Let those silly leaders that crave to kiss their ass be seen by the world also as pariahs.

It is not that difficult to do so. No need to go to war with the terrorists. Just do nothing and stay away from them.

Pete Hegseth is right to sack the dysfunctional DEI generals

 For all the rubbish and silly things this drunkard has done, there is one thing that he has done right, ie the sacking of the useless dinosaur DEI generals. This is one thing I agree with him. But he did it in a spur of the moment, without thinking about replacement, about having the right type of generals to keep the war machine going on and relevant to modern warfare.

The American war machine and the hoards of generals and their incestuous relationship with the Military Industrial Complex are like the automobile industry and the train system, all trapped by an outdated system, infrastructure and weight that would not allow them to change and keep pace with the changes in science and technology. They are too big, too deep set to continue chucking along like the dinosaurs, resistance to change, cannot adapt and waiting to go the dodo way. They are all opposed to change, not giving way to high speed train, to EVs and war technologies that have discarded the Rambo mentality and doctrines of commandos, green beret and special forces in modern warfare. Modern warfare is about technology, high tech, drones, missiles and specky nerds manipulating new technology, cheap and good, to win wars sitting in the comfort of airconditioned rooms. The kamikaze drones are braver and smarter than the special forces, no fear of danger and death, costing a few thousand dollars only, little maintenance, no morale issues, no need to be fed, expendable, no need rescue missions when downed.

The American armed forces are still living in the era of WW2, of aircraft carriers, heavy bombers, big guns and artillery that cost hundreds of millions, billions, a $1.5 trillion budget and growing by the days, with the generals and the Military Industrial Complex working in cahoot to fleece the Treasury and bankrupt the economy, through endless wars, through expending on expensive military hardware happily to fill the pockets of the MIC.

America is stuck with the war business instead of growing its economy for peaceful purposes. Maybe this is the self created interdependencies that they cannot extricate themselves out of it. No war means no one can line their own pockets. The American war machine and the dinosaur generals have one way to go, bury themselves in the hole they dug for themselves. Pete Hegseth is doing the right thing, sack them and rebuild a new armed forces, with new thinking, doctrines and technology. Caveat, this cannot happen overnight. It takes decades to clear the swamp and start anew. America does not have the privilege and resources to save itself, even if Pete Hegseth is successful in getting rid of the junkies and the stars. It would be easy as there will be no or little resistance, as the generals thought they have great jobs waiting for them in the MIC, and happily quit when sacked...with big paying jobs in waiting. The system is so corrupt that everything is controlled by the MIC for profits. The generals are like sheep, not military leaders, not commanders. They can be ordered around, kicked around, humiliated, scolded and sacked by a drunkard and a mad man in Washington. Can you believe that? No more pride and dignity as military commanders with stars on their shoulders.

Too late America. You have fallen asleep for too long and did not know the world has moved on. The nerds are better than your Rambos, Delta Forces, Special Forces meant for yesterday.

China making plans to ban Airbus and Boeing from entering China

The West will continue to attempt to strangle China. China's C919 was not permitted to fly globally, even though it had clocked up tens of thousands of hours safely. Many countries are now buying for their own domestic flights.

As I said before, China's C919 made for sale to its domestic market is huge enough, with thousands of planes needed going forward. What does this mean? It means a lot when China now need not buy planes for domestic routes from Boeing or Airbus. And those countries that bought the C919 for domestic flights need not buy more expensive planes from Boeing and Airbus as well.

Remember that what cannot kill China will make it even more competitive.


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For a sitting USA President, a Christian state, making mockery of Jesus is unforgivable

 Laughable when their religion is under attack and no one seems perturbed, except the Pope. Trump claims he is a Christian, holding the bible upside down for a photoshoot years ago and conducting prayer sessions in the Oval Office. I wonder who he was praying to. Oh, probably Judaism, the religion of the Jews.

For a sitting USA President, of a so-called Christian state, making a mockery of Jesus is unforgivable. For the common man it would have been excusable pleading insanity. Trump cannot plead insanity or he will be removed from office, lol. Trump has committed nothing more than blasphemy, clear and simple. What has Christian leaders of the world have to say? What does 'principled' people have to say?

In any other religion, mocking the very epitome of the religion and mocking its very structure, means severe consequences. Salman Rushdie, who wrote the 'The Satanic Verses' was targeted by Iran with a Fatwa for his death for insulting Islam. He lost an eye after surviving an assassination attempt on his life. The followers of Islam do not joke about their religion.

By the way there are so many people on social media that claims Jesus did not even exist, as no records were found in the Roman writings of his very existence. The Romans were meticulous in keeping historical records and yet the man Jesus had never appeared in those records. I am just saying this after listening to the words of many others. Believe it or not can always be gleaned from social media sources available everywhere and I am not one to argue about their relevance or truthfulness.


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China's robots the new growth engine

 Robots emerge as China’s new export engine amid rising global demand, potentially reshaping jobs

As China ramps up exports of robots and AI, global buyers are turning to automation to tackle risky and repetitive jobs, raising questions about how work will change.

GUANGZHOU: Installing cables on live power lines. Cleaning skyscraper windows hundreds of metres above the ground. Chasing birds away from airport runways.

These are jobs long considered too dangerous, repetitive or labour intensive for humans.

At the Canton Fair in Guangzhou which is China’s largest trade exhibition first launched in 1957 and held twice yearly, Chinese companies are showing how robots may increasingly be able to do them instead - and some overseas buyers are already placing orders for the machines. CNA

How come nobody thinks of this? Replacing human labour with cheap and union free disputes must be the way to go in the future. Oops, we know, we are quietly trying to design the perfect robots, still in the thinking stage, like trying to perfect driverless cars and drones. We will build the perfect drones, the perfect driverless cars, the perfect robots that are better than what is coming out from China. We have the best foreign talents working for us, cheap and good foreign talents from God knows where.

Why are the industrial powerhouse of America and Europe not coming out with such products to compete with China? Oh, they are very busy producing ammunitions and weapons of mass destruction. Those machine can sell for very high prices, with very high profits, to mass murderers who love wars and killings and to prove their male libido, to prove they have the biggest dick. Who cares about such nonsensical things, selling only for a few dollars, got to sell in the millions to make $1m. Selling a F35 is enough to make at least $50m, just one piece. And the queue is so long, cannot cope with production deadline. Selling high value products is the smart thing to do.

Just let the Chinese produce them to feed their cheap labour. And not to worry, there is the world factory called India that will come up with better products and cheaper to compete with China. India is the bright hope, just wait for another century and China will be history.  Quick, quick, invest in India, in Tata or maybe HAL for the future.

In the meantime we are working very hard to produce the best drones, best driverless cars, best robots. Why try to reinvent the wheel? What? What?

I think a better and more realistic option is to wait for world best products from America or Europe and pay through your nose. Caveat, this time the Americans and Europeans cannot claim their products are world best because the China have better ones already sold in the market. But the Americans can accuse the Chinese of stealing their blueprints, can sue the Chinese in American kangaroo courts and demand payments in the millions or billions, like stealing the blueprints of their ancient rockets that were supposed to have gone to the moon, but now all lost, stolen by the Chinese.

Poor Americans now have to redesign their rockets for their moon mission from scratch but cannot get it right, got to retest everything, because they have no record or knowledge of anything related to moon mission. They even have to test if man can survive passing through the Van Allen radiation belt, whether their technology can withstand the heat on reentry, retest their space suit.  My advice for the Americans, just order them from Alibaba or Shopee, cheap and good and can arrive by tomorrow morning. No need to sweat the small stuff, wasting billions all for nothing.

'Buyers from Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Latin America say the technology could help address labour shortages, rising costs and workplace safety risks.' Why no buyers from America? The same reasons why the Americans are not buying Chinese EVs. Another reason to ban Chinese robots by the Americans, it creates unemployment, it steal jobs.

Robotics are not good for countries that see economic growth coming only from increasing population growth. It will kill their logic and reasoning to import more foreign labour and talent. China, with 1.4b population should not be making robots as they have all the manpower they need. The robots will create unemployment. NG. This is conventional economic wisdom.

Lunatic Trump hallucinating in broad daylight

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Mar 24) that Iran had made a major energy-related concession to the United States, describing it as a positive development, although he did not give details.

Trump suggested the gift was related to the Strait of Hormuz, the oil transit waterway that the United States has struggled to keep open.

"They gave us a present and the present arrived today, and it was a very big present, worth a tremendous amount of money," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

"It wasn't nuclear, it was oil-and gas-related, and it was a very nice thing they did."

Trump, reiterating that he felt the United States had already won the war, indicated that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth was disappointed as how quickly the campaign had gone.

"Pete didn't want it to be settled," he said, but did not give details. CNA

After bombing Iran and killing so many Iranians, Trump is hallucinating that the Iranians are sending him Christmas present to make him happy like a child, happy like farks. Someone did send him a $400m Boeing with gold fittings. Some gave him trillions of dollars. Not the Iranians. Any Iranian would now want to squeeze the neck of an American and kill him immediately. But as usual, lunatic Trump was saying the Iranians love him, did not mind all the destructions in Iran, did not mind all the killings of Iranians, and now wanting to make peace with him, to lick his ass.

How deluded this lunatic can be? The only truth, a Freudian Slip, is that the Americans want this war to go on and on when he referred to Hegseth, 'Pete Hegseth was disappointed as how quickly the campaign had gone. "Pete didn't want it to be settled"' The real intent of the Americans and the Israelis is not simply to bomb Iran for a few days and kill a few Iranians. They want to destroy Iran totally, kill all the Iranians and to turn the Middle East into a mess, cripple the economies of the Arab and Muslim states. This is only the beginning and will end up like another 20 year Vietnam War.

What present did the Iranians sent to Trump? More clips from the Epstein Files to remind Trump of the fun he had with little girls? Or more pictures of American boys and girls in body bags or Iranian custody?

Iran and the Arab and Muslim states must prepared for their economies to be ruined for a long while. The biggest losers are the oil producing Arab and Muslim states, their refineries destroyed, infrastructure bombed and cannot sell their oil, their airlines cannot operate, ports closed.  UAE is begging for US dollars from the Americans, already running out of dollars.

When enemies call for ceasefire, it is not for peace

 Everybody is saying that USA and Israel are running out of weapons. Most of them are saying that USA weapons have been exhausted fighting the first 16 days of the Iran war. This is not propaganda from Iran but is inordinately clear on the ground, though never ever admitted. USA military bases in the Middle East have run out of defensive weapons to protect, which clearly is why they are sitting ducks in the face of cheap Iranian drones and missiles.

Furthermore, the fact that Israel is negotiating a ceasefire with Lebanon is no co-incidence. It is a sign of shortage of weapons, needing to regroup and rearm, perhaps waiting for the outcome of the other side of the war between USA and Iran, hoping the USA could decimate Iran and prevent the supply of further weapons to Hezbollah. That outcome could be pivotal to Israel's further move in Southern Lebanon.

Replenishment of weapons does not work like building models using Lego bricks. It took probably years to stockpile and could be exhausted in a matter of weeks. The movement of interceptors, from Ukraine to Israel earlier and from South Korea to the Middle East weeks ago, tells the whole story of how problematic it has become in producing them, more so with China now clamping down on rare earth elements. Telling the world that such movements are just strategic pivoting is no more than a cock and bull story.


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Will Indonesia replace Singapore as the American base in Asean

SINGAPORE: The signing of a “major” defence partnership between the United States and Indonesia reflects a “practical alignment of interests” between Jakarta’s push to modernise its armed forces and Washington’s efforts to deepen ties with a strategically vital Southeast Asian power, analysts told CNA.

It also signals a relationship that is on an “upward” trajectory, compared to their chequered past with Indonesian military officials previously barred from entering the US amid purported human rights violations. These include President Prabowo Subianto and reportedly also Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin....

And this, analysts say, may have a broader impact on the region and see Indonesia emerge as a “stronger and more credible voice” within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc.

“More broadly, the Major Defence Cooperation Partnership (MDCP) has the potential to elevate Indonesia’s status as a middle power with a firmer strategic footing in Southeast Asia,” said Teuku Rezasyah, an international relations lecturer at Indonesia’s President University and Padjadjaran University. CNA

This is a big move by the Indonesians amidst the American Operation to kill Iranians, a Muslim state. Indonesia has been making many friendly gestures to the Americans, including a place in the Piss Board to make Trump happy. Unfortunately, the Muslim community did not favour this and Indonesia did an about turn, not giving Trump the US$1b for a seat in his Piss Board.

This announcement of a major defence partnership is even more important than being a member of the Piss Board. With increasing military cooperation and the purchase of world class American weapons systems, hopefully not the same types that were offered to the Arabs, Indonesia would become the most powerful nation in Asean, militarily. On the cards must be the most coveted F35s, the real stuff, with no kill switches and with weapons system that would not be subject to Israeli approval. Would Indonesia be able to buy whatever weapons that Singapore can buy from the Americans and of the same quality? Indonesia's F35s would definitely be based in Indonesia, if the Americans agreed to sell.

Further improvement in relations will be military bases or access to Indonesia military bases by the Americans. This would upend Singapore's relationship with the Americans. Maybe Malaysia will be next to join the party. And the biggest winner will be the Americans, fully integrated into Asean and with a bigger military presence in the region.

One good thing, with good relations with the Americans, the Strait of Malacca will be safe from being blockade by the Americans. Trump will not say he wants to take the Strait of Malacca for the national security of America when he has so many friends in Asean, unlike in Europe. Being friends of America has its advantages. The Strait of Malacca will not go the Greenland way.

What would the Iranians be thinking?

New Rules Based Order taking shape under Mafia Pax Americano

 Quietly but surely a new Americano Rules Based Order or Disorder is taking shape and would soon be a fait accompli. It is based on the Rule of Lawlessness personified in lunatic Trump. Trump is the pride of the American Empire and well loved and supported by the American people for his genius and exploits in his alternate world where he thrives in felony, cheating and bankruptcies, raping little girls, killings, massacres and genocides, where he can threaten and bully anyone he likes without a second thought, where he can take anything he wants, little pussies, or President and First Lady of foreign countries, or land and countries. Under this great mafia chief, the American can do anything they want, He, Jesus Donald Trump, is the law under heaven.

Not only the Americans love him, Congress and the Senate are all behind him in their silent consent, even going to war with no need for Congressional approval. So far so good as long as he claims he is winning, he is the one calling the shot, doing the bombing and killings with no consequences and with very few dead American boys and girls, only 13...if you believe this is true. The Israeli terrorists just killed more than 2,000 Lebanese in one week of bombing! And the Americans believe him and not wanting to know the truth...as long as the body bags are not coming home, or the number is not disclosed.

Not only the Americans are behind this lunatic. The whole world is also accepting this gangster Rules Based Order without saying a word in condemnation. The American terrorists are behaving like pirates, like they own and rule the world, attacking commercial ships, boarding them to check their cargoes, arresting ships in international waters. The world looks on in disbelief and in quiet acquiescence. What to do, too weak to fight the American terrorists. The world will only condemn countries and behaviours that they did not agree, like against China, Russia and Iran for their aggressiveness and wanting to take over the world, because the American terrorists said so.

Let me repeat, no world leader dares to condemn the killings of Palestinians, Iranians, Arabs and Muslims. Anyone disagree? Many may even accept that this is the lesser evil, without saying it.  Some proudly say it out loud that they support the evil American Empire, they will support lunatic Trump and his despicable behaviours. And they will not condemn him. The ethos of world leaders is so sick, more despicable than Trump, that they cannot see anything wrong kissing the ass of this pedophiles, rapists, mass murderers and Jesus impersonate or Satan reincarnate. Evil is goodness, Trump is virtuous and everything to loathe and dying for in America.

The world is not resisting, and is preparing to live under the evil Mafia Pax Americano, led by Jesus Donald Trump and his clowns in Washington for another 1,000 years. No one questions how dare Trump to think he is Jesus. And no one is offended, thinking it is fun to mock Jesus like Trump did. This is the new trend in Trump's fan club. Poor thing Jesus! Right and wrong is very confusing. It is so difficult to tell, really, when they all idolise Jesus Donald Trump.

China is the most happy country, China is not the most happy country?

Same as China never can be in the running for being among the topmost happy country, never in the running for Nobel Prizes (if I am not wrong), never able to escape being demonized for any little hiccup, always touted to be collapsing according to the Western media, always accused of mistreatment of minorities and anything that goes wrong in the world is all because of China.

I could not help laughing when a particular survey put China on top of the happiness index truthfully, but which was deemed destroying the cultivated monopoly of the White countries and had to be exhumed from mention after that. What does that action tell us about Western mentality?

As some people like to say, not seeing beggars does not mean there are no beggars.


Anonymous

America is squeezing Japan dry, who is Japan going to attack next?

Just look at how defeated the Japanese Samurai spirit has become, having to ask the USA permission to save its currency. Even India felt slighted earlier when told it had to seek USA permission to buy Russian oil, for one month only mind you. Well, both are good friends of the USA who forgot Henry Kissinger's advice.

Japan is still held tightly by the USA on a leash, unable to do anything about its economy, falling from the second biggest economy to fourth today, with its currency going bananas. That has not helped Japan in its exports realistically, otherwise why is Japan still in the doldrums after three decades of stagnation. The cheap Yen did not help Japan to fend off the competition from South Korea and now China and resulted in Japan losing out its consumer electronics market earlier to South Korea. The shipbuilding sector followed and now Japan's vehicle market if facing stiff competition.

Maybe Japan is looking for another war to rise again. But this time it will not be the same, as China is no pushover today. So, who does Japan want to conquer next? Take over Taiwan? China will never allow that to happen. Japan has problems with Russia too as old debts have never been forgotten.


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