5/17/2024

USA's Military Industrial Complex is now outdated

 The USA's Military Industrial Complex is now outdated in its thinking and outperformed by China, but still producing extravagantly expensive and outdated stuff like aircraft carriers, submarines and fighter jets.


Despite outspending China in defense, the USA is not moving fast enough in military innovation and strategy. Cheap drones used by the Houthis are now taking out expensive USA made missiles costing tens of millions, or thousands of times more to build as seen in the Persian Gulf.

The real determinant of results in future wars is centered on drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, hypersonic missiles, unmanned underwater drones that will pose the most threat to aircraft carriers, support ships and submarines. Those new weapons are what China has been developing over the last decade, cheaper and better, things which the USA is now starting to realize and is what they are critically short of and trying desperately to produce them in numbers.

Just far behind is the USA in drone technology can be seen in Ukraine and Israel. Both countries have discarded their USA made reaper drones for atrociously much cheaper Chinese drones made for civilian use, that can be bought off the shelves at Walmart, just by reconditioning them for military use. These drones were said to be more reliable and accurate. Just imagine how much more lethal are the military drones used by the Chinese military and you can gauge the gap that China is leaving the USA in drone technology.

The USA may be trying to move in that direction but has already lost the window of opportunity to overwhelm China in military terms. That is why there is little perceived advantage that the USA still holds over China in military terms. China is becoming a peer competitor in the military arena as well, something that was thought impossible.

Anonymous

5/16/2024

America has 3 Presidents!!!

 America by law has one president in Biden, the elected President. But in practice, America is run by 3 presidents at the same time, not counting the Deep State. Biden is limited by his age and mental as well as physical degeneration, and can just cope with so much, can stay awake for a few hours, and only able to stay lucid in a conversation, discussion or briefing for a few moments. That's it. Most of the time he will spend snoring and dozing off, or having to take a break.

Because of Biden's physical and mental liabilities, someone must carry the burden for him, to do his job when he is taking his siesta. No prizes for guessing who is the de facto president in the White House and making all the decisions for Biden. Biden only needs to nod his head to say yes. Not even has the strength to say no. It would require a lot of effort and mental energy to want to say no. Now you understand why all the policies foul ups and the 100% support for Israel in the Genocide in Gaza, and to a certain extent the genocide of the Ukrainians...Biden signed without knowing what he signed.

Blinken is the de facto President of the USA and calling the shot, making all the policies for Biden. Have no doubt about this. Poor Biden is just so grateful to Blinken for doing all the donkey work and thinking for him, only for him to sign into Presidential decrees. Historians would put all the blame on Biden for the nasty works of Blinken that led to the downfall of the evil American Empire...as well as the genocide of the Palestinians and the Ukrainians. No one would blame Blinken for it when he is the author of all the blunders and failures.

Because of his age and poor health, Biden is very troubled by it and foolishly wanted to prove that he is still young and strong, that he is a man and can make tough decisions. Whenever Trump said something, Biden would want to up the stakes, to be more man than Trump. And Trump knows this. Trump is reading Biden like a book and plotting for Biden to commit mistakes for him to capitalise on. Trump is not against EVs per se. But he openly said he would raise tariff for EVs by 100%. How can Biden lose out on this? Biden has replied, that he would raise EV tariff by 100%. This is a trap Trump set for Biden.

Trump was reported to have made a deal with oil producers to remove all the subsidies for EVs. This would undermine Biden's tariff to protect American EV manufacturers. American EVs would still be killed as they would not be competitive even with 100% tariff but no subsidies.  The oil companies would be all behind Trump.

Trump in a way is the third President of the USA. He is the shadow president working through Biden. What ever he wants Biden to do, he just blares it out and Biden would execute his orders without knowing why. Trump's shadow is so huge that Biden is completely engulfed in it, cannot escape.

Biden, Blinken and Trump are the Holy Trinity of the American Presidency, an elected President, a de facto President and a shadow President all in one.

Foreign talent galore - What is wrong with it?

 In principle and in theory, having more foreign talents to boost the economy is sound, just like any political theory. In practice, there are many shortcomings and political considerations that cannot be ignored simply for economic priorities and convenience. The huge influx of foreign talents, fake talents or half baked talents, must be carefully administered to protect the interests of Singaporeans. Singaporeans are the citizens, the people that voted the govt to power to look after their interests, not to look after the interests of foreigners, not to look after the interests of residents, not the interests of locals, but the interests of CITIZENS. Compromising the interests of citizens in favour of foreigners, locals, residents etc etc is a betrayal. Period. Even treating foreigners, locals and residents on equal terms with Singaporeans is unfair and unacceptable. Singaporeans must demand to be treated with priority as citizens, as first among equals, ...and definitely not to be treated as equals among unequal foreigners. This is the birth right of being a citizen, being a Singaporean.

Many well educated and well qualified Singaporeans are finding it difficult to land a decent job in their own country while many foreigners, with funny or questionable qualifications could easily find a permanent job here, thus making more citizens unemployed or underemployed. Do not snigger at Singaporeans being unhappy about being underemployed. It is bad, very bad for the general well being of Singaporeans. They put in great effort to get the needed qualifications, their parents vomited their life savings to ensure their children get a good education in our world best universities, just to get a decent permanent job, not to become gig workers, part time workers, food deliverers or Uber drivers. Any joker that said a job is a job and having a job is better than being unemployed need to be kicked in the ass.

Singaporeans don't spend 15 years or more and hundreds of thousands of dollars just to get any job. Any Singaporean that is unemployed, underemployed, when a foreigner, including all the farsical locals and residents that are not citizens, is employed, is a case too many and unacceptable...especially when a few hundred thousands of foreigners are employed here, on permanent jobs that Singaporeans need. This is our country, this is our home. Singapore is NOT the country of foreigners, locals and residents, NOT their home. Singaporeans have no where else to go. Even if they do, they are not treated fairly in foreign lands. Singaporeans can only expect and rely on their own country for a good living. Is this too much to ask for? You want Singaporeans to do NS to fight and die for this country? If their own country favours foreigners, locals and residents to citizens, what does it mean to be a Singaporean?

I know, 'Singaporean' is now a dirty word. No politician would want to mention the word Singaporean for political correctness. They would utter words like residents, locals as if these people are citizens and deserved to be treated equally like citizens, if not better.

Until every citizen with respectable qualifications from our expensive world class universities is employed in decent permanent jobs equitably vis a vis a foreigner, local or resident, the foreign talent policy is flawed and anti Singaporeans. It is not just pathetic to see Singaporeans forced to seek employment overseas because Singapore has no decent jobs for them, to see Singaporeans underemployed or unemployed despite their expensive qualifications. And some jokers cynically telling Singaporeans to be happy with whatever crappy jobs while they laughed all the way to the banks.

A Singaporean in such an unsatisfactory state is a Singaporean betrayed. You want Singaporeans to defend and die for this country? What is in it for Singaporeans? To be gig worker, temp worker, underemployed, unemployed, while foreigners are fully employed? What kind of deal is that? Don't take Singaporeans for granted.

PS. To be real and serious, set up a department in MOM just to place unemployed and underemployed Singaporeans before allowing a foreigner in. Losing a few foreigners or foreign companies is better than losing the trust of the people in the govt and in the country.

Anwar's Malaysia taking a strong stand against the USA

 With Malaysia making a more militant stand against the USA and the West over Palestine, I doubt Wong will dare to take the risk of openly taking sides between the USA against China. Being pro-USA is acceptable, but more than that is suicidal, especially with regard to China.

With Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world, surrounding Red Dot in the south, Red Dot will be in serious trouble if it does that. As one who lived through the days of Confrontation between Indonesia and Malaysia, I think it is foolhardy to want to live through Confrontation Version 2.

Muslims in this region are no pushovers despite being militarily perceived as weaker. Even Lee Kuan Yew had to give way in some quarters, despite being the country touted as having the most sophisticated defense force and most updated military equipment in ASEAN. Just a blockade of the Straits of Malacca, like the Houthis did in the Persian Gulf will strangle Red Dot. The talk of building the Kra Canal is already giving Red Dot the shakes. Will the USA dare to fight another war over here?

Anonymous

Foreign military bases are like having armed bandits in your house...they can take over your house whenever they want

 Imagine allowing a thief to live in your house and thinks that everything is going to be just fine. The fact is that you will lose everything when the thief decides to do what he does best. You are basically the owner in name only, the thief owns what you have in the house. It is his to take at leisure.

The USA is just like that thief, wanting to live in your house or country, but for what purpose? With promises to protect you, your family and your house or country against other intruders and thieves, which will be their usual snake oil sales pitch. Not on your life should you believe in that hubris.

The USA has more sinister motives than that. It is to protect the USA's own interest. And that interest is being able to control your home or country with their sinister threat in the background, which is the military base installed in your backyard.

It was a good thing that Communist China, under Mao Tse Tung, managed to clear out all the foreign filth trying to set up base to break China up. Japan had been the one country committing the most atrocities in China, all the while aiming to take control of China before the Communist took over. Japan is still harboring that thought but is today just a shrunken shell of its arrogant days, with a falling population that is unable to fulfill its ambitions. Like the UK, Japan is still living the dream of its glory days and unwilling to let go.

It is also a logical thing that Russia is putting a stop to NATO trying to encroach nearer to its borders, undoubtedly with military bases to be set up in Ukraine by NATO vis a vis the USA, that will pose a threat that Putin had to put a stop to. That has been the USA's dream of having a military presence nearer to Moscow, which is its main interest all along in pushing NATO's agenda. 

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