Anwar stands tall as a national leader to Blinken, an American leader, not behaving like a crony state

 Blinken told Anwar not to be too closed to Russia. Right in his face, Anwar told Blinken that his quarrel with Russia was not Malaysia's problem, and 'don't tell us what to do'. 

Blinken must be very angry at the reply. But such a reply would make Blinken respect Anwar and Malaysia for standing on their ground as independent sovereign nation state. This is how a nation state gain respect from the American terrorists, be firm and exert their position as an equal to the Americans. There is no need to beg the Americans to treat Malaysia as an equal. By telling Blinken right in his face is a statement that Malaysia is an equal, a sovereign state talking to another sovereign state. Who is Blinken to tell Anwar and Malaysia what to do? Malaysia is not a crony state of the American Empire.

Blinken has been talking to all American crony states in such a manner, like ordering them to do as he said.

All independent sovereign states, big or small, must act and behave like Anwar, with pride and dignity, to act independently. And anyone trying to influence a state's position or policy by telling another state what to do must be pointedly put in his right place.

Respect for Anwar as an international statesman. Respect for Malaysia for standing firm on its national interests.

USA, the real protagonist in all the wars unable to hide anymore

 The world is not dumb not to know that all the wars in the world are American wars fought to protect and to perpetuate the dominance and rule of the American Empire. The Ukrainians are fighting the Russians on behalf of the Americans, to want to weaken and destroy Russia. The Ukrainian economy is bankrupt, dysfunctional and is kept on life support by American money. The war effort against the Russians are supported by weapons from the Americans and NATO.

As the war is looking towards a certain Russian victory, the Americans are desperate to push for more support from its NATO members to dig deep into their pockets to pay Zelensky and his Nazi mercenaries. Increasingly, as the situation gets dire, the Americans are getting more deeply into the war, exposing Americans, Brits and NATO forces fully involved in the fighting.

In the Middle East, the Israelis were released like a rabid dog to attack all the Arab and Muslim countries, behaving like a super power with unlimited finances and all the American weapons and hardware at their disposal. The Israelis were just the point men doing the fighting for the Americans to control the Arab and Muslim countries in the region, while liar and cheat Blinken moves around pretending to be a peacemaker but threatening the Arab and Muslim leaders to do his bidding. What the Americans did not bargain for is the hardening of the will of the Arab and Muslim states to close ranks to fight the Israelis. They are either openly or covertly supporting all the resistance groups against the Israelis, including supporting Iran.

Iran is getting more confident in their ability to run down the Israelis with the support from Russia, China and the Arab and Muslim world. Iran has all the weapons and hardware to defeat the Israelis, and knowing that it also has the support of its allies and the Arab world, it is not fighting alone. The next round of attack against Israel is going to be devastating and the Israelis are worried and calling for the Americans, the real protagonists, to show up. 

The Americans cannot hide in the corner and pretend not to be a party to the war. Without entering the war, Iran and its allies are going to beat the daylight out of the Israelis. The Americans are now rushing more warships, aircraft carriers, war planes and soldiers into the region to attack Iran. The Americans have to fight their own war though still pretending to be defending the Israelis. This will lead to a direct confrontation with the Iranians and the Russians. The Arabs and Muslims are going to see the American devils fighting in the front line, with American aircraft and warships doing the fighting...the beginning of world war 3.

It would be the Americans, supported by the Brits and the French, and very likely some American doggies being dragged into another Coalition of the Unwilling, and this time to fight an enemy that would fight back fiercely with equivalent weaponry and firepower. Iran is not Iraq, and not alone. The moment the Americans enter the war, the facade of a proxy war will end there and then. It would be the Americans against the resistance from the Global South, and more Global South countries would lend a helping end to the Iranians and the Russians.

This will be the real thing, the mask will be off, the gloves will be off. It will be the evil American Empire fighting for its own dominance to control the world. Israel and Ukraine would have to step aside, as junior partners to this world war of the American Empire. The world will see the real American terrorists in action, as the real warmonger!

Israel emboldened to starve Palestinians to death...and the world is hapless!

 Israel gloated that Hamas and Hezbollah are now no big threat without Iran's support after the Israeli strike on Iran's military targets on Saturday. On Monday, Hezbollah fired 115 rockets into Israel. Does this look like Hezbollah only needs to rely on Iran for its weapons?

Iran is also 'obliged' to retaliate over the recent Israeli attack. This is just curtesy (LOL) and not for the USA, UK or France to warned Iran from retaliating.

Israel is behaving more like a Mafia now, banning UNRWA from providing aid to Palestine. I almost fell from the chair with Israel claiming it will provide aid to Palestine when needed. Are the Israelis joking? Israel has been preventing aid from entering Gaza and now wants to ban UNRWA from doing its job. It is intent on committing hunger genocide against the Palestine people.

What is the world going to do about this development? The UN has practically been subjugated by the Israelis, unable to do anything. What is the UN for in the face of this slap on the face by Israel behaving like Almighty God over men. This pariah must be removed from the face of the earth.

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BRICS - Singapore out in the cold

 Singapore has always played the role of a cheer leader or pipe piper in Asean. At time talking or acting like the de facto leader until the other members started to give it the dirty look. Singapore is always in the thick of things, participating in major international events, in international organisations actively and in a way smugly. The other Asean members often look at Singapore with envy, especially in relations with the American Rules Based Order. Wherever the Americans make their presence, Singapore would be there holding to the coat tail.

For a while, the issue of membership to BRICS were quite sensitive as if joining BRICS would be a threat to Asean unity and Singapore should not take the lead to create more division in Asean. So, if Singapore were to stay clear of BRICS, then Asean's unity and neutrality would be safe. How this thought of Singapore taking a leap into joining BRICS and undermining Asean unity and neutrality came about was likely from the bananas. BRICS to the bananas tantamounts to an affront to the American Rules Based Order that cannot be undermined. The rest of the Asean members were seen as followers, wait and see for someone to take the lead, though Indonesia had made its intent to join BRICS earlier but then remained very silent about it, as if giving up the idea.

Then came the Special Operation by Russia and Singapore stood up, the only opposing voice in Asean, to sanction Russia and frozen its assets. Obviously Russia was angry but nothing much to it followed till the last months of the BRICS Summit in Kazan when Russia made a statement that countries that sanctioned Russia would not be allowed to join BRICS. Russia even came out with a list of countries it regarded as hostile or unfriendly to Russia. Singapore's name was in it.

The BRICS Summit in Kazan had concluded and to the surprise of all Asean members, 4 of Asean biggest economies, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam are admitted as partners of BRICS. Singapore was not in the picture. This is the first time that happened to Singapore. Singapore found itself in a strange corner, in a situation that it was not accustomed to. Silence is the order of the day. No one say anything about it publicly or officially, not even among Asean members. But the shock has not gone unnoticed though unspoken.

Singapore has been left out in a major international event, in a major international organisation, out in the cold. BRICS is mainly a financial and economic organisation, pushing for an alternative banking and financial system, new currency, new payment system, and an economic bloc of countries wanting to trade among themselves. As an international trading hub, as a financial centre, Singapore is in a very odd situation. It could not participate in these new developments. Its position as a trading hub, as a financial centre would definitely be affected not in a favourable way. And there is no light at the end of the tunnel for Singapore to sneak back into the BRICS new world system. The advantages and terms favouring the BRICS members and partners would not be available to Singapore. And with BRICS gaining strength and influence in the Global South, it would be the main competitor to the American hegemonic Rules Based Order that would end up with the G7 and European community that would include Singapore and a few American allies. It would be a divided world between the two trading blocs of BRICS versus Rules Based Order American allies.

How would this affect Singapore's position in Asean or how would Asean's neutrality and unity be affected? It would be highly likely that Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Brunei would also follow to join BRICS in times to come. The impression or lie that Asean has a lot of members that are pro Americans and anti Russia and China does not look credible given the latest development. 

What do you think?

Wall Street bubble bursting will make the Japanese real estate bubble just child's play

 The coming USA Wall Street bubble bursting will make the Japanese real estate bubble just child's play. That Japanese bubble caused Japan to lose several decades in a malaise state trying to recover.

A bubble burst hitting Wall Street will wipe out the banks, hedge funds, retirement funds and depositors of those banks. In fact, I would even suggest that retirement funds are just waiting for this to happen to wipe their slate clean without having to answer to the retirees. Retirement funds are mostly bankrupt and just operating like Ponzi schemes of using new member's contribution to pay off more and more older retirees. It is not sustainable. A default will be a blessing in disguise for them.

The only trap being laid now is the word of the Fed and Treasury, still painting a rosy picture of the USA economy. Yellen and Powell can fool some people most of the time, most people some of the time, but not all people all the time.

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