China's Victory Parade - Singapore's position would be closely watched

 China's Victory Parade is now a hot political potato. It needs not be so and no one needs to be coerced or be put in a fix to attend the Parade. But mischievous and troublemakers and countries with political agenda have made this occasion a big issue. Who is coercing or twisting the arms of Singapore to make a stand? I already heard some assholes shouting, China, China.

Singapore was invaded by Japan, conquered and ruled, and called Syonan-to by the Japanese. Several hundred residents were massacred all over the island. Many suffered under the cruel Japanese rule, being bullied, slapped and kicked by the Japanese. Japanese atrocities and barbarity are still deeply etched in the minds of the older Singaporeans and refreshed in younger Singaporeans. Many Singapore then residents volunteered to fight the Japanese in China. Many worked with the British to spy and conduct espionage against the Japanese. Should Singapore conveniently forget about this part of its tragic historical past?

Singapore's attendance in the Victory Parade would be closely watched by China and Asean countries, and the Chinese diaspora. Would Singapore take the side of Japan, called Japan friend and make China its enemy by not attending or sending a junior minister there? Do not underestimate the sensitivity of the Chinese diaspora on the brutal massacres of Chinese in WW2. Singapore is a Chinese majority island state, caveat, the Anglophiles and bananas would have different take on this issue. They are on the side of the Americans and Japanese without the need to think. The only thing they may think is that their ancestors were angmohs.

Singapore is now also caught in a bind. Attend die, don't attend also die. Lawrence Wong's position is not easy to please all the conflicting parties. Chiat lat. His mother may have a piece of 'cha kia' ready to knock him on the head. Singapore can choose a principled position on this matter, or to follow the majority of the Asean states to stay safe.

Everyone is watching and there will be consequences. Would Singapore take the long term view or short term view? Would Singapore join the winning side or the losing side? Would Singapore be arm twisted by any country in making this decision?

What do you think?

Deluded Trump thinks he deserves the Peace Prize while committing genocide in Gaza

Trump is not God, but he certainly wants to be the Pope, the second in command. Trump wants many things, including the Nobel Peace Prize as well.

J. D. Vance is speculating that Putin has given substantial concessions in his meeting with Trump in Alaska. Are those given under agreements already signed or just made up in J. D. Vance's delusional mind. Putin knows for a fact that even signed agreements can be discarded the moment Trump leaves the meeting. Putin, like Xi and others, do not place much confidence in Trump honoring any agreement, signed or made up.

The whole Trump administration is just a gathering of delusional gasbags, with the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing. J. D. Vance can only do what he does best - wanting to wear makeup like a woman.

There are lots of new juicy news appearing on social media about Trump's family history. True or not is for people to evaluate. But, knowing Trump's character, it does not need a nuclear scientist to put two and two together, however unlikely it may appear.


Anonymous

Trump's self-inflicted pain and misery for USA citizens are starting to hurt

 Trump thinks he is smart to get rid of cheap migrant workers, but he is killing USA farmers, food and beverage establishments and retail outlets employing cheap workers. USA citizens are not taking over those jobs without substantial wage increases.

All of USA businesses are now suffering double whammies. Shortage of workers in most jobs that USA citizens shun and escalating costs resulting from the tariffs imposed on other countries. Retail outlets have to pass on the tariffs to consumers, otherwise it means kicking the bucket for sure.

Now the third whammy is beginning to bite with markets closing for USA products destined for China, Canada and EU. Even tourism into the USA is now suffering the indirect consequence of those tariffs, with tourists avoiding the USA and putting its hotels and food and beverage businesses under stress. With tourism affecting jobs, how many will be affected is yet unknown. But it certainly will not be minor, with tourism logistics catering to the sector will all be seriously affected - hotels, food and beverage outlets, shopping malls and gate receipts to places like entertainment spots and Disneyland for example.

All these are self-inflicted pain and misery for USA citizens, who are already aware of how 'peasants' are enjoying their life of plenty in China. Ironic!

Anonymous

India is just like the archery target for USA leaders...a laundry mat

India thinks it is smart trying to play both sides. Now both sides are squeezing India like a soiled sponge, hardly able to return to its original shape. Never mess with China as it has long memories, the same mindset as its resorting to playing long games.

India is just like the archery target for USA leaders now, all jumping into the fray to see who can come up with the best demonization move to upset the Indians. Scott Bessent has taken his pot shot, with Peter Navaro following fast, calling India the laundry mat of Russia. Funny that Navaro has forgotten to demonize so many other countries that are now the laundry mat of the USA, such as Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Taiwan and the EU. These laundry mats are even willing to sacrifice themselves for the interest of the USA. At least India is not sacrificing itself for Russia, rather only making hay while the sun shines, buying its cheap oil to make money from USA laundry mats, which is what Navaro is obviously unhappy about. India is a competitor for energy exports to the EU, more so by selling cheap Russian oil under the table and making huge profits, which is a slap on the face of the USA.

If India is still negotiating with the USA, one thing certain is that the 50% tariff will be reduced somewhat, all a ploy employed by Trump in his 'Art of the Deal' to bring India back on track hopefully. This is where the danger lies for Russia and China. Never trust a snake, especially with a bigger snake behind pulling the strings.


Anonymous

The United States a rogue state wants to invade Venezuela on the pretext of going after Drug Cartels.

The United States a terrorist state wants to invade Venezuela on the pretext of going after 'Drug Cartels'. If it is drug cartels they are looking for then they should look no further than in the United States itself. Since the end of the Second World War in 1945 the United States working through its terrorist agency the CIA has been running, trafficking and smuggling opium, heroin, cocaine and other harmful drugs on a grand scale worldwide from Southern Europe, Middle East. Central Asia, India, the 'Drug Triangle' of Myanmar, Loas, Thailand and Vietnam to Indonesia, Australia, the Caribbeans and Latin or South America. The CIA is still the world's largest existing drug cartel and the most diabolical of all drug agents in running, trafficking and smuggling of all forms of harmful and toxic drugs.

Even if there are some drug runners in Venezuella it can be sure they are running as subagents of CIA which has footprints all over South American countries.

Having said so who give the United States the right to invade Venezuella on the pretext of false and fake accusation of going after drug cartels . Isn't U.S. invasion tantamount to illegal and unlawful infringement and trampling on Venezuella's sovereignty. It is time all countries of the free world condemn the rogue United States in no uncertain terms and stop it from invading Venezuella .

However, should the U.S. invade Venezuella then all the countries of BRICS and the South and the United Nations Organisation have the unbounded ultimate responsibility and obligation to send in armies and military volunteers to help Venezuella defend itself .

In the past I had written seven articles on CIA's lucrative but toxic and destructive drug trafficking and smuggling worldwide. These articles will now be republished starting with Part One from today.
CIA Drug And Narcotic Trade and Trafficking



CIA Runs The World's Largest Drug And Narcotic Trade And Trafficking. PART 1
Opium, heroin and cocaine smuggling and trafficking is big business. Every year CIA and its closely connected drug mafias throughout the world ripped in tens of billions of dollars in profit. CIA runs its drug and narcotic trafficking unhindered and with impunity because it is protected by powerful people in Washington, the Judiciary, customs, police and the Pentagon. The chains of connection in the narcotic trafficking can usually be traced from the mafias to judges and high ranking officers in the customs, transport, police, Pentagon and ultimately ends at the doorsteps of USA presidents.

CIA has been steeply involved in drug and heroin business for decades in the Philippines. This is the reason why America opposed strongly President Duterte's war on drugs.

CIA has been indulging in drug trafficking and manuafacturing since the end of the Second World War.
CIA drug rings cover the whole world from Latin America to Europe, Middle East, Afghanistan, South East Asia and Australia. CIA drug peddling in Afghanistan, Golden Triangle - in Burma, Thailand and Laos, USA, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela and Colombia are all connected to Wall Street barons, the Rothschilds, Illuminati and Free Masons.

We can learn much of CIA's drug and narcotic trade from the books and reports written by historian Alfred McCoy, English professor and poet Peter Dale Scott and Journalists Gary Webb, Alexander Cockburn, and Mexican journalist Anabel Hernandez. Their works result in USA government investigations. But these investigations were always tempered due to the influence and infiltration by CIA protectors in USA government. Thus, they were all sham investigations.

From 1961 to 1975 CIA sponsored a secret war in Laos in support of the pro American Laotian government against the Pathet Lao Rebels. Throughout these years CIA was involved in trafficking Opium in the area known as the Golden Triangle. CIA recruited the Hmong or Meo tribes to fight the Pathet Lao rebels which occupied the Plain of Jars. CIA used its own planes to smuggle opium and heroin in and out of the Golden Triangle. This CIA illicit activity in trafficking in opium and heroin was revealed by former CIA pilots and personnels involved in the war and who were disillusioned with CIA for bringing death and suffering to millions of innocent poor people in the third world.

During the 1980s, CIA helped the Mujaheddins of Afghanistan in their wars against Soviet Russia. At the same time, it was running a drug ring with the Afghan elites who were indulged in opium trafficking in the Middle East. CIA worked closely with Ahmed Wali Kazai the brother of then President Hamid Kazai in running the opium and heroin trafficking.


The Mujaheedins was a muslim terrorist organisation founded and funded by CIA to undermine the security of Soviet Russia with the ultimate objective to destroy Russia. In later years after the fall of the Soviet Union CIA reorganized the Mujaheedins which was renamed as Al Qaeda. Subsequently CIA made use of Al Qaeda to subvert many other countries wiith the objective of regime change. In this manner CIA in using Al Qaeda managed to destroy Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somailia and a few more others.

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