Virgo's September Morning Bread

 Americunts are just paid parasites Military that invades and fought for their livings.

On someone orders. Their main instincts are to obey and fight to live another day so that they could return and hopefully enjoy some of their promised benefits ad veterans and their contacted tours of duties.

Whereas the PRCs are mentally conditioned to fight and die for their Motherland!

Their wills to fight and die if have to for the sake of their Nation and families.

So, their morales are different from any invading and threatening adversaries.

They are being conditioned and been reminded of their old generation's century of humiliations and sufferings and NEVER again to be in this predicament again.

So, their fighting spirits are different and their wills not to live like the other so called Western and their cronies and lackeys Militaries as just mercenary Militaries.

PLA Militaries are grilled and drilled to be Defenders and Patriots of their Motherland.

When Xi called them as Comrades and the sacrifices that they had undergone in their training and actual Military Lifes they responded All for the sake of our Country and Nation.

That's their wills and determinations that could tear any Adversaries into HELL.

The Spirit and Morale of a Great Military Force are their Greatest Victories NOT as just a Mercenary Military paid just to do a job and then survive in their self interests and hope that it be all over soon.

Virgo49

The Americans have a lot of war experience...in losing wars

The USA military may have the best experience, but what happened in Vietnam? Half a million USA soldiers in Vietnam plus South Koreans and South Vietnamese and yet unable to carve out a victory over rag-tag Vietcong fighters. The USA also had massive aerial advantage and support together with weapons galore. A war is won not on experience alone but on strategy, tenacity and knowing the enemy - its size, shape and weakness. If experience determines the outcome of a war, Hitler would have defeated the Soviet Union and so did Napolean.

The USA military also had the same massive advantage in weapons and aerial superiority in Afghanistan, but twenty years later had to flee with tails between its legs. What the USA had been fighting in Afghanistan were merely against farmers bearing small arms. There was not even a proper unit to be called an army within the ranks of the Taliban. Today, the Taliban have the semblance of an army with weapons seized from the USA when it fled - supposedly destroyed but mostly reconditioned and still a force to be reckoned with in battle. Nothing to gloat about actually for the USA even if it had won the fight.

The USA may have the bragging rights, but not necessarily the clout to come out and proclaim victory even before facing a really formidable foe - one that is on par with it. The French had massive bragging rights regarding their Rafale jet, but what happened recently when the Rafales failed even against cheap Chinese J10C. The Rafales had all the experience, but when it comes to the crunch, it failed.


Anonymous

All EVs will be Made in China or by Chinese joint ventures

In the next couple of decades, all cars will be EV. This is the next industrial revolution when an obsolete technology hit the dust. ICE cars are no longer needed just like cassette tapes, floppy disks. ICE cars are difficult and expensive to make, consume too much fossil fuel, inefficient, unfriendly to the environment. It is old technology that would soon be relegated to the museum.

In the next few years, at most a decade, all EVs will be made in China or by Chinese companies in joint ventures in China or overseas. At this moment, only Tesla has a reasonable sales volume to survive but not for long. The rapid progress and innovation of Chinese EVs are putting Tesla far behind in the tech race. The numerous Chinese models, better, faster and cheaper are making Tesla cars looking like new antiques.

A Xiaomi YU7, with 310 hp, is selling only for US$14,000. How much is Tesla selling for its cheapest model that could not even come near to the YU7 in performance.  In the first 30 minutes of sales, it received 300,000 orders. How much would an ICE car cost with 310hp? There is no comparison.

A 503 hp MG Cyberster EV made in China outran an Aston Martin with more than 600hp by a mile in a drag race. The same Cyberster only lost to a Lamborghini Aventador Ultimae by a body length. And the Avantador costs a few millions against the less than US$200,000 MG. 

Xiaomi's SU7 used to hold the record for top speed clocked by a production car. But this has been overtaken by a BYD production supercar Yangwang U9 with a 3019 hp engine, beating almost anything available. And the top speed it clocked was a staggering 472kph!

Chinese EVs are beating everything in the market in quality, design, performance and price. And the Chinese are going upmarket to compete in the grand luxury market with several models from Nio, Xpeng, Hongqi, Zeekr etc etc against Rolls Royce, Maybach and other western brands.

All manufacturers of ICE cars would have to close shop very soon. They are just not good enough, and old technology that have become obsolete. As it is, many western brands EVs like Volvo, MG, Lotus etc etc are actually Chinese EVs. Going forward, China is not going to waste money buying up European brands that have gone broke.  China has created its own reputation to produce high quality EVs and can sell them using Chinese brands. And China has a near monopoly of all EV batteries. Practically all American or European EVs that could still sell are using Chinese batteries.

Chinese EVs are taking over the world and will be all over the world in double quick time. All cars are EVs and all EVs are Chinese made. Tesla may not last very long. Even if it survives, it will be a shadow of itself.

Singapore's success for joining the winning side

The success of Singapore over the last 6 decades could be due to Singapore's decision to join the winning side. Singapore became an independent state in 1965, in the midst of the Cold War between the Americans and the West versus the Soviet Union and Communism. It may be a simplistic view that just joining the winning side, the Americans and the West, is a major reason for what Singapore is today. Other things aside, plugging into the western world system, being very useful to the Americans at a time and in a region that is hostile to the Americans, found Singapore in a sweet spot for American investments and influence in the region. American investments poured into the little island, including everything American, influence, propaganda, brainwashing and Hollywood.

This was acute political thinking of the first generation of Singapore leaders. Singapore had to survive at a time when neighbours were not too friendly and there was no one else to turn to. America was at the peak of its power and influence. Being friend of America, under the protective umbrella of the Americans, provided Singapore with an era of peace and security and rapid economic growth to the envy of the neighbouring states. Caveat, Singapore workers then were hardworking and talented, unlike today's daft Singaporeans.

The geopolitics of the world has changed over the last few decades. The Americans are still powerful and rich and still behaving like a rogue state, bullying the rest of the world. The rogue behaviour of the Americans is getting under the collar of many states of the Global South. Never mind if the developed states of the West are also feeling the heat. 

In addition, powerful states from the Global South are also rising and now posing a challenge to the American dominance and hegemony. The signs are all there that America is in decline and the challengers are rising rapidly and looking likely to overtake the Americans in all areas, economics, science and technology, politics and even military. The new Singapore leaders, especially under Lawrence Wong, would be in serious thought about the future of Singapore amidst the changes in the balance of power. For a while, the mantra is to be neutral, not taking sides, hide under the Asean umbrella and try to be friendly to both America and China, if this is possible, but still leaning more on the American side.

With each passing day, with the gangsters in Washington behaving like irresponsible and aggressive mafia, being neutral is getting more difficult and uneasy. Which way would Singapore turn to? Who is going to be the winner for Singapore to choose to be on the winning side again and ride the wave?

So far, it seems that Singapore has made the choice, the wrong choice, to be on the losing side, picking the loser. The decision to sanction Russia is a poor choice. As it is turning out, Russia is the winning side. Ukraine is the loser, and the Americans are also trying to wriggle out from the losing war. Russia is not alone. Practically the whole of Asia and the Global South is on the side of Russia. The latest parties in Tianjin and Beijing are optics that said Russia is winning. Singapore had made a bad choice, not as clever as the first generation leaders.

Singapore is now picking India as the next winner. Is this a wise choice or another bad choice? Is India a winner? The Indo Pakistan War said it without apologies, that India is a loser. India is also a big loser in its relations with the USA. India is also a loser in economics, trade and industrialisation and high tech revolution. Can anyone be so blind not to see that India is a loser in everything, on every count, despite all the bragging, gloating and fake statistics? India has nothing that is world leading and in the forefront of technology.

Singapore prospers for the last few decades by picking the winning side, staying on the winning side. Would Singapore continue to prosper by picking the losing side? The world today is more vicious and moving very fast. Picking a loser and staying on the losing side is going to have bad consequences for Singapore. It needs the acute wisdom and foresight of the first generation leaders to keep Singapore afloat for the immediate future. Believing in fantasies and make beliefs, in wet dreams, are very telling on the wisdom of leadership. Singapore cannot make its policies on hopes, false hopes and believing in smooth talks. Singapore has to make hard decisions based on hard thinking and hard facts.

What do you think? Is Singapore choosing the winning or losing side? America is appearing as the loser by the day. Only the Anglophiles think America will forever be the winner, the Empire that will not fall.

New Iron Triangles - Xi, Putin and Modi, ... Xi, Putin and Kim

Trump said that he is not concerned about China and Russia forming a new front against the USA. Oh yes, not concerned but trying to split the duo but failing to bring down Russia and afraid to put more pressure on China. Not concerned but threatening BRICS with 100% tariffs, knowing BRICS is the brainchild of Putin and Xi. Now, what else have Putin and Xi been talking about in privately in Tianjin? Trump must be anxious to know, but nowhere to get the news. Now we have North Korea Kim also inside the front.

The SCO meeting had a trio of Putin, Xi and Modi, laughing together and probably talking about someone sulking. The Victory Day parade will feature another trio of Putin, Xi and Kim. These are all Trump's friends before, but why is he not invited? The more Trump wants attention, the more some countries will care two hoots about him. Trump is now an outcast. The only support he now has is from the Anglo-Saxon clique.

Oh, by the way Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is reported to be going to Beijing to attend the Victory Day Parade after all. That shows how important China is to Indonesia.


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