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The US is continuing with its strategy to keep Asia poor and divided. This policy was articulated in the top-secret U.S. Foreign Policy written 76 years ago. Japan and the Philippines are cornerstones of this policy. February 24, 1948, Declassified U.S. Foreign Policy: Furthermore, we have about 50% of the world’s wealth but only 6.3% of its population. This disparity is particularly great as between ourselves and the peoples of Asia. In this situation, we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment. Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity without positive detriment to our national security. ... that Japan and the Philippines will be found to be the corner-stones of such a Pacific security system and that if we can contrive to retain effective control over these areas there can be no serious threat to our security from the East within our time. Taiwan was added to the Pacific security system after Chiang's army retreated to the island of Taiwan in 1949. South Korea was added after the Korean War in 1953. The attempt with Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia was abandoned in 1975. The 1989 attempt in China failed. The 2019-2020 attempt in Hong Kong also failed.
US is not interested in being the policeman of the world are having to foot the bill. India is not in NATO or an ally of the US. so, there is no entitlement for Maritime security. The Quad is not a military alliance. so, there is no military protection. India is not entitled to have NATO to come its aide. India will not help Europe UK US for anything. so why would others want to help in the Indo pacific. Maritime security? Entitlements all come with a price.
Why can 't India handle this location? US is spending billions to protect its allies in the China seas. India and the Asian members need to step up to the plate and take responsibilities in these oceans. If India wants to be a big powerful leader in this part of the world, India needs to take the responsibility that goes with it. There is no disconnect but big expectation from US and its allies to help India, but the favor is not returned.
Biden is a walking corpse. He is not trying to ascertain what help Singapore can give. That would take reason. International order offers stability for the world to create wealth and health in all nations. It seems you are in denial of this and your motive seems transparent. You are advancing sino interests. Have fun trading when the South China sea is a toll road.
I call it chaos principle. What appears to be a chaotic system actually gives rise to the creation of new things. I think its more than "in spite". I think it is a part of it. I also think the US has fundamentally fallen away from its roots and renewal is constantly needed. Singapore is much like my own country, Canada. When you sleep with an elephant, you pay attention to every twitch.
I think Tom Cotton was shocked and embarrassed by the Singaporan's testimony, and the tiktok issue is subsequently falling apart even though it has quite a bit of momentum.
I am having difficulty with the point that Nationalism has failed in South East Asia. Erm... China? It rests on Nationalism and with nationsalism it is laying claim to Taiwan. Even though, Taiwan's native populations were never Chinese. It is nationalism, and worse, is nationalism *imposed.
In a survey in which pollsters interviewed 1,994 people from a region of 660 million? basically comes down to the opinions of about 20 people. projections are over the roof!
Malaysia is a racist country. They treat Malaysian Chinese as an outsider. They not allow Malay Chinese working in the government, sometimes they kill and rape them. This Muslim country is the most racist country. I had friend who from Malaysia, he is Malay Chinese and told me about the story I was shocked.
Ambassadors must comprehend Axis Forces' 21st-century grand strategy to explain the current events. Japan sent Francis Fukuyama to carry out the WWIII plan as the Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. State Department from 1981 to 1989. Fukuyama is a city in Hiroshima where the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb. In 1989, Fukuyama was the deputy director for European political-military affairs, leading to NATO expansion in central and eastern Europe, i.e., Georgia and Ukraine. Being inside, Fukuyama knew the Soviet Union would collapse due to Brezhnev's 'Era of Economic Stagnation' 1964-1982, so he published 'The End of History' on Feb 1, 1989, resulting in U.S. policy change towards international liberal order, aiming at against Russia and China. The tensions in Europe and Asia are caused by the Axis Forces wanting WWIII in the Atlantic and the Pacific theaters to achieve WWII's failure, expanding their territories. War requires planning; it isn't spontaneous: Ukraine against Russia or Taiwan province and the Philippines against China.
If the CCP pressures the Singapore government for political gains, we should ensure all Singaporeans are informed so that we can publicly condemn the CCP.
The US is hierarchical too with the requirements for statehood that the majority of the citizens are whites and English is the primary language. That's how Hawaii was made a state while Puerto Rico and Guam are not yet
The US overthrew the monarch & the kingdom of Hawaii and annexed it as part of the US territory in 1899. There is an ongoing Hawaii Independence movement,
@@Will.i.am55555 As a Singaporean I think George Yeo has lost his soul and integrity since emerging from his retirement after losing the General Election in 2011. He was supposed to leave politics! Bilahari B retired so he can give hard facts and reality
He knocks China at every turn😢 Obama's pivot to contain China has made China protective of its interests. It is the US that takes actions against Chinese interests and China retaliates in half measures. Such as US sanctions and withhold technology coercing others to follow including having Canada detaining the daughter of Huawei founder for nearly 3 years before giving up
If really the fear is about China attacking Taiwan, that can easily be dealt with through diplomacy. Peace is what China and Taiwan want badly. Arming Taiwan and preparing for it to be independence is counter-productive. Congress inserting the provision to recognise Taiwan as an 'independent entity' in the 2022 Competes Act also belies the US's intention.
I assume Bilahari has been invited due in no small measure to his well known sinophobic view of China. Elsewhere, he still speaks of China's BRI as a debt trap when Bloomberg has already proclaimed it as a debunked myth. His assertion that China is converting minorities into Han is another. His off the cuff Q&A session is unnecessarily dismissive of Indonesia (in certain comments), Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia and Asean, not because he is brutally accurate but cynically unfounded. Is it surprising that, even by his own admission, he is now out of the government on pension? But this lecture is one of Bilahari's better ones. He reminds Americans that neutrality to SE Asian nations mean the ability to choose action selectively based on national interests. To be coerced to take side may be counter-productive. He has also made many other good points. It's not China that is militarising SCS but the US by adding more Philippines bases to the hundreds encircling China. As Bikahari pointed out, this region, across the Pacific Ocean, is not an existential threat to the US. But it is to China, surrounded by US military bases and threats of blockade of China's trade routes to the world. It would be great if US could take on a more diplomatic role in resolving conflicts with China. It's more urgent now than ever for US and China to cooperate rather than engage in a dangerous binary struggle. A strong US and strong China together is better for all.
He is vastly influenced by both M6 & Cia 😅 while he clearly is very anti.china and think nothing about anyone in asia as global leadership 😢 His personal views are very arrogant and self centred compare to George Yeo and kishore 😂😂😂
US mil bases hv there for decades oready even the phil ones.. the commies hv militerized SCS? hv u been living in the rocks somewhere last decade or so?
@@Will.i.am55555But in this forum, he didn’t say too much anti-China topics. He adjusted his speech according to different audiences. I think this is his best speech in the recent years. A lot of other China experts are too obviously anti-China or pro-China. He, in this speech, is more fact-based.
Most Americans don't know anything about South-East Asia nor do they have any interest in it. A lot of Western focus on East Asia while at the same time overlooked S.E.A in the process.
How can these Professors be requested to cover the book, "Paekche's Principle - The Great Secret Of Asia" By Bayemy Biyick to explain Japanese behaviour in the Peninsula...?
IMHO we are just seeing the deepening of democracy. The highly educated (deracinated?) Elite have lost the power to influence the masses. The masses have a new pied piper or maybe pied pipers. These are people like Modi from the masses who are not afraid to voice a reality that the masses are able to relate to.
Aap log jaise Creature hamari Desh me nehi raheng to hamari Desh ko vala hoga. Aap log jaiye America ,Britain me ,un logo ki chamcha giri kor ke do char award lijiye aur ohi rahe jayiye.
As someone who has worked around the world these people are just idealogs who have zero knowledge of ground reality and lack critical thinking, these are puppets who are paid by American universities to build a certain narrative. Intellectual Garbage.
Those commenting about unity of Bharat and the whole anti national brigade leftist agenda, your prejudices lives because of India s liberal values. Atleast there is a space of discussion because of these liberal values that you mock In the direction we re moving , one by one everyone who is not the norm will be silenced. First it may be the Muslims who knows what next .. Hindi in South India , lower caste discrimination Let this moment be evidence on the side you all stood on while it all starts to crumble.
I just start following him just recently and just fall in love with his analysis of the current state of mind of Indian politics . I think very few people can think out of the box . Mr. Mehta you are clearly see the picture of future India which is becoming an authoritarian Government which is going against its own constitution which should have consider a punishable crime in the court . But the court by itself had become a puppet . Being a Hindu and you see creating a government on the base of religion is not right for any modern country .
