War
Hollywood has produced many films about rogue generals, rebels or terrorists who seized nuclear missile sites or weapons with plans to nuke Russia or the U.S., hoping to trigger retaliations and start the first nuclear world war. Over time, military superpowers have implemented fail-safe to avoid any human error or unauthorized attack that could lead […]
... written on Sep 15 2021When the U.S. decided to withdraw from Afghanistan after a 20-year war that it could not win from the beginning, many Western countries said it was a mistake. Even its closest ally, the United Kingdom, has criticised the American decision to leave Afghanistan as a “mistake” that has handed the Taliban “momentum”, not to mention a return of terror […]
... written on Sep 11 2021As the U.S. military’s last C17 aircraft left Kabul airport, marking the end of a 20-year war in Afghanistan that the superpower could not win, it has also left something there – a fragile democracy. Over the last two decades, the U.S. government spent huge sums of money to create a stable democracy in the alien land, but it appears […]
... written on Sep 03 2021Australia has reported a slightly better economic growth than expected. Against Reuters’ prediction of an economic growth of 0.5% in the June quarter, the Aussie recorded 0.7%. It’s lower than 1.9% increase in the first 3 months of the year. However, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) admitted the latest figures do not provide the full […]
... written on Sep 01 2021Since 2001, the United States has spent US$2.26 trillion in Afghanistan, according to Brown University’s calculations in its “Costs of War Project”. Nearly US$1 trillion – the biggest chunk – was spent on Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) budget. Basically, OCO was special funding created after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 for overseas war […]
... written on Aug 21 2021When Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, Attorney General Idrus Harun, House Speaker Azhar Harun (brother of A.G.), and leaders of allies – UMNO and PAS – met and hatched a plan to avoid a parliamentary vote on Monday (July 26), the first day the Parliament reconvened this year since the Proclamation of Emergency on January 12, […]
... written on Jul 29 2021Australia has officially complained to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) last month that China’s huge slap – as high as 218.4% tariff – on the country’s wine industry has done “serious harm”. Trade Minister Dan Tehan had even offered a hilarious reason. He said Australia was forced to file the dispute because Beijing had refused […]
... written on Jul 23 2021HMS Queen Elizabeth is not only the United Kingdom’s latest aircraft carrier, but also the most expensive flagship in the British Royal Navy. Costing roughly £3 billion (US$4 billion) to build, the aircraft carrier made headlines in 2017 after a faulty shaft seal forced it to be sent back for repair at Portsmouth. Ordered in […]
... written on Jul 11 2021As China marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Chinese Communist Party with demonstration of heavy military hardware, including J-20 stealth fighter jets, Z-8L 15-ton-class helicopter and Type 99A battle tank, President Xi Jinping unleashed his warning – China will never allow any foreign force to bully, oppress or subjugate the Chinese […]
... written on Jul 03 2021Four years ago, in his attempt to score some cheap political brownie points, then-Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein opened his big mouth and proposed something incredibly silly. The cousin of then-Prime Minister Najib Razak, the world’s biggest crook, announced that the Malaysian Armed Forces were ready to be sent to Jerusalem to defend the Palestinians and […]
... written on May 17 2021
