Military
While the Western countries, especially the Europe, are trembling in fear after the Brussels Attacks, it was celebration elsewhere. As usual, European cities’ landmarks were lit up with Belgium flag colours after screaming tons of condemnations and pledging “solidarity” with the Belgian people. Not only ISIS supporters have been cheering the terror attacks in Brussels, […]
... written on Mar 24 2016The attacks were largely expected. What was unknown were the place of targets and the number of innocent people who would be killed. Innocent people here, of course, aren’t referring to politicians. Politicians always get away scot free. But the policies made by these supposedly clever Western countries’ politicians have gotten many citizens killed. There’s […]
... written on Mar 22 2016With the wake of terror group ISIS running wild in the Middle East and the recent bombing in Jakarta, is there any major difference between an extremist and a terrorist? As far as the Government of Singapore is concerned, only a fine line separating these two groups of people. Both are not welcomed into Singapore, […]
... written on Mar 22 2016Due to obsession over Donald Trump’s meteoric rise in his run for President of the United States 2016, suddenly very little attention was paid to President Barack Hussein Obama. There was one particular interview in this month’s edition of the Atlantic magazine between Obama and Jeffrey Goldberg which is of utmost interest. Columnist Goldberg wrote the […]
... written on Mar 20 2016Najib’s supporters and bloggers should answer this puzzle. Why can’t their paymaster – Prime Minister Najib Razak – be a “real man” and answer questions from foreign journalists? Why does the prime minister need to run away every time questions are asked about the murder of Altantuya or corruption related to US$1 billion found in […]
... written on Mar 16 2016Out of the blue on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the withdrawing of the “main part” of its forces in Syria – starting from Tuesday. It was roughly 5-month ago when he sent his military hardware and soldiers into the country in what seemed to be a long-term commitment in a war that has […]
... written on Mar 15 2016For a couple of years Russia has been warning Finland and Sweden from joining NATO. Moscow’s message to them was simple – join NATO and the Russian will attack. Why? Prior to the Soviet Union’s collapse, Moscow agreed to dismantle the Warsaw Pact (a pact similar to NATO) and destroy the Berlin Wall in exchange […]
... written on Mar 12 2016During its peak, the Daesh (ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State) was the world’s wealthiest terror group. When it captured the city of Mosul, the group was flushed with 500 billion dinars (US$452 million; £320 million; RM1.86 billion) kept in the Iraqi city’s central bank. They were also reportedly made off with a large amount of gold […]
... written on Mar 03 2016Does China own South China Sea so much so that nobody, including the supposedly superpower United States, dares to retaliate – militarily – when Beijing happily parked some HQ-9 air defence missile system on Woody Island, the largest of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, which is also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam? […]
... written on Feb 19 2016SJKC, also known as “vernacular schools” in Malaysia for the Chinese have existed since independence and the vernacular education is protected by the Federal Constitution, despite disagreement by some former judges. The fact that these judges chose to read the constitution to their liking only “after” retirement speaks volumes about their desire to impress and […]
... written on Feb 17 2016
