Military
Wearing a suit to the White House was just the appetizer. Zelensky, after consultation with European leaders, had also brought a gift President Trump could not refuse – a promise to buy US$100 billion worth of American weapons financed by Europe. It was a calculated move to appease – and to obtain – U.S. security […]
... written on Aug 22 2025Putin would face a “rough situation” if he did not co-operate in the peace process, while Zelensky had to “show some flexibility”. As for European leaders, they better move towards a deal as they wouldn’t necessarily get similar security guarantees on Ukraine from any future administration. That was roughly what Trump told all the parties involved in the […]
... written on Aug 20 2025Vladimir Putin had no intention of agreeing to any ceasefire whatsoever – even a temporary one – before his meeting with Donald Trump in Alaska. After all, the Russian forces are winning – slowly but surely – the Ukraine War. Putin is playing a long game, succeeding in depleting some U.S. weapons stockpiles, while the […]
... written on Aug 16 2025Just after midnight on May 7, the screen in the Pakistan Air Force’s operations room lit up in red with the positions of dozens of active enemy planes across the border in India. Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Sidhu, who would visit Washington in the aftermath of one of the worst hostilities between Pakistan and India, […]
... written on Aug 02 2025As Beijing faces a delicate balancing act on what role it should play in the stunning border hostilities between Thailand and Cambodia that has led to a bloody war with dozens dead, Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has prematurely – and recklessly – rushed to announce a ceasefire between both nations and a withdrawal of […]
... written on Jul 26 2025At midnight on June 13 (which coincided with the “unlucky” Friday 13th), Israel’s generals gathered in a bunker beneath Israeli air force headquarters and watched as jets descended on Tehran in an operation they called “Red Wedding.” Hours later and 1,000 miles away, Iran’s top military commanders were dead – a mass killing much like the […]
... written on Jun 28 2025At the rate PAS racists and extremists keep shooting its own foot, one may wonder if the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS – Parti Islam Se-Malaysia) is trying to help rival Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim stay in power for another 20 years. Its latest attack on the promotion of Major General Johnny Lim to the rank of Lieutenant […]
... written on Jun 26 2025Iran fired 14 ballistic missiles at U.S. troops in Qatar on Monday (June 23), and in its typical hilarious face saving drama, has claimed to have “destroyed the American air base” in retaliation for U.S. strikes on three nuclear sites. With internet blackout still in place, Tehran did not need nuclear scientists to hoodwink tonnes […]
... written on Jun 25 2025Operation Midnight Hammer began with “Drama King” Donald Trump pretending to be indecisive about striking Tehran. After all, he was the co-producer of TV series “The Apprentice”, hosting the reality television show for a whopping fourteen seasons before departing to focus on his 2016 presidential campaign. The show featured him as a powerful and decisive […]
... written on Jun 23 2025For almost five decades, Iran’s leaders built up a network of allied militias in the Middle East that shared a hatred of Israel and America to gain regional influence and protect the regime. But as the theocracy is now fighting for its own survival, its allies – from Baghdad to Beirut – are MIA (missing […]
... written on Jun 19 2025
