Remember the USA spent two trillion dollars to replace the Taliban with the Taliban. Two trillion dollars in 23 years is $300m per day. Let that sink in.
The US spruced up a couple Airfields to enable attacking Iran. They did not spend all that cash. Victoria Nuland got a Treasury Checkbook from Cheney, she sure seemed to make a lot of friends with the Distribution of Dollars. They built a lot of Airfields.
And also remember that those islamists are the same "freedom fighters" from the 80's that US supported against the Afghan socialist government (which was secular and had all women's rights for which the west is crying out today)
Well, we Indians also spent a lot of money on Afghanistan, building dams, roads, even their Parliament. Well, turns out they won't be using that parliament anytime soon. We told them, let Amrullah Saleh be in charge, leverage ties with the Tajiks. USA wasn't interested apparently, they decided to double cross him. Those people are still fighting Taliban.....
Containerized Freight Index is insane at the moment, it is up 302% on the year. Up 38% in a month. Houthis are punching way above their weight. As I told the vicar. “Just consider it a tax on the Wests inhumanity”
I wont say "punching above their weight" - they are just punching, while no one wants to punch them back - because Biden is weak. USA from 10-20 years ago would have laid waste to Yemen.... the problem is USA is now so broke and overextended, they dont dare to do anything, especially in an election year.
@@DefensePoliticsAsia Agreed. But one should note the USA laid waste to the Taliban and Afghanistan, then had to spend billions, supposedly “reconstructing”. Taliban took back the country in days. Afghanistan was an utter irrelevance internationally and financially to the West. The Houthis by contrast are actual costing real money to the West, moreover the situation has caused the Chinese to be able to turn their over production of containerized freight to profit.
Malaysia in BRICS+ is a great idea, they are a natural for this. I also think most of the ASEAN members will be part of it in the long run as it will be supported by large trade route & supply chain logistic investments flowing through the region. BRICS+ also promotes & respects self sovereignty and access to finance without strings and is quite different to the current Western order which grew out of colonialism which carries a lot of baggage and resentment in Asia. Singapore doesn't really need the west so eventually they will just stand on their own feet and choose what makes sense and is most prosperous...
Malaysia joining BRICS+ is inevitable and not doing so is a political suicide for ruling political party. We import rice mainly from India, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. India is already in BRICS while Vietnam and Thailand followed suit, if Malaysia doesn't join we'll be in a huge problem from economic isolation.
@@joni8090 US left all the equipment there for a reason -> proxy wars. Taliban get also a lot of financial support from Western countries. What are Afghanistans neighbours? Afghanistan is used a base to attack Russia, China and probably Pakistan. That was the the plan and it works, unfortunately.
Withdraw? What they actually did was build them up, left all the equipment overthere. Taliban get a lot money from Western countries. They are used as proxy to fight their neighbours. The 2 neighbours which are the biggest enemy of the US
If Thailand, Malaysia, indonesia join, do you think Singapore should? Where Singapore got its money from? 1/3 Regional, 1/3 Swift and 1/3 shipping hub, but mainly China goods/shipments....... its is 2/3 against 1/3 Swift business with a decreasing revenue due to regional switch to BRICs
Thanks for the support! I totally think Singapore should join BRICS. BRICS is first and foremost a trade-commerce organisation. So we should totally go for it. Vivian B is horrible as foreign minister in my opinion. Our foreign affairs policies are rubbish since he took office....
@@NJ-wb1cz Why west won't allow it? Because Singapore is the only western ally and base for the US fleet in ASEAN region. (Edit: sorry I forgot about the Philippines...for correction, it is the only base where the west could have influence over the Strait of Malacca.) Turkey itself has formidable military power and capable of being self sufficient to a certain degree. True they are dependant on the west but by no way it makes them subservient to EU/NATO. Threaten Turkey and the Black Sea will be closed and if they align themselves militarily with Russia, the Ukraine becomes a fully landlocked country. Any sanction by Turkey may even cause starvation in Egypt and other nation dependant on Russian/Ukraine agricultural export. That is how significant Turkey is. The US military bases in the region will be under deadly threat...as if having Iran is trouble enough. Those are military bases which controls critical oil region that is being siphoned by US at this moment. How? Turkey is big and powerful with land mass potential, meanwhile Singapore is an island city state dependent on import even for daily needs of fresh food, basic water supply and workforce. A simple sanction, public/political boycott or certain restriction of the SWIFT system would fatally cripple Singapore beyond repair. But if that is the way to bend and control Singapore's policies, believe me, the west will do it in a heartbeat. Unlike Turkey, Singapore actually have very little voice against the change of tide in geopolitics. They can't even assert their support and friendship with Israel any more like they used to do. As a city state astride the trade and financial exchange route, they are afloat by keeping to themselves and do business in neutrality...but being neutral with BRICS+ is impossible...either you trade with the USD or you are out. But now it's time to choose. This is the context of what Henry Kissinger said: "to be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal". Fatal because that is how the US operates, they are not shy from destroying even friends to achieve their own geopolitical objectives...look at Japan in the 80's and today for example.
IN Nepal, there is not border issue between china and nepal. India claimed and capture of some land of nepal.(india captured place is kalapani, lipulekh & limpiyadhura). Nepal want china and nepal joint petrol this area too. That can nepal able to reach in own land of limpiyadhura.
Malaysia didn't align with West? Yet Malaysia receive many benefit from West because the history one of the British Empire colony. One of the example is easy passport applicant from Malaysian to many Western countries, especially Europe. Malaysia government will always be align with Western, despite Malaysian people say no.
Because Malaysia is former British colony. But Malaysia generally are anti-colonialist; stark different from Singapore, where we credit what we are due to British colonialism (because we are majority "immigrant")
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Thailand has american NGOs so thailand cant do much, hopefully im wrong and they go into brics
Remember the USA spent two trillion dollars to replace the Taliban with the Taliban.
Two trillion dollars in 23 years is $300m per day.
Let that sink in.
The US spruced up a couple Airfields to enable attacking Iran.
They did not spend all that cash.
Victoria Nuland got a Treasury Checkbook from Cheney,
she sure seemed to make a lot of friends with the Distribution of Dollars.
They built a lot of Airfields.
And also remember that those islamists are the same "freedom fighters" from the 80's that US supported against the Afghan socialist government (which was secular and had all women's rights for which the west is crying out today)
Well, we Indians also spent a lot of money on Afghanistan, building dams, roads, even their Parliament. Well, turns out they won't be using that parliament anytime soon. We told them, let Amrullah Saleh be in charge, leverage ties with the Tajiks. USA wasn't interested apparently, they decided to double cross him. Those people are still fighting Taliban.....
@@death_parade Afghans have had fights going on for centuries.
That is nothing new.
@@danielhutchinson6604 So has central asia. But today they are stable. Why?
It should be verry lucrative for Singapore.
Containerized Freight Index is insane at the moment, it is up 302% on the year. Up 38% in a month. Houthis are punching way above their weight. As I told the vicar. “Just consider it a tax on the Wests inhumanity”
I wont say "punching above their weight" - they are just punching, while no one wants to punch them back - because Biden is weak.
USA from 10-20 years ago would have laid waste to Yemen.... the problem is USA is now so broke and overextended, they dont dare to do anything, especially in an election year.
@@DefensePoliticsAsia Agreed. But one should note the USA laid waste to the Taliban and Afghanistan, then had to spend billions, supposedly “reconstructing”. Taliban took back the country in days. Afghanistan was an utter irrelevance internationally and financially to the West. The Houthis by contrast are actual costing real money to the West, moreover the situation has caused the Chinese to be able to turn their over production of containerized freight to profit.
Long live the east, the south and the other non-west. 😀
Malaysia in BRICS+ is a great idea, they are a natural for this. I also think most of the ASEAN members will be part of it in the long run as it will be supported by large trade route & supply chain logistic investments flowing through the region. BRICS+ also promotes & respects self sovereignty and access to finance without strings and is quite different to the current Western order which grew out of colonialism which carries a lot of baggage and resentment in Asia. Singapore doesn't really need the west so eventually they will just stand on their own feet and choose what makes sense and is most prosperous...
Malaysia joining BRICS+ is inevitable and not doing so is a political suicide for ruling political party. We import rice mainly from India, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. India is already in BRICS while Vietnam and Thailand followed suit, if Malaysia doesn't join we'll be in a huge problem from economic isolation.
america defeated the taliban /this cant be true
They made them proxies
Untenable for US ,
had to withdraw from Afghanistan 🇦🇫
@@joni8090 US left all the equipment there for a reason -> proxy wars. Taliban get also a lot of financial support from Western countries. What are Afghanistans neighbours? Afghanistan is used a base to attack Russia, China and probably Pakistan. That was the the plan and it works, unfortunately.
Withdraw? What they actually did was build them up, left all the equipment overthere. Taliban get a lot money from Western countries. They are used as proxy to fight their neighbours. The 2 neighbours which are the biggest enemy of the US
Very nice see what's u r mappin' in SE Asia, suitable for the main channel, pls keep up more stuff like this one :D
Until Thailand and especially Malaysia is admitted into BRICS, it'll just be a headline report.
Thanks for the update
we need more news summary video.
Noted!
Do you think singapore should also join brics? Or are we lagging behind in our foreign policy
If Thailand, Malaysia, indonesia join, do you think Singapore should? Where Singapore got its money from? 1/3 Regional, 1/3 Swift and 1/3 shipping hub, but mainly China goods/shipments....... its is 2/3 against 1/3 Swift business with a decreasing revenue due to regional switch to BRICs
Thanks for the support!
I totally think Singapore should join BRICS. BRICS is first and foremost a trade-commerce organisation. So we should totally go for it. Vivian B is horrible as foreign minister in my opinion. Our foreign affairs policies are rubbish since he took office....
@@DefensePoliticsAsiaWest won't allow it.
@@jkjk42898 Why and how? Turkey are planning to join, and they are actually in NATO and are way more dependent on the West
@@NJ-wb1cz Why west won't allow it? Because Singapore is the only western ally and base for the US fleet in ASEAN region. (Edit: sorry I forgot about the Philippines...for correction, it is the only base where the west could have influence over the Strait of Malacca.)
Turkey itself has formidable military power and capable of being self sufficient to a certain degree. True they are dependant on the west but by no way it makes them subservient to EU/NATO. Threaten Turkey and the Black Sea will be closed and if they align themselves militarily with Russia, the Ukraine becomes a fully landlocked country. Any sanction by Turkey may even cause starvation in Egypt and other nation dependant on Russian/Ukraine agricultural export. That is how significant Turkey is. The US military bases in the region will be under deadly threat...as if having Iran is trouble enough. Those are military bases which controls critical oil region that is being siphoned by US at this moment.
How? Turkey is big and powerful with land mass potential, meanwhile Singapore is an island city state dependent on import even for daily needs of fresh food, basic water supply and workforce. A simple sanction, public/political boycott or certain restriction of the SWIFT system would fatally cripple Singapore beyond repair. But if that is the way to bend and control Singapore's policies, believe me, the west will do it in a heartbeat.
Unlike Turkey, Singapore actually have very little voice against the change of tide in geopolitics. They can't even assert their support and friendship with Israel any more like they used to do. As a city state astride the trade and financial exchange route, they are afloat by keeping to themselves and do business in neutrality...but being neutral with BRICS+ is impossible...either you trade with the USD or you are out.
But now it's time to choose. This is the context of what Henry Kissinger said: "to be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal". Fatal because that is how the US operates, they are not shy from destroying even friends to achieve their own geopolitical objectives...look at Japan in the 80's and today for example.
Very interesting to hear the news from Asia.
40% more travel time means less 40% cargo capacity!
Jeneral thanks
Any updates on the Philippine Islands?
Is it still ongoing?
Definitely still ongoing... but nothing particularly striking caught my attention; but I will continue to monitor
Dam dude
IN Nepal, there is not border issue between china and nepal.
India claimed and capture of some land of nepal.(india captured place is kalapani, lipulekh & limpiyadhura). Nepal want china and nepal joint petrol this area too.
That can nepal able to reach in own land of limpiyadhura.
Malaysia and Thailand cannot join BRICS now because it does not accept new members.
Malaysia didn't align with West? Yet Malaysia receive many benefit from West because the history one of the British Empire colony. One of the example is easy passport applicant from Malaysian to many Western countries, especially Europe. Malaysia government will always be align with Western, despite Malaysian people say no.
The ruling elites and rich people are paid in USD lol... but because of ideology and current events, they have to "boycott" to show solidarity.
Because Malaysia is former British colony. But Malaysia generally are anti-colonialist; stark different from Singapore, where we credit what we are due to British colonialism (because we are majority "immigrant")
@@DefensePoliticsAsia why are they okay with China then? 😂😂😂
Colonialism is the past for the west..China does it every day.
@@para-tankerprojection is very ugly
@@para-tankername some examples
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I seriously don't know what principals, goals etc BRICS actually stands for. I seriously doubt BRICS actually has any.
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This is some weird stuff right here😂
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Afghans have a right to live their own way,,the west tried ti impose their ways on Afghans,, its called the graveyard of empires for a reason
Mainly for propaganda reasons
Hahaha now we know they’ve flipped out
Who?
So all those changes happened only after covid pandemia and its consequences
Frozen
8 minutes ago.
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