I checked and it's rather interesting that Singapore hasn't yet said a word - that I could find - about Trump's blockade of Hormuz when, if you listen to Balakrishnan's speech 👇, the EXACT same UNCLOS articles he cites - transit passage as an unconditional right - apply.
All the stranger because he said he was speaking "as a matter of principle and not because we're taking sides."
Funny how what he called "the constitution of the oceans" stops applying when it's the US Navy doing the blocking.
It is very ironic that Sukarno carried out the Ganyang Malaysia campaign because they see us as Western siege of Indonesia, and now Malaysia is under siege by the US allies namely Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore. They become what they are scared of.
Why should a sovereign nation seek the permission of another sovereign nation roughly 13,000km away for oil that it needs for its population. It is insanity!
This is why Iran’s push for a multipolar world order deserves all the support.
While Anwar opponents always portrayed Anwar to be a NED US agent, the most shameless person from the ASEAN region simping for US turned out to be Prabowo.
Kalau org yg belajar dlm bidang security, dia tahu, Airport adalah tempat yg paling critical dan perlu untuk kita kawal seketat mungkin.
Tp berbeza ya kat Kelantan ni, macam penguatkuasa tak wujud. Geng² "Darak" boleh dtg berkumpul jdkan hiburan.
You said Hồ Chí Minh "chose war."
Let me reconstruct the timeline so we're working from actual events rather than impressions.
1858: France begins military conquest of Vietnam.
1887: France formally establishes French Indochina.
1945: Hồ Chí Minh declares Vietnamese independence after Japanese occupation ends.
1945: France announces its intention to recolonize Vietnam.
1946: Hồ Chí Minh negotiates in Paris. Signs preliminary agreements.
1946: France shells Haiphong. Kills six thousand civilians. Occupies Hanoi.
1954: Vietnam defeats France at Điện Biên Phủ. Geneva Accords mandate national elections.
1956: United States prevents the elections because Hồ Chí Minh would win 80 percent.
1965: United States begins massive military escalation.
1975: Vietnam wins.
At which moment in that sequence did Hồ Chí Minh "choose war" in the sense that implies a peaceful alternative was available and he rejected it?
The French chose war in 1946 when they shelled Haiphong.
The Americans chose war in 1956 when they cancelled the election.
The Americans chose war again in 1964 with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. The attack that justified it was fabricated. They knew. They escalated anyway.
Hồ Chí Minh responded to wars that were brought to his country.
For over a century, from 1858 to the end of the American war in 1975, Vietnam was a country being fought over by foreign powers.
The question is not why Hồ Chí Minh chose war.
The question is why you describe as a choice something that was, for the Vietnamese people, simply the condition of existence under colonialism.
RM1,500 elaun minyak.
Rakyat isi minyak guna duit sendiri, ulang-alik kerja tiap hari pun tak pernah cecah angka tu.
MP pula dapat tetap... jalan atau tak, isi atau tak, tetap masuk.
Kalau itu benar kos tugas, buatlah claim & audit.
Bukan elaun pukul rata yg nampak macam hak automatik.
Rakyat disuruh berjimat.
Subsidi disasar.
Fiskal diketatkan.
Jadi soalan mudah:
kenapa pengorbanan sentiasa bermula dari bawah... bukan dari bangku Parlimen?
Lupa pulak. Ada team bola negara pun sibuk pergi kenalpasti. Rakyat ada 30 juta sibuk pergi kenalpasti sampai hujung dunia. Sebab apa pergi kenalpasti? Sebab duit berkepuk, otak masing masing besar guli. Tak pernah tahu macam mana nak buat pemain bola, tahu beli je macam kereta.
Technically orang Sabah & Sarawak yang subsidize kita dekat Semenanjung sebab 69% pengeluaran minyak keluar dari Sabah & Sarawak.
Dalam masa yang sama jualan Diesel di Sabah & Sarawak hanya mewakili 38% jumlah jualan seluruh negara dan Semenanjung 62%.
Diorang produce banyak sumbang kepada hasil negara, guna lebih rendah daripada kita.
Tu tak masuk gas/LNG yang lagi besar hasil daripada minyak.
Banyak lagi sebab, tapi ni pun dah cukup.
Kalau aku jadi PM, elok aku tarik je subsidi terus. Bebaloi jugak kena maki. Ini subsidi maintain cuma kurangkan kapasiti liter je pun, tapi ada jugak yang memekak tak paham la aku. Kalau kena tempias perang macam ni pun tak boleh bersatu kejap, mampus la kalau perang.
Diesel Thailand dah naik 6 Baht harini daripada 32.94 (RM3.99) Baht jadi 38.94 Baht (RM4.72).
Semalam Kerajaan Thailand buat keputusan takde harga siling dan subsidi pukal untuk Diesel dah sebab tu naik macam kita naik 80 sen.
Minggu depan naik lagi la Diesel Thailand tu silap silap lagi mahal.
RON95 dekat Thailand 41.05 Baht (RM4.97), RON97 57.54 Baht (RM6.97) lagi tinggi daripada Malaysia takde pulak kau sembang.
Beratus-ratus kapal nelayan Thai tersadai sebab Diesel mahal takde subsidi, nelayan dekat Malaysia sampai sekarang dapat subsidi harga Diesel RM1.65 seliter engkau buat-buat tak nampak.
Thailand tu sampai orang berkhemah dekat stesen minyak tunggu stesen minyak bukak.
Memang patut bersyukur Malaysia tak sampai tahap macam tu lagi.
Satu dunia kritikal, nak sembang politik tiga suku lagi.
Ada orang isi minyak tiap minggu... kuota subsidi habis licin dia sapu.
Ada orang dapat kuota 300L... tapi 184L hangus hujung bulan sebab hidupnya bukan hari-hari di jalan.
Sistem panggil ini subsidi "bersasar".
Padahal yang sebenarnya berlaku:
subsidi diberi kepada siapa paling banyak guna petrol, bukan kepada siapa paling perlukan bantuan.
Yang kereta banyak, jalan jauh, isi kerap... sedut lebih banyak manfaat.
Yang berjimat, duduk rumah, keluar bila perlu... tengok kuota lupus depan mata.
Akhirnya negara ajar satu benda paling bodoh:
lagi banyak kau bakar minyak, lagi banyak subsidi kau rasa.
lagi cermat kau hidup, lagi sedikit kau dapat.
Fan arsenal yg berpuluh tahun sembang pasal real football, fancy footwork, tika taka bs, harini complain pasal orang setakat timbang bola pakai kaki.
Mana ada top class player showboating pakai skill timbang mcm tu. Budak sekolah pun boleh.
White was compassionate with Cherki
This is disrespectful, Neymar was booked for showboating
You don’t disrespect your opponent when they’re down
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