6/02/2013

Shangrila Dialogue – The Empire threatens



The USA, the most irresponsible Empire of modern history, speaks at the Shangrila Dialogue in Singapore yesterday. And true to its acquired demeanour as the Empire for the last seven decades, it opening speech was to warn an aspiring new power that it is still the Empire and calling the shot. Its Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, lashed out at China for cyber spying. What is new?

The Empire has been spying for the last decades by all means, from flying high altitude spy planes blatantly, in broad day light, across every country it wants to snoop at, knowing no one had the technology to bring them down, or facing the consequences if they did so, to an extensive network of spy agencies, and cyberspace spying is just another cup of tea. What the Empire said is that only the Empire has to right to do so, to spy on other countries, overt and covert, espionage, and the whole menu of collecting intelligence, including assassination or termination with extreme prejudice, and anyone else doing it is not acceptable, irresponsible behaviour.

It is the same story as acquisition of nuclear weapons and WMD. Only the Empire can do so and other aspirants are dangerous and irresponsible and will face an invasion by the Empire troops, for regime change. And only the Empire can foment, support, feed and train insurgents and terrorists to overthrow existing govts. No other country can do that or be branded as evil, or the Axis of Evil.

It is also the Empire’s right to police the seas and space, to bring their military forces to any country’s back yard or front yard, to conduct war games simulating an invasion, and no other country can do so. Only the Empire is the responsible power and other countries and powers are behaving irresponsibly without starting or fighting a war. The right to start a war, to fight wars, to invade another country for whatever pretext, is the privilege of the Empire. When the Empire did do, for the right or wrong reason, for real or fabricated reason, it is normal. It is the Empire!

In the Shangrila Dialogue, the Empire will be setting the tone, warning other smaller powers to behave when the only power that is not behaving is the Empire. The Empire will call the shot and set the agenda for the Dialogue, and to stamp its approval if it agrees with the final statement of the Dialogue. The Empire is always the responsible one, and the rest are either irresponsible or evil.

Who is the real Evil One? Whose vocabulary consists of nothing but threats, sanctions, military intervention, military power, use of military power, war games, regime change, etc etc?

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Build more studios in the matured estates for senior citizens to downgrade and stay near their children to look after their grandchildren?

Anonymous said...

I still prefer US empire than China or Japanese empire.

Maybe it is even partly because of the US Empire that peesai Sinkieland is still peaceful and not kena attacked.

Why do you think peesai Israel is such a strong military power in the Middle East?

Why do you think Sinkieland even host the US Asia Pacific naval fleet at Changi Naval Base?


patriot said...

This Article reminds me that the empire is like Minister Yacoob Ibrahim and his Fellow Cabinet Members while Sinkies represent the Rest Of the World, the US wants to control.
Pretty similar method in practice.

patriot

Anonymous said...

hei anon 9.40am, why you off topic? redbeans talking about darth vader why talk about studio flat? no need studio flat lah. when you retire, rent out your hdb flat to fts. then you rent house in jb or batam or phuket or krabi all got nice beach and cheap makan. every month can change mistress, young and sweet like the first press of the coconut. studio flat one room everyday see your old wife or you look out window you want ah? don't be daft!

Anonymous said...

Sinkieland needs US arms and power.

Sinkieland needs PRC, Indian, Pinoy and Mynamese Foreign talents and also foreign money. Or else where got enough rich Sinkies to sell those $10 million condos?

And most critical of all, Sinkieland needs Matland water and food from the whole, wide world.

Therefore Sinkieland needs to be friends with all and enemy with none.

Sinkie opposition also better know this if they are (if at all) to be voted into power.

Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️ said...

Most Asian governments and their sheeples habour reservations about the rise of China.

On the one hand, the sheeple loves the "cheap stuff" China makes, which increases the purchasing power of the low wages most Asians are forced to accept by their fascist and corrupt governments.

These hapless rice and soyabean eaters have to shut-the-fuck-up and also accept the rising costs of living -- transport, healthcare, housing, mortgage repayments, education, food...so they are naturally a little happier when they can buy cheap cell phones, white goods and clothing made in China.

The governments are the same: they worry about their cuntrees' competitiveness in manufacturing, they fear the militaristic rise of China...but they are all to willing to accept the bucket loads of Chinese foreign investment into their economies.

Some cuntrees like Vietnam, Japan and Pinoy Land are outrightly hostile toward China.

This love-hate dynamic is what makes the situation very interesting.

Even our own vernerable Pharaoh Lee kUan Yew warns the world "Be careful of China", whilst his government happily invites PRCs of all stripes to emigrate to Singapore and bring their filthy lucre with them to inject into Singapore's economy, real estate market and financial sector.

So there is definitely an "opportunity" for the US and their foreign policy of global meddling to enter this Theater of Oriental Comedy and play the Great White God Saviour and their Tua Ki Military to "help" these unfortunate brown and yellow skins.

The state-sponsored cadres of Chinese and Russian hackers don't just hack US targets; they hack everyone. They release bots on the net, and viruses -- thousands every week, and have been doing so for years. They also SPY on their own citizens -- they are damn good and getting better at what they do and there are (probably) millions of them. They drive corporations and governments CRAZY, but it is rare that anyone else is the wiser -- most detected intrusions are kept quiet due to embarrassment, loss of faith in the organizations security, and the sensitive diplomatic nature of the exploits.

They also do REAL DAMAGE. If you venture onto BlackMarket Reloaded or SilkRoad, you can buy batches of compromised PayPal and credit card numbers for a few hundred dollars, and then use your STOLEN money to purchase anything over the net -- the favoured "currencies" are BitCoin and Gift Cards. Gift cards are then used to purchase whatever -- it is untraceable.

Its not to say that the Chinese and Russians are the only fuckers doing the hacking. Hacking is a global problem, it is just that China and Russia have the sheer numbers.

And who do you think is capitalising on this and developing techniques, bots and systems to combat hacking (and piracy): INDIA.

This is going to be fun to watch. Protect your computers and mobile devices.

Anonymous said...

The nauseating reality is little dot Sin-kapoh, licks and sucks the ball of the evil empire to no end.

Anonymous said...

It is best for the world peace that no country is bigger than 100m in population so no one can threaten one another. It is also best for singapore that no one party holds the mandate so can keep an eye on each other.

denk said...

rb

this is the best retort to the muricuns gangsters
[a re-post]
http://www.4thmedia.org/2013/06/02/the-irrational-racist-fear-of-china-the-irrationality-and-racism-of-the-west-may-backfire-2/

Chua Chin Leng aka redbean said...

Yes denk, that is a good article, telling how stupid the Asians, Africans and Latin Americans were, told to think that the Americans were demi gods. Just an extract for those lazy to go to the link.

“The Irrational, Racist Fear of China”

Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Libya are in shambles, crushed by the heavy boots of Western imperialism.

But we are told to fear China.

The entire nations of Indochina were bombed back to the stone age, because Western demi-gods would not tolerate, and felt they did not have to, tolerate, what some yellow un-people in Asia were really longing for. Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos – millions of tons of bombs dropped on them from strategic B-52’s, from dive-bombers, and from jet fighters. The falling bombs rained on the pristine countryside, murdering children, women, and water buffalo – millions of people perished. No apologies, no admission of guilt, and no compensation came from the tyrant-nations.

Indonesia, the leader of the non-aligned world, with a huge constitutional Communist Party, was destroyed in the coup of 1965, through the alliance of Western governments, Indonesian fascist military and the elites, as well as religious bigots from the largest Muslim organization – NU. 2-3 million people died, including those belonging to the Chinese minority. Teachers, artists, thinkers – all killed or silenced. Here, imperialism created a submissive nation with almost no intellectual base; unable even to analyze its own downfall.

But now we are ordered to be conscious of China’s rise....

Anonymous said...

Spore is hosting US naval assets whose presence is part of the Asia pivot to contain China.
Singapore is an island 700km2 only can't it play neutral really ???

Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️ said...

@1025:

>> can't it play neutral really ???

No. If you are small, playing neutral is a weak strategy.

Singapore makes itself "indispensable" -- creates "value" in the eyes of other cuntrees, which is why they have good relations with the US as well as the Chinese...i.e. Singapore "meets the needs" of her allies.

Anonymous said...

Singapore should have good relations with both. The island state is very small needs a backer but unlike other US allies Spore only security partner, has no security pact with US right?

If US AND China got conflicts, like Australia, Spore face the situations if US ask for backup.