Originally posted by Ah Chia:Reading list for people who supports end of USA global hegemony:
The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
http://www.amazon.com/Limits-Power-American
Zionism, Militarism and the Decline of US Power
http://www.amazon.com/Zionism-Militarism-Decline-
The Decline of American Power: The U.S. in a Chaotic World
http://www.amazon.com/Decline-
Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Ages-America-Final-Empire/
After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order
http://www.amazon.com/After-Empire
The Post-American World
http://www.amazon.com/Post-American-World
Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects
wha, read so much for what?? see where can earn money, go and earn lah. sleepy...
Originally posted by Tan.john52:
Amercian is a power-ful country
When it sneeze , all the rest of the world kena
liao
So We are the tail , US is the head ya
I dream of staying in california
oh, ya, like swine flu hor.
EU Elections, Peru Riots, and More!
Some interesting things are going on in the world right now. The EU is beginning to lean more to the right, South American citizenry is rebelling against their US-backed governments, and the economic crisis isn’t getting any better.
What could this all mean? All of these three things seem so different, but they do have a connection – the rise and fall of nations. In economics, one of the primary principals that is taught and engrained into every student is that over time, everything eventually has to be balanced.
That is to say that everything eventually returns to its natural equilibrium that cannot be exactly calculated nor predicted. Drawing a parallel between that concept and politics, it can be said that those states that become too big eventually dwindle down to become on par with the rest of the world and those that are too small catch a break a get a chance to rise up a bit and become stronger.
I am talking about the decline of the United States as a world power and a sole superpower at the helm of world politics and the world economy.
The aforementioned recent occurrences are the last indicators that should be needed to show that the United States is facing its final years of world dominance as a leader of the Western world and an unchecked power that states would need to deal with in order to accomplish anything in international politics.
Before I continue, I would like to say that I am not mocking this occurrence, nor am I rejoicing at it.
It is simply a reality that most refuse to acknowledge because most of the world has been dependant on the United States and those that live within its borders are so used to being a part of the most secure and strong nation on Earth at this time.
Let’s begin analyzing the evidence from South America. Peru is seeing more and more protests coming from the indigenous people whose land is being taken in order to harvest hydrocarbons and other minerals.
Protests from indigenous people in South and Central America would all be routine, but it is happening more and more often, frequently accompanied by violent clashes with the police.
Ecuador recently announced that it is no longer going to work with the World Bank nor will it repay its loans borrowed from this institution. All of this is indicative of an emboldened South America.
For nearly two hundred years the United States has been following the Monroe doctrine that states that America will view as acts of aggression European efforts to further colonize Latin America.
Well, this basically translates to today that any nation wishing to move in to Latin America to expand their influence will automatically infringe upon America’s sphere of influence and the USA’s national interests abroad.
Usually, Latin American governments would quickly crack down on protests or sacrifice their national interests so that the top elite would benefit financially off of what otherwise is inconvenient for the general population.
Today, with the United States facing a grave economic crisis and its military stretched and tied up, Latin America is able to begin shaking off the shackles placed upon them by the World Bank and repressive governments.
The events in Peru and Ecuador are probing shots into whether United States still has a firm hold on the Latino states. So far, the United States has not responded with any weight to these occurrences and seems to have somewhat forgotten about it due to its Western Hemisphere dominance aspirations, maybe taking its power over the South and Central Americas for granted.
However, the declining influence of the US in South America looks to be a reality. Washington-friendly Latin American politicians are losing control over their populations and the North American superpower is putting its priorities elsewhere in the world.
European Union’s citizens have voted and have indicated that they are becoming more conservative. All across the board, majority of EU’s member states have become center-right. Most importantly England, the last of the EU’s major member states has turned conservative leaving no leftists to counter Europe’s right bound direction.
What does this off-center right mean for Europe and its member states?
It means that Europe is going to grow even wearier of getting involved in aggressive US international politics and will become more focused on its internal problems rather than attempt to be the biggest and the baddest kid on the block.
Most of the EU’s citizens are fed up with the influx of immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa and would like to see their cultural values preserved.
Immigration is a good indicator of a country being appealing and stable. However, when a traditions-centered Europe is threatened by an extremely large influx of immigrants, most Europeans begin to want to protect their heritage and their country from being overrun by another culture, effectively pushing out the native Europeans from their neighborhoods due to increased crime and overpopulation of certain areas by immigrants.
For Washington, it means that Europe will be harder to persuade to back America in its aspirations to be the dominant superpower. Europe will be freer to choose for itself who it works with and how it conducts its political affairs. One recent prime example would be the South Stream vs. Nabucco ordeal.
For Europe, it makes more sense to work with Russia on South Stream. However, the United States would like Nabucco to be built because US companies would then get a cut of the cash and have something that binds the two sides of the Atlantic together – creating a lasting relationship whether the EU wants it or not.
However, with EU swinging right off center, it becomes evident that the Obama administration is putting their priorities elsewhere. However, a right-swung Europe is not in the current administration’s best interest, for it would leave the US fending for itself and having to (gasp!) bargain with the EU in order to receive Europe’s cooperation in the international arena.
Certain things have to be dropped from the list above. In hard economic times, nations have to sacrifice some of their national interests and international aspirations in order to keep afloat. In the movie “American Gangster”, when Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) travels to Vietnam to buy cocaine at the source for his growing drug empire, the Vietnamese General says, “It's not in my best interest to say this Frank, but quitting while you're ahead, is not the same as quitting.”
If the US gives up some of its international aspirations and consolidates its resources to be committed to its most urgent needs, it would lose its superpower status, but yet still be a strong player in international politics and still hold on to most of its power.
Otherwise it will simply follow in the footsteps of the Romans, the Mongols, the Byzantine, and others.
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USA, it's time to give up your ambitions of being the sole superpower giving dictates to other countries and bomb those who won't kowtow to you.
Take my advice.
The more cocky you are, the more you want to dominate, the more you want to give dictates, the more resistance and hatred you will generate in the world.
For the sake of peace, give up your global hegemony USA.
Originally posted by angel7030:
hello, sista, the purpose of NS is not to protect country, it is to change those Sg guy from gay to guy again, hoping that most will change to guy in 2 1/2 years time
really ? Then all the foreign male workers must be GAY right ? They don't go through NS leh.
You have no other choice but to follow America.
Originally posted by jojobeach:really ? Then all the foreign male workers must be GAY right ? They don't go through NS leh.
HAHA... Singaporean guys are mami's boy... Male body with female thinking...
Originally posted by sgN00b:
HAHA... Singaporean guys are mami's boy... Male body with female thinking...
hello sista, above the answer. Foreigners no need to go, they are already a tough manly lot.
Originally posted by Daddy!!:You have no other choice but to follow America.
who said so??, in life there is alway a choice.
Originally posted by angel7030:
who said so??, in life there is alway a choice.
Yeah, but for most of the time, follow America seems the better choice... Otherwise, which country should follow? USSR?
but for most of the time, follow America seems the better choice
Follow USA in what?
the price of free trade (no protectionism) is equal to accept America as world's leader.
the price of free trade is equal to accept America as world's leader.
I disagree.
America not leading = Americans could boo chap the rest of the world, Buy only American products. Wars outside USA is not her problems.
Who needs who more?
Wars outside USA is not her problems.
Good.
Originally posted by sgN00b:Yeah, but for most of the time, follow America seems the better choice... Otherwise, which country should follow? USSR?
Before WW2 the Jap are calling asians a sick man of the east, most asian states submit themselve to the western colonism without even a fight. And yet after the war ended, independency start to make it mark. Most of asia are out of the westerner influence and control. Yet, till today, our mentality still harbour the sense of depending on the west or USA so to speak, the jap build their own economy, the korean too, they got their own MNC and domestic market to deal with, ours is alway working working for the west.
I am not saying that we dun follow the USA, but we should follow the goods of all countries and throw away all the bad, today america financial paper statement is not going to be a trend in the future, we should start to drop all these kind of selling paper products, then we should absorb the korean or jap way of working, but throw away their porn and AV models show, then take on the way of Nepal happiest way of living and finally, get a swiss kind of goverment.
We need a buffet of model to adopt to it, not just keep saying we need america, we need usa or we need United state, it is a kind of stagnant believe, come on men, let get out of well, and start to build our own way of life and economy.
i agree with Angel
I agree with this view:
If the US gives up some of its international aspirations and consolidates its resources to be committed to its most urgent needs, it would lose its superpower status, but yet still be a strong player in international politics and still hold on to most of its power.
USA is now still bent on maintaining and expanding its position as global hegemon.
I oppose that.
Originally posted by angel7030:
Before WW2 the Jap are calling asians a sick man of the east, most asian states submit themselve to the western colonism without even a fight. And yet after the war ended, independency start to make it mark. Most of asia are out of the westerner influence and control. Yet, till today, our mentality still harbour the sense of depending on the west or USA so to speak, the jap build their own economy, the korean too, they got their own MNC and domestic market to deal with, ours is alway working working for the west.
Right or Wrong - firstly, you must be commended for the first ever response that reflect some attempt at exercising your grey matter - compared to your daily dose of frivolous comments in every thread to make your nuisance in the SgForum to be of some relevance.
Before WW2 - did the Jap called "asians a sick man of the east" - or were the Japs referring to China as the ‘Sick Man of Asia’ during the end days of the Qing Dynasty ?
It was during the Manchu period of the Qing China that China was being invaded and carved up by the Western Powers and Japan ?
Are the mentality of Asians still being dependent on the West - or USA in particular ?
Economically, the USA and the West remains the techonology innovators, even as China is fast catching up, while South Korea and Japan ability is limited only in terms of funding the research that will lead to technological innovations that can rival the West.
Asian countries maybe dependent of the West or USA for such technological input into their industrial or commercial plans - most countries will use such a co-operation as a stepping stone.
The learning curve for the various Asian countries will depend on the quality of their manpower in terms of education that leads to technological skills, mental flexibility and creativity.
Countries like China, Japan, South Korea - and even India - are dependent on the West and USA for their market size and their ability to absorb the high tech and high quality products designed and produced in the sweat shop of these Asian countries.
As much as Asian countries are dependent on the West and the USA - they are as dependent on Asian countries to produce the required products at far cheaper costs than they can produce themselves.
Singapore's size make it necessary to treat the world as the Market for our produce.
In Defense matters, South Korea, Japan and Singapore depend on the USA to play a role in the "balance of power" in the region, as the individual countries will not have the military might to stand up against any ambitious drive from Russian and China.
Singapore have no choice but to depend on the USA for the supply of the battle tested military hardware so as to tap into the vast military capability in strategic and tactical training
I am not saying that we dun follow the USA, but we should follow the goods of all countries and throw away all the bad, today america financial paper statement is not going to be a trend in the future, we should start to drop all these kind of selling paper products, then we should absorb the korean or jap way of working, but throw away their porn and AV models show, then take on the way of Nepal happiest way of living and finally, get a swiss kind of goverment.
Has this not been done by your favorite idol in the PAP ?
We need a buffet of model to adopt to it, not just keep saying we need america, we need usa or we need United state, it is a kind of stagnant believe, come on men, let get out of well, and start to build our own way of life and economy.
The same question is being repeated here - has your favorite PAP idol not been doing what you have stated - since being kicked out of Malaysia ?
The present stagnant atmosphere in Singapore is due to the omni-presence of the heavy handed interventions by LKY and his PAP Government for the last 52 years, which has stifled creativity, innovations, and progress in the Singapore society.
In the desparate efforts to build our own of life and economy that is relevant to ourselves, LKY had created an environment that benefitted his selected team - while moulding Singaporeans to be part of the cogs in the gears that grind according to his master plan.
Have you not been able to discern that after 52 years of LKY at the helm - the PAP process has resulted in Singaporeans having a distinct character that shout out in Singlish our own way of life, and with an economy that is owned by the PAP
Originally posted by Atobe:Right or Wrong - firstly, you must be commended for the first ever response that reflect some attempt at exercising your grey matter - compared to your daily dose of frivolous comments in every thread to make your nuisance in the SgForum to be of some relevance.
Before WW2 - did the Jap called "asians a sick man of the east" - or were the Japs referring to China as the ‘Sick Man of Asia’ during the end days of the Qing Dynasty ?
It was during the Manchu period of the Qing China that China was being invaded and carved up by the Western Powers and Japan ?
Are the mentality of Asians still being dependent on the West - or USA in particular ?
Economically, the USA and the West remains the techonology innovators, even as China is fast catching up, while South Korea and Japan ability is limited only in terms of funding the research that will lead to technological innovations that can rival the West.
Asian countries maybe dependent of the West or USA for such technological input into their industrial or commercial plans - most countries will use such a co-operation as a stepping stone.
The learning curve for the various Asian countries will depend on the quality of their manpower in terms of education that leads to technological skills, mental flexibility and creativity.
Countries like China, Japan, South Korea - and even India - are dependent on the West and USA for their market size and their ability to absorb the high tech and high quality products designed and produced in the sweat shop of these Asian countries.
As much as Asian countries are dependent on the West and the USA - they are as dependent on Asian countries to produce the required products at far cheaper costs than they can produce themselves.
Singapore's size make it necessary to treat the world as the Market for our produce.
In Defense matters, South Korea, Japan and Singapore depend on the USA to play a role in the "balance of power" in the region, as the individual countries will not have the military might to stand up against any ambitious drive from Russian and China.
Singapore have no choice but to depend on the USA for the supply of the battle tested military hardware so as to tap into the vast military capability in strategic and tactical training
Has this not been done by your favorite idol in the PAP ?
The same question is being repeated here - has your favorite PAP idol not been doing what you have stated - since being kicked out of Malaysia ?
The present stagnant atmosphere in Singapore is due to the omni-presence of the heavy handed interventions by LKY and his PAP Government for the last 52 years, which has stifled creativity, innovations, and progress in the Singapore society.
In the desparate efforts to build our own of life and economy that is relevant to ourselves, LKY had created an environment that benefitted his selected team - while moulding Singaporeans to be part of the cogs in the gears that grind according to his master plan.
Have you not been able to discern that after 52 years of LKY at the helm - the PAP process has resulted in Singaporeans having a distinct character that shout out in Singlish our own way of life, and with an economy that is owned by the PAP
Uncle, that is my opinon only, if PAP is not doing its job, then dun vote them lah, people gives them the mandate to rule, what to do?? with the mandate they can talk all the heavenly stuffs, but to fulfil it is another question.
When jobs move into asia's sweat shops, do you think the workers in the west is not suffering, they go jobless, but they simply cannot compete with our rate of working and cost. And the rich investor or rich one in the west, asia is nothing but a factory who got stupid human robots working 12 hrs or more a day, 7 days a week non stop. They love it, you be the worker, I be the boss.
Before WWII, japan was not even under USA, and yet they progressed with top technology both in science and weapons, they are other the USA because of the unconditional treaty of non attack but defence only, so USA have to protect them. And the citizens of Japan actully hate the US army present.
In Defense matters, South Korea, Japan and Singapore depend on the USA to play a role in the "balance of power" in the region, as the individual countries will not have the military might to stand up against any ambitious drive from Russian and China.
I think USA attacked more countries in this region.
They attacked Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, instigated uprisings in Indonesia, backed the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, launched coup in Cambodia and probably had a hand in removing an australian prime minister among others.
Originally posted by angel7030:
Uncle, that is my opinon only, if PAP is not doing its job, then dun vote them lah, people gives them the mandate to rule, what to do?? with the mandate they can talk all the heavenly stuffs, but to fulfil it is another question.
In an electoral registered Singaporean voters, do you know how many people actually voted for the PAP - even when they boasted that they received 66.6% of the valid votes ?
Only one-third of the registered electorates had participated in the 2006 election, which is about one million out of the registered list of three million voters.
The election system and the "political arrangements" in Singapore has been designed to handicap the other political parties and to prevent any party from being able to reach out to Singaporeans.
Rules such as HDB void decks not being allowed to be used by any political parties - except by the PAP is already one way to cut grass-root contacts.
Financial contributions to political parties are clearly designed to scare away any big supporters from the business community, or from private wealth.
GRC system is another way to stretch the resources of the other political parties that already have their foundations weakened by the other rules.
When jobs move into asia's sweat shops, do you think the workers in the west is not suffering, they go jobless, but they simply cannot compete with our rate of working and cost. And the rich investor or rich one in the west, asia is nothing but a factory who got stupid human robots working 12 hrs or more a day, 7 days a week non stop. They love it, you be the worker, I be the boss.
Singapore is also suffering from the movement of jobs to lower cost centers, and is facing similar cyclical situation as those advanced economies in the West and USA.
The advantage that Singapore has over these advanced countries is that Singapore can claim our size will limit our ability to play a responsible role in contributing to the global affairs - like the USA and Europe in their direct involvement to combat world disorder in Yugoslavia, Albania, Afghanistan, Iraq, Korean Peninsular and Africa.
These advanced countries will have to find the financial resources to fund their global role as well as to develop their economies and maintain social development.
Compared to the Singapore Government being paid top dollar for the Singapore Talent employed as Ministers - the governments of these advanced countries have done a remarkable job considering the extent of their many responsibilities and commitment to look after their internal and external communitieis.
Before WWII, japan was not even under USA, and yet they progressed with top technology both in science and weapons, they are other the USA because of the unconditional treaty of non attack but defence only, so USA have to protect them. And the citizens of Japan actully hate the US army present.
After WW2, without the US presence and protective umbrella given to Japan - do you think that Asia will be calm and peaceful if Japan is allowed to have a free hand to develop its military and invest actively in military technologies for her own defense ?
The citizens of Japan that actually "hate" the presence of the US army in Japan are those few activists that are given high profile in a small photo on the front page of their "daily shimbun". The larger population prefer the US military presence that will allow Japan to continue its present status of not having a high profile military.
The citizens are happy that instead of diverting vast amount of monies into military research and hardware, the major parts of their national budget has gone into civilian development in education, social health schemes, infrastructure, industrial and economic development.
The ones given the highest profile are the Okinawan residents who have to share the limited space on Okinawa island with the US military - and the Okinawa people do not consider themselves as Japanese.
USA troops should leave South Korea and Japan.
They keep on raping women there.
China, Russia don't have troops in Mexico or Canada, so I hope USA can show some respect as well.
Originally posted by Ah Chia:
I think USA attacked more countries in this region.
They attacked Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, instigated uprisings in Indonesia, backed the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, launched coup in Cambodia and probably had a hand in removing an australian prime minister among others.
It was the politics of the 60s when the USA was involved in the Vietnam War - and it was part of the surge of Communist ideology across the globe that painted the picture of the Domino Theory being real.
From the revolution of Latin America funded by the Soviet Union, to the wars in the Middle-east with Soviet support, to the messily concluded ambitious Communist plans of North Korea to unify the Korean Peninsular with direct involvement from China, and the war of subversion in Malaya and Brunei, to the Communist insurrections in the Luzon Peninsular, to the Communist guerilla wars to overthrow the Government of South Vietnam - these was the picture of Communist expansionism across the globe.
The US involvement in South Vietnam had to happen if it did not wish to see Thailand, Cambodia, Malaya, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Philippines falling like dominoes to the Communist plan of world domination.
It will be a surprise for you - as it was for me - to find out that not the entire population of North Vietnam was supportive of Ho Chi Minh and the Communist Party that swept into power after the defeat of the French in Dien Bien Phu in North Vietnam.
The Communist Party had to embark on a continuous struggle to keep its population in a constant state of war by embarking on a surreptious war against the legititmate government of South Vietnam that was recognised by the UN.
During the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese had already violated the neutrality and sovereignty of Laos and Cambodia as the Ho Chi Minh trail had been carved into these countries - to form a backdoor entrance for the supply and movement of troops and military equipment to attack South Vietnam.
US involvement did not happen overnight and was made at the request of the legitimate government of South Vietnam appealing for international help against North Vietnamese military aggression.
The USA was not involved in the Malayan campaign against the Malayan Communist Party led by Chin Peng, as the British Colonial Government and the British Military controlling the situation.
In Indonesia, President Sukarno had attacked Malaysia and was supported by China who was as much against the formation of Malaysia as a neo-Colonialist plan to hold on to the colonies.
Indonesia's invasion of East Timor was part of President Sukarno's ambition of a larger Indonesian empire and was not a result of US instigation - (could this even be possible when the US was supporting UK during the Confrontation ? ).
Was the USA directly involved in Indonesia's plans to invade East Timor ?
If it had, why did the US create sanctions against Indonesia after East Timor was invaded and annexed by Indonesian military ?
In fact, the US Government had accused Indonesia of mis-using US military aid and equipment given to Indonesia to wean her from Communist influence
The USA had no choice but to subvert the Indonesian Governmetn under Sukarno for his attempt to destabilise Southeast Asia with the help of China.
In the Philippines, the fight agains the Communist Party of the Philippines was very much a local affair, with military hardware and training provided by the US government on the request of the Philippine Government.
USA attacked more countries in this region - Southeast Asia ?
I had to blink hard to try to understand this statement.
Originally posted by Ah Chia:USA troops should leave South Korea and Japan.
They keep on raping women there.
China, Russia don't have troops in Mexico or Canada, so I hope USA can show some respect as well.
If US troops should leave South Korea and Japan - it will be an open invitation for Kim Jong Il to unleash the North Korean military into South Vietnam and threaten Japan.
How many women are raped per day, per week, per month, per year, per decade in South Korea and Japan - compared to the number of troops stationed there ?
Troop from China and Russia in Mexico or Canada ?
Firstly, are there any treaties signed with Mexico or Canada that allow China or Russia to station their troops there ?
Senseless statements can undermine one's credibility.
USA attacked more countries in this region - Southeast Asia ?
I had to blink hard to try to understand this statement.
Post WWII, USA don't attack the most countries in south east asia then who attacked the most?
Russia attacked the most?
China attacked the most?
France attacked the most?
Britain attacked the most?
Japan attacked the most?
India attacked the most?
Australia attacked the most?
Post WWII, USA don't attack the most countries in south east asia then who attacked the most?