The fall of Kabul compared to fall of Saigon
On the internet and social media, experts and cybernuts are comparing the fall of Kabul to the Taliban to the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese. To summarise they are saying that the US is in terminal decline. No country can rely on US assurances anymore. Let’s take the analogy further shall we? The chattering classes...
A political succession crisis not just in Malaysia, but in Singapore as well?
I refer to the article 'Malaysia PM Muhyiddin set to resign in audience with King after failure to regain majority' (ST, 16 Aug). In this connection, a friend Ying (not her real name) casually mentioned to me that Singapore' leadership succession does not look too good at the moment after DPM Heng Swee Keat stepped down as successor,...
The Paradox of Race-Based policy in Singapore
It is good that the Law & Home Affairs minister, K Shanmugam, addresses the issue of an individual, which he alleged is trying to use race to impose his chauvinistic attitudes over minorities in Singapore. He uses colourful words like nasty, dripping with poison, to describe a WhatsApp message that was supposedly questioning...
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