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Mar 22 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
1. American Neocons under Bush (43) took an ideological stance towards Iraq — seeing Iraq as part of the ‘axis-of-evil.’

2. On 7 Oct 2001, when the air campaign agst the Taliban began — the US Ambassador to the UN sent Saddam’s delegation at the UN a 2 word msg: ‘You’re next’
3. It shouldn’t be disputed that the American led invasion of Iraq in 2003 is more than a simple mistake (or an intelligence failure). This war led to the deaths of thousands of Iraqis & left behind a legacy of sectarian violence from the ashes of which ISIS could arise.
4. Americans need to learn the right lessons from a grave geo-political mistake — like the invasion of Iraq — wh. squandered American wealth & it’s treasury while ensuring that the Taliban could escape. If Americans do not learn how things went wrong, they will repeat them.
5. While I have concerns about Biden’s leadership in 2023, he was correct abt the surge in Afghanistan (when he was VP). He saw through short comings of the counter-insurgency plan presented by ‘Petraeus.’ And he knew that the Obama surge was doomed to fail.
6. After the war in Iraq & Afghanistan, the USN lost its prominent position as master of the seas. Today, ASEAN member states have to accept the reality that the PLA(N) is not only the largest navy by tonnage. It is a navy that rules the South China Sea.
7. The reality is Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines & Vietnam are no longer sovereign in their EEZ waters.

8. W/O taking a side in disputed waters, Singapore helps to secure the peace in the South China Sea by transferring 2 of 11 Fearless Class vessels to Brunei.
9. Acting on the request of the TNI, Singaporean troops take part in Super Garuda Shield 2022. By working with like other minded nations, troops & ships from tiny Singapore can contribute to contingency planning by the littoral states to secure their future.

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Mar 21
1. Below, another instance of scope mounted wrongly.

2. As previously reported by @PaulHuangReport, on a MND PR 📷gone wrong. @Enoch_TW had the optic of his rifle installed wrongly & w/o slings — the poster boy of Taiwan defence did’nt know how to fix his weapon system.
3. I mentioned abt enforcing training stds — the SAF evaluates unit performance at ATEC ().

4. I wish Taiwan would just stop with fake 📷 & be like other armies. Just focus on realistic training, shoot a video — like the Australians below. An army w stds.
5. ATEC or Army Training Evaluation Centre provide the OPFOR to test stds. Taiwan shld focus on infantry basics done well.

6. As explained by SLTC Fairoz: "You can't win without people, & a battle is not worth winning if there's no one left after it."
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Mar 20
Simon Ateba ends his press career on a low note, as even the White House Correspondents Assoc refuses to renew his accreditation.
It’s a great day for press freedom — for others to learn from Simon Ateba’s mistakes.
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Mar 20
1. In May 2021, Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) was awarded an AED 3.5 billion (~US$950 million) contract to build 4 Falaj 3-class OPVs.

2. ASDB contracted ST Engineering for the production design of the 4 vessels & technical support will be provided for the 1st ship. Image
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Mar 17
1. In 2018, the Kuwait Air Force:

(a) signed a US$8.7-billion Eurofighter Typhoon contract that included the purchase of 22 single-seaters & 6 double-seaters.

(b) awarded Boeing, a US$1.5-billion contract to build 22 F/A-18Es & 8 F/A-18Fs, in block 3 config.
2. As the Typhoons & Super Hornets are delivered, Kuwait has 27 F-18Cs, plus 6 F-18D trainers that will be retired.

3. Kuwait has denied reports of a deal to sell its entire Hornet fleet to Malaysia. There are reports that the US Marines are interested in the Kuwait fleet.
4. I wish Malaysia luck in their hunt for 2nd hand Hornets.

5. This also shows how stupid it was in 1993 for Dr M to order MiG29s & Hornets concurrently.
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Mar 16
1. I respect @ELuttwak, but I cannot agree with this level of fear mongering.

2. But I agree that China is a threat to Taiwan — any PLA attempt to attack Taiwan would be seen as a warning world leaders should heed.
3. Even with the extension of conscription to 12 months, his statement may hold true — Taiwan does not seem to want to defend itself.

4. Turing a conscript battalion operational takes more 120 days. I would not count BMT part as intensive training
5. An invasion of Taiwan is very high risk — China’s island building & incremental “slice the salami” strategy of small gains to avoid armed confrontation has been successful in the South China Sea.
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