Monday, February 17, 2025

Singapore Says Asia Sees US as 'Landlord Seeking Rent'

Asian perspectives of the US have shifted from a country once perceived as a force of "moral legitimacy" to something akin to "a landlord seeking rent," Singapore's defense chief said on the sidelines of an international security meeting.

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America's image has changed, says the Singapore Minister of Defense, "from liberator to great disruptor to a landlord seeking rent" www.mindef.gov.sg/news-and-eve ...

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-- Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) February 17, 2025 at 5:08 AM

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... Ng Eng Hen said in a round-table discussion at the Munich Security Conference that assumptions undertaken in the years after the end of World War II have fundamentally changed.

One example is that from the time of President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address more than 60 years ago, the image of the US was of a country that would not allow tyranny such as colonial control to be replaced by another form of tyranny. Now "the image has changed from liberator to great disruptor to a landlord seeking rent," according to a prepared text of his remarks posted on a government website over the weekend.

The remarks came after US President Donald Trump's administration blindsided historic NATO allies with plans to directly negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the future of the Kremlin's war on Ukraine. The fear for many officials gathered for the conference in Germany is that by dialing back support for Ukraine, Trump is inviting Putin to probe NATO's willingness to defend the alliance's eastern borders. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-17 01:30 PM

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#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-02-17 02:29 PM

The remarks came after US President Donald Trump's administration blindsided historic NATO allies with plans to directly negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the future of the Kremlin's war on Ukraine. The fear for many officials gathered for the conference in Germany is that by dialing back support for Ukraine, Trump is inviting Putin to probe NATO's willingness to defend the alliance's eastern borders.

#3 | Posted by censored at 2025-02-17 02:45 PM

Whoops! Please delete.

LampLighter already posted it here: drudge.com

#4 | Posted by censored at 2025-02-17 04:46 PM

if so, then get japan and korea, and anywhere else, to expel the US military. simple.
talk the talk or walk the walk. no judgement.

#5 | Posted by ichiro at 2025-02-18 06:30 PM

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