A reasonably balanced and well-written article. I don't necessarily have to agree with everything to appreciate the work the author has done. Perhaps Mr. Berthelsen and the other editors at this site could take the time to learn something from this writer.
1. It's spelt Jordan, not Jordon. Jordon is a gender-neutral term for a person. Jordon is not a person, in this case, but a country. How does one apply a gender-neutral term to a country like Jordan, half of which lives in modernity and the other half in a false Arab tradition?
2. What this story/analysis shows is the continued bleeding idiocy of Malaysia's prime minister Anwar Ibrahim when he, like the unthinking loud-mouth that he is, praised the backward-minded, mad Mullah-infested, anti-democratic, anti-female regime of Iran for firing its third-rate missiles and drones against Israel. What is clear is just how the Gulf states have become hopelessly dependent on the US security umbrella whilst also actively or less-than-subtly trying to "normalize" relations with Israel. The cases of Jordan and increasingly Egypt are instructive also on the trade and resources-dependent fronts with Israel and vice-versa. This has long been an open secret.
3. In Northeast Asia, it's clear as daylight the dependence of states like independent Taiwan, Japan and South Korea will remains steadfastly dependent on their geostrategic alliance with the US as long as China is intent on illegally grabbing territory, vital natural resources and behaving like a schoolyard bully with its auto-aggressive outward militarism while the CCP remains the Stalinist state under Emperor Xi Jinping, who has centralized state power in his hands -- for now.
4. The situation remains the same for much of Southeast Asia minus Burma and Cambodia, who have attached their dependence on the US security umbrella since at least the mid 1950s and more so since 1967. Singapore, for example, is in lockstep with the US and, not has maintained security ties with Israel but also trades with Israel. This is an open secret much to the chagrin of the neo-Malay nationalist Anwar Ibrahim.
5. Anwar has turned out to be a turncoat in so far as his abandoning his infamous "domestic reform agenda" when he was in opposition. Now, like his former guru Mahathir Mohamad, he wants to be seen as the "voice" of the so-called Muslim world when even Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, has not overtly condemned Israel. Nor has it supported Iran. It knows its contemporary history well enough on home-grown Islamic terrorists and has been actively trying to wipe them out.
6. But Malaysia, by contrast, is providing sanctuary to Islamic terrorists and other Islamic radicals -- even under Anwar Ibrahim, who once paraded himself as a modern-day liberal. Since becoming prime minister, the stripes on his back has changed. He's easily a neo-Malay nationalist who backs Islamic terrorist sponsor states like Iran. Will he also take Shia Islamic instruction from Iran's Mad Murderous Mullahs?
7. Beneath it all, Malaysia will maintain its pro-US defense alliance, just as the other original ASEAN states have been doing. Malaysia's defense sector is weak by regional standards, and overly infused by the ridiculousness of Islamism so that it is, like China'sCCP, foolishly ideologized and to that end renders it weak.
8. But like it or not, the geopolitical contest between China and the US will continue steadfastly despite the contests in the Middle-East. Personally I back Israel to annihilate Hamas and Hizbollah, but it must end its apartheid of Palestinians and give the latter their home state. The time has come -- but without Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hizbollah ruining it for the Palestinian people. And, please, get rid of the next-to-useless Fatah.
1. It's spelt Jordan, not Jordon. Jordon is a gender-neutral term for a person. Jordon is not a person, in this case, but a country. How does one apply a gender-neutral term to a country like Jordan, half of which lives in modernity and the other half in a false Arab tradition?
2. What this story/analysis shows is the continued bleeding idiocy of Malaysia's prime minister Anwar Ibrahim when he, like the unthinking loud-mouth that he is, praised the backward-minded, mad Mullah-infested, anti-democratic, anti-female regime of Iran for firing its third-rate missiles and drones against Israel. What is clear is just how the Gulf states have become hopelessly dependent on the US security umbrella whilst also actively or less-than-subtly trying to "normalize" relations with Israel. The cases of Jordan and increasingly Egypt are instructive also on the trade and resources-dependent fronts with Israel and vice-versa. This has long been an open secret.
3. In Northeast Asia, it's clear as daylight the dependence of states like independent Taiwan, Japan and South Korea will remains steadfastly dependent on their geostrategic alliance with the US as long as China is intent on illegally grabbing territory, vital natural resources and behaving like a schoolyard bully with its auto-aggressive outward militarism while the CCP remains the Stalinist state under Emperor Xi Jinping, who has centralized state power in his hands -- for now.
4. The situation remains the same for much of Southeast Asia minus Burma and Cambodia, who have attached their dependence on the US security umbrella since at least the mid 1950s and more so since 1967. Singapore, for example, is in lockstep with the US and, not has maintained security ties with Israel but also trades with Israel. This is an open secret much to the chagrin of the neo-Malay nationalist Anwar Ibrahim.
5. Anwar has turned out to be a turncoat in so far as his abandoning his infamous "domestic reform agenda" when he was in opposition. Now, like his former guru Mahathir Mohamad, he wants to be seen as the "voice" of the so-called Muslim world when even Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, has not overtly condemned Israel. Nor has it supported Iran. It knows its contemporary history well enough on home-grown Islamic terrorists and has been actively trying to wipe them out.
6. But Malaysia, by contrast, is providing sanctuary to Islamic terrorists and other Islamic radicals -- even under Anwar Ibrahim, who once paraded himself as a modern-day liberal. Since becoming prime minister, the stripes on his back has changed. He's easily a neo-Malay nationalist who backs Islamic terrorist sponsor states like Iran. Will he also take Shia Islamic instruction from Iran's Mad Murderous Mullahs?
7. Beneath it all, Malaysia will maintain its pro-US defense alliance, just as the other original ASEAN states have been doing. Malaysia's defense sector is weak by regional standards, and overly infused by the ridiculousness of Islamism so that it is, like China'sCCP, foolishly ideologized and to that end renders it weak.
8. But like it or not, the geopolitical contest between China and the US will continue steadfastly despite the contests in the Middle-East. Personally I back Israel to annihilate Hamas and Hizbollah, but it must end its apartheid of Palestinians and give the latter their home state. The time has come -- but without Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hizbollah ruining it for the Palestinian people. And, please, get rid of the next-to-useless Fatah.
1. It's spelt Jordan, not Jordon. Jordon is a gender-neutral term for a person. Jordon is not a person, in this case, but a country. How does one apply a gender-neutral term to a country like Jordan, half of which lives in modernity and the other half in a false Arab tradition?
2. What this story/analysis shows is the continued bleeding idiocy of Malaysia's prime minister Anwar Ibrahim when he, like the unthinking loud-mouth that he is, praised the backward-minded, mad Mullah-infested, anti-democratic, anti-female regime of Iran for firing its third-rate missiles and drones against Israel. What is clear is just how the Gulf states have become hopelessly dependent on the US security umbrella whilst also actively or less-than-subtly trying to "normalize" relations with Israel. The cases of Jordan and increasingly Egypt are instructive also on the trade and resources-dependent fronts with Israel and vice-versa. This has long been an open secret.
3. In Northeast Asia, it's clear as daylight the dependence of states like independent Taiwan, Japan and South Korea will remains steadfastly dependent on their geostrategic alliance with the US as long as China is intent on illegally grabbing territory, vital natural resources and behaving like a schoolyard bully with its auto-aggressive outward militarism while the CCP remains the Stalinist state under Emperor Xi Jinping, who has centralized state power in his hands -- for now.
4. The situation remains the same for much of Southeast Asia minus Burma and Cambodia, who have attached their dependence on the US security umbrella since at least the mid 1950s and more so since 1967. Singapore, for example, is in lockstep with the US and, not has maintained security ties with Israel but also trades with Israel. This is an open secret much to the chagrin of the neo-Malay nationalist Anwar Ibrahim.
5. Anwar has turned out to be a turncoat in so far as his abandoning his infamous "domestic reform agenda" when he was in opposition. Now, like his former guru Mahathir Mohamad, he wants to be seen as the "voice" of the so-called Muslim world when even Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, has not overtly condemned Israel. Nor has it supported Iran. It knows its contemporary history well enough on home-grown Islamic terrorists and has been actively trying to wipe them out.
6. But Malaysia, by contrast, is providing sanctuary to Islamic terrorists and other Islamic radicals -- even under Anwar Ibrahim, who once paraded himself as a modern-day liberal. Since becoming prime minister, the stripes on his back has changed. He's easily a neo-Malay nationalist who backs Islamic terrorist sponsor states like Iran. Will he also take Shia Islamic instruction from Iran's Mad Murderous Mullahs?
7. Beneath it all, Malaysia will maintain its pro-US defense alliance, just as the other original ASEAN states have been doing. Malaysia's defense sector is weak by regional standards, and overly infused by the ridiculousness of Islamism so that it is, like China'sCCP, foolishly ideologized and to that end renders it weak.
8. But like it or not, the geopolitical contest between China and the US will continue steadfastly despite the contests in the Middle-East. Personally I back Israel to annihilate Hamas and Hizbollah, but it must end its apartheid of Palestinians and give the latter their home state. The time has come -- but without Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hizbollah ruining it for the Palestinian people. And, please, get rid of the next-to-useless Fatah.
A reasonably balanced and well-written article. I don't necessarily have to agree with everything to appreciate the work the author has done. Perhaps Mr. Berthelsen and the other editors at this site could take the time to learn something from this writer.
1. It's spelt Jordan, not Jordon. Jordon is a gender-neutral term for a person. Jordon is not a person, in this case, but a country. How does one apply a gender-neutral term to a country like Jordan, half of which lives in modernity and the other half in a false Arab tradition?
2. What this story/analysis shows is the continued bleeding idiocy of Malaysia's prime minister Anwar Ibrahim when he, like the unthinking loud-mouth that he is, praised the backward-minded, mad Mullah-infested, anti-democratic, anti-female regime of Iran for firing its third-rate missiles and drones against Israel. What is clear is just how the Gulf states have become hopelessly dependent on the US security umbrella whilst also actively or less-than-subtly trying to "normalize" relations with Israel. The cases of Jordan and increasingly Egypt are instructive also on the trade and resources-dependent fronts with Israel and vice-versa. This has long been an open secret.
3. In Northeast Asia, it's clear as daylight the dependence of states like independent Taiwan, Japan and South Korea will remains steadfastly dependent on their geostrategic alliance with the US as long as China is intent on illegally grabbing territory, vital natural resources and behaving like a schoolyard bully with its auto-aggressive outward militarism while the CCP remains the Stalinist state under Emperor Xi Jinping, who has centralized state power in his hands -- for now.
4. The situation remains the same for much of Southeast Asia minus Burma and Cambodia, who have attached their dependence on the US security umbrella since at least the mid 1950s and more so since 1967. Singapore, for example, is in lockstep with the US and, not has maintained security ties with Israel but also trades with Israel. This is an open secret much to the chagrin of the neo-Malay nationalist Anwar Ibrahim.
5. Anwar has turned out to be a turncoat in so far as his abandoning his infamous "domestic reform agenda" when he was in opposition. Now, like his former guru Mahathir Mohamad, he wants to be seen as the "voice" of the so-called Muslim world when even Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, has not overtly condemned Israel. Nor has it supported Iran. It knows its contemporary history well enough on home-grown Islamic terrorists and has been actively trying to wipe them out.
6. But Malaysia, by contrast, is providing sanctuary to Islamic terrorists and other Islamic radicals -- even under Anwar Ibrahim, who once paraded himself as a modern-day liberal. Since becoming prime minister, the stripes on his back has changed. He's easily a neo-Malay nationalist who backs Islamic terrorist sponsor states like Iran. Will he also take Shia Islamic instruction from Iran's Mad Murderous Mullahs?
7. Beneath it all, Malaysia will maintain its pro-US defense alliance, just as the other original ASEAN states have been doing. Malaysia's defense sector is weak by regional standards, and overly infused by the ridiculousness of Islamism so that it is, like China'sCCP, foolishly ideologized and to that end renders it weak.
8. But like it or not, the geopolitical contest between China and the US will continue steadfastly despite the contests in the Middle-East. Personally I back Israel to annihilate Hamas and Hizbollah, but it must end its apartheid of Palestinians and give the latter their home state. The time has come -- but without Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hizbollah ruining it for the Palestinian people. And, please, get rid of the next-to-useless Fatah.
1. It's spelt Jordan, not Jordon. Jordon is a gender-neutral term for a person. Jordon is not a person, in this case, but a country. How does one apply a gender-neutral term to a country like Jordan, half of which lives in modernity and the other half in a false Arab tradition?
2. What this story/analysis shows is the continued bleeding idiocy of Malaysia's prime minister Anwar Ibrahim when he, like the unthinking loud-mouth that he is, praised the backward-minded, mad Mullah-infested, anti-democratic, anti-female regime of Iran for firing its third-rate missiles and drones against Israel. What is clear is just how the Gulf states have become hopelessly dependent on the US security umbrella whilst also actively or less-than-subtly trying to "normalize" relations with Israel. The cases of Jordan and increasingly Egypt are instructive also on the trade and resources-dependent fronts with Israel and vice-versa. This has long been an open secret.
3. In Northeast Asia, it's clear as daylight the dependence of states like independent Taiwan, Japan and South Korea will remains steadfastly dependent on their geostrategic alliance with the US as long as China is intent on illegally grabbing territory, vital natural resources and behaving like a schoolyard bully with its auto-aggressive outward militarism while the CCP remains the Stalinist state under Emperor Xi Jinping, who has centralized state power in his hands -- for now.
4. The situation remains the same for much of Southeast Asia minus Burma and Cambodia, who have attached their dependence on the US security umbrella since at least the mid 1950s and more so since 1967. Singapore, for example, is in lockstep with the US and, not has maintained security ties with Israel but also trades with Israel. This is an open secret much to the chagrin of the neo-Malay nationalist Anwar Ibrahim.
5. Anwar has turned out to be a turncoat in so far as his abandoning his infamous "domestic reform agenda" when he was in opposition. Now, like his former guru Mahathir Mohamad, he wants to be seen as the "voice" of the so-called Muslim world when even Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, has not overtly condemned Israel. Nor has it supported Iran. It knows its contemporary history well enough on home-grown Islamic terrorists and has been actively trying to wipe them out.
6. But Malaysia, by contrast, is providing sanctuary to Islamic terrorists and other Islamic radicals -- even under Anwar Ibrahim, who once paraded himself as a modern-day liberal. Since becoming prime minister, the stripes on his back has changed. He's easily a neo-Malay nationalist who backs Islamic terrorist sponsor states like Iran. Will he also take Shia Islamic instruction from Iran's Mad Murderous Mullahs?
7. Beneath it all, Malaysia will maintain its pro-US defense alliance, just as the other original ASEAN states have been doing. Malaysia's defense sector is weak by regional standards, and overly infused by the ridiculousness of Islamism so that it is, like China'sCCP, foolishly ideologized and to that end renders it weak.
8. But like it or not, the geopolitical contest between China and the US will continue steadfastly despite the contests in the Middle-East. Personally I back Israel to annihilate Hamas and Hizbollah, but it must end its apartheid of Palestinians and give the latter their home state. The time has come -- but without Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hizbollah ruining it for the Palestinian people. And, please, get rid of the next-to-useless Fatah.
1. It's spelt Jordan, not Jordon. Jordon is a gender-neutral term for a person. Jordon is not a person, in this case, but a country. How does one apply a gender-neutral term to a country like Jordan, half of which lives in modernity and the other half in a false Arab tradition?
2. What this story/analysis shows is the continued bleeding idiocy of Malaysia's prime minister Anwar Ibrahim when he, like the unthinking loud-mouth that he is, praised the backward-minded, mad Mullah-infested, anti-democratic, anti-female regime of Iran for firing its third-rate missiles and drones against Israel. What is clear is just how the Gulf states have become hopelessly dependent on the US security umbrella whilst also actively or less-than-subtly trying to "normalize" relations with Israel. The cases of Jordan and increasingly Egypt are instructive also on the trade and resources-dependent fronts with Israel and vice-versa. This has long been an open secret.
3. In Northeast Asia, it's clear as daylight the dependence of states like independent Taiwan, Japan and South Korea will remains steadfastly dependent on their geostrategic alliance with the US as long as China is intent on illegally grabbing territory, vital natural resources and behaving like a schoolyard bully with its auto-aggressive outward militarism while the CCP remains the Stalinist state under Emperor Xi Jinping, who has centralized state power in his hands -- for now.
4. The situation remains the same for much of Southeast Asia minus Burma and Cambodia, who have attached their dependence on the US security umbrella since at least the mid 1950s and more so since 1967. Singapore, for example, is in lockstep with the US and, not has maintained security ties with Israel but also trades with Israel. This is an open secret much to the chagrin of the neo-Malay nationalist Anwar Ibrahim.
5. Anwar has turned out to be a turncoat in so far as his abandoning his infamous "domestic reform agenda" when he was in opposition. Now, like his former guru Mahathir Mohamad, he wants to be seen as the "voice" of the so-called Muslim world when even Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, has not overtly condemned Israel. Nor has it supported Iran. It knows its contemporary history well enough on home-grown Islamic terrorists and has been actively trying to wipe them out.
6. But Malaysia, by contrast, is providing sanctuary to Islamic terrorists and other Islamic radicals -- even under Anwar Ibrahim, who once paraded himself as a modern-day liberal. Since becoming prime minister, the stripes on his back has changed. He's easily a neo-Malay nationalist who backs Islamic terrorist sponsor states like Iran. Will he also take Shia Islamic instruction from Iran's Mad Murderous Mullahs?
7. Beneath it all, Malaysia will maintain its pro-US defense alliance, just as the other original ASEAN states have been doing. Malaysia's defense sector is weak by regional standards, and overly infused by the ridiculousness of Islamism so that it is, like China'sCCP, foolishly ideologized and to that end renders it weak.
8. But like it or not, the geopolitical contest between China and the US will continue steadfastly despite the contests in the Middle-East. Personally I back Israel to annihilate Hamas and Hizbollah, but it must end its apartheid of Palestinians and give the latter their home state. The time has come -- but without Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hizbollah ruining it for the Palestinian people. And, please, get rid of the next-to-useless Fatah.
Yankee go home!