Spore spent 10 thousand millions in defence '06

last SG · 2006-03-07T11:25:20+00:00

for wat....... hai.... seriously i don see a real good reason lo... i mean yes i admit tt cannot rely too much on others to protect ourselves, but when com...

Yi Peng SG

Let me give you guys my take on this issue.
The government does not benefit from increased spending on defence one bit. They decided on what needs to be spent based on circumstances.
In war, you will pay any price to win. I will rather pay a high price for a powerful deterence now so that we don't have to go to war than to pay the price of a war. Thats Sun Tzu's highest level of strategem, the win a war without having to fight. The government is applying this wisdom when it comes to defence.

So how do you present a credible defence? Build a real deterence till it is obvious to the potential foe that they can never win. Send the message out loud and clear, in no uncertain terms.

sgdiehard SG

Read my posts probably and don't talk through your a s s !!

I was not even talking to Kopiosatu. It was he who responded to my remarks and said that my questions were irrelevant and I responded that if he had not served the army or if he were not a singaporean...he had not replied if he had or he is...discussion with him, if there is going to be, has not even started yet.

So what is he not allowed to express?? look into the mirror and you know if Fascism is here already. Evil or Very Mad

qpicanto SG

If China military spending of S$57B is enough to gain so much attention in Japan & US then imgaine what S$10.05B on one a island state 685.4 sq.km can do to the defence policy of the neighbouring countries. Perhaps the US arms manufacturers are the happiest guys now laughing their way to the bank.

BillyBong SG

Didn't you watch Lord of War starring Nicholas Cage?

The biggest arms dealer is George Bush, and 'authorised distributors' like Cage are paid to get out of jail... Mr. Green

Jest aside, defence spending will always be high; we have scholarly mouths to feed, promotions to maintain, bonuses to justify, new toys to play with etc etc.

A breakdown of the costs predictions between capital expenditure vs wage bill will definitely illustrate a distinct lopsided ratio.

LazerLordz SG

My bad. Misread your post.

Yi Peng SG

You watched too many movies Billy.

qpicanto SG

When you watch the supersonic jet doing stunts it may excites your adrenaline like other hardwares. Put a flag/emblems on it is a different story altogether. When the rush is over , look it is also piece of machine, electronics and other harmful substances.

Atobe SG

Originally posted by Yi Peng:
You watched too many movies Billy.

Some do not watch enough movies to get one's grey matters to hum.

Some cannot even get a whisper to be heard in the carvenous cranium space that is on top of his torso.

Can we believe a 'no brainer' with his typical 'one-liner' being capable to listen to any echo of even a whisper in that carvenous cranium space ?

If 'leopards cannot change its spots', neither can a fishy character get rid of its fishyness.

'Salman' meat make poor 'Fish Cake'

BillyBong SG

You have no idea how close movies are to the truth.

Yi Peng SG

Like Incredibles?

qpicanto SG

macjoe SG

This China-Taiwan cross-strait tension highlight a real scenario.

If our aggressors have 700 missiles pointing at us, can our 700,000 armed forces weather or defend the country?

Yi Peng SG

If I’m Taiwanese, I will create a nuclear deterence. This is the best way to ensure peace across the Straits.

sgdiehard SG

Leopard will not change its spots, fish will always be fishy. I can smell the bad odour of the fried salman now. Mr. Green

Yi Peng SG

What fishy?

will4 SG

Singapore has already spent 10 billion on defence but it is already the best equipped in the region.

kopiosatu SG

reply below

kopiosatu SG

why do i say your remarks are irrelevant?

1) if people want to think that way, they will. you can't force a horse to a river and force it to drink.

2) i've seen many arguments in the forum about posts like this. so once again i see no point in patriotic people getting worked up trying to explain their side of the story to someone who thinks otherwise.

i support defence. but at the same time i accept the fact that just as many people who say yes, there are many who say no.

so whether he has been to army before or not, isn't a good gauge to a person's mentality. some might change after they go though ns, some hate it even more. what to do?

kopiosatu SG

thanks man, but the last thing anyone gives in the force is respect.

BillyBong SG

Are animations the limit of your scope?

Lord of War, Bourne Identity, Spy Games etc are all based on conspiracy theories with a measure of feasibility. Defence spending has evolved to such an extent that physical arms and nukes are insufficient to ensure security.

The use of highly trained sleeper agents and spies working behind the scenes dealing in assassinations and espionage is nothing far-fetched. And they cost in the millions to train and condition before released into the field for covert ops.

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