War is never a good option
for Singapore or Malaysia.
Singapore and Malaysia should not fight war for Pedra Branca like
the stupid 100-Year War
fought between Britain and France for a mere
bucket.
1) Both our economies are still recovering, I don't think they got
that kind of money to spend on a military budget unlike us
.
We just want better qualities of life. Singapore only spend money
on military budget to make professional military jobs for
Singaporeans.
2) Singapore will not spend unneccessary money reserves to fight
war with countries which doesn't deserve us to fight. It's
Malaysia, our "next door neighbour".
3) If ever Singapore fights with Malaysia, there could be a civil
war in Malaysia. Their social and political stabilities are not as
stable as you think. Though Malaysia is a multi-racial nation,
their races are never truly integrated. Many political observers
said this so. It would affect us.
(That's why Dr. Mahatir is said, by many political observers, that
he failed to integrate Malaysian races together for better economic
growth.
Their races are "allied", not "merged".
Remember when Dr. Mahatir tried to implement English language as
their education system's medium. All their races complained. All
races in Malaysia are only thinking for themselves.
For example, I once heard MCA speech played in a cassette tape.
They complaining that why the Chinese are studying 3 languages in
school, namely, English, Malay and Chinese. While Malays only
studied only Malay and English, only 2 languages. Then, the MCA
said Chinese in Singapore has lost some of its essence in the
Chinese culture because of English as our education medium.
[From my point of view, I think the Malaysian-Chinese wanted
Chinese to be their education medium.]
See where their races are going?
)
As for the intrusions, both Singapore and Malaysia have their own
stand and will stick to it. If fighting ever broke out, we will
never know who's to blame. To be objective, I think this issue has
to be settle by ICJ immediately
.