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Officials in Singapore are sweating the release Sunday of a fresh batch of cables that show top leaders of the tiny island nation being a little too candid about the neighbors.
The cables themselves don't seem to be out yet, but Australia's The Age newspaper reports that they make for pretty good reading.
The new cables are summaries of meetings between U.S. diplomats and three top Singaporean officials: Peter Ho, Bilahari Kausikan, and Tommy Koh (shown above in Amritsar, India).
In one cable, Koh is quoted describing Japan as "the big fat loser" in ASEAN, the Southeast Asian regional body, and attributing Japan's shrinking status in the region to "stupidity, bad leadership, and lack of vision."
"He was equally merciless towards India, describing his 'stupid Indian friends' as 'half in, half out' of ASEAN,'' the cable reportedly says.
Koh has warm words for Beijing, however: "I don't fear China. I don't fear being assimilated by China,'' the cable quotes him saying, pointing to how the Chinese go about their business in Africa ''without lecturing them about human rights and democracy as the West does."
Kausikan, meanwhile, rips neighboring Malaysia's "lack of competent leadership" and connects current Prime Minister Najib Razik to a 2006 murder scandal.
Kausikan also has some colorful things to say about Thailand, dismissing former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as ''corrupt,'' just like ''everyone else, including the opposition." He claims that Thaksin paid off the gambling debts of the Thai crown prince, whom he describes as "very erratic, and easily subject to influence."
Another recent story, in the Sydney Morning Herald, cites a leaked State Department cable relaying that Singaporean officials told their Australian counterparts that Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim committed sodomy as he has long been accused of doing but that it was a "set up job," according to Australian intelligence. Ibrahim denies it, and his party is demanding an explanation from the Singaporeans.
Officials in Singapore are sweating the release Sunday of a fresh batch of cables that show top leaders of the tiny island nation being a little too candid about the neighbors.
The cables themselves don't seem to be out yet, but Australia's The Age newspaper reports that they make for pretty good reading.
The new cables are summaries of meetings between U.S. diplomats and three top Singaporean officials: Peter Ho, Bilahari Kausikan, and Tommy Koh (shown above in Amritsar, India).
In one cable, Koh is quoted describing Japan as "the big fat loser" in ASEAN, the Southeast Asian regional body, and attributing Japan's shrinking status in the region to "stupidity, bad leadership, and lack of vision."
"He was equally merciless towards India, describing his 'stupid Indian friends' as 'half in, half out' of ASEAN,'' the cable reportedly says.
Koh has warm words for Beijing, however: "I don't fear China. I don't fear being assimilated by China,'' the cable quotes him saying, pointing to how the Chinese go about their business in Africa ''without lecturing them about human rights and democracy as the West does."
Kausikan, meanwhile, rips neighboring Malaysia's "lack of competent leadership" and connects current Prime Minister Najib Razik to a 2006 murder scandal.
Kausikan also has some colorful things to say about Thailand, dismissing former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as ''corrupt,'' just like ''everyone else, including the opposition." He claims that Thaksin paid off the gambling debts of the Thai crown prince, whom he describes as "very erratic, and easily subject to influence."
Another recent story, in the Sydney Morning Herald, cites a leaked State Department cable relaying that Singaporean officials told their Australian counterparts that Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim committed sodomy as he has long been accused of doing but that it was a "set up job," according to Australian intelligence. Ibrahim denies it, and his party is demanding an explanation from the Singaporeans.
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http://www.malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/special-reports/36621-singapores-wikileaks-gaffes
Although the newspapers speculated that the reports would raise a storm among Singapore's neighbors, Singapore's neighbors have long known of the island country's superior attitude. The quotes in the story merely ratify what is already known. It should be pointed out that Singapore, predominantly made up of ethnic Chinese, has always privately held the view that the surrounding countries have been ruled by hostile, often crooked incompetents who are mostly inferior to the technocrats who run the island republic.
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Although the newspapers speculated that the reports would raise a storm among Singapore's neighbors, Singapore's neighbors have long known of the island country's superior attitude. The quotes in the story merely ratify what is already known. It should be pointed out that Singapore, predominantly made up of ethnic Chinese, has always privately held the view that the surrounding countries have been ruled by hostile, often crooked incompetents who are mostly inferior to the technocrats who run the island republic.
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hi there
1. sammy, now you are some camera thing.
2. an item without a face leh!
1. sammy, now you are some camera thing.
2. an item without a face leh!
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hi there
1. why this does not surprise me leh!
2. crying sheep, running dogs, snakes & things do have one thing in common.
3. blah together!
1. why this does not surprise me leh!
2. crying sheep, running dogs, snakes & things do have one thing in common.
3. blah together!
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sins she oredi apologised, y none of dese burgers cum out n say ...
she oredi apologised ... letz mov on? ...
Who gives a fuck about a PAPzi-supporting bitch? The 72.9% can cannibalise themselves for all I care. Judging by the callous nature of her words, I have little doubt that she's a typical PAPzi supporter who relishes the prospect of punishing wrongdoers with scant regard for their human rights and well-being. What goes around comes around. Sinkies deserve no mercy. She dies her own problem.
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This is called sinkie behaviour working at its best.
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What about all these insults... acceptable???
Loose lips sink ships. One can still say the same thing with tact. This one is a fool to provide soundbites for diplomatic cables. Bet he enjoyed being the centre of attention at parties.
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sins she oredi apologised, y none of dese burgers cum out n say ...
she oredi apologised ... letz mov on? ...
Because she is a nobody and she can be made an example of.
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These insults are not acceptable for diplomats to utter to others but are probably accurate.
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first class, VERY WELL SAID
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