Singapore is set to become a new 'naval base' for the US

baldeagle
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More options Jun 4, 10:22 pm
Singapore is set to become a new 'naval base' for the US marine, like
Okinawa ?
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said the US military had plans
to deploy littoral combat ships to Singapore. With this deployment,
Singapore effectively become a new naval base for the US marine.
Just like the naval bases in Okinawa and Seoul, once in the US will
NEVER get out. In Okinawa and in Soul,
virgins and school girls have be raped and molested regularly by the
US marines...and Japan and S Korean could do NOTHING about it.
Do we want our girls to be raped ?
Shouldn't such an important decision, agreeing to allow Singapore to
become a Neo-US 'colony' of the USA, be discuss and debate in
Parliament ?

Wakalukong
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More options Jun 5, 5:15 pm
On Jun 5, 10:50 am, aehchua wrote:
> On Jun 5, 2:22 am, baldeagle wrote:
> > Singapore is set to become a new 'naval base' for the US marine, like
> > Okinawa ?
> Never happen. Singapore can only service the lighter ships of the US
> navy. Our port isn't deep enough to hold aircraft carriers. This is
> why the loss of Subic in the Philippines was such a blow to the US
> strategic command. I don't think any asian nation stepped up to host
> the US navy after Subic Naval Base closed. That means the American
> ability to project power into Asia is somewhat limited.
> IMO if Singapore could have hosted the US, the Lees would have done so
> by now. The Lees like to play a balance of power game between China
> and the US.


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Yes, LKY likes to play a balance of power game between China & the
US. But I think LKY is sensitive to the opinions of China, Malaysia &
Indonesia on any hosting of a US fleet by Singapore -- after all, the
Straits of Malacca is a choke point. So I think the US is now trying
to creep in slowly, starting with small, littoral combat ships.
Wakalukong