[brraverishhh]

I wonder how we have come to this.

We consistently spent an average of 5% of our GDP and 25% of our budget building a first class Armed Forces over 40 years. We have the biggest Air Force even bigger than Australia and New Zealand combined. We have impressive array of satellites some owned, some leased, some jointly operated and some we don't own but paid others to develop and operate. We can see the expiry date on a can of ration of a soldier of a foreign force as he sits down for a break during military exercises. We have bases and equipment in both the Southern and Northern Hemisphere. We have forged enough alliances both for mutual national interests as well as commercial interests that the paperwork can bury a small good classed bungalow.

One fine day we wake up and find that Filipinos have replaced our Eurasians as the fourth race in Singapore. The Malays have no meaningfu part and the Indians as well as Eurasians have lost their hold in the Civil Service Senior ranks amply evidenced by Michael Barr. The majority of Singapore Chinese a slowly but surely finding their retirement rather premature. Singaporean kids are beginning to feel the impact of growing proportion of classmates who are foreigners.

So exactly what are we defending? Any clown with a degree even from a paper mill can land in Singapore and receive a 6 mth visa to look around. Not only are our doors wide open, I think the doors except for the hinges are missing.

So what does this country expect our national servicemen to defend? Surely not a way of life, surely not their jobs. I am sure everyone would be hard pressed to nail down what exactly we need to defend.

Give it some thought. Imagine our aspiration is now winning the SEA Games under 23 football in 2015. And we sent this Arsehole to the the US and the UK for his scholarly pursuit.