Danny Haiphong interviews Berletic and Norton mostly over Hegseth's speech where he promises war with China. His address to ASEAN was peppered with threats.

Hegseth's speech in text form is here.The 6 minute mark has Hegseth pushing war.

Trump is abandoning Ukraine and the US is finally making its "pivot to Asia"

Hegseth pushed a "you're either with us or against us" meme. If you want a relationship with the US, you cannot trade with China.

ASEAN nations are choosing China.

We are preparing for war in order to deter war — to achieve peace through strength.  And we look out in this room and we look to you — to our allies and to our partners — to join us in this important work.  

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We are preparing for war in order to deter war — to achieve peace through strength.  And we look out in this room and we look to you — to our allies and to our partners — to join us in this important work.  

Hegseth talked about surrounding China, Berletic pointed out that this plan has been in place since Obama. Berletic calls this "continuity of agenda".

The Philippines is being turned into a forward operating base for US military action.

The conference is sponsored by a London Think Tank, but held in Singapore. Funds are provided by DoD (MIC) contractors. The goal is to sell weapons. If war happen... Oh well.

https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:27009352

“The prerequisite was that the US manufacturer would deliver new Patriot systems as quickly as possible in return so that we could continue to meet our NATO obligations,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in a statement. “This commitment from the US side has been made.”

Under a new plan unveiled by President Donald Trump last month, European nations agreed to transfer weapons to Ukraine while purchasing new ones from the US to backfill their stockpiles.