ramenpepe

Bragging about being the first of something is usually a sign of incompetence.

I have a question for Indonesians: Indonesia clearly occupies one side of the Strait of Malacca, so why has Singapore monopolized the benefits of the Strait of Malacca, making itself a wealthy country through what is essentially collecting tolls, while Indonesia doesn't earn a single cent from it and remains a poor country today? This is obviously the greatest injustice in Southeast Asian geopolitics! If I were the president of Indonesia, I would demand that Singapore share 50% of the port profits. I don't think there is anything unreasonable about this proposal from Indonesia's perspective. I believe this is the core contradiction that will lead to conflict between Indonesia and Singapore in the future. In fact, a senior Indonesian official said not long ago that Indonesia should charge fees for the Strait of Malacca — that was a trial balloon pointing in this direction. In the long run, Indonesia will not give up such demands. The relationship between Indonesia and Singapore is essentially similar to the relationship between Iraq and Kuwait before 1990. At that time, Iraq believed that it, as a major country, was getting too little from the Middle East's oil benefits, while Kuwait refused to share its oil benefits, which ultimately led to war.