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Re:Indonesia's palm oil fires emitted more greenhouse gases ... by newman314 on Thursday October 22, 2015 @02:21PM (#10433909)
Do you understand how small Singapore is? (Not trying to be snarky)

But yeah, they are not invading anyone anytime soon.

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Re:Indonesia's palm oil fires emitted more greenhouse gases ... by oberstein on Thursday October 22, 2015 @03:00PM (#10434223)
Yeah, but Israel is also tiny and can still kick the ass of everyone else in the Middle East. Similar to Israel, Singapore has a lot going for it with respect to modern warfare that makes up for its population and landmass deficit. I agree that total invasion is probably very unlikely in the foreseeable immediate future.
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Re:Indonesia's palm oil fires emitted more greenhouse gases ... by newman314 on Friday October 23, 2015 @01:01PM (#10439833)
Israel - 8522 sq miles

Singapore - 278 sq miles

You are off by quite a bit there. Besides, whether you are willing to admit it or not, a LARGE part of the Israeli swagger is the understanding that they have the full might of the US army behind them (be it right or not). Singapore does not have an equivalent relationship.

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