US overflight rights over Indonesia means that American eyes and American firepower are now positioned directly the single most critical energy chokepoint in China's entire global economic architecture. (2 min video and TRANSCRIPT)

X.com ^ | April 26, 2026 | DADA @BredsguardDalen

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Seems like chess pieces are being moved while everyone is distracted.

 

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On Monday, April 13, while the entire world was watching Hormuz, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth quietly hosted Indonesian Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin in the Pentagon.

And what they announced was a major defense cooperation partnership between the United States and Indonesia. The partnership has three pillars.

ONE: Military modernization capacity building

TWO: Training and professional military education

THREE: Regional exercises and operational cooperation

And woven into this agreement is Indonesia granting US military aircraft "blanket oversight access across the whole of Indonesian airspace," which includes the southern bank of the Strait of Malacca.

US aircraft with overflight rights over Indonesia means that American eyes and American firepower are now positioned directly the single most critical energy chokepoint in China's entire global economic architecture.

And this is so key. We now have effective control over the most important shipping lane in the world linking the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea without deploying a single ground troop, without firing a single shot, without triggering a single international incident - just a handshake and suddenly the Malacca dilemna goes from a theoretical vulnerability to a very real one.

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[motor_racer]

Some history worth remembering:

Oil was the primary strategic driver of Japan’s entry into World War II, as the nation lacked domestic petroleum reserves and relied on imports for over 90% of its needs. Before the war, 80% of Japan’s oil came from the United States, making it the critical lifeline for its industrial economy and military, particularly its navy.

The U.S. oil embargo in July 1941 effectively strangled Japan’s supply after it occupied southern French Indochina, leaving the country with only about one year of strategic reserves. Facing the choice between withdrawing from China or securing new resources by force, Japanese leadership chose the latter, aiming to seize the oil fields of the Dutch East Indies and British Borneo.

To prevent U.S. interference with this expansion, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, intending to cripple the Pacific Fleet and secure a temporary strategic advantage while consolidating its resource acquisitions in Southeast Asia.

[faithhopecharity]

I don’t think it would be wise for POTUS to visit Communist China —

He’s cut off their oil sources Venezuela and Iran. He’s told Canada to forget about selling them oil, too. And he’s ending their control influence over Panama Canal and now these straights going by Indonesia.

It’s 90 percent all about communist China, folks.

[dfwgator]

To prevent U.S. interference with this expansion, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, intending to cripple the Pacific Fleet and secure a temporary strategic advantage while consolidating its resource acquisitions in Southeast Asia.

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Don’t forget on December 7th, they attacked a bunch of places in addition to Pearl Harbor: The Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong.

[mikey_hates_everything]

China is assho and doesn’t have many friends, if any, in that region. We know how the Vietnamese feel about them. I saw firsthand how they treated Cambodians and behaved in Myanmar (Burma) and it wasn’t appreciated. All of those places are heavily Buddhist and China has done nothing but shit on Buddhists since Tibet. Out of all the foreign cultures and religions I’ve had to deal with, I would never convert, but Buddhists and Buddhism has been my favorite.

[mikey_hates_everything]

And I know, Indonesia is Muslim but has more in common with that region than with Arabs.

[dfwgator]

Makes you wish sometimes we could have worked with the Imperial Japanese before the hardcore militarists seized control.

It would have been better to have a Japanese “East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere” than a Chinese one.

[mikey_hates_everything]

I know some Chinese and knew of many Taiwanese who feel and felt the same way—had the Japanese not gone in the direction they did in the 30’s and 40’s—they think China would have been better off under Japan.

[dfwgator]

Japan was a parliamentary democracy until the mid-30s, but the military operated outside of the government.

[dfwgator]

And a friendly Japan would have kept the Soviets in line.

[untenured]

Makes you wish sometimes we could have worked with the Imperial Japanese before the hardcore militarists seized control.

Not sure when that could’ve happened. The military on its own invaded Manchuria in 1931, and assassinated the Japanese PM in 1932, when the West and especially the U.S. were mired in the Depression.

At the Versailles conference, German colonies in China (where Tsingtao beer had been birthed) had not been returned to China but given to Japan, even though neither Japan nor China contributed much to the Allied victory.

Maybe giving Japan more at the Washington naval conference in 1921-1922 would’ve satisfied the Japanese, but sometimes ultimately there’s no negotiating with people who matter, given the times.