Singapore fell because the Japanese were prepared to fight a war in the tropics, the British were not. That is the bottom line.
Preparation is the key to almost everything, from business to raising kids. Japan had been preparing and learning to fight in the tropics fighting China…it applied those lessons to Singapore and took out numerically superior British forces.

The US needs to prepare itself to fight a war without religious dogma, or allowing religious overtones to affect military decisions. This is something the Bush Administration failed to do, and we are now paying for.
Our approach to this war has given al Qaeda and other groups support from general populations…in addition Saudi financial support which is frankly stunning we continue to act as if the royal House of Saud were helping, when they are bankrolling worldwide terrorism through wahabbi schools. Saudi Arabia is the central point in the “axis of Evil”, and yet the Bush and Obama admins turn a blind eye.

If we cannot boil this down to its simplest common denominator we will win the battle but eventually lose the war.