A recent share of a July 2019 post in my VK site which was notified to me while writing my previous post here: "Atlantic Hegemony Is Dying", gave me cause to deliberate that maybe, since I appear to have omitted to share my VK post here, a re-post would be in order. So here it is:... Continue Reading →

The West now has "no existential problems" to peddle to its public, says the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Diplomatic Academy, in a report titled - "Global Challenges 2019: Update — politics, economy and development".   Hence the era of Atlantic hegemony is dying.  You may applaud at this point. "Atlantic hegemony dying: Era of Western global intervention... Continue Reading →

"Wait For It" Wait for it...  wait for iiiiiit... The reward for patience and delayed gratification will be all the sweeter for it. So, just what is this 'it' that Jim Kunstler asks us to wait for? It is of course the much feared - by those 'for whom the bell tolls' (and they surely... Continue Reading →

"How Turkey's 'Peace Spring' changed the dynamics of Syria's war" The views expressed in this al-Jazeera article align in many ways, though not exactly, with my own.  One thing is for certain, and one which I have tried to emphasise in recent posts, is that the dynamics of conflict and the conflicting parties themselves have... Continue Reading →

"Local authorities in northeastern Syria resume subordination to Damascus" It looks like Syria has just regained control of much of its remaining long usurped territory in the north eastern region of the country and, if this South Front map from late on 14 October is anything to go by, now has control of much of... Continue Reading →

"Take these actions and place them anywhere else in history (2000, 2007, any time) and this would be called an emergency intervention program." The US Fed begins US military budget scale - $720 Billion - annual QE (shush, you're not allowed to call it QE). Is this the beginning of the end? "The Beginning of... Continue Reading →

When I applauded the Turkish incursion (it is not actually an invasion as it has so far been reported) of northern Syria a few days ago, I did so because I could see that this was the very best possible event for a decent outcome to the two year stalemate into which Syria had settled... Continue Reading →

"As I’ve averred before, don’t be surprised if the 2020 election doesn’t even happen. The institutional damage may be too deep." Jim Kunstler can say that (and he has, not for the first time, in this shared post from his latest blog - "In Memorium: Reality"), and I can also say that.  I can't remember... Continue Reading →

I have held my peace over what is happening in northern Syria since last weekend, generally considering who is right and who is wrong.  It is time to state my case. It has been two years of a kind of stalemate or deadlock in Syria since the Russian aided, legitimate (and only) Syrian army -... Continue Reading →