The ancient Uzbekistan city of Samarkand is often referred to as the Crossroads of Cultures. It once dazzled such luminaries as Alexander The Great. Samarkand is set to dazzle again as centre of Xi's 'Region of Harmony' and once again the crossroads of both the ancient and modern Silk Roads. Pepe Escobar paints a marvellous... Continue Reading →
Is the US a Responsible Nuclear Power? No! No! No!
It seems quite incomprehensible that the US should use the excuse of not being willing "to allow tensions to escalate further," as expressed by John Kirby, White House Coordinator for Strategic Communications, for a delay in the testing of its aging Minuteman nuclear deterrent. I suspect he is talking about the Taiwan situation but his... Continue Reading →
Blinky Does Africa while The Sherman Invades The Solomons
In a sign of US desperation (it is desperation, isn't it, when you have to divide your forces to present a broader front?), they, having seen (presumably) their almost total rejection in other parts of the world, send a Secretary of State, visibly greying more by the day, to spruik the 'values' of dying 'democracy'... Continue Reading →
“All Possible Means” means “Kidnapping” to the Shits Who Run The US
Return Vinnik to Greece you fucking lousy belly-crawling bastards. 'The United States responded to Griner’s sentence by kidnapping a Russian' - The Saker blog
Is Amnesty International Returning to Truthful Pursuits or Simply Following the Flow?
Many years ago Amnesty International was a trusted NGO. Known for careful investigation and exposure of foul deeds. Until, that is - as I recall, though my memory is not perfect - around the time of US (and the west generally) attempt to overthrow the Syrian government through the proxying of terrorist forces. There may... Continue Reading →
Maria Calls A Spade A Spade
The G7 group of countries are not an international organisation. Nor do they wield any authority to tell any other nation what they must do or not do. They are a self-elevated, group of self-interested, miscreant nations who do not represent a majority of anything (not even GDP) in either the geopolitical or the real... Continue Reading →
US Can No Longer Act With Impunity (or Threats)
It must be particularly irksome to US authorities to now realise that they are no longer the scary monster they once were to the world's peoples. When the US makes demands, threats, or even basic expectations of cooperation in recent days, there is no reciprocal jumping to attention by those who may once have feared... Continue Reading →
Confirmation China Has the Taiwan Situation Well in Hand
Extending my coverage of the Pelosi-Taiwan episode just this one more time, hopefully, more or less what I said in my previous post is now being enacted. China has shut down (blockaded) all external access to Taiwan island now, having completely surrounded it on all sides with Chinese military forces engaged in live-fire exercises which... Continue Reading →
Reunification Is The Name Of The Game
...and it will now become a matter of some urgency, as China-US relations sour beyond recuperation. Wiser heads prevailed, and despite the sneering and the self-aggrandised trumpeting of the likes of Andrei Martyanov - who becomes ever more obnoxious in my view as time goes by - the game is not yet over. In fact... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 