It begins to look like the end of the road for the US in both Syria and Iraq. Take my post on "Herding Renegade Yanks" yesterday, reports of a buildup of Russian forces in Syria - 9 heavy-lift aircraft deliveries in 48 hours - continued reports of US forces abandoning bases in various parts of... Continue Reading →
Theatre Of The Absurd
I'm sorry but I have to write on this. It is... "...the sanctions theater of the absurd," also known as "...uncovered and rampant non-competitive struggle," quoting the words of Dmitry Peskov - Kremlin spokesman. Words which I echo, other than I would spell it, as most English speaking people would - 'theatre' (from which are... Continue Reading →
Herding Renegade Yanks in Syria
Herding renegade Yanks, that's what I like to see. They were obviously lost and needed to be shown where the door is. Bravo, Russia! Let's see more of this. "Video of US-Russia troops confrontation in Northern Syria this week. Politico reporting that 4 US troops were injured as result" - Syria.liveuamap More video. Possibly a... Continue Reading →
Is Truth Becoming More Self-Evident?
I can always rely on fellow Australian James O'Neill and New Eastern Outlook to say what I need to say. And I do not feel a need to embellish or apologise for anything said in this recent article. Well, it pretty much agrees with things I have already said anyway and I readily admit this... Continue Reading →
A Positive Force For Good
It is time to laud China as a positive force for good in the modern world. ...and to admit that US' unilateralism is the opposite of that. "Wang Yi's Europe visit to call for multilateralism, strengthen cooperation amid US' unilateralism" - Global Times
Revealing and Countering Pompeo’s Lies About China
"Fact check: Pompeo's fact-twisting China speech versus the truth" - People's Daily Online Settle in, it's a long read - but worthy of the effort. An opinion changer (or verifier).
Stealthiness Sprung
"Iran successfully used Russian-made radar to track US F-35 jets — designer" - TASS So, the much fabled stealth of modern fighting aircraft has once again proven to be just that - fable. I assume that is something everyone already knew. When it comes to things material in nature, there is no such thing as... Continue Reading →
Arctic Sea Ice Update
Since I last reported on the Arctic Sea Ice loss situation for the current northern summer, about a month ago - at which time there was potential for this to be a record year of ice melt - much of that potential has been lost following one of those unforeseen swerves of the graph line... Continue Reading →
Humbling The Raging Bull
The isolation of the US in virtually all fields of international significance continues apace but, really, who is to blame for that? Where will this all lead to? Well, it can do no harm for a raging bull to be rightfully humiliated by its peers, can it? Assuming the raging bull is in any mental... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 