The United States inability to make friends and penchant for losing friends is legendary. Actually that is a bit of a loose statement. The rest of the world mostly hates America and has only put up with US antics in past decades because of their - proven to be mostly bluff - military strength. But... Continue Reading →
Ebla and Saraqib – Liberated
"ANNA RELEASES NEW VIDEO DOCUMENTING BATTLE OF SARAQIB CITY" - Southfront Here's something you won't see on CNN, FOX, or the like. From ANNA (the Abkhazian Network News Agency), via Southfront - both of whom I acknowledge with gratitude. A 38 minute record of the recent battle for liberation of Saraqib city in Syria's Idlib... Continue Reading →
Talking Turkey
"Russia, Turkey to continue talks on Idlib next week - Turkish Foreign Ministry" - TASS Nice delaying tactics by Russia, though I doubt there would be any official confirmation of that. Turkey, in a vain attempt to halt the swift advance of Syrian forces to liberate their homeland from Western and Turkish backed terrorists, has... Continue Reading →
Changing Russian Global Image
As a lover of all things Russian I am happy to bring you this, what is something of a milestone opinion article on the modern Russian global diaspora, from Russia Beyond via the Oval Circle real news site. Having worked with Russians in the past, when I was an IT professional, I can tell you... Continue Reading →
Syria – Erdogan’s Graveyard
"The Syrian Russian Turksih Idlib Stand-Off – Erdogan’s Last Stand?" A brilliant piece for The Saker blog by Ghassan Kadi. Everything looks clearer in hindsight - and there are a lot of things around the Syrian conflict that are still to be made clear to the general public (not least the true scope of the roles... Continue Reading →
Pompeo The Terrorist
Pompeo the Terrorist, portrayed as..."THE LAST WHITE HELMET OF IDLIB" - Southfront Sadly, even with US and other Western backing, all is not going well with the 'peace activists' of the 'al-Qaeda book club in Idlib'. This sarcastic Southfront extract suggests what can be done to remedy that: "So, forces of law and order should... Continue Reading →
Unstoppable Syrian Army Ignores Erdogan Threats
"Syrian army enters Saraqib in Idlib region — TV" - TASS So much for Turkish threats to stop Syrian forces advance in Idlib. That didn't work at all did it? So, Erdogan needs another approach. He has come up with a plan to site home grown missile air defence units on Syria's border (wouldn't dare... Continue Reading →
Soon to be Sad and Sorry Suckers
I don't often do editorials or similar, but sometimes there are words to be said, coming from somewhere deep inside, that need to be said - without relying on the support of external thoughts and ideas (that doesn't include dictionary references). Our world is now shrouded in a vast miasmatic fog (miasmatic: noxious exhalations from... Continue Reading →
Will We Survive 2020?
"U.S. Demands Iraq Either Join U.S. War Against Iran or Be Destroyed" - by Eric Zuesse for The Saker Blog "This is a war by U.S., Saudi Arabia, the other Arab oil monarchies, and Israel, against Iran, and it will become also a U.S.-v.-Russia war unless Russia complies with America’s demand to stay out, and... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 