Some useful thoughts are portrayed in this piece by Sarah Abed. "Turkey holds NATO hostage until Syria-related demands are met" I am in complete agreement that NATO has run its course and has no role to play, none at all, in the 21st century. It is a quasi-military organisation with no army and no enemy... Continue Reading →
Too soon for ‘In A Relationship’?
"Estonian lawmakers invite Russian colleagues to visit Tallinn" - TASS Ahh! Well, well. Do I detect the first tiny glimmer of a softening of the post-soviet hard line - might even call it antagonism or at least suspicion or even anger and at least in part NATO fostered rejection and opposition to the new Russian... Continue Reading →
‘The State Cannot Convict Itself’: Operation ‘Gladio’ & the Crimes of U.S. Empire
I have long held the view presented in this excellent, re-blogged article and encapsulated in this quote from it: "Given post-WWII history and our current state of affairs Western governments and institutions clearly exist as criminal entities which function outside the rule of all recognized morality and law, domestic and international." ...and so I am... Continue Reading →
New EU Army?
A short but vital post. Mostly copied from my Facebook page. The EU is debating whether to raise its own army. It has obviously realised that NATO forms a threat to its ongoing health and safety (not before time). Alexander Neu, a Bundestag MP from Germany's Die Linke (Left) party, said that a European army... Continue Reading →
I Heard On The News Tonight…
Something Doesn't Sound Quite Right...Heard on the news tonight: Russian President Putin and Ukraine President Poroshenko have agreed to a ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict.My first thoughts were 'Something doesn't sound quite right here.' and 'If this is true then Chess Master Putin has made his first wrong move in this little game of thrones."Firstly,... Continue Reading →
No Lessons Learned
I struggled to arrive at a suitable title for this post. Options considered were: "US Pledges $30 Billion To Build Up Ukraine Military" on top of the billions that it has already invested in setting up and bolstering its own puppet government there. This, on the basis that Poroshenko, President of Ukraine, a bankrupt nation... Continue Reading →
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. Five Eyes Is Watching You Through The Prism
It happens every time It happens every time I say that I am not going to be able to do something for some reason, something else comes up that makes it impossible not to do that thing. Yesterday, in the previous post, I said I would probably not be posting here for a while due... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 