Posted by seumasach on August 22, 2014
I am delighted that David Cameron has adopted the position long argued in these columns that Britain should form a strategic partnership with Iran. He should do the same with regard to Russia and China and , in general, move to fully embrace multipolarity
Independent
17th August, 2014
Britain must prepared to ally itself with Iran to combat the “shared threat” of Sunni Islamist extremists in Iraq and Syria who want to create “a terrorist state” that could extend to “the shores of the Mediterranean,” David Cameron has said.
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Posted by seumasach on August 22, 2014
“We have to deal with facts on the ground, not as we would want them to be but as they are,”
I totally agree with Rifkind here and the facts on the ground are that Assad with the overwhelming support of his people defeated our attempt to overthrow him and destroy Syria. The sooner we get used to that fact the better. As it happens the IS is probably largely drawn from our own Jihadi irregulars and veterans of that failed Syria campaign. They are , of course, dispensable and the need for their elimination forms a useful pretext for reversing our previous, fruitless policies of antagonism towards Syria and Iran
RT
22nd August, 2014
The US and UK must work with Bashar Assad’s Syrian regime if they are to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the chairman of Britain’s intelligence and security committee warns.
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Posted by seumasach on August 21, 2014
Brian Cloughley
Asia Times
21st August, 2014
The Financial Times commented on August 10 that in reaction to the chaos in Ukraine, “Western policy has become a mere knee-jerk escalation of sanctions”, and for once the FT has got it right about foreign affairs. The US and its disciples in Europe and Australia have imposed sanctions on Russia for its alleged interference in Ukraine, which has got nothing whatever to do with the US or anyone else. And Russia, understandably, is answering back.
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Posted by seumasach on August 21, 2014
Kiev in U-turn over claim that ‘Russian tanks, artillery and 1,200 fighters’ had been deployed in Eastern Ukraine as evidence fails to materialise
Daily Mail
20th August, 2014
Muddled security officials in Ukraine were last night forced to deny a huge Russian military convoy had been deployed in the eastern rebel-run city of Lugansk.
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Posted by seumasach on August 18, 2014
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
18th August, 2014
A lot of preparation is going into the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to India next month. It is difficult to recall such dense traffic in the run up to a high level India-China exchange. It must be the ‘Modi effect’– suffice to say, Beijing is approaching Xi’s visit with high expectations of a historic breakthrough in relations with India.
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Posted by seumasach on August 17, 2014
That was a smart move by Poroshenko sending the Right Sector/National Guard to the East and leaving them to their fate. But they’ve caught on and the survivors are on the way back to the Maidan for a very interesting showdown.
RT
§7th August, 2014
The far-right Ukrainian group Right Sector has threatened its armed forces will raid Kiev unless authorities release all its members and end all criminal investigations against them. They accused the police of being “anti-Ukrainian.”
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Posted by seumasach on August 17, 2014
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
17th August, 2014
Open dissent erupted at the European Union foreign ministers’ meeting on Friday regarding sanctions against Russia. In an extraordinary outburst, Hungary’s prime minister ridiculed, here, that the Europeans are shooting at their own feet. Earlier, Slovakia and Czech Republic also sought a rethink on the sanctions policy. That leaves Poland, Lithuania and Romania as the odd ‘hawks’ in ‘New Europe’ allied with Washington.
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Posted by seumasach on August 17, 2014
Rebels Inflict Heavy Damage on Ukrainian Military Vehicles; Anti-Putin Sanction Alliance Crumbles
Global Economic Analysis
16th August, 2014
Contrary to the unsubstantiated rumor (most likely a complete fabrication) that Ukraine Destroyed a Russian Convoy, the rebels have inflicted serious damage on the Ukrainian military machine. And unlike the zero-proof offered by Ukraine, I have a few videos to show.
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Posted by seumasach on August 17, 2014
Germany, Slovakia, Greece, Czech Republic Urge End To Russian Sanctions
Zero Hedge
16th August, 2014
Last week Germany reported that in the second quarter, its GDP declined by 0.2%, worse than Wall Street consensus. This happened a few shorts days after Italy reported a second consecutive decline in its own GDP, becoming the first Europen country to enter a triple-dip recession. What’s worse, Europe’s slowdown took place before the brunt of Russian sanctions hit. Surely in the third quarter the GDP of Germany, a nation whose exports accounts for 41% of GDP, will be even worse, with whisper numbers of -1% being thrown casually around, but one thing is certain: Europe is about to enter its third recession since the Lehman collapse just as we forecast at the end of 2013, a “triple-dip” which may become an outright depression unless Draghi injects a few trillion in credit money (which will do nothing but delay the inevitable and make it that much worse once the can can no longer be kicked), and unless normal trade ties with Russia are restored.
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Posted by seumasach on August 16, 2014
Cailean Bochanan
16th August, 2014
Finally, the smoking gun: journalists from the Guardian and Telegraph newspapers, two western news sources of unimpeachable integrity, have spotted a Russian military column inside Ukraine. According to an update in today’s Guardian:
“It was impossible to verify the destination or ultimate fate of the convoy, or monitor how long it stayed on the other side of the border.”
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Posted by seumasach on August 14, 2014
M.K.Bhadrakumar
Indian Punchline
14th August, 2014
The statement by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday endorsing the nomination of Haider al-Abadi as Iraq’s next prime minister puts the seal on Tehran’s backing for the political transition in Baghdad. It virtually seals the fate of incumbent PM Nouri al-Maliki, whose ship has run aground after a decade-long voyage.
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