shoebat--2020-11-17--Kissinger Declares Unless Changes Happen “…The World Will Slide Into A Catastrophe Comparable To Wor

Kissinger Declares Unless Changes Happen “…The World Will Slide Into A Catastrophe Comparable To World War I”

The famed US diplomat and geopolitical strategist Henry Kissinger , love him or hate him , is a man who throughout his career has had a very good ‘ feel ’ for American politics and the state of global affairs .
He understands conflict , the nature of countries , and while no man is absolutely perfect , is a respected voice that should be taken seriously when he speaks on important matters .
In light of the trends that show conflict growing between the US and China , and how nationalism , militarism , and tribalism in general is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stated to Bloomberg that unless the Biden administration restores some degree of amicability with the Chinese , given the increased presence of Russia attempting to assert herself under a “ Eurasian ” model , the US will find herself locked in a struggle between “ Eurasia ” over influence in Europe that could bring about another World War I type scenario .
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said the incoming Biden administration should move quickly to restore lines of communication with China that frayed during the Trump years or risk a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Unless there is some basis for some cooperative action , the world will slide into a catastrophe comparable to World War I , ” Kissinger said during the opening session of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum .
He said military technologies available today would make such a crisis “ even more difficult to control ” than those of earlier eras .
“ America and China are now drifting increasingly toward confrontation , and they ’ re conducting their diplomacy in a confrontational way , ” the 97-year-old Kissinger said in an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ The danger is that some crisis will occur that will go beyond rhetoric into actual military conflict.
” “ Americans have had a history of relatively uninterrupted success , ” he said .
“ The Chinese have had a very long history of repeated crises .
America has had the good fortune of being free of immediate dangers .
Chinese have usually been surrounded by countries that have had designs on their unity.
” Europe will increasingly find itself caught in a tug-of-war between the U.S. and Eurasia , Kissinger added @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of American foreign policy in the entire post-World War II period , ” he said .
“ The question for them now is whether , in the evolution of relations with other parts of the world , they will attempt to play a totally autonomous role.
” ( source ) Now China has a long history of being invaded and destroyed by foreigners , especially Japan , and Russia is an ally of China , but in name only , since Russia does not trust China to stay out of Siberia , especially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Siberia against China and prevent a serious occupation that would strip her of her power ( since per Mackinder ’ s theory , Russia ’ s power derives from control over Siberia ) .
What will happen with China and the US is to be seen , considering that the US is helping with the remilitarization of Japan , as well as seems to be promoting Turkic nationalism in the northern and western regions of China .
This is not to only mention that the US has moved very close to India , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most powerful military in the world and is hotly at odds against China , it is nearly inevitable that in the event of conflict , China would also find herself in conflict with the subcontinent .
None of this is said to disregard Kissinger ’ s words .
Rather , Kissinger knows that is likely there will be a conflict between the US and China , and that given the existing tensions with Russia and the fact that Germany is attempting to rise again means big problems .
It doesn ’ t help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Asian states , the RCEP was signed , and in spite of only a few western media outlets reporting on it , it could be seen as a milestone in global economic history due to the huge consequences the new agreement will have and since the economies of the RCEP members are growing faster than the rest of the world , with China being the largest but including Japan , Korea , and all of Southeast Asia as well as Australia .
Economic competition precedes political competition , and while the US is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is , will she be relegated , power-wise , to the Western Hemisphere , or will she be able to continue to , in some way , maintain her influence in faraway lands overseas ?
Such questions can not yet be answered , but that is why they must be asked , because if Kissinger is right , then the world may be walking right down the same path it did hardly more than a century ago .
Donate now to help support the work of this site .
When you donate , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ commentary group , but one that is endlessly observing the news , reading between the lines and separating hysteria and perception from reality .
In shoebat.com , we are working every day , tirelessly investigating global trends and providing data and analysis to tell you what lies for the future .
CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW OUR NEW SHOEBAT FACEBOOK PAGE

The famed US diplomat and geopolitical strategist Henry Kissinger, love him or hate him, is a man who throughout his career has had a very good ‘feel’ for American politics and the state of global affairs. He understands conflict, the nature of countries, and while no man is absolutely perfect, is a respected voice that should be taken seriously when he speaks on important matters.
In light of the trends that show conflict growing between the US and China, and how nationalism, militarism, and tribalism in general is increasing around the world, Kissinger recently stated to Bloomberg that unless the Biden administration restores some degree of amicability with the Chinese, given the increased presence of Russia attempting to assert herself under a “Eurasian” model, the US will find herself locked in a struggle between “Eurasia” over influence in Europe that could bring about another World War I type scenario.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said the incoming Biden administration should move quickly to restore lines of communication with China that frayed during the Trump years or risk a crisis that could escalate into military conflict. “Unless there is some basis for some cooperative action, the world will slide into a catastrophe comparable to World War I,” Kissinger said during the opening session of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum. He said military technologies available today would make such a crisis “even more difficult to control” than those of earlier eras. “America and China are now drifting increasingly toward confrontation, and they’re conducting their diplomacy in a confrontational way,” the 97-year-old Kissinger said in an interview with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait. “The danger is that some crisis will occur that will go beyond rhetoric into actual military conflict.” … “Americans have had a history of relatively uninterrupted success,” he said. “The Chinese have had a very long history of repeated crises. America has had the good fortune of being free of immediate dangers. Chinese have usually been surrounded by countries that have had designs on their unity.” Europe will increasingly find itself caught in a tug-of-war between the U.S. and Eurasia, Kissinger added. “Europe has been an anchor of American foreign policy in the entire post-World War II period,” he said. “The question for them now is whether, in the evolution of relations with other parts of the world, they will attempt to play a totally autonomous role.” (source)
Now China has a long history of being invaded and destroyed by foreigners, especially Japan, and Russia is an ally of China, but in name only, since Russia does not trust China to stay out of Siberia, especially since Russia lacks the power to defend Siberia against China and prevent a serious occupation that would strip her of her power (since per Mackinder’s theory, Russia’s power derives from control over Siberia).
What will happen with China and the US is to be seen, considering that the US is helping with the remilitarization of Japan, as well as seems to be promoting Turkic nationalism in the northern and western regions of China. This is not to only mention that the US has moved very close to India, and considering how India is the fourth most powerful military in the world and is hotly at odds against China, it is nearly inevitable that in the event of conflict, China would also find herself in conflict with the subcontinent.
None of this is said to disregard Kissinger’s words. Rather, Kissinger knows that is likely there will be a conflict between the US and China, and that given the existing tensions with Russia and the fact that Germany is attempting to rise again means big problems. It doesn’t help that a new trade agreement between 15 Asian states, the RCEP was signed, and in spite of only a few western media outlets reporting on it, it could be seen as a milestone in global economic history due to the huge consequences the new agreement will have and since the economies of the RCEP members are growing faster than the rest of the world, with China being the largest but including Japan, Korea, and all of Southeast Asia as well as Australia.
Economic competition precedes political competition, and while the US is powerful, the question for the future is, will she be relegated, power-wise, to the Western Hemisphere, or will she be able to continue to, in some way, maintain her influence in faraway lands overseas? Such questions cannot yet be answered, but that is why they must be asked, because if Kissinger is right, then the world may be walking right down the same path it did hardly more than a century ago.
print


shoebat--2020-11-19--Turkey Moves To Deploy Her Own “Peacekeeping Force” In Azerbaijan

Russia recently took the bold step of sending in her own ‘ peacekeepers ’ to both Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh , in what is overall two major moves .
Now in response to this , Turkey has now moved to deploy her own ‘ peacekeeping force ’ to Azerbaijan and the newly acquired Azeri territories in Nagorno-Karabakh .
Turkey ’ s government has submitted a motion to parliament , seeking its approval to deploy peacekeepers to monitor a ceasefire agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia , the state-run news agency reported .
Turkey , which threw its weight behind its ally Azerbaijan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in talks with Russia for a role in monitoring the ceasefire that ended six weeks of intense fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region .
Russian and Turkish defence ministers signed a memorandum last week to create a joint monitoring centre in Azerbaijan .
The bill submitted to the parliament on Monday requests a one-year mandate to send Turkish peacekeepers , adding that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would determine the number of troops to be sent .
The motion is expected to be debated in the coming days .
It states @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as part of the peacekeeping mission .
“ It has been assessed that for the Turkish Armed Forces personnel … to take part in the Joint Center which Turkey and Russia will form together , will be beneficial for the peace and welfare of the region ’ s people and is necessary from the point of our national interests , ” state-run Anadolu Agency wrote , quoting the motion .
( source ) Right now I am just going to leave this for what it is , which is another footnote in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ottoman Empire .
However , the fact that Turkey is going in as a “ peacekeeping force ” is a broadly new development in that she is making more use of this- as the US , Russians , French , and other armies have done for a long time -and it is going to become a more common occurrence in the future as the trend of Ottoman domination rears its head once again and Turkey wants to do all that she can to “ assert ” herself in the region .
But there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this , and this is because of Russia , who she is in competition with and may be drawn into another war with in the , as far as historical trends are concerned , not distant future .
Donate now to help support the work of this site .
When you donate , you are not donating to just any commentary group , but one that is endlessly observing the news , reading between the lines and separating hysteria and perception from reality .
In shoebat.com , we are working every day , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and analysis to tell you what lies for the future .
CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW OUR NEW SHOEBAT FACEBOOK PAGE

Russia recently took the bold step of sending in her own ‘peacekeepers’ to both Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, in what is overall two major moves. Now in response to this, Turkey has now moved to deploy her own ‘peacekeeping force’ to Azerbaijan and the newly acquired Azeri territories in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Turkey’s government has submitted a motion to parliament, seeking its approval to deploy peacekeepers to monitor a ceasefire agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the state-run news agency reported. Turkey, which threw its weight behind its ally Azerbaijan in the conflict, has been engaged in talks with Russia for a role in monitoring the ceasefire that ended six weeks of intense fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Russian and Turkish defence ministers signed a memorandum last week to create a joint monitoring centre in Azerbaijan. The bill submitted to the parliament on Monday requests a one-year mandate to send Turkish peacekeepers, adding that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would determine the number of troops to be sent. The motion is expected to be debated in the coming days. It states that civilian personnel could also be deployed as part of the peacekeeping mission. “It has been assessed that for the Turkish Armed Forces personnel … to take part in the Joint Center which Turkey and Russia will form together, will be beneficial for the peace and welfare of the region’s people and is necessary from the point of our national interests,” state-run Anadolu Agency wrote, quoting the motion. (source)
Right now I am just going to leave this for what it is, which is another footnote in the trend of an attempt at reviving the Ottoman Empire. However, the fact that Turkey is going in as a “peacekeeping force” is a broadly new development in that she is making more use of this- as the US, Russians, French, and other armies have done for a long time -and it is going to become a more common occurrence in the future as the trend of Ottoman domination rears its head once again and Turkey wants to do all that she can to “assert” herself in the region.
But there is another reason why Turkey is doing this, and this is because of Russia, who she is in competition with and may be drawn into another war with in the, as far as historical trends are concerned, not distant future.
print


shoebat--2020-11-18--Make No Mistake About It, Azerbaijan’s Victory Over Armenia Is a Victory For Turkey, And Now Tens Of

Make No Mistake About It, Azerbaijan’s Victory Over Armenia Is a Victory For Turkey, And Now Tens Of Thousands Of Christian Have Been Forced Out Of Their Homes To Make Way For Islamic Turkey

The war between Armenian and Azerbaijani has been stopped , not with peace but through a ceasefire brokered by Russia .
Armenians have been being forced to leave their homes in the much fought over territory of Nagorno-Karabakh .
In the 1990s , when the Azerbaijanis were defeated by the Armenians in the first conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh , it was the Azerbaijani who had to leave their homes .
Now , today we are seeing the opposite take place ; now it is Armenians who are leaving their homes .
The rage between Armenian and Azeri is thick in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ religious tensions that go beyond mere materialism .
“ Whatever starts wars , the thing that sustains war is something in the soul ; that is something akin to religion.
” ( Chesterton , The Everlasting Man , ch .
7 , p. 140 ) Even with a brokered ceasefire , what can not be truly brokered is peace , that is something that goes beyond government measure .
For enmity still lingers in the air , and if people are forced to leave their homes , we can not expect the rage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thousands of Armenians have already left their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh and did a mass exodus into Armenia .
According to the Guardian : One Armenian local told me that around 150,000 Armenians have left Nagorno-Karabkh .
What we are seeing is the revival of the Ottoman Empire .
They say that it is Azerbaijan who is the victor , but how sure of this can we be , when the relationship between Turkey and Azerbaijan is commonly described by Azeris themselves as “ one nation with two states ” , and the Azeri @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its uniforms ?
It is quite conspicuous that a victory for Azerbaijan is a victory for Turkey , for the two see each other as one nation .
This is Turkey invading territory that was held and inhabited by Christian Armenians .
When we see Christians leaving by the tens of thousands from Nagorno-Karabakh , they are being driven out by Turkey which is fulfilling its dream of a revived Ottoman Empire .
It was the Turks and their Islamic auxiliaries who butchered over a million Armenians during the First World War , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — through their Azeri proxy — are driving Armenians out of their homes .
What we are currently witnessing is the return to pre-World War conditions , with the will to empire being pursued with full enthusiasm .
Turkey is spreading her tentacles in Syria , in Iraq , in Libya , in the Eastern Mediterranean , and now in the Caucasus .
Russia made satellite states out of two regions in Georgia — South Ossetia and Abkhazia , which are in the South Caucasus — in its war in 2008 , annexed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sea looking towards Turkey , and has deployed nearly 2,000 troops in Nagorno-Karabakh where Turkey has been heavily present and they are Turkish troops concentrated in the Nakhichevan autonomous republic , an Azerbaijani exclave bordering Turkey and Armenia , which is to the fear of the Armenians ( understandably so ) .
We are witnessing the gradual revival of both Turkish and Russian power .
Armenia is now being forced to withdraw from Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a Russian brokered peace deal , allowing Azerbaijan ( and thus Turkey ) to reassert itself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be the first time that the Russians have satisfied Turkish demands for the Caucasus .
We must remember that it was Stalin who , in order to please the Turks , declared that Nagorno-Karabakh would be given to Azeri control .
It was also the Bolsheviks who gave over a huge swath of Armenian territory that was once under Russian control to the Ottomans .
In 1917 , the Bolsheviks , the Germans , the Austrians , Hungarians , Bulgarians , and the Ottomans , had a meeting in Brest , in which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ modern history would be made : The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk .
In this meeting , the Germans demanded for a huge chunk of the former Russian empire of the now murdered Czar , a demand that the Bolsheviks would acquiesce to without any serious resistance .
In the same meeting , Turkey demanded large parts of Armenia , which had been under Russian rule , such as Van Vilayet alongside the Kars Vilayet , Ardahan , and Batum regions , which were all given to the Ottomans in March of 1918 when the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Russia enabling the Azeris ( proxies of Turkey ) to retake control over Nagorno-Karabakh is not surprising nor an anomaly .
Yet it is a pattern of history in which we also see the Russians and Turks having numerous wars for centuries .
While the Armenians were forced out of several districts in Nagorno-Karabakh due to a Russian brokered deal , it is also true that nearly 2,000 Russian troops are being deployed into those areas .
The soldiers are being set there to keep the Azeris — and thus the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violence .
Battle positions are being set , the conditions for a major war are being made .
As we read in the the New York Times , Russia will be stationing close to two thousand troops “ in the line between Azerbaijani- and Armenian-controlled regions for at least five years , under the deal brokered by President Vladimir V. Putin last week.
” Through the deal the Russians were able to reassert their influence over the south Caucasus that Russians once had during the reigns of Czardom and the Soviet Union .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ welcoming the Russians with open arms , for the simple reason that they want a defense against both Azerbaijani attacks and Turkish advancement .
The Armenians , before leaving the land that they so love , wanted to bid farewell to their most cherished Dadivank monastery , which lies in the Kalbajar District and was built in between the 9th and 13th centuries .
Christianity in this area can be traced back to St. Dadi , who was a disciple of St. Jude the Apostle , one of the Disciples of Christ Himself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of ancient princes who once ruled this land , but in the midst of royalty lies the tomb of St. Dadi himself , and it was discovered in the year 2007 under the main altar of the monastery .
In the midst of green and luscious hills does this sacred place stand , but now it remains amongst a place of bloodshed , of moribund abandonment and of an emptiness by the people ’ s leaving of this land .
Igor Badalyan , a 53 year old Armenian man who fled his hometown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ farewell to the ancient monastery .
“ The people fight each other like dogs baited against each other , ” he said .
“ It is sad that it happened this way .
We didn ’ t want it to be this way.
” Anger runs through the blood of the people ; forced to leave their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh , they burn down their homes , never wanting to even entertain the thought of Azeris residing in their abodes .
One Armenian man , Ashot Khanesyan , was urged by his neighbors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he refused .
He said : “ How can I burn this ?
… My conscience won ’ t let me.
” He took his chickens , left his potatoes , and began to depart the home which he had built from the ground up .
You can see one home set ablaze in the Kelbajar District here : The Russians have entered the Kelbajar District as peacekeepers , with their armored vehicles and tanks .
They have stationed observation posts around the Dadivank Monastery ; for the Armenians rightly fear that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Armenians vanquished the Azeris in their last conflict in the 1990s , they returned to Kelbajar ; a priest named Hovhannes Hovhannisyan , discovered the monastery in 1993 after Armenian soldiers took control of the district .
But the Dadivank was not being used as a monastery when the Azeris controlled the region , but as a cattle yard .
The disregard for the sacred is not surprising , and thus it is not a shock that the Armenians fear that the Azeris could defile the monastery again .
The very priest who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not leaving his post , but has decided to remain in the monastery , under the protection of Russian troops .
The Azeris — being Muslims — have hatred for the sign of the Cross , and there are already arrangements to have the Khachkars ( Armenian stone crosses ) removed by the Armenians and brought to a safe place .
Fr .
Hovhannes , in an interview with Russian media , expressed his heartache and his determination to remain in the church : When asked about reports on Armenians removing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Fr .
Hovhannes said : Here the priest is referring to the destruction of these ancient crosses in the Nakhichevan region of Azerbaijan .
In December of 2005 , Bishop Nshan Topuzian , the prelate of northern Iran ’ s Armenian church , filmed from across the river in Iran Azerbaijani soldiers crushing these ancient stone crosses in Djulfa .
The soldiers then loaded the crushed debris of what was once crosses and it into the Araxes river .
In the same interview , Fr .
Hovhannes lamented : As the Armenians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shed as they said goodbye to the ancient church .
One woman , weeping , lamented : By the “ migration of 1915 ” she is referring to the death march that the Ottomans forced the Armenians to endure through the Syrian desert ( the Deir al-Zor ) where they were starved to death , thirsted to death , and butchered .
Over a million Armenians were slaughtered in the Syrian desert , and today the Turks have helped the Azeris vanquish the Armenians , and now they are being forced out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is one of elation and ecstasy , as the Azeris celebrate their victory over the Armenians .
They also see this as retribution for when the Armenians drove them out after the last war in the 1990s .
Around 700,000 Azeris were forced out of Nagorno-Karabakh by the Armenians in that conflict , and so the blood feud still roars with the cries of the angered and embittered .
The Armenians are now being forced out of their homes , and so the legacy of rage is being passed down in the river @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kelbajar did not want to depart without making the conditions of living as difficult as possible for the Azeris .
They knocked down power lines and tore down restaurants and gas stations .
Some armed themselves with chainsaws , cut down trees and stuffed the logs into vans and onto truck beds so that they could not be used by Azeris .
One man came from Armenia and began collecting the logs .
“ Let them die from the cold , ” he said .
“ These were always Armenian lands !
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who was living in Kelbajar before .
“ Let them die from the cold , ” said one man , who had arrived from Armenia , collecting the logs .
One Armenian soldier did a cell phone video threatening the Azeris with vengeance : “ For every broken window , for every broken house , we will enter your homes , ” the soldier said .
“ You won ’ t be able to sleep calmly.
” Kelbajar district is just one example of whats going to happen to the rest of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Azerbaijan .
Armenians must withdraw from the Aghdam district and the Lachin district by December 1st .
The question is , will peace be maintained with such anger in the air ?
Is this truly an effort to peace , or an opportunity for former empires — Turkey and Russia — to regain territory that they ones controlled in the South Caucasus ?
Both Russia and Turkey at one point in time controlled territory in the Caucasus , and they want to regain their control .
Russia had a war with Georgia — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under the Russian empire — and backed two regions of that country — South Ossetia and Abkhazia — as independent republics ( although this is internationally rejected ) , making them really into Russian satellites .
Turkey has now invaded Nagorno-Karabakh through its proxy , Azerbaijan .
Make no mistake , when they say that Azerbaijan has retaken territory in Nagorno-Karabakh , truly it is Turkey that has taken this territory .
Why do you think the Azeris describe their relationship with Turkey as “ one nation with two states ” ?
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one with Turkey .
It is not hyperbole to say it is truly Turkey that is conquering Armenian controlled territory .
Turkey is advancing through lands that have been inhabited by Christian Armenians .
Now Russia has made its military presence within Nagorno-Karabakh .
Diplomacy between Russia and Turkey will continue , but for how long ?
Given the fact that the two former empires have had numerous wars against each other ( and lets not forget that the Ottomans and Russians fought over Armenian territory during World War One , especially with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they also fought over the Azerbaijani city of Baku , with the Russians — at that point under Bolshevik power — losing the city ) , it would not be surprising that the former empires will clash over the Caucasus .
The two powers are not in the Caucasus to help each other out ; it is obvious that what we are witnessing are two powerful countries consolidating their strength and positioning themselves for control in the Caucasus .
Both Russia and Turkey were rivals for centuries , and they are rivaling right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a clash between the two .

By Theodore Shoebat
The war between Armenian and Azerbaijani has been stopped, not with peace but through a ceasefire brokered by Russia. Armenians have been being forced to leave their homes in the much fought over territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. In the 1990s, when the Azerbaijanis were defeated by the Armenians in the first conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, it was the Azerbaijani who had to leave their homes. Now, today we are seeing the opposite take place; now it is Armenians who are leaving their homes. The rage between Armenian and Azeri is thick in the political and metaphysical atmosphere, emanating from religious tensions that go beyond mere materialism. “Whatever starts wars, the thing that sustains war is something in the soul; that is something akin to religion.” (Chesterton, The Everlasting Man, ch. 7, p. 140) Even with a brokered ceasefire, what cannot be truly brokered is peace, that is something that goes beyond government measure. For enmity still lingers in the air, and if people are forced to leave their homes, we cannot expect the rage to dissipate, but to perpetuate. Thousands of Armenians have already left their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh and did a mass exodus into Armenia. According to the Guardian:
“Tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians have left Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions as they prepare for territories to change hands. Many families have loaded lorries with their possessions and some have set their houses on fire upon leaving.”
One Armenian local told me that around 150,000 Armenians have left Nagorno-Karabkh.
What we are seeing is the revival of the Ottoman Empire. They say that it is Azerbaijan who is the victor, but how sure of this can we be, when the relationship between Turkey and Azerbaijan is commonly described by Azeris themselves as “one nation with two states”, and the Azeri military proudly wears the Turkish flag on its uniforms? It is quite conspicuous that a victory for Azerbaijan is a victory for Turkey, for the two see each other as one nation. This is Turkey invading territory that was held and inhabited by Christian Armenians. When we see Christians leaving by the tens of thousands from Nagorno-Karabakh, they are being driven out by Turkey which is fulfilling its dream of a revived Ottoman Empire.
It was the Turks and their Islamic auxiliaries who butchered over a million Armenians during the First World War, and it is the Turks today who — through their Azeri proxy — are driving Armenians out of their homes. What we are currently witnessing is the return to pre-World War conditions, with the will to empire being pursued with full enthusiasm. Turkey is spreading her tentacles in Syria, in Iraq, in Libya, in the Eastern Mediterranean, and now in the Caucasus. Russia made satellite states out of two regions in Georgia — South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which are in the South Caucasus — in its war in 2008, annexed Crimea which lies right across the Black Sea looking towards Turkey, and has deployed nearly 2,000 troops in Nagorno-Karabakh where Turkey has been heavily present and they are Turkish troops concentrated in the Nakhichevan autonomous republic, an Azerbaijani exclave bordering Turkey and Armenia, which is to the fear of the Armenians (understandably so).
We are witnessing the gradual revival of both Turkish and Russian power. Armenia is now being forced to withdraw from Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a Russian brokered peace deal, allowing Azerbaijan (and thus Turkey) to reassert itself in that region. This would not be the first time that the Russians have satisfied Turkish demands for the Caucasus. We must remember that it was Stalin who, in order to please the Turks, declared that Nagorno-Karabakh would be given to Azeri control. It was also the Bolsheviks who gave over a huge swath of Armenian territory that was once under Russian control to the Ottomans.
In 1917, the Bolsheviks, the Germans, the Austrians, Hungarians, Bulgarians, and the Ottomans, had a meeting in Brest, in which one of the most significant agreements in modern history would be made: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. In this meeting, the Germans demanded for a huge chunk of the former Russian empire of the now murdered Czar, a demand that the Bolsheviks would acquiesce to without any serious resistance. In the same meeting, Turkey demanded large parts of Armenia, which had been under Russian rule, such as Van Vilayet alongside the Kars Vilayet, Ardahan, and Batum regions, which were all given to the Ottomans in March of 1918 when the treaty was officiated. So, Putin’s Russia enabling the Azeris (proxies of Turkey) to retake control over Nagorno-Karabakh is not surprising nor an anomaly. Yet it is a pattern of history in which we also see the Russians and Turks having numerous wars for centuries. While the Armenians were forced out of several districts in Nagorno-Karabakh due to a Russian brokered deal, it is also true that nearly 2,000 Russian troops are being deployed into those areas. The soldiers are being set there to keep the Azeris — and thus the Turks — from further advancing or causing violence. Battle positions are being set, the conditions for a major war are being made.
As we read in the the New York Times, Russia will be stationing close to two thousand troops “in the line between Azerbaijani- and Armenian-controlled regions for at least five years, under the deal brokered by President Vladimir V. Putin last week.” Through the deal the Russians were able to reassert their influence over the south Caucasus that Russians once had during the reigns of Czardom and the Soviet Union. The Armenians, understandably so, are welcoming the Russians with open arms, for the simple reason that they want a defense against both Azerbaijani attacks and Turkish advancement.
The Armenians, before leaving the land that they so love, wanted to bid farewell to their most cherished Dadivank monastery, which lies in the Kalbajar District and was built in between the 9th and 13th centuries. Christianity in this area can be traced back to St. Dadi, who was a disciple of St. Jude the Apostle, one of the Disciples of Christ Himself. Underneath the monastery are the graves of ancient princes who once ruled this land, but in the midst of royalty lies the tomb of St. Dadi himself, and it was discovered in the year 2007 under the main altar of the monastery. In the midst of green and luscious hills does this sacred place stand, but now it remains amongst a place of bloodshed, of moribund abandonment and of an emptiness by the people’s leaving of this land.
Igor Badalyan, a 53 year old Armenian man who fled his hometown of Baku decades ago, gave a farewell to the ancient monastery. “The people fight each other like dogs baited against each other,” he said. “It is sad that it happened this way. We didn’t want it to be this way.” Anger runs through the blood of the people; forced to leave their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh, they burn down their homes, never wanting to even entertain the thought of Azeris residing in their abodes. One Armenian man, Ashot Khanesyan, was urged by his neighbors to burn down his home, but he refused. He said: “How can I burn this?… My conscience won’t let me.” He took his chickens, left his potatoes, and began to depart the home which he had built from the ground up.
You can see one home set ablaze in the Kelbajar District here:
The Russians have entered the Kelbajar District as peacekeepers, with their armored vehicles and tanks. They have stationed observation posts around the Dadivank Monastery; for the Armenians rightly fear that the Azeris could desecrate it. When the Armenians vanquished the Azeris in their last conflict in the 1990s, they returned to Kelbajar; a priest named Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, discovered the monastery in 1993 after Armenian soldiers took control of the district. But the Dadivank was not being used as a monastery when the Azeris controlled the region, but as a cattle yard. The disregard for the sacred is not surprising, and thus it is not a shock that the Armenians fear that the Azeris could defile the monastery again. The very priest who found the monastery in a degraded condition is not leaving his post, but has decided to remain in the monastery, under the protection of Russian troops. The Azeris — being Muslims — have hatred for the sign of the Cross, and there are already arrangements to have the Khachkars (Armenian stone crosses) removed by the Armenians and brought to a safe place. Fr. Hovhannes, in an interview with Russian media, expressed his heartache and his determination to remain in the church:
“I am waiting for God’s miracle. Only God can solve this problem. We, the humans can’t make right decisions. This historical Church has served and blessed our nation for centuries, today we want to give it away on a tray to the countries, nations who doesn’t understand the value of it. Why should we give it to them? I will stay here. I will stay in my Church.”
When asked about reports on Armenians removing the Khachkars (crosses) to protect them, Fr. Hovhannes said:
“It is temporary. The embroidered Khachkars may be dislocated because we don’t know what will happen tomorrow. We always hope for good but our neighbors hate Armenian handwriting. They have dark handwriting and if, God forbid, you remember what they did with the Khachkars in Nakhichevan, the same destiny or even worse awaits these Khachkars. I can dislocate the Khachkars but not the spirit of Dadivank.”
Here the priest is referring to the destruction of these ancient crosses in the Nakhichevan region of Azerbaijan. In December of 2005, Bishop Nshan Topuzian, the prelate of northern Iran’s Armenian church, filmed from across the river in Iran Azerbaijani soldiers crushing these ancient stone crosses in Djulfa. The soldiers then loaded the crushed debris of what was once crosses and it into the Araxes river.
In the same interview, Fr. Hovhannes lamented:
“This was built by Armenian Christians. Those religious artifacts have been there for 800 years. Tomorrow I will take them away from me.”
As the Armenians left the Kelbajar District, tears were shed as they said goodbye to the ancient church. One woman, weeping, lamented:
“We have come to say goodbye to our Church. On the road to Dadivank I remembered migration of 1915. I can’t find any words, it is extremely difficult for us. God is good, we have hope for good.”
By the “migration of 1915” she is referring to the death march that the Ottomans forced the Armenians to endure through the Syrian desert (the Deir al-Zor) where they were starved to death, thirsted to death, and butchered. Over a million Armenians were slaughtered in the Syrian desert, and today the Turks have helped the Azeris vanquish the Armenians, and now they are being forced out of their homes.
The feeling in Baku is one of elation and ecstasy, as the Azeris celebrate their victory over the Armenians. They also see this as retribution for when the Armenians drove them out after the last war in the 1990s. Around 700,000 Azeris were forced out of Nagorno-Karabakh by the Armenians in that conflict, and so the blood feud still roars with the cries of the angered and embittered. The Armenians are now being forced out of their homes, and so the legacy of rage is being passed down in the river of perpetual ferocity. The Armenians of Kelbajar did not want to depart without making the conditions of living as difficult as possible for the Azeris. They knocked down power lines and tore down restaurants and gas stations. Some armed themselves with chainsaws, cut down trees and stuffed the logs into vans and onto truck beds so that they could not be used by Azeris. One man came from Armenia and began collecting the logs. “Let them die from the cold,” he said. “These were always Armenian lands!” one police officer yelled, when asked who was living in Kelbajar before.
“Let them die from the cold,” said one man, who had arrived from Armenia, collecting the logs. One Armenian soldier did a cell phone video threatening the Azeris with vengeance: “For every broken window, for every broken house, we will enter your homes,” the soldier said. “You won’t be able to sleep calmly.” Kelbajar district is just one example of whats going to happen to the rest of the districts that Armenia now must return to Azerbaijan. Armenians must withdraw from the Aghdam district and the Lachin district by December 1st.
The question is, will peace be maintained with such anger in the air? Is this truly an effort to peace, or an opportunity for former empires — Turkey and Russia — to regain territory that they ones controlled in the South Caucasus? Both Russia and Turkey at one point in time controlled territory in the Caucasus, and they want to regain their control. Russia had a war with Georgia — another South Caucasus nation that was once under the Russian empire — and backed two regions of that country — South Ossetia and Abkhazia — as independent republics (although this is internationally rejected), making them really into Russian satellites.
Turkey has now invaded Nagorno-Karabakh through its proxy, Azerbaijan. Make no mistake, when they say that Azerbaijan has retaken territory in Nagorno-Karabakh, truly it is Turkey that has taken this territory. Why do you think the Azeris describe their relationship with Turkey as “one nation with two states”? It is because they see themselves as being one with Turkey. It is not hyperbole to say it is truly Turkey that is conquering Armenian controlled territory. Turkey is advancing through lands that have been inhabited by Christian Armenians. Now Russia has made its military presence within Nagorno-Karabakh. Diplomacy between Russia and Turkey will continue, but for how long? Given the fact that the two former empires have had numerous wars against each other (and lets not forget that the Ottomans and Russians fought over Armenian territory during World War One, especially with the vicious battle over Van; and they also fought over the Azerbaijani city of Baku, with the Russians — at that point under Bolshevik power — losing the city), it would not be surprising that the former empires will clash over the Caucasus. The two powers are not in the Caucasus to help each other out; it is obvious that what we are witnessing are two powerful countries consolidating their strength and positioning themselves for control in the Caucasus. Both Russia and Turkey were rivals for centuries, and they are rivaling right now. The inevitable result will be a clash between the two.
print


shoebat--2020-11-18--Geopolitics — Simplified And Explained

Geopolitics — Simplified And Explained

Over the years I have noticed that the subject of geopolitics has been overly complicated , so I decided to @ @ @ @ @ subject :

Pakistani Government Signs Law That Would Put People In Prison For Life For "Blaspheming" Muhammad The government of Pakistan just signed a law that could...


The Power Of Soy

When the word “ soy ” is used today , it often indicates a negative connotation .
For example , “ soy boy ” means a weak or effeminate male .
“ Soy face ” describes a man who makes facial expressions of an effeminate nature .
“ Drinking soy ” can mean a modern variation of “ drinking the Kool-Aid ” .
However , there is a certain “ power ” that soy has , and it is that soy is one of the world ’ s most traded commodities .
Laugh at the small beans that grow in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across the midwest and south , but the US is the second-largest producer of soy in the world at 37 % and nit is soy that is a critical component of US foreign policy relations with China , because if there are any real “ soy boys ” in the sense of consuming soy , it is the Chinese , who is arguably the largest commodity for survival reasons .
For a while , I have written about the trend of “ soy wars ” between the US and China , where China @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and buy only from other countries .
I have noted this is an absolute joke because China needs all the soy she can get , and as such she will be forced to buy from the US and in that sense remain dependent on her in this regard ( the same is as it concerns pork , since pork also functions as a policy tool with China ) .
Farms.com recently gave a commodity analysis of soy , which found- as I have predicted -that with the incoming crop futures , Chinais not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but that it is so much that soy prices per bushel are reaching record highs .
Not only that , but given a series of bad weather turns in South America , the soy crops are doing so bad there that Brazil , the world ’ s largest supplier of soy at 43 % , suspended her tariffs to help make up for the loss in supply .
Soybean prices are the highest they ’ ve ever been this year .
As of 11:00 a.m .
ET on Tuesday , soybeans are selling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chicago Board of Trade .
By comparison , on Jan. 1 , 2020 , farmers could market soybeans for about $ 9.56/bu .
“ No one in the U.S. thought we could even get to $ 10/bu , and now here we are ( almost at $ 12/bu ) , said Moe Agostino , chief commodity strategist with Farms.com Risk Management .
So , how did prices get to where they are ?
A series of trade and weather events , Agostino said .
“ It started with better-than-expected demand , particularly from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needed them as part of the Phase 1 trade deal , ” he said .
The U.S. and China signed the agreement in January with the Asian country agreeing to ramp up its ag purchases .
As of Oct. 23 , China has purchased $ 23.6 billion in U.S. farm products , or about 71 percent of its intended ag commitments .
Weather in South America is also contributing to better prices for U.S. farmers .
Brazil and Argentina , the two largest exporters of soybeans in the continent , “ will need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crop , and the next five or six weeks will either make or break the crop ” , Agostino said .
Earlier in the month , Brazil suspended tariffs on soybean imports from outside a continental trading bloc to help make up domestic supplies in the country .
The U.S. has been able to help fill that gap with about 42,000 short tons of soybeans .
Are these Tuesday morning prices the peak for 2020 ?
If South America doesn ’ t get the weather it needs , prices could go even higher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the trade see $ 12 , but I think we are going to see $ 13 futures , ” he said .
“ It could happen by the end of the year .
If South America gets less-than-ideal moisture in the next month or so , it could happen very quickly.
” ( source ) The trends to watch for from this obviously with China , and not necessarily with just soy .
China may want to rise , but she needs food because if she can ’ t feed her people , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A military is as only good as it can be fed .
She may expect a war with the US , but what can she do without food , especially from her enemy that she must buy from ?
The trends in the soy market must be watched in accordance with China ’ s attempts at geopoltical rise , as well as with her other farming ventures in southeast Asia , for China has been working towards but is unable to feed her people from her own efforts ( this compares with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Donate now to help support the work of this site .
When you donate , you are not donating to just any commentary group , but one that is endlessly observing the news , reading between the lines and separating hysteria and perception from reality .
In shoebat.com , we are working every day , tirelessly investigating global trends and providing data and analysis to tell you what lies for the future .
CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW OUR NEW SHOEBAT FACEBOOK PAGE

When the word “soy” is used today, it often indicates a negative connotation. For example, “soy boy” means a weak or effeminate male. “Soy face” describes a man who makes facial expressions of an effeminate nature. “Drinking soy” can mean a modern variation of “drinking the Kool-Aid”.
However, there is a certain “power” that soy has, and it is that soy is one of the world’s most traded commodities. Laugh at the small beans that grow in pods on about eighteen-inch-tall plants in fleds across the midwest and south, but the US is the second-largest producer of soy in the world at 37% and nit is soy that is a critical component of US foreign policy relations with China, because if there are any real “soy boys” in the sense of consuming soy, it is the Chinese, who is arguably the largest commodity for survival reasons.
For a while, I have written about the trend of “soy wars” between the US and China, where China was threatening not to purchase US soy and buy only from other countries. I have noted this is an absolute joke because China needs all the soy she can get, and as such she will be forced to buy from the US and in that sense remain dependent on her in this regard (the same is as it concerns pork, since pork also functions as a policy tool with China).
Farms.com recently gave a commodity analysis of soy, which found- as I have predicted -that with the incoming crop futures, Chinais not only purchasing large amounts of soy, but that it is so much that soy prices per bushel are reaching record highs. Not only that, but given a series of bad weather turns in South America, the soy crops are doing so bad there that Brazil, the world’s largest supplier of soy at 43%, suspended her tariffs to help make up for the loss in supply.
Soybean prices are the highest they’ve ever been this year. As of 11:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, soybeans are selling for $11.77 per bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade. By comparison, on Jan. 1, 2020, farmers could market soybeans for about $9.56/bu. “No one in the U.S. thought we could even get to $10/bu, and now here we are (almost at $12/bu), said Moe Agostino, chief commodity strategist with Farms.com Risk Management. So, how did prices get to where they are? A series of trade and weather events, Agostino said. “It started with better-than-expected demand, particularly from China as they bought soybeans because they needed them as part of the Phase 1 trade deal,” he said. The U.S. and China signed the agreement in January with the Asian country agreeing to ramp up its ag purchases. As of Oct. 23, China has purchased $23.6 billion in U.S. farm products, or about 71 percent of its intended ag commitments. Weather in South America is also contributing to better prices for U.S. farmers. Brazil and Argentina, the two largest exporters of soybeans in the continent, “will need ideal weather conditions to produce a bumper crop, and the next five or six weeks will either make or break the crop”, Agostino said. Earlier in the month, Brazil suspended tariffs on soybean imports from outside a continental trading bloc to help make up domestic supplies in the country. The U.S. has been able to help fill that gap with about 42,000 short tons of soybeans. Are these Tuesday morning prices the peak for 2020? If South America doesn’t get the weather it needs, prices could go even higher, Agostino said. “Many in the trade see $12, but I think we are going to see $13 futures,” he said. “It could happen by the end of the year. If South America gets less-than-ideal moisture in the next month or so, it could happen very quickly.” (source)
The trends to watch for from this obviously with China, and not necessarily with just soy.
China may want to rise, but she needs food because if she can’t feed her people, she can’t do anything. A military is as only good as it can be fed. She may expect a war with the US, but what can she do without food, especially from her enemy that she must buy from?
The trends in the soy market must be watched in accordance with China’s attempts at geopoltical rise, as well as with her other farming ventures in southeast Asia, for China has been working towards but is unable to feed her people from her own efforts (this compares with the US, who overfeeds her own).
print


shoebat--2020-11-18--Economy Goes Back Into The Toilet As Cleaning Supplies, Toilet Paper Sales Spike Again

When the COVID crisis began in early 2020 , people immediately created , fueled by a ‘ rush ’ from the media and general frenzy induced by the ever so well-known ‘ madness of crowds ’ , a rush for toilet paper and bleach .
Out of not reason but panic , people began stripping the shelves of the cleaning isles , and in the process they began to quarrel over who got the last of the Charmin , Quilted Northern , or cheap generic store bulk brand .
However , it appears that the same crisis may be repeating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now sweeping across the country are FOX Business reports .
As coronavirus cases surge across the country , some Walmart locations are experiencing shortages of certain products .
During an earnings call with analysts on Tuesday , Walmart U.S. CEO John Furner said some stores have had trouble keeping toilet paper and cleaning supplies in stock .
“ It really depends on what ’ s going on in the state and the city that we ’ re in , ” Furner said , according to a transcript of the call .
“ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strain at the present time would be bath tissue and cleaning supplies , and our inventory position on hand sanitizer and masks is very good.
” He added that some stores have struggled to maintain inventory for other items as well .
“ We still see some stress in things like deli , bacon , and breakfast foods , but in general there is product available , just assortments of it smaller than it was , ” Furner said .
Walmart Inc. CEO Doug McMillon told analysts that the locations with the shortages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I think the way to think of this is locally it really does have everything to do with what ’ s happening with COVID cases in any particular community , ” McMillon said .
“ I was in stores last week and I saw variance from one state to the other , one location to the other , just depends on how people are feeling in that moment.
” ( source ) COVID is a major trend in many ways , and not because of the illness , but the effects @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The potential for supply chain disruptions , shortages , or even breaks is another major trend to watch for , and not because of an actual shortage , but because of political reasons .
A shortage of toilet paper and cleaning means , however , is not something that one should focus on .
Now I am not saying here one may not want to grab a few extra bottles of cleaner or a few more rolls of toilet paper , assuming that one will not be buying them again for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ am saying is that the real trend we are looking at and need to be concerned about is not what is immediately in front of one ( virus , etc . )
, but rather the long-term trends , and I say this without underemphasizing the need to maintain and protect one ’ s health .
The virus is but a catalyst for bigger and deadlier things .
When one considers this , it is not important just to watch for one ’ s health , but to invest in other things that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political reasons , become in “ short ” supply such as storable food and even small animals for meat .
Donate now to help support the work of this site .
When you donate , you are not donating to just any commentary group , but one that is endlessly observing the news , reading between the lines and separating hysteria and perception from reality .
In shoebat.com , we are working every day , tirelessly investigating global trends and providing data and analysis to tell you what lies for the future .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ FACEBOOK PAGE

When the COVID crisis began in early 2020, people immediately created, fueled by a ‘rush’ from the media and general frenzy induced by the ever so well-known ‘madness of crowds’, a rush for toilet paper and bleach. Out of not reason but panic, people began stripping the shelves of the cleaning isles, and in the process they began to quarrel over who got the last of the Charmin, Quilted Northern, or cheap generic store bulk brand.
However, it appears that the same crisis may be repeating again as another wave of COVID is now sweeping across the country are FOX Business reports.
As coronavirus cases surge across the country, some Walmart locations are experiencing shortages of certain products. During an earnings call with analysts on Tuesday, Walmart U.S. CEO John Furner said some stores have had trouble keeping toilet paper and cleaning supplies in stock. “It really depends on what’s going on in the state and the city that we’re in,” Furner said, according to a transcript of the call. “The specific categories where we had the most strain at the present time would be bath tissue and cleaning supplies, and our inventory position on hand sanitizer and masks is very good.” He added that some stores have struggled to maintain inventory for other items as well. “We still see some stress in things like deli, bacon, and breakfast foods, but in general there is product available, just assortments of it smaller than it was,” Furner said. Walmart Inc. CEO Doug McMillon told analysts that the locations with the shortages correspond to areas with higher coronavirus cases. “I think the way to think of this is locally it really does have everything to do with what’s happening with COVID cases in any particular community,” McMillon said. “I was in stores last week and I saw variance from one state to the other, one location to the other, just depends on how people are feeling in that moment.” (source)
COVID is a major trend in many ways, and not because of the illness, but the effects it will have on the economy long-term. The potential for supply chain disruptions, shortages, or even breaks is another major trend to watch for, and not because of an actual shortage, but because of political reasons.
A shortage of toilet paper and cleaning means, however, is not something that one should focus on.
Now I am not saying here one may not want to grab a few extra bottles of cleaner or a few more rolls of toilet paper, assuming that one will not be buying them again for a few months. However, what I am saying is that the real trend we are looking at and need to be concerned about is not what is immediately in front of one (virus, etc.), but rather the long-term trends, and I say this without underemphasizing the need to maintain and protect one’s health.
The virus is but a catalyst for bigger and deadlier things. When one considers this, it is not important just to watch for one’s health, but to invest in other things that may eventually, and most likely for political reasons, become in “short” supply such as storable food and even small animals for meat.
print


shoebat--2020-11-20--Biden’s Mind Short-Circuits Again On Television

One of the trends I warned would happen is that , assuming that Biden becomes president come January 2020 ( because in fairness to the situation , a lot of things could change in a month ) , he will be like another George W. Bush with gaffes and strange things he will say .
Apparently , Biden just committed another gaffe on television , where he started blinking rapidly followed by stuttering over his words .
Now in fairness to Biden , we don ’ t know what is going on here .
Perhaps he made an honest mistake @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This would be more believable if Biden did not have already what appear to be so many signs of age-related decline , such as possible dementia and Parkinson ’ s disease , as many have pointed out .
If Biden continues such as this , with possible health declining , it is possible that he many not survive the next four years , which would make for a very interesting historical situation , not to mention how Kamala Harris is ( without saying anything about her person ) regarded as the most liberal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now to help support the work of this site .
When you donate , you are not donating to just any commentary group , but one that is endlessly observing the news , reading between the lines and separating hysteria and perception from reality .
In shoebat.com , we are working every day , tirelessly investigating global trends and providing data and analysis to tell you what lies for the future .
CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW OUR NEW SHOEBAT FACEBOOK PAGE

One of the trends I warned would happen is that, assuming that Biden becomes president come January 2020 (because in fairness to the situation, a lot of things could change in a month), he will be like another George W. Bush with gaffes and strange things he will say.
Apparently, Biden just committed another gaffe on television, where he started blinking rapidly followed by stuttering over his words.
Looks like Joe Biden’s teleprompter failed and his brain malfunctioned again. pic.twitter.com/qW8fgDXhFC — Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) November 19, 2020
Now in fairness to Biden, we don’t know what is going on here. Perhaps he made an honest mistake. Perhaps it was a slip-of-the-tongue. This would be more believable if Biden did not have already what appear to be so many signs of age-related decline, such as possible dementia and Parkinson’s disease, as many have pointed out.
If Biden continues such as this, with possible health declining, it is possible that he many not survive the next four years, which would make for a very interesting historical situation, not to mention how Kamala Harris is (without saying anything about her person) regarded as the most liberal senator in the US Congress.
print


shoebat--2020-11-20--Investigation: Pentagon Employees Fired For Reporting Indecent Assault

One of the trends that Shoebat.com has noted over the years is the incredible amount of indecent assault and abuse that takes place in the military .
While we have tended to focus on the most unspoken aspect of this , which is the enormous amount of male-on-male violence , it is a problem for men and women alike , and it is a trend that has unfortunately shown no signs of going away .
According to a recent investigation by CBS News , it found that Pentagon employees who reported sexual assault- be they men or women -were subject @ @ @ @ @ @ @ employer .
“ I can not look at another junior soldier sobbing and know that they ’ ve been assaulted , ” Amy Braley Franck told CBS News ’ Norah O ’ Donnell .
“ And people are like , ‘ Oh , it ’ ll get better .
Just go deploy.
’ That ’ s not okay.
” Military commanders are required to refer reports of sexual assault to criminal investigators .
However , Franck found evidence that commanders were investigating some cases themselves — violating the military ’ s own code @ @ @ @ @ @ @ documentation of illegal investigations and victims languishing , and I continued to ask for help over and over again , and to no avail , ” she said .
Lindsey Knapp said her greatest concern “ with the program itself ” is “ some bad actors and commanders that have found a way to sweep these things under the rug.
” Asked if the military ’ s stated zero-tolerance sexual assault policy was held true in practice , Marianne Bustin said it was not .
“ I feel like the commanders are ill-equipped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s why we ’ re here .
We ’ re the subject matter experts… we advise them , but they do not listen , ” Bustin said .
“ Each day they allow these things to occur , there ’ s no zero tolerance .
There ’ s tolerance.
” Knapp said there has been an increase in assault reports , but a decrease in convictions .
“ More and more service members reporting that they ’ re being retaliated against , ” she said .
In the military ’ s most recent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who reported a sexual assault said they experienced retaliation .
“ People are afraid , ” Franck said .
“ I have young ladies and men say , ‘ The rape was bad , but I don ’ t wan na go through this other thing because it ’ s worse than the rape . '
” “ This other thing , ” she said , referred to “ the retaliation , the treatment , the judgment.
” ( source ) This is not to say that all claims of sexual assault are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the past , claims have been made as a way to cover for bad personal choices in order to avoid public embarrassment .
However , sexual assault is also real , and it is grossly unfair to simply assume all claims are just fake until investigation .
Many people want to serve their country , and this is always a noble ideal .
However , with a trend so long-established as the patterns of sexual assault in various branches of the military , and considering how those who do report it are often @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out of a job , one may want to ask that unless this changes , is the “ risk ” worth the potential “ reward ” in such a situation .
Donate now to help support the work of this site .
When you donate , you are not donating to just any commentary group , but one that is endlessly observing the news , reading between the lines and separating hysteria and perception from reality .
In shoebat.com , we are working every day , tirelessly investigating global trends and providing data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the future .
CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW OUR NEW SHOEBAT FACEBOOK PAGE

One of the trends that Shoebat.com has noted over the years is the incredible amount of indecent assault and abuse that takes place in the military. While we have tended to focus on the most unspoken aspect of this, which is the enormous amount of male-on-male violence, it is a problem for men and women alike, and it is a trend that has unfortunately shown no signs of going away.
According to a recent investigation by CBS News, it found that Pentagon employees who reported sexual assault- be they men or women -were subject to harassment and even termination from their employer.
“I cannot look at another junior soldier sobbing and know that they’ve been assaulted,” Amy Braley Franck told CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell. “And people are like, ‘Oh, it’ll get better. Just go deploy.’ That’s not okay.” Military commanders are required to refer reports of sexual assault to criminal investigators. However, Franck found evidence that commanders were investigating some cases themselves — violating the military’s own code of justice. “I discovered written documentation of illegal investigations and victims languishing, and I continued to ask for help over and over again, and to no avail,” she said. Lindsey Knapp said her greatest concern “with the program itself” is “some bad actors and commanders that have found a way to sweep these things under the rug.” Asked if the military’s stated zero-tolerance sexual assault policy was held true in practice, Marianne Bustin said it was not. “I feel like the commanders are ill-equipped to make these decisions. That’s why we’re here. We’re the subject matter experts… we advise them, but they do not listen,” Bustin said. “Each day they allow these things to occur, there’s no zero tolerance. There’s tolerance.” Knapp said there has been an increase in assault reports, but a decrease in convictions. “More and more service members reporting that they’re being retaliated against,” she said. In the military’s most recent anonymous survey, 64% of women who reported a sexual assault said they experienced retaliation. “People are afraid,” Franck said. “I have young ladies and men say, ‘The rape was bad, but I don’t wanna go through this other thing because it’s worse than the rape.'” “This other thing,” she said, referred to “the retaliation, the treatment, the judgment.” (source)
This is not to say that all claims of sexual assault are valid. It is true that in the past, claims have been made as a way to cover for bad personal choices in order to avoid public embarrassment. However, sexual assault is also real, and it is grossly unfair to simply assume all claims are just fake until investigation.
Many people want to serve their country, and this is always a noble ideal. However, with a trend so long-established as the patterns of sexual assault in various branches of the military, and considering how those who do report it are often made into victims themselves and find themselves out of a job, one may want to ask that unless this changes, is the “risk” worth the potential “reward” in such a situation.
print


shoebat--2020-11-19--UK Announces Largest Military Investment Since Cold War

While the UK was a part of the EU , it provided a ‘ stabilizing element ’ to the balance , particularly on the unchecked and unrestrained rise of German power as has been a consistent trend throughout history .
With the UK gone , we have witnessed continual waves of popular nationalism as well as calls from the German government to take a more ‘ independent ’ role in European affairs .
None of this sits well for the future , as it means that Germany will likely return to her traditional state of war against her neighbors that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the whole continent .
However , the absence of the UK does not mean that she is not preparing .
According to Reuters , the UK has just announced the largest military investment ever since the Cold War .
Britain has announced the biggest investment in its military since the end of the Cold War , despite the coronavirus crisis pummelling the economy , as the government seeks to define its post-Brexit role on the world stage .
Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to carve out a role for Britain as a swashbuckling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cooperation and free trade , backed by cutting-edge modern military and cyber capabilities .
In a speech to parliament on Thursday outlining the first conclusions from the biggest review of foreign policy and defence in three decades , Johnson will announce an extra 16.5 billion pounds ( $ 22 billion ) for the military over the next four years .
The defence budget is now just under 42 billion pounds a year .
“ I have taken this decision in the teeth of the pandemic because the defence of the realm must come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statement .
“ The international situation is more perilous and more intensely competitive than at any time since the Cold War and Britain must be true to our history and stand alongside our allies .
To achieve this , we need to upgrade our capabilities across the board.
” At a time of heightened global uncertainty , the rise of China and after four years of U.S. President Donald Trump ’ s non-traditional approach to international diplomacy , Britain ’ s 2016 vote to leave the European Union has thrown its own role @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government said the increased military spending will cement the United Kingdom ’ s position as the largest defence spender in Europe , the second largest in NATO , and allow increased investment in areas such as cyber and space .
Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Christopher Miller applauded the boost in spending .
“ The UK is our most stalwart and capable ally , and this increase in spending is indicative of their commitment to NATO and our shared security , ” Miller said in a statement .
( source ) The UK , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what is going on .
The trends are leaning towards war once again , and they know that if they are to survive , they will have to make preparations now .
History is dangerously close to repeating again , and we are witnesses to this once again .
Donate now to help support the work of this site .
When you donate , you are not donating to just any commentary group , but one that is endlessly observing the news , reading between the lines and separating hysteria and perception from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ working every day , tirelessly investigating global trends and providing data and analysis to tell you what lies for the future .
CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW OUR NEW SHOEBAT FACEBOOK PAGE

While the UK was a part of the EU, it provided a ‘stabilizing element’ to the balance, particularly on the unchecked and unrestrained rise of German power as has been a consistent trend throughout history. With the UK gone, we have witnessed continual waves of popular nationalism as well as calls from the German government to take a more ‘independent’ role in European affairs. None of this sits well for the future, as it means that Germany will likely return to her traditional state of war against her neighbors that explodes into an ordeal that eventually consumes the whole continent.
However, the absence of the UK does not mean that she is not preparing. According to Reuters, the UK has just announced the largest military investment ever since the Cold War.
Britain has announced the biggest investment in its military since the end of the Cold War, despite the coronavirus crisis pummelling the economy, as the government seeks to define its post-Brexit role on the world stage. Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to carve out a role for Britain as a swashbuckling leader of a new era of global cooperation and free trade, backed by cutting-edge modern military and cyber capabilities. In a speech to parliament on Thursday outlining the first conclusions from the biggest review of foreign policy and defence in three decades, Johnson will announce an extra 16.5 billion pounds ($22 billion) for the military over the next four years. The defence budget is now just under 42 billion pounds a year. “I have taken this decision in the teeth of the pandemic because the defence of the realm must come first,” Johnson said in a statement. “The international situation is more perilous and more intensely competitive than at any time since the Cold War and Britain must be true to our history and stand alongside our allies. To achieve this, we need to upgrade our capabilities across the board.” At a time of heightened global uncertainty, the rise of China and after four years of U.S. President Donald Trump’s non-traditional approach to international diplomacy, Britain’s 2016 vote to leave the European Union has thrown its own role and global influence into doubt. The government said the increased military spending will cement the United Kingdom’s position as the largest defence spender in Europe, the second largest in NATO, and allow increased investment in areas such as cyber and space. Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Christopher Miller applauded the boost in spending. “The UK is our most stalwart and capable ally, and this increase in spending is indicative of their commitment to NATO and our shared security,” Miller said in a statement. (source)
The UK, like the US, is aware of what is going on. The trends are leaning towards war once again, and they know that if they are to survive, they will have to make preparations now.
History is dangerously close to repeating again, and we are witnesses to this once again.
print


shoebat--2020-11-19--Did Trump Lose Georgia By His Own Actions?

It is true that things can be manipulated extensively .
However , there also can be times when one manipulates too much and loses control over what he was trying to control .
Some call it ‘ losing control of the narrative ’ , others have different terms , but no matter what the term is , one can not always control everything , and one can manipulate to the point that one becomes entrapped in one ’ s own manipulation .
Note the above in the context of a recent article from Business Insider discussing the Democrat victory in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as well as Chief Election Official Brad Raffensperger said that Trump ’ s constant attacks on mail-in voting were the cause of his loss , since in his words , Trump “ depressed ” his own voting base .
Georgia ’ s Republican secretary of state and chief election official , Brad Raffensperger , has faced attacks on his credibility and the integrity of Georgia ’ s 2020 presidential election since President-elect Joe Biden won the state .
But Raffensperger said President Donald Trump , who spent months discouraging supporters from voting by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no one but himself to blame for his poor performance in the state .
In an interview on Tuesday with Justin Gray , a WSB-TV correspondent , Raffensperger pointed out that about 24,000 Republicans who voted by mail in the state ’ s primary election in June did not vote at all , either in person or by mail , in the general election — and he said Trump ’ s attacks on mail voting could be a reason why .
“ He would ’ ve won by 10,000 votes , ” Raffensperger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suppressed his own voting base.
” Trump has criticized Raffensperger and Georgia ’ s GOP governor , Brian Kemp , on Twitter .
Trump has also falsely suggested that the consent decree that Georgia entered into to standardize its signature-verification procedures is “ unconstitutional , ” and he spread unfounded conspiracy theories attacking Dominion Voting Systems , the election-technology vendor that provides Georgia ’ s ballot-marking machines .
Raffensperger told The Washington Post this week that another top Trump ally , Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina , asked if he could disqualify @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high rates of signature mismatching on the outer envelopes containing mail ballots .
But Graham disputed Raffensperger ’ s account of the conversation , saying that he simply wanted to learn about Georgia ’ s signature-matching procedures and that the notion he pressured Raffensperger to throw out ballots was “ ridiculous.
” ( source ) Now not all people agree with this assessment .
However , there has been an incredible amount of ‘ back and forth ” at this point , so much that we may see a rare historical example happen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made about a contest of the election results and there does not seem to be any serious response from the government speaking to the matter , as I have noted , an 1876-type situation could happen , which may force the implementation of the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to be applied for the first time ever in its history .
We are living in historically unparalleled times , at least as far as it concerns American history , and given the trends towards chaos and global conflict , such examples of disorder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Time will be the ultimate factor in settling this matter , but what we can say is that no matter what happens , at the very least , it makes it significantly more difficult for Trump to sell a possible series of events that would create either a favorable or more favorable outcome for him .
Basically , while Trump is known for trolling , he may have ‘ trolled too hard ’ and instead found himself trapped by his own trolling .
However , until the electoral vote counters make their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all to sit back , watch , and see what the future holds .
Donate now to help support the work of this site .
When you donate , you are not donating to just any commentary group , but one that is endlessly observing the news , reading between the lines and separating hysteria and perception from reality .
In shoebat.com , we are working every day , tirelessly investigating global trends and providing data and analysis to tell you what lies for the future .
CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW OUR NEW @ @ @

It is true that things can be manipulated extensively. However, there also can be times when one manipulates too much and loses control over what he was trying to control. Some call it ‘losing control of the narrative’, others have different terms, but no matter what the term is, one cannot always control everything, and one can manipulate to the point that one becomes entrapped in one’s own manipulation.
Note the above in the context of a recent article from Business Insider discussing the Democrat victory in Georgia, the Republican Secretary of State as well as Chief Election Official Brad Raffensperger said that Trump’s constant attacks on mail-in voting were the cause of his loss, since in his words, Trump “depressed” his own voting base.
Georgia’s Republican secretary of state and chief election official, Brad Raffensperger, has faced attacks on his credibility and the integrity of Georgia’s 2020 presidential election since President-elect Joe Biden won the state. But Raffensperger said President Donald Trump, who spent months discouraging supporters from voting by mail in the COVID-19 pandemic, had no one but himself to blame for his poor performance in the state. In an interview on Tuesday with Justin Gray, a WSB-TV correspondent, Raffensperger pointed out that about 24,000 Republicans who voted by mail in the state’s primary election in June did not vote at all, either in person or by mail, in the general election — and he said Trump’s attacks on mail voting could be a reason why. “He would’ve won by 10,000 votes,” Raffensperger said. “He actually depressed, suppressed his own voting base.” … Trump has criticized Raffensperger and Georgia’s GOP governor, Brian Kemp, on Twitter. Trump has also falsely suggested that the consent decree that Georgia entered into to standardize its signature-verification procedures is “unconstitutional,” and he spread unfounded conspiracy theories attacking Dominion Voting Systems, the election-technology vendor that provides Georgia’s ballot-marking machines. Raffensperger told The Washington Post this week that another top Trump ally, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, asked if he could disqualify all mail ballots cast in counties with high rates of signature mismatching on the outer envelopes containing mail ballots. But Graham disputed Raffensperger’s account of the conversation, saying that he simply wanted to learn about Georgia’s signature-matching procedures and that the notion he pressured Raffensperger to throw out ballots was “ridiculous.” (source)
Now not all people agree with this assessment. However, there has been an incredible amount of ‘back and forth” at this point, so much that we may see a rare historical example happen, which is that if enough is made about a contest of the election results and there does not seem to be any serious response from the government speaking to the matter, as I have noted, an 1876-type situation could happen, which may force the implementation of the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to be applied for the first time ever in its history.
We are living in historically unparalleled times, at least as far as it concerns American history, and given the trends towards chaos and global conflict, such examples of disorder in the US may become more commonplace. Time will be the ultimate factor in settling this matter, but what we can say is that no matter what happens, at the very least, it makes it significantly more difficult for Trump to sell a possible series of events that would create either a favorable or more favorable outcome for him.
Basically, while Trump is known for trolling, he may have ‘trolled too hard’ and instead found himself trapped by his own trolling. However, until the electoral vote counters make their final decision, it is just for all to sit back, watch, and see what the future holds.
print


shoebat--2020-11-19--New And Deadler Strain Of COVID Discovered In Australia

With COVID still spreading around the world and talk of another wave incoming , it is going to be an important trend to watch and see if there will be more strains of this disease that emerge and if so , how deadly they are .
According to the New Zealand Herald , a new change may be in play now and not for the better as a deadlier strain of COVID has been discovered in southern Australia .
The strain of coronavirus wreaking havoc on South Australia has particular characteristics that are most concerning to authorities .
As the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ full lockdown for at least six days from midnight Wednesday in a bid to combat the latest Covid-19 wave , Chief Health Officer Professor Nicola Spurrier explained the reason for the tough move .
“ This particular strain has had certain characteristics , ” she said today .
“ It has a very , very short incubation period .
That means when somebody gets exposed , it is taking 24 hours or even less for that person to become infectious to others and the other characteristic of the cases we have seen so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and sometimes no symptoms but have been able to pass it to other people.
” Professor Spurrier said that characteristic meant that a generation , or stage of people passing on the virus to others , was only about three days .
“ We also know , because of that characteristic , that what we call a generation , is only about three days and a generation is when one case is passing it on to the next level , and then that ( next ) level , so if they pass it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pass it on to another lot of people , and that is your third generation , ” she said .
( source ) As far as trends for the future , we can say that COVID is , at the very least , not only not going away , but may become even deadlier .
If this happens and thee governments of the world attempt to force another lockdown , it will have the secondary and even deadlier effect of making the current situation economically speaking even worse , for while the disease @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and dependency on a constant cash flow to keep the economic machine running is also deadly and could bring about economic problems with direct and long-term political consequences leading up to war .
Donate now to help support the work of this site .
When you donate , you are not donating to just any commentary group , but one that is endlessly observing the news , reading between the lines and separating hysteria and perception from reality .
In shoebat.com , we are working every day , tirelessly investigating global trends and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what lies for the future .
CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW OUR NEW SHOEBAT FACEBOOK PAGE

With COVID still spreading around the world and talk of another wave incoming, it is going to be an important trend to watch and see if there will be more strains of this disease that emerge and if so, how deadly they are.
According to the New Zealand Herald, a new change may be in play now and not for the better as a deadlier strain of COVID has been discovered in southern Australia.
The strain of coronavirus wreaking havoc on South Australia has particular characteristics that are most concerning to authorities. As the state announced it was going into a full lockdown for at least six days from midnight Wednesday in a bid to combat the latest Covid-19 wave, Chief Health Officer Professor Nicola Spurrier explained the reason for the tough move. “This particular strain has had certain characteristics,” she said today. “It has a very, very short incubation period. That means when somebody gets exposed, it is taking 24 hours or even less for that person to become infectious to others and the other characteristic of the cases we have seen so far is they have had minimal symptoms and sometimes no symptoms but have been able to pass it to other people.” Professor Spurrier said that characteristic meant that a generation, or stage of people passing on the virus to others, was only about three days. “We also know, because of that characteristic, that what we call a generation, is only about three days and a generation is when one case is passing it on to the next level, and then that (next) level, so if they pass it on to two people, they will pass it on to another lot of people, and that is your third generation,” she said. (source)
As far as trends for the future, we can say that COVID is, at the very least, not only not going away, but may become even deadlier. If this happens and thee governments of the world attempt to force another lockdown, it will have the secondary and even deadlier effect of making the current situation economically speaking even worse, for while the disease is an issue, the interconnected nature and dependency on a constant cash flow to keep the economic machine running is also deadly and could bring about economic problems with direct and long-term political consequences leading up to war.
print


shoebat--2020-11-19--Russia Moves To Open Naval Base In Sudan

Most do not think of the largely rocky and deserted lands of the Sudan as being a place for a naval base .
However , a small strip of that nation borders with the Red Sea , across from which is the nation of Saudi Arabia .
It is in the port city of Port Sudan that the Russians , according to Kommersant.ru , are going to build a Russian naval base .
Russia is preparing to create a logistics center for the Navy in the Red Sea .
The draft of the corresponding agreement between the Russian Federation and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legal information .
The document assumes that the personnel of the new Russian base will not exceed 300 people , and up to four Russian warships will be able to stay in the water area of Port Sudan simultaneously , including those with a nuclear power plant .
The Sudanese authorities will not charge Russia for the lease of territory and facilities , but they expect the Russian side to help them strengthen their defenses .
Russian experts point out that Moscow has many reasons to expand its military presence in this troubled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legal information published a government decree No .
1790 on submitting to the president a proposal to sign an agreement between Moscow and Khartoum on the creation of a logistics center for the Russian Navy on the territory of the Republic of Sudan .
The document , presented for signature to Vladimir Putin , was prepared by the Ministry of Defense and agreed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other relevant departments , as well as with the Sudanese side .
The draft agreement between Russia and Sudan says that the parties @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aimed at strengthening their defense capabilities , ” and recognize that the presence of the Russian Navy ’ s PMTO in this region “ meets the goals of maintaining peace and stability , is defensive and does not directed against other states ” .
The Sudanese authorities agree to create a PMTO on their territory near the city of Port Sudan , as well as to modernize its infrastructure for repairs , replenishment and rest of the crew members of Russian warships .
( source ) Russia has only three seatime ports which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Odessa , and Vladivostok , and all of them are dangerous close to ( Norway/Finland ) or directly in the path ( Turkey and then Japan respectively ) of major competitors Russia has warred with in the past .
This is about planning for a war .
Russia is assuming potential loss to all these ports , and she is trying to rebuild and prepare her navy for what may lay ahead .
War is coming-Russia knows it , and she is already preparing for it .
Donate now to help support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you donate , you are not donating to just any commentary group , but one that is endlessly observing the news , reading between the lines and separating hysteria and perception from reality .
In shoebat.com , we are working every day , tirelessly investigating global trends and providing data and analysis to tell you what lies for the future .
CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW OUR NEW SHOEBAT FACEBOOK PAGE

Most do not think of the largely rocky and deserted lands of the Sudan as being a place for a naval base. However, a small strip of that nation borders with the Red Sea, across from which is the nation of Saudi Arabia. It is in the port city of Port Sudan that the Russians, according to Kommersant.ru, are going to build a Russian naval base.
Russia is preparing to create a logistics center for the Navy in the Red Sea. The draft of the corresponding agreement between the Russian Federation and Sudan was published on the portal of legal information. The document assumes that the personnel of the new Russian base will not exceed 300 people, and up to four Russian warships will be able to stay in the water area of Port Sudan simultaneously, including those with a nuclear power plant. The Sudanese authorities will not charge Russia for the lease of territory and facilities, but they expect the Russian side to help them strengthen their defenses. Russian experts point out that Moscow has many reasons to expand its military presence in this troubled region. The official Internet portal of legal information published a government decree No. 1790 on submitting to the president a proposal to sign an agreement between Moscow and Khartoum on the creation of a logistics center for the Russian Navy on the territory of the Republic of Sudan. The document, presented for signature to Vladimir Putin, was prepared by the Ministry of Defense and agreed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other relevant departments, as well as with the Sudanese side. The draft agreement between Russia and Sudan says that the parties strive to “develop their military cooperation aimed at strengthening their defense capabilities,” and recognize that the presence of the Russian Navy’s PMTO in this region “meets the goals of maintaining peace and stability, is defensive and does not directed against other states ”. The Sudanese authorities agree to create a PMTO on their territory near the city of Port Sudan, as well as to modernize its infrastructure for repairs, replenishment and rest of the crew members of Russian warships. (source)
Russia has only three seatime ports which are not frozen over in winter- Murmansk, Odessa, and Vladivostok, and all of them are dangerous close to (Norway/Finland) or directly in the path (Turkey and then Japan respectively) of major competitors Russia has warred with in the past.
This is about planning for a war. Russia is assuming potential loss to all these ports, and she is trying to rebuild and prepare her navy for what may lay ahead.
War is coming-Russia knows it, and she is already preparing for it.
print


shoebat--2020-11-20--Hundreds Of Fishermen Contract Mysterious Disease In Senegal

With the COVID pandemic spreading around the world , people are , generally speaking , more concerned than ever about the spread of illness .
NDTV reports that concern has been heightened in the west African nation of Senegal , where five hundred fishermen have contracted an unknown illness .
More than five hundred fishermen in Senegal have contracted a mysterious skin disease after returning from sea , a senior government health official said on Thursday .
The men , who come from several fishing towns around the capital Dakar , have been placed in quarantine for treatment , according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health information and education .
“ It ’ s a dermatitis associated with an infectious disease , ” Gueye told Reuters .
“ We are checking further and hope to find out soon what it is.
” A ministry of health report dated Nov. 17 said the men had “ lesions on their faces , extremities and for some , on their genitals.
” It added that the men were also experiencing headaches and showing slightly elevated temperatures .
It said a preliminary investigation showed that the first case was reported on Nov @ @ @ @ @ @ @ symptoms that included non-generalized vesicular rash , swelling of the face , dry lips and redness of the eyes .
( source ) Given the current instability throughout West Africa that has manifested in wars , terrorism , and economic destruction , and how five years ago these same conditions prompted a wave of migration to Europe that manifested in the “ migration crisis ” of 2015 and 2016 , one must ask if this new disease , depending if it spreads or not , could be one of a series of factors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trend to Europe that has not “ broken barriers ” and made Europe a better place , but has fomented an increase in nationalism and racialism leaning towards militarism , especially within Germany .
Donate now to help support the work of this site .
When you donate , you are not donating to just any commentary group , but one that is endlessly observing the news , reading between the lines and separating hysteria and perception from reality .
In shoebat.com , we are working every day , tirelessly investigating global trends @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you what lies for the future .
CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW OUR NEW SHOEBAT FACEBOOK PAGE

With the COVID pandemic spreading around the world, people are, generally speaking, more concerned than ever about the spread of illness. NDTV reports that concern has been heightened in the west African nation of Senegal, where five hundred fishermen have contracted an unknown illness.
More than five hundred fishermen in Senegal have contracted a mysterious skin disease after returning from sea, a senior government health official said on Thursday.
The men, who come from several fishing towns around the capital Dakar, have been placed in quarantine for treatment, according to Ousmane Gueye, national director of health information and education. “It’s a dermatitis associated with an infectious disease,” Gueye told Reuters. “We are checking further and hope to find out soon what it is.” A ministry of health report dated Nov. 17 said the men had “lesions on their faces, extremities and for some, on their genitals.” It added that the men were also experiencing headaches and showing slightly elevated temperatures. It said a preliminary investigation showed that the first case was reported on Nov, 12. The 20-year old showed symptoms that included non-generalized vesicular rash, swelling of the face, dry lips and redness of the eyes. (source)
Given the current instability throughout West Africa that has manifested in wars, terrorism, and economic destruction, and how five years ago these same conditions prompted a wave of migration to Europe that manifested in the “migration crisis” of 2015 and 2016, one must ask if this new disease, depending if it spreads or not, could be one of a series of factors that sparks a revival of the migration trend to Europe that has not “broken barriers” and made Europe a better place, but has fomented an increase in nationalism and racialism leaning towards militarism, especially within Germany.
print