veteranstoday--2020-10-01--NEO: Why Nagorno-Karabakh and Why Now?

NEO: Why Nagorno-Karabakh and Why Now?

By Henry Kamens for NEO and VT Several months ago , I wrote that things had been tense on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone since the collapse of the USSR , but only now are we hearing of a resumption of active hostilities , the deployment of heavy weaponry and heated engagements .
Observers on the ground have no doubt that the heaviest fighting in years is going on , and this is only the early stages of what may develop into a larger geopolitical conflict , involving proxy sources .
Each side is posting videos of their forces destroying the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Azerbaijan and Armenia may be playing to a domestic audience by mobilising , but Turkey is involved too .
As ever , anything involving military aggression in support of an ally also plays well for a Turkish domestic audience .
Outside meddling in the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict is nothing new , and one should keep in mind that much is below the surface .
Different actors have different reasons for wanting this conflict to either remain frozen or escalate , and what happens will be governed by how much these actors respect each other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Washington may be happy for the conflict to stay frozen , as they can then pursue their own agenda , goes the traditional theory .
Those who don ’ t like either Moscow or Washington , either now or historically , see a potential geopolitical victory over both sides in resolving the conflict by force when the big boys have failed to do so .
All the while neither country fully develops , and the status quo is maintained , at least in the case of Azerbaijan .
After thirty years , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Azerbaijan is tired , seeing others spout off about “ territorial integrity ” while not being interested in restoring its own .
House Select Committee on Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff ( D-CA ) was the first US Congressman to condemn Azerbaijan ’ s alleged pre-emptive attack back in July , saying , “ I am very concerned by the recent provocative and destabilising actions taken by Azerbaijan in recent days along the Armenian border , including the shelling of Armenian soldiers.
” His diatribe continued with “ how these actions must also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s consistently bellicose rhetoric towards Armenia and Artsakh , and its refusal to allow international monitoring of their borders .
I urge the State Department to make clear to all parties the need for restraint and diplomacy , and reduced tensions.
” Making such statements about one side of a conflict is hardly going to reduce tensions .
But Schiff is talking to Armenian donors to his campaign chest , and Armenian voters in his district .
The Armenian lobby has always been better organised than the Azeri one , another factor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what it sees as the rest of the world .
But that very imbalance of international support can be used to win friends .
Back in the 90s MEGA Oil , a US-CIA proxy company , was importing fighters from Afghanistan to fight on the side of Azerbaijan to keep some balance on the battlefield .
The Azeris could not fight , as they lacked training and equipment , and seemed to have no taste for it .
But an Armenian victory would have benefitted Russia , its greatest ally , more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US listens to Armenians , it wouldn ’ t want that perceived threat to its own interests .
Turkey obviously supports Azerbaijan , as it is a fellow Turkish nation .
Once again , the Turkic Council , this little-known international forum few are interested in , is showing that it is more ruthless than any other in achieving its aims , which are ultimately about the religious and ethnic cleansing of the highest order .
Turkey now needs to relocate Syrian operatives and other US/Saudi trained and paid “ freedom fighters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this long-frozen conflict presents .
With all sides playing what appears to be a very big game of chicken , a sudden influx of mercenaries with nothing else to do is certain to change the situation in Turkey ’ s favour—or at least that was the plan .
The conflict has been more or less frozen since 1994 when Armenia occupied not only Karabakh itself , which is ethnically Armenian , but several districts surrounding it , which are not .
Armenia argues that this has actually prevented further conflict , but the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Native American population , and Argentina ’ s “ disappeared ” died of the same logic .
Things are spinning in a different direction now with offensive fighting , and pro-war rallies in Baku .
Several weeks prior to the start of fighting in July I personally saw lots of Green Evergreen containers , freight forwarding company , crossing the Georgian border .
Border guards and customs officials both told me that it was not possible to check them , but agreed that weapons were within .
I wouldn ’ t put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ danger of Turkish engagement in the Caucasus inviting an immediate and strong response from Moscow .
The two governments have already locked horns in Syria and Libya , but this has not dissuaded Turkey from pursuing an ever more openly aggressive international agenda .
The bits and pieces I have read about who has started it this time just don ’ t add up .
What is written says nothing , which is why I am all the more suspect , especially about pro-war protests .
Take for example , “ … thousands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Baku , calling on the government to mobilize troops and retake Nagorno-Karabakh .
News outlets estimated that 30 to 50 thousand protestors gathered in front of the parliament building.
” Why now , and why is this one of the international news items chosen to be reported ?
If the Azeri are tired of this frozen conflict , tens of thousands of them are not going to come into the streets demanding further engagement with it unless they think they can end it on terms they find acceptable .
So , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they bothering ?
Armenia has done pretty well out of international sanctions and blockades imposed since 1994 .
These have enabled it to remain friendly with Russia , its only real supporter , and find a way for good terms with the West , without compromising its national independence .
No other regional state can do this , but if the conflict ended , Armenia would have to find a wider group of friends and sink back into the pack like the rest .
It is money paid by US and Turkish defence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government indirectly , which is painting the conflict in a new light .
Azerbaijani oil prices are low , Dutch Disease is running rampant , there is little diversity in the economy and corruption is well-ingrained and supported by networks of patronage ( especially the ruling family ) .
Armenia has similar problems .
The Pashinyan government has been highly criticised by a wealthy and influential political and business figure , Gagik Tsarukyan , and some legal and political backlash has been felt in this case .
The trial of former president Kocharyan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ starts , and a major reform package directed at the country ’ s Constitutional Court has also brought up significant controversy .
But none of that dents Armenia ’ s dependence on Russia , and the benefits it is gaining from that which the US never wanted it to .
It seems the US wants Armenia back in the pack , and this is the way of getting it there .
Certainly , it will act as this is a regional affair to be sorted out by the local players , diplomatically or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ linking these indirect US government funds to the Azeri side ?
No one is ever likely to put their head above the parapet .
But as often happens in this region , the name Matthew Bryza is one which keeps coming into the frame .
Bryza was once the US Ambassador to Turkey , and subsequently Azerbaijan .
He is married to Zeyno Baran , a Turkish-born foreign policy analyst at the Hudson Institute .
She has worked with Neo-Con think tanks in the past , which is why Bryza kept insisting in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ( Bush ) White House but for the State Department , even when he was not being asked a question about this .
In 2005 Baran told a US Senate hearing that she opposed the Congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide , a position generally seen as partisan as that of Richard Verrall ’ s book on the Nazi atrocities , “ Did Six Million Really Die ?
” At the same time , Bryza was busy telling reporters that Turkey was his “ second home , ” and was removed as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Armenian Genocide .
Bryza is no longer a diplomat .
He claims to earn his living as a consultant on “ business and democratic development , ” which is a not very subtle way of saying that he is still finding new markets and areas of influence for his friends , but is no longer restricted by diplomatic protocols .
But he is still a regular visitor to Turkey and is a board member of Turcas Petrol , which is linked to the Party of War in the US and the corporate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Turcas is “ a private company that is traded on the Istanbul stock exchange ” but “ has no affiliation of any sort with the Turkish Government ( or the Azerbaijani Government ) .
In fact , the Turkish Government ’ s energy policies often work against the commercial interests of Turcas.
” This is despite the fact that Turcas is an affiliate of SOCAR , the Azerbaijan state oil company .
Through this , the Azerbaijani and Turkish governments either own , fund or sponsor most business in the Caucasus , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way .
In Georgia in particular , you see a connection with SOCAR ( share ownership , personnel , supply ) whenever you look at the lists of business owners , or investigate the many businesses whose known real owners do not appear on the published lists .
This helps explain why Georgia , having partly reformed itself since the Saakashvili years , is no longer the regional arms smuggling hub but has simply exchanged illegal arms for semi-legal oil .
Turkish and Iranian business interests have been subject to investigation in Georgia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , modern-day versions of MEGA Oil , US-funded companies , have inevitably been involved .
These include Frontera Resources , a company which once ostensibly left Georgia , but re-entered it when a new US Ambassador was appointed .
Following this , the Government of Georgia suddenly decided not to terminate its contract with Frontera Resources Georgia Corporation , under hard US pressure , and allowed the company to continue operating in part of the original contract area , where oil has been produced since Soviet times .
The justification used for this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ necessary , “ especially in times of low oil prices and heating up conflicts.
” The phrase “ heating up ” can not refer to new conflicts but to dormant ones which are starting again .
Making such a comment casually , when talking about a seemingly unrelated issue , is an old trick for establishing in the minds of listeners that everyone knows a conflict is going to heat up again .
Which conflict is being referred to , and to whom is it inevitable that the fighting will resume ?
You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we have anything else which will support this assertion ?
In the words of an old radio show , “ It ’ s That Man Again.
” If the US is up to something by proxy , it always chooses the same , compromised mouthpiece .
The aforementioned Mikheil Saakashvili , the President of Georgia when Bryza was the US envoy to the region , can ’ t live in Georgia anymore because he is wanted there on a multitude of criminal charges .
Having been ratlined out to Ukraine and given a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also expelled from there facing more criminal charges .
He has since lived in Poland and Hungary , also US allies like the other two countries , where he likewise faces multiple criminal charges .
Saakashvili has more criminal indictments against his name than Al Capone and Pol Pot put together .
Yet his US protectors ( for now ) present him as a politician and buy him column space in newspapers that otherwise don ’ t care about him , or are sick of seeing his name .
Misha has suddenly reappeared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the following statement : “ Nagorno Karabakh is Sovereign Territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan and nothing will change it.
” What does he have to gain by saying this , especially now , given how many Armenians live in Georgia , and he ruined his own relations with Azerbaijan by making advances to Aliyev ’ s wife ?
All Saakashvili has to live for is the continued protection of his handlers .
They want to build a climate of opinion in which everyone expects Azerbaijan to go to war with Armenia over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Azeri government and people may not be interested , but they can easily be blackmailed or at least manipulated by international opinion pointing fingers at them for not doing what they expect , as if they are not worthy of support , independence , or office .
The US wants this war , and its Armenian lobby will donate more to politicians who blame Azerbaijan for it , in the hope of getting more US themselves in return if Azerbaijan is successful .
The only question is how much Turkey will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is all over .
Henry Kamens , columnist , expert on Central Asia and Caucasus , exclusively for the online magazine “ New Eastern Outlook ” .
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Henry Kamens : Karabakh Conflict , It ’ s All About One Man and Currency Values Alla Pierce : On the Front Line of Karabakh

By Henry Kamens for NEO and VT
Several months ago, I wrote that things had been tense on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone since the collapse of the USSR, but only now are we hearing of a resumption of active hostilities, the deployment of heavy weaponry and heated engagements.
Observers on the ground have no doubt that the heaviest fighting in years is going on, and this is only the early stages of what may develop into a larger geopolitical conflict, involving proxy sources.
Each side is posting videos of their forces destroying the heavy armour of the other. Both Azerbaijan and Armenia may be playing to a domestic audience by mobilising, but Turkey is involved too. As ever, anything involving military aggression in support of an ally also plays well for a Turkish domestic audience.
Outside meddling in the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict is nothing new, and one should keep in mind that much is below the surface. Different actors have different reasons for wanting this conflict to either remain frozen or escalate, and what happens will be governed by how much these actors respect each other, or don’t.
Moscow and Washington may be happy for the conflict to stay frozen, as they can then pursue their own agenda, goes the traditional theory. Those who don’t like either Moscow or Washington, either now or historically, see a potential geopolitical victory over both sides in resolving the conflict by force when the big boys have failed to do so.
All the while neither country fully develops, and the status quo is maintained, at least in the case of Azerbaijan. After thirty years, negotiations have not worked and the populace of Azerbaijan is tired, seeing others spout off about “territorial integrity” while not being interested in restoring its own.
Mutual Cards
House Select Committee on Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) was the first US Congressman to condemn Azerbaijan’s alleged pre-emptive attack back in July, saying, “I am very concerned by the recent provocative and destabilising actions taken by Azerbaijan in recent days along the Armenian border, including the shelling of Armenian soldiers.”
His diatribe continued with “how these actions must also be viewed in the context of Azerbaijan’s consistently bellicose rhetoric towards Armenia and Artsakh, and its refusal to allow international monitoring of their borders. I urge the State Department to make clear to all parties the need for restraint and diplomacy, and reduced tensions.”
Making such statements about one side of a conflict is hardly going to reduce tensions. But Schiff is talking to Armenian donors to his campaign chest, and Armenian voters in his district. The Armenian lobby has always been better organised than the Azeri one, another factor which might propel Azerbaijan to war against what it sees as the rest of the world.
But that very imbalance of international support can be used to win friends. Back in the 90s MEGA Oil, a US-CIA proxy company, was importing fighters from Afghanistan to fight on the side of Azerbaijan to keep some balance on the battlefield.
The Azeris could not fight, as they lacked training and equipment, and seemed to have no taste for it. But an Armenian victory would have benefitted Russia, its greatest ally, more than the US, and, however much the US listens to Armenians, it wouldn’t want that perceived threat to its own interests.
Turkey obviously supports Azerbaijan, as it is a fellow Turkish nation. Once again, the Turkic Council, this little-known international forum few are interested in, is showing that it is more ruthless than any other in achieving its aims, which are ultimately about the religious and ethnic cleansing of the highest order.
Turkey now needs to relocate Syrian operatives and other US/Saudi trained and paid “freedom fighters,” and is glad the opportunity this long-frozen conflict presents. With all sides playing what appears to be a very big game of chicken, a sudden influx of mercenaries with nothing else to do is certain to change the situation in Turkey’s favour—or at least that was the plan.
All Of A Sudden
The conflict has been more or less frozen since 1994 when Armenia occupied not only Karabakh itself, which is ethnically Armenian, but several districts surrounding it, which are not. Armenia argues that this has actually prevented further conflict, but the US used the same argument to destroy the Native American population, and Argentina’s “disappeared” died of the same logic.
Things are spinning in a different direction now with offensive fighting, and pro-war rallies in Baku. Several weeks prior to the start of fighting in July I personally saw lots of Green Evergreen containers, freight forwarding company, crossing the Georgian border. Border guards and customs officials both told me that it was not possible to check them, but agreed that weapons were within.
I wouldn’t put anything past Ankara either, despite the danger of Turkish engagement in the Caucasus inviting an immediate and strong response from Moscow. The two governments have already locked horns in Syria and Libya, but this has not dissuaded Turkey from pursuing an ever more openly aggressive international agenda.
Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing
The bits and pieces I have read about who has started it this time just don’t add up. What is written says nothing, which is why I am all the more suspect, especially about pro-war protests.
Take for example, “… thousands of protestors rallied earlier in the centre of Baku, calling on the government to mobilize troops and retake Nagorno-Karabakh. News outlets estimated that 30 to 50 thousand protestors gathered in front of the parliament building.” Why now, and why is this one of the international news items chosen to be reported?
If the Azeri are tired of this frozen conflict, tens of thousands of them are not going to come into the streets demanding further engagement with it unless they think they can end it on terms they find acceptable. So, who has guaranteed what, and why are they bothering?
However, the move towards conflict is still more likely to have come from the Azeri side.
Armenia has done pretty well out of international sanctions and blockades imposed since 1994. These have enabled it to remain friendly with Russia, its only real supporter, and find a way for good terms with the West, without compromising its national independence. No other regional state can do this, but if the conflict ended, Armenia would have to find a wider group of friends and sink back into the pack like the rest.
It is money paid by US and Turkish defence contractors, and therefore by the US government indirectly, which is painting the conflict in a new light. Azerbaijani oil prices are low, Dutch Disease is running rampant, there is little diversity in the economy and corruption is well-ingrained and supported by networks of patronage (especially the ruling family).
Armenia has similar problems. The Pashinyan government has been highly criticised by a wealthy and influential political and business figure, Gagik Tsarukyan, and some legal and political backlash has been felt in this case. The trial of former president Kocharyan is also sputtering along in fits and starts, and a major reform package directed at the country’s Constitutional Court has also brought up significant controversy.
But none of that dents Armenia’s dependence on Russia, and the benefits it is gaining from that which the US never wanted it to. It seems the US wants Armenia back in the pack, and this is the way of getting it there. Certainly, it will act as this is a regional affair to be sorted out by the local players, diplomatically or by brute force.
Old Hands Make Light Work
Who might be linking these indirect US government funds to the Azeri side? No one is ever likely to put their head above the parapet. But as often happens in this region, the name Matthew Bryza is one which keeps coming into the frame.
Bryza was once the US Ambassador to Turkey, and subsequently Azerbaijan. He is married to Zeyno Baran, a Turkish-born foreign policy analyst at the Hudson Institute. She has worked with Neo-Con think tanks in the past, which is why Bryza kept insisting in interviews that he no longer worked for the (Bush) White House but for the State Department, even when he was not being asked a question about this.
In 2005 Baran told a US Senate hearing that she opposed the Congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide, a position generally seen as partisan as that of Richard Verrall’s book on the Nazi atrocities, “Did Six Million Really Die?”At the same time, Bryza was busy telling reporters that Turkey was his “second home,” and was removed as Ambassador when he too made statements opposing the Armenian Genocide.
Bryza is no longer a diplomat. He claims to earn his living as a consultant on “business and democratic development,” which is a not very subtle way of saying that he is still finding new markets and areas of influence for his friends, but is no longer restricted by diplomatic protocols.
But he is still a regular visitor to Turkey and is a board member of Turcas Petrol, which is linked to the Party of War in the US and the corporate interests behind it. His explanation is that Turcas is “a private company that is traded on the Istanbul stock exchange” but “has no affiliation of any sort with the Turkish Government (or the Azerbaijani Government). In fact, the Turkish Government’s energy policies often work against the commercial interests of Turcas.”
This is despite the fact that Turcas is an affiliate of SOCAR, the Azerbaijan state oil company. Through this, the Azerbaijani and Turkish governments either own, fund or sponsor most business in the Caucasus, thereby buying off many politicians along the way.
In Georgia in particular, you see a connection with SOCAR (share ownership, personnel, supply) whenever you look at the lists of business owners, or investigate the many businesses whose known real owners do not appear on the published lists. This helps explain why Georgia, having partly reformed itself since the Saakashvili years, is no longer the regional arms smuggling hub but has simply exchanged illegal arms for semi-legal oil.
Turkish and Iranian business interests have been subject to investigation in Georgia on charges of oil smuggling. New, modern-day versions of MEGA Oil, US-funded companies, have inevitably been involved. These include Frontera Resources, a company which once ostensibly left Georgia, but re-entered it when a new US Ambassador was appointed.
Following this, the Government of Georgia suddenly decided not to terminate its contract with Frontera Resources Georgia Corporation, under hard US pressure, and allowed the company to continue operating in part of the original contract area, where oil has been produced since Soviet times. The justification used for this at the time was that this was necessary, “especially in times of low oil prices and heating up conflicts.”
The phrase “heating up” cannot refer to new conflicts but to dormant ones which are starting again. Making such a comment casually, when talking about a seemingly unrelated issue, is an old trick for establishing in the minds of listeners that everyone knows a conflict is going to heat up again. Which conflict is being referred to, and to whom is it inevitable that the fighting will resume?
You Know Who Still Knows Too Much
Do we have anything else which will support this assertion? In the words of an old radio show, “It’s That Man Again.” If the US is up to something by proxy, it always chooses the same, compromised mouthpiece.
The aforementioned Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Georgia when Bryza was the US envoy to the region, can’t live in Georgia anymore because he is wanted there on a multitude of criminal charges.
Having been ratlined out to Ukraine and given a job in its government, he was also expelled from there facing more criminal charges. He has since lived in Poland and Hungary, also US allies like the other two countries, where he likewise faces multiple criminal charges.
Saakashvili has more criminal indictments against his name than Al Capone and Pol Pot put together. Yet his US protectors (for now) present him as a politician and buy him column space in newspapers that otherwise don’t care about him, or are sick of seeing his name.
Misha has suddenly reappeared from wherever he is hiding now with the following statement:
“Nagorno Karabakh is Sovereign Territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan and nothing will change it.”
What does he have to gain by saying this, especially now, given how many Armenians live in Georgia, and he ruined his own relations with Azerbaijan by making advances to Aliyev’s wife?
All Saakashvili has to live for is the continued protection of his handlers. They want to build a climate of opinion in which everyone expects Azerbaijan to go to war with Armenia over the injustice of the Armenian occupation. The Azeri government and people may not be interested, but they can easily be blackmailed or at least manipulated by international opinion pointing fingers at them for not doing what they expect, as if they are not worthy of support, independence, or office.
However strong the Armenian lobby is, the US interest is paramount. An ongoing war, and funding committed to it, always ensures policy continuations in election years, regardless of who wins those elections.
The US wants this war, and its Armenian lobby will donate more to politicians who blame Azerbaijan for it, in the hope of getting more US themselves in return if Azerbaijan is successful. The only question is how much Turkey will be blamed for pulling the trigger when it is all over.
Henry Kamens, columnist, expert on Central Asia and Caucasus, exclusively for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook”.


veteranstoday--2020-09-30--CBS: Trump’s request for Proud Boy ‘Poll Watchers” a Federal Crime

At the first presidential debate Tuesday evening , President Trump encouraged his supporters to monitor Election Day polling places for instances of fraud .
“ I am encouraging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully , because that ’ s what has to happen — I am urging them to do it , ” Mr. Trump said during the chaotic inaugural debate held in Cleveland , Ohio .
The president continued , “ There was a big problem , in Philadelphia they went in to watch , they ’ re called poll watchers , very safe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out , they weren ’ t allowed to watch , ” he said , adding , “ You know why ?
Because bad things happen in Philadelphia , bad things.
” Poll watchers are observers who are typically paid workers of a government organization — such as state parties , the Republican National Committee , the Democratic National Committee — who observe polling places for potential issues .
Every state has different parameters , but watchers usually must be registered to vote in whatever state or county in which they ’ re operating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and regulations for the number of poll watchers per precinct , who can be a poll watcher , and what they are allowed to do .
The so-called poll watchers referenced by Mr. Trump were not approved , The Philadelphia Inquirer reported .
In fact , no poll watchers from the Trump campaign , the Republican Party , or other Republican campaigns have been certified to monitor in the city .
And poll watchers don ’ t have the same rights at satellite locations as they do at traditional polling places on Election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ give someone a poll watcher certificate to … watch somebody fill out their ballot at their kitchen table , ” Al Schmidt , a Republican , and one of the city commissioners who runs elections told the Inquirer .

Trump encourages supporters to independently monitor polling places — a federal crime https://t.co/3LN6eml5hF via @CBSNews — Gordon Duff (@gpduf) September 30, 2020
At the first presidential debate Tuesday evening, President Trump encouraged his supporters to monitor Election Day polling places for instances of fraud.
“I am encouraging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully, because that’s what has to happen — I am urging them to do it,” Mr. Trump said during the chaotic inaugural debate held in Cleveland, Ohio.
The president continued, “There was a big problem, in Philadelphia they went in to watch, they’re called poll watchers, very safe very nice thing — they were thrown out, they weren’t allowed to watch,” he said, adding, “You know why? Because bad things happen in Philadelphia, bad things.”
Poll watchers are observers who are typically paid workers of a government organization — such as state parties, the Republican National Committee, the Democratic National Committee — who observe polling places for potential issues. Every state has different parameters, but watchers usually must be registered to vote in whatever state or county in which they’re operating. Each state also has different rules and regulations for the number of poll watchers per precinct, who can be a poll watcher, and what they are allowed to do. The so-called poll watchers referenced by Mr. Trump were not approved, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. In fact, no poll watchers from the Trump campaign, the Republican Party, or other Republican campaigns have been certified to monitor in the city. And poll watchers don’t have the same rights at satellite locations as they do at traditional polling places on Election Day. “We don’t give someone a poll watcher certificate to … watch somebody fill out their ballot at their kitchen table,” Al Schmidt, a Republican, and one of the city commissioners who runs elections told the Inquirer. Read Full Story at CBS News


veteranstoday--2020-09-30--#UNRIG Video (32:05) World Champion Boxer on Bullying and Drinking and Saving the Children and Your

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A former US spy and co-founder of the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, he is today the Chief Enabling Officer (CeO) of Earth Intelligence Network, a 501c3, and now also CeO of Open Source Everything (OSE Inc.). He continues his education with non-fiction reading, posting over 2,000 reviews across 98 categories; his hobbies include off-shore sailing and racketball.


veteranstoday--2020-09-30--French energy giant Total predicts end to Oil Era

According to oil and gas titan Total , its business focus , as well as that of its European peers , will shift towards low-carbon energy sources in the next few years , as the oil market becomes increasingly obsolete .
A leading French oil and gas company , Total , anticipates a potential peak for oil in the coming decade before it reaches a plateau by 2030 , noting that natural gas “ remains key ” for the energy industry , according to Total ’ s president of strategy & innovation Helle Kristoffersen , cited by Bloomberg .
While @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is considerably more conservative than that of its British rival BP , who earlier this month said the era of the oil market was already over , it still joins the chorus of investors predicting drastic changes for the industry .
Total ’ s Energy Outlook report , published on Tuesday , focuses on increasing energy demand in all analysed scenarios , but it is predicted to be largely met by low-carbon power .
The demand for electricity will hit the benchmark of 30 to 40 percent of the total in 2050 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent , the report states , further outlining a positive outlook for the company ’ s main product , natural gas , a top priority less carbon-intensive bridge fuel in the coming years .
It said gas demand is expected to be led by Asia , which will account for around 40 % of worldwide growth , with volumes more than doubling in China and India .
The peak for gas demand and production is not expected before 2040 .
Like its other European partners , Total , one of the seven so-called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world , is set to zero in on clean alternative sources of energy , such as solar and wind , putting a business focus on promising solar battery technologies and car-charging networks , expected to be in high demand soon .

Total’s Energy Outlook report, published on Tuesday, focuses on increasing energy demand in all analysed scenarios, but it is predicted to be largely met by low-carbon power.
The demand for electricity will hit the benchmark of 30 to 40 percent of the total in 2050, significantly up from today’s 20 percent, the report states, further outlining a positive outlook for the company’s main product, natural gas, a top priority less carbon-intensive bridge fuel in the coming years.
It said gas demand is expected to be led by Asia, which will account for around 40% of worldwide growth, with volumes more than doubling in China and India. The peak for gas demand and production is not expected before 2040.
Like its other European partners, Total, one of the seven so-called “supermajor” oil companies in the world, is set to zero in on clean alternative sources of energy, such as solar and wind, putting a business focus on promising solar battery technologies and car-charging networks, expected to be in high demand soon.


veteranstoday--2020-09-30--NEO – NATO in danger of falling apart with an identity crisis

by Valeri Kulikov , …with New Eastern Outlook , Moscow , …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences , a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa .
[ Editor ’ s Note : NATO is now only an alliance on paper , as members are on the verge of war with each other , with little NATO ‘ brotherhood ’ .
The newest bad boy on the block is neo-Ottoman strong man , Erdogan .
As other countries have done , he puts on his NATO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and casts it off when it does not , as in declaring Turkey ’ s right to the eastern Mediterranean ’ s underground resources .
Like the leaders of the US and some other NATO countries , Erdogan has backed proxy terrorist forces in Syria , purely for profit and to participate in getting a chunk of NW Syria as part of his empire .
The traditional NATO members have been cheating each other to the best of their ability on their defense spending contributions , most angling for as much of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even Trump was able to pick up on quickly in his 2016 campaign .
There are others like Poland and the Baltic states who have angled getting on the US military tit and are even cutting back now on military expenditures , wanting to pass that buck onto the US taxpayers ’ debt load that is heading toward $ 30 trillion .
What has been called a defense organization is viewed now by some as organized crime , where cabals have formed to exploit opportunities and weaknesses behind a smokescreen of joint defense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over Europe .
And frankly , why would it ?
It would be too expensive , and then it would inherit all of its endless problems .
As for China , are we lead to believe that China is a military threat to Europe ?
Most of this is Kabuki theater with an ounce of truth thrown in as cover for the usual underworld hoodlums in $ 1000 suits trying to loot the rest of us , where they feel we deserve it because we are too lazy or stupid to resist .
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Click to donate > > After the collapse of the Soviet Union , the objective need for NATO to exist vanished .
However , instead of dissolving itself , the alliance is strenuously turning Europe into a target for a nuclear strike , wrote Contra Magazin .
Already very tired of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ France are talking more and more about a potential threat from the United States , while at the same time considering creation of a European army free of NATO control .
After the 1990s , NATO began to unify Eastern European countries under the auspices of Washington , becoming an instrument for conducting military actions outside the territories of its members in the interests of the United States .
However , not everyone unquestioningly agrees with the alliance ’ s strategy , which hurts the unity of this military alliance and deepens contradictions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elites of the leading member countries have become increasingly aware that their interests often not only fail to coincide with the interests of their partners in the military bloc , but sometimes go directly against them , which results in yesterday ’ s allies increasingly interfering with each other .
And this is confirmed not only by the situation off the coast of Libya and the support of the opposing participants in the Libyan conflict by individual NATO members , but also by the Syrian conflict , where Washington and Ankara often come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in some cases behave like outright enemies .
Experts and politicians have been talking about the crisis of the North Atlantic Alliance for several dozen years by now .
The first surge of such assessments is associated with the decision of Charles de Gaulle to withdraw France from the military integrated structures of the Alliance in 1966 and to transfer NATO headquarters from Paris to Brussels .
During the global financial and economic crisis of 2008 , against the background of cuts in government spending , NATO countries had to tackle a very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and means .
In this light , most Alliance member states were forced to cut defense spending , an excessive disproportion arose between the military spending of the United States and European allies ( in 2012 – 72 % to 28 % ) , the gap between the military capabilities of European NATO members increased ( Great Britain – 6.9 % of total expenses , Germany – 4.6 % , Italy – 2 % ) .
Over time , these problems have only intensified , in particular by the addition of new ones @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this year , at a press conference at the White House with Polish President Andrzej Duda , US President Donald Trump called the level of military spending at 2 % of the GDP of NATO member countries “ insufficient ” , urging all countries that are part the alliance to “ pay a fair share.
” On August 27 , at the Assembly of the US Republican Party , President Trump once again declared himself the main advocate for increasing defense spending by NATO member states .
However , a significant number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reduce the military budget of their countries , especially given the current financial and economic problems .
In addition , an increasing number of politicians ( especially in the Baltics ) who recently started to actively offer their countries for the deployment of American troops , naturally at the expense of “ American security guarantees ” , see in this an opportunity to reduce their national military spending and to transfer budget funds to other domestic expenses instead .
Thus , according to err.ee.
, an Estonian information resource , the Minister of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Conservative People ’ s Party , EKRE ) recently proposed to cut the state ’ s military spending by € 50 million .
Alliances and security guarantees were once viewed as the most serious obligations a state can undertake .
Today , however , Washington is handing out security guarantees like a hotel administrator – candy to its guests : everybody gets one , plus an extra piece to anyone who asks for it .
However , it is believed that such obligations are worthless , notes The National Interest .
And this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ events in the Eastern Mediterranean and the attitude of the alliance countries to the policies and actions of Turkey .
As a result of Ankara ’ s recent actions , Turkey has made its presence felt from the Middle East to the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa , which has increased the risk of confrontation and friction within NATO .
Since early summer , after the contradictions arose in relation to the conflict in Libya , which reached the level of aggressive actions undertaken by the crews of the warships of the Turkish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the two countries intensified .
They then escalated further over the maneuvers that the French undertook jointly with the Greeks and Cypriots in the Eastern Mediterranean .
As a result , Ankara accused Paris of violating the agreements on military presence in Cyprus , stepping up its maneuvers in the Eastern Mediterranean region in response .
After that , the French President , commenting on the situation , said that the actions of Turkey “ are not like the actions of a NATO ally , ” and added that Turkey has been acting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allied relations within the framework of the North Atlantic Alliance .
Recently , a sharp deterioration in relations between Turkey and another NATO member , Greece , due to gas deposits in the disputed Mediterranean region , has been added to the contradictions between Turkey and France .
The conflict continues to escalate , dividing Europe into two camps .
But it turned out to be difficult for the alliance to resolve the internal crisis , as it always withdrew from solving Turkish problems .
Against the backdrop of the risk of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has so far limited himself to calls for “ dialogue ” and “ de-escalation.
” And the members of the alliance do not show unity in assessing Ankara ’ s actions , which , in particular , is evidenced by the refusal of 22 out of 30 NATO members to support France ’ s demand to take a more firm position on Ankara .
A potential conflict , the likelihood of which at the moment is high enough , indicates that NATO is going through far from the best @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the NATO leadership is either openly disregarding the interests of the European allies , who are already ready to take up arms , or Brussels is following the secret instructions of Washington , which intends to benefit from Europe weakened by a potential war .
Vice-dean of the Turkish Kadir Has University , lecturer at the Department of International Relations , Professor Mitat Çelikpala believes that the alliance ’ s relations do not work in the Eastern Mediterranean .
The conflict between the three NATO countries ( France , Turkey , Greece @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very large player , i.e .
the United States , especially since it is currently exercising control on behalf of NATO in the Mediterranean basin .
The very fact that such frictions are generally possible between allies in the alliance , threatening to escalate into armed clashes , nullifies the morale-boosting rhetoric of Brussels about some ephemeral “ unity and solidarity ” of the bloc members .
After all , union or not , the national interests take the cake .

by Valeri Kulikov, …with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow, …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa.
[ Editor’s Note: NATO is now only an alliance on paper, as members are on the verge of war with each other, with little NATO ‘brotherhood’. The newest bad boy on the block is neo-Ottoman strong man, Erdogan.
As other countries have done, he puts on his NATO country robe whenever it suits him, and casts it off when it does not, as in declaring Turkey’s right to the eastern Mediterranean’s underground resources.
Like the leaders of the US and some other NATO countries, Erdogan has backed proxy terrorist forces in Syria, purely for profit and to participate in getting a chunk of NW Syria as part of his empire.
The traditional NATO members have been cheating each other to the best of their ability on their defense spending contributions, most angling for as much of a free ride as possible, something that even Trump was able to pick up on quickly in his 2016 campaign.
There are others like Poland and the Baltic states who have angled getting on the US military tit and are even cutting back now on military expenditures, wanting to pass that buck onto the US taxpayers’ debt load that is heading toward $30 trillion.
What has been called a defense organization is viewed now by some as organized crime, where cabals have formed to exploit opportunities and weaknesses behind a smokescreen of joint defense.
Russia has no plans to take over Europe. And frankly, why would it? It would be too expensive, and then it would inherit all of its endless problems. As for China, are we lead to believe that China is a military threat to Europe?
Most of this is Kabuki theater with an ounce of truth thrown in as cover for the usual underworld hoodlums in $1000 suits trying to loot the rest of us, where they feel we deserve it because we are too lazy or stupid to resist.
NEO’s Valeri Kulikov has an excellent report on the NATO identity crisis… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … September 23, 2020 –
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the objective need for NATO to exist vanished. However, instead of dissolving itself, the alliance is strenuously turning Europe into a target for a nuclear strike, wrote Contra Magazin.
Already very tired of Anglo-Saxon hegemony, Italy, Germany and France are talking more and more about a potential threat from the United States, while at the same time considering creation of a European army free of NATO control.
After the 1990s, NATO began to unify Eastern European countries under the auspices of Washington, becoming an instrument for conducting military actions outside the territories of its members in the interests of the United States. However, not everyone unquestioningly agrees with the alliance’s strategy, which hurts the unity of this military alliance and deepens contradictions between its members.
Also, political elites of the leading member countries have become increasingly aware that their interests often not only fail to coincide with the interests of their partners in the military bloc, but sometimes go directly against them, which results in yesterday’s allies increasingly interfering with each other.
And this is confirmed not only by the situation off the coast of Libya and the support of the opposing participants in the Libyan conflict by individual NATO members, but also by the Syrian conflict, where Washington and Ankara often come into confrontation with each other, and in some cases behave like outright enemies.
Experts and politicians have been talking about the crisis of the North Atlantic Alliance for several dozen years by now. The first surge of such assessments is associated with the decision of Charles de Gaulle to withdraw France from the military integrated structures of the Alliance in 1966 and to transfer NATO headquarters from Paris to Brussels.
During the global financial and economic crisis of 2008, against the background of cuts in government spending, NATO countries had to tackle a very difficult task of maintaining adequate military forces and means.
In this light, most Alliance member states were forced to cut defense spending, an excessive disproportion arose between the military spending of the United States and European allies (in 2012 – 72% to 28%), the gap between the military capabilities of European NATO members increased (Great Britain – 6.9% of total expenses, Germany – 4.6%, Italy – 2%).
Over time, these problems have only intensified, in particular by the addition of new ones. For example, in late June this year, at a press conference at the White House with Polish President Andrzej Duda, US President Donald Trump called the level of military spending at 2% of the GDP of NATO member countries “insufficient”, urging all countries that are part the alliance to “pay a fair share.”
On August 27, at the Assembly of the US Republican Party, President Trump once again declared himself the main advocate for increasing defense spending by NATO member states.
However, a significant number of European politicians today are more inclined to reduce the military budget of their countries, especially given the current financial and economic problems.
In addition, an increasing number of politicians (especially in the Baltics) who recently started to actively offer their countries for the deployment of American troops, naturally at the expense of “American security guarantees”, see in this an opportunity to reduce their national military spending and to transfer budget funds to other domestic expenses instead.
Thus, according to err.ee., an Estonian information resource, the Minister of Finance of the country Martin Helme (Conservative People’s Party, EKRE) recently proposed to cut the state’s military spending by € 50 million.
Alliances and security guarantees were once viewed as the most serious obligations a state can undertake. Today, however, Washington is handing out security guarantees like a hotel administrator – candy to its guests: everybody gets one, plus an extra piece to anyone who asks for it. However, it is believed that such obligations are worthless, notes The National Interest.
And this circumstance was confirmed in light of recent events in the Eastern Mediterranean and the attitude of the alliance countries to the policies and actions of Turkey. As a result of Ankara’s recent actions, Turkey has made its presence felt from the Middle East to the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa, which has increased the risk of confrontation and friction within NATO.
Since early summer, after the contradictions arose in relation to the conflict in Libya, which reached the level of aggressive actions undertaken by the crews of the warships of the Turkish and French navies, mutual claims of the two countries intensified. They then escalated further over the maneuvers that the French undertook jointly with the Greeks and Cypriots in the Eastern Mediterranean.
As a result, Ankara accused Paris of violating the agreements on military presence in Cyprus, stepping up its maneuvers in the Eastern Mediterranean region in response. After that, the French President, commenting on the situation, said that the actions of Turkey “are not like the actions of a NATO ally,” and added that Turkey has been acting this way for several years, ignoring allied relations within the framework of the North Atlantic Alliance.
Recently, a sharp deterioration in relations between Turkey and another NATO member, Greece, due to gas deposits in the disputed Mediterranean region, has been added to the contradictions between Turkey and France. The conflict continues to escalate, dividing Europe into two camps.
But it turned out to be difficult for the alliance to resolve the internal crisis, as it always withdrew from solving Turkish problems. Against the backdrop of the risk of a military escalation between NATO members, its Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has so far limited himself to calls for “dialogue” and “de-escalation.”
And the members of the alliance do not show unity in assessing Ankara’s actions, which, in particular, is evidenced by the refusal of 22 out of 30 NATO members to support France’s demand to take a more firm position on Ankara.
A potential conflict, the likelihood of which at the moment is high enough, indicates that NATO is going through far from the best times. One can get the impression that the NATO leadership is either openly disregarding the interests of the European allies, who are already ready to take up arms, or Brussels is following the secret instructions of Washington, which intends to benefit from Europe weakened by a potential war.
Vice-dean of the Turkish Kadir Has University, lecturer at the Department of International Relations, Professor Mitat Çelikpala believes that the alliance’s relations do not work in the Eastern Mediterranean. The conflict between the three NATO countries (France, Turkey, Greece) can only be controlled by a very large player, i.e. the United States, especially since it is currently exercising control on behalf of NATO in the Mediterranean basin.
The very fact that such frictions are generally possible between allies in the alliance, threatening to escalate into armed clashes, nullifies the morale-boosting rhetoric of Brussels about some ephemeral “unity and solidarity” of the bloc members. After all, union or not, the national interests take the cake.
Valery Kulikov, a political analyst, exclusively for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook”.


veteranstoday--2020-10-02--Is Melania a Monster?  Yeah, fuck those kids in cages…

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This is the classiest first lady of all time according to our Christian Evangelists.
We were told that the Slovenian was not like hubby, not hateful and entitled, tasteless and bigoted. We knew better, and what we know we would never begin to put in print. Let her tell us, in her own way, is so much more delicious…catch Melania’s “fuck Christmas’ routine first…


veteranstoday--2020-10-02--#UNRIG Video (3:19) Presidential Debates, League of Women Voters and What Trump Can Do

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veteranstoday--2020-10-01--DOJ: Largest Healthcare Fraud Takedown In Its History

Health Editor ’ s Note : Sad state of medical affairs in the U.S. During this COVID-19 pandemic or maybe because of this pandemic , we have rampant malfeasance on the part of some 100 doctors , nurses , and other medical professionals .
In total 345 people were charged in connection for cases responsible for more than $ 6 billion in losses .
Billions of dollars in false claims were submitted to both private and public insurers , with $ 4.5 billion connected to telemedicine schemes .
Telemedicine has moved to the forefront as the prime means of virtually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus into offices and facilities .
Telemedicine can offer high-quality care when it is used lawfully , but can also be easily abused and has become a key focus for the enforcement agencies .
Disgusting !
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Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.


veteranstoday--2020-10-01--Wisconsin Governor to Trump:  Consider Canceling Rallies Amid Covid Surge

Trump ’ s Campaigning Could Not Come at a Worse Time During COVID-19 Pandemic Health Editor ’ s Note : Trump needs to win Wisconsin votes , to win re-election so he plans to have not one but two rallies this Saturday in Green Bay and LaCrosse .
Despite the 22 % increasing coronavirus infections in that state as well as other states in the U.S. Trump plans to politic on .
COVID-19 be damned .
Coincidentally , Trump is on his campaign trail as a Cornell University study suggests that Trump is the world ’ s largest source of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suggests that these Trump rallies would be reckless , especially since these rallies would draw people into the “ red zone ” for coronavirus transmission .
Trump can do two things : He could cancel the rallies and stay home or he could insist that people wear masks….while wearing one himself .
Bringing people together , in an area of the country noted for increasing COVID-19 infections , because he is ‘ campaigning for the presidential election , is a ridiculously bad , self-serving idea .
No doubt he will choose the ridiculously @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thinks coronavirus is a joke , believes that the democrats are conjuring the virus up to harm him , that this will all go away…..
There will be a stab at telling people to wear masks and Trump will probably wear one of his ‘ presidential ’ masks , but in the end these rallies will generate more cases of COVID-19 .
Super-spreader COVID-19 event , come one and come all !
…….Carol

Trump’s Campaigning Could Not Come at a Worse Time During COVID-19 Pandemic
Health Editor’s Note: Trump needs to win Wisconsin votes, to win re-election so he plans to have not one but two rallies this Saturday in Green Bay and LaCrosse. Despite the 22% increasing coronavirus infections in that state as well as other states in the U.S. Trump plans to politic on. COVID-19 be damned.
Coincidentally, Trump is on his campaign trail as a Cornell University study suggests that Trump is the world’s largest source of COVID-19 misinformation.
Wisconsin’s governor suggests that these Trump rallies would be reckless, especially since these rallies would draw people into the “red zone” for coronavirus transmission.
Trump can do two things: He could cancel the rallies and stay home or he could insist that people wear masks….while wearing one himself. Bringing people together, in an area of the country noted for increasing COVID-19 infections, because he is ‘campaigning for the presidential election, is a ridiculously bad, self-serving idea. No doubt he will choose the ridiculously bad idea because he is selfish, thinks coronavirus is a joke, believes that the democrats are conjuring the virus up to harm him, that this will all go away….. There will be a stab at telling people to wear masks and Trump will probably wear one of his ‘presidential’ masks, but in the end these rallies will generate more cases of COVID-19. Super-spreader COVID-19 event, come one and come all!…….Carol