Recent International Geo-Political Developments

Salento said:
You mentioned a Parable of Jesus.
Ironically in many socialist/communist nations the religion was suppressed.
Many were lucky not to end up Nailed to a Cross too, others were not.


I know many people like your Elders, my Father hired many of them, they crossed the Adriatic between San Cataldo - San Foca - Otranto at first. They told us their stories.
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Mind that one can have capitalist and free market economy and rich social help structure at same time. One doesn't collide much with the other, like in scandinavian countries or like in Canada. The best of 2 worlds.
 
LeBrok said:
Mind that one can have capitalist and free market economy and rich social help structure at same time. One doesn't collide much with the other, like in scandinavian countries or like in Canada. The best of 2 worlds.
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I'm not against all social programs, things happen, a “temporary” help for the citizens in need, it’s fine, Medicare and Social Security after a certain age too. (US nomenclatures)

I'm against abuses of Free this, and Free that at Taxpayers ' expenses.

Even Bloomberg and the Starbucks guy agree with this. (Lately)

Canada and ... the best of the 2 Worlds. Really? :LOL:
 
The Exceptionality of a Nation, should never be confused as being Superior to another!
 
And my fears are not that far fetched:

(https://www.dw.com/en/us-announces-withdrawal-from-inf-missile-treaty/a-47323488)


"US announces withdrawal from INF missile treaty

The US has begun its withdrawal from the INF treaty with Russia. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Berlin would continue talking with Moscow about its alleged violations until the withdrawal process was finished."

Interesting read. Seems the US is giving Russia 6 months to comply with requests. But considering the Military Satellite fear Russia is facing this will only escalate further the arms race.

Interesting 3 min Video:

(https://www.dw.com/en/maas-inf-treaty-no-longer-working/av-47330241)
Includes segments from Pompeo, US under-secretary Thompson, Putin and Maas(German Foreign Minister).

Maas: " The treaty is de-facto suspended"

@LeBrok Interestingly enough Canada and Russia are the two countries that gain the most from the status quo of Climate Change (note: still net losers overall due to the nature of the global economy). Canada's Northern Coast alone can be a "new world" with a couple of degrees up on the global thermometer. Thing is Canada would need a lot of Human Capital to populate, connect and develop the area.

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Salento said:
The utopia of Socialist Equality has been completed.

Now the People of Venezuela are all Equally Miserables!
(Bigwigs apart)
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Old Decabrist's widow asks maid about the noise on the streets "oh, it's bolshevik demonstration, they demand that there would be no rich" "Weird, my late husband fought that there would be no poor"
 
(https://www.dw.com/en/eu-nations-get-behind-venezuelas-juan-guaido-as-acting-president/a-47348321)

"EU nations get behind Venezuela's Juan Guaido as acting presidentThe EU is increasing the pressure on Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro to call early elections, after a raft of member states recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president."

...

"The coordinated move to recognize Guaido by France, Spain, Germany, Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Luxembourg comes after the expiry of an eight-day ultimatum for Maduro to call a new election."

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there hasbeen a veto as concern EU unified policy.

So until now EU is out of Venezuela problems,

ONLY PROPOSALS.


 
The Balkans -The Next Tinderbox
After its military interventions in Ukraine and Syria,will Russia invade the Balkans next?



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Dr. Joseph Frager

Ever since Serbia declared war on the Ottoman Empire in 1876, the Balkans have been one of the most incendiary of conflicts in the world. After Syria the next big conflagration could well be the Balkans.

With Russia flexing its muscles all over the globe including its invasion of Crimea (which it annexed) and the Ukraine in 2014, and establishing a joint military campaign with Bashar Assad in Syria in 2015, there is grave concern that Putin’s next move will be an invasion of the Balkans.

Most remember that the Balkans sparked the outbreak of World War I with the assassination of the heir to the throne of Austria Hungary Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28th, 1914 by a Bosnian Serb nineteen year old Gavrilo Princip.

The Balkan Peninsula consists of Albania, Bosnia&Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia all formerly under Communist control and Greece and European Turkey with a capitalist past. It is situated at the crossroads of three major empires:1)The Ottoman Empire, 2)Russian, and 3)Austri-Hungarian.

It is best known today for the fact that the First Lady, Melania Trump is from the Balkan Country of Slovenia. It is also possible that the First Lady will play a significant role in preventing bloodshed in the Balkans.

In the past 20 years, the main conflict was seen in Kosovo. The so called “Tomahawk Diplomacy” of President Bill Clinton ended the conflict in 1999. The Kosovo War began in February of 1998 and ended in June of 1999. It was fought by forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Montenegro and Serbia) which controlled Kosovo before the War against the Kosovo Albanian rebel group-Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) with air support from NATO and ground support from the Albanian Army. President Clinton’s Tomahawk Diplomacy forced Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to halt his brutal siege of Kosovo and negotiate with the province’s ethnic Albanians.

Presently, the Russians are itching to invade the Balkans in order to gain a stranglehold on Central Europe and the Mediterranean. One of its prime targets is Albania which is the window to the Mediterranean from Russia. Putin is trying to resurrect the former USSR which held dominion over the Balkans.

Under President Obama, the Russians were allowed to invade Crimea, the Ukraine and hold sway in Syria. It was a colossal foreign policy disaster for America and the world. It is now up to President Trump to prevent further Russian aggression.

Putin so far has been kept at bay. He is former KGB so he will pick the moment the President is least expecting, to invade the Balkans. The President and his administration must be on high alert to prevent the Balkans from becoming another Tinderbox.
 
Well if you have loser Ambassador like Geofrey Pyatt, in Ukraine, and now in Greece.
the one who travel at Skopjie to observe-behold the votes of Fyrom parliamental, from inside the parliament

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?

It is obvious that wrong handling of Geofrey Pyatt, as also the strange will of 'first citizen of the world' G Soros,
make easy the way to Russia to annex Crimaia,
and possible make it easy again for another war the biased illegal by both sides Prespes treaty
Remember Pisoderi is the place where Communism stop to expand,
where Greek civil war ended

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except if both have an agreement to start a fight in Balkans, just to sell guns, as in Syrria


PS2
The Laussane treaty today is violated
Turkey has occupied Afrin which is a land under Laussane treaty.
But nobody is saying something
may I remind you that violation of Laussane treaty means back to Sevres treaty,
upon which Albania must give Epirus back to Greece,
or a new war era.


The loser of Ukraine and Crimaia
NOW PROMOTES A NEW WAR AT BALKANS
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The Laussane treaty
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maybe, but Russia has NO money, Putin is a shorty-man with a BIG Mouth.
Putin is going to do the opposite of what he said.
He will never tell us his real strategic plans.

Strategery LoL
 
Salento said:
maybe, but Russia has NO money, Putin is a shorty-man with a BIG Mouth.
Putin is going to do the opposite of what he said.
He will never tell us his real strategic plans.

Strategery LoL
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He didn't give the Syria, He took the Crimea and East Ukraine.

Calling him short man with big mouth is not something I can agree.
 
Putin is 5’ 7” (or so he says), Melania Trump 5’ 11”, LoL
 
Guys wtheck* is this talk about Putins height? Are you really implying height means crap* when you are at the head of an Empire?

Napoleon would have you... for subordination.

XD

On a more serious note, Russia might have no money, but they sure have been stacking up on Gold past couple of years:

https://sputniknews.com/business/201811031069477784-russia-turkey-china-gold-record-pace/

^From Sputnik you will notice

"Why Russia, Turkey and China Are Buying Gold at Record Pace"

Also from western media:

http://fortune.com/2018/11/01/global-gold-buying-high/


"Global Gold Buying Has Reached a Nearly 3-Year High, Led by Russia"

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That looks like "embargo/sanction" insurance... can you blame the rest of the world?

Nevertheless, Putin could be 5ft talk and still "press the button", one could be 8 ft tall and get disappeared.

PS: 1 Billion in Gold got disappeared from Venezuela.

"https://www.voanews.com/a/mystery-deepens-over-venezuela-gold/4769065.html"

"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/turkey-told-to-end-gold-trade-with-venezuela-lsbht2fl6"

"http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0005520688"

Edit: Petition to call 1 billion in gold a Bullion. xD

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noun: bullion

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    gold or silver in bulk before coining, or valued by weight.
    "gold bullion"

 
Russia is a declining Empire, and tries to still be relevant by grabbing what ever it can.
I'm much more concerned of the rising Tiger of East Asia.

More or less we tolerate Russia cos of the Nukes, is becoming more and more isolated, and has no financial teeth.

Look at the Unholy Russia Allies: Syria, Iran, Cuba, ... Maduro.

.. Tell me who you're going with, and I’ll to tell you who you are!


@Archetype0ne You completely missed my point.
 
part 2:

... Stands to show how desperate for consensus the Ruskies really are.
 
Archetype0ne said:
Putin is way to smart to mess around.
"Putin Vows 'Immediate and Symmetrical' Response If U.S. Withdraws From Cold War Arms Treaty"
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I don´t see Russia capable of surviving an arms race between the US and them. Actually this is bad news for Putin because he now will have less money to spent for modernising the Russian economy.
 
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