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[FishbellykanakaDude]

Maduro needs to build a wall

A surrounding wall that keeps you alive is called a boat.

A surrounding wall the makes you dead is called a prison (or an aquarium, following the "water" theme).

So, yeah,.. everybody,.. build them dang walls..!!

[Guest]

Maduro needs to build a wall

A surrounding wall that keeps you alive is called a boat.

A surrounding wall the makes you dead is called a prison (or an aquarium, following the "water" theme).

So, yeah,.. everybody,.. build them dang walls..!!

And a wall that keeps your enemies at bay is called a good idea.

Build the wall.

MAGA

[Guest]

Regarding India and Pakistan that could lead to war, that would be a tragedy but that would be one involving India and Pakistan, those two countries nuking each other would not really effect anything over here in America. Russia would do nothing if we invade Venezuela because that country is not vital to Russia's security and is not vital to the Continued existence of Russia. China is too far away and too poorly positioned strategically to help Maduro Either. The US hasn't had IRBMs in Europe since the Mid-1980s and Putin knows that an IRBM arms race favors the Russians anyway, not us, his statement is if anything bait to get us to deploy missiles. A real counter to Putin in an arms race would be a buildup of long range ICBMs and SLBMs, and stealth ICBMs.

A real good way to counter Putin the goat would be to ban Russia from using the SWIFT system.

Let Latinos rot. They are just lighter skinned Africans; and just as stupid.

[John]

** 24-Feb-2019 Saudi's bin Salman sucks up to China and OKs Uighur genocide

As I've been saying for over a decade, China will be allied with
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in the coming Clash of Civilizations world
war, and the China-Saudi alliance took a big leap forward this past
week when Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) described
China's genocide and ethnic cleansing of Muslim Uighurs "fighting
terrorism," in exchange for lucrative financial agreements between the
two countries.


China is Saudi Arabia's largest trading partner. Last week, the
national oil giant Saudi Aramco signed an agreement to form a
Saudi-Chinese joint venture, worth more than $10bn, to develop a
refining and petrochemical complex in China's northeastern Liaoning
province in the former Manchuria. Also, the Saudi Arabian General
Investment Authority also the signing of 35 non-binding memorandums of
understanding, worth $28bn, including deals related to energy, mining,
transportation and e-commerce.

In exchange, MBS made the following statement during his visit to
China, in reference to the Muslim Uighurs in in East Turkistan
(China's Xinjiang province):

"We respect and support China's right to take counter-terrorism
and de-extremism measures to safeguard national security. We stand
ready to strengthen cooperation with China."

A spokesman for Britain's Muslim Council called the remarks
"disgusting" and a defense of "the use of concentration camps against
Uighur Muslims."

Saudi Arabia claims to be the defender of all Muslims worldwide,
and is the home of the two holiest cities in the Muslim faith,
Mecca and Medina. Every Muslim in the world is commanded to
make a Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in his lifetime.
This year, the Hajj will occur on August 9-14, but it's not known
whether Uighur Muslims will be welcome.

It's already true that Shia Muslims from Iran are not particularly
welcome, and Sunni Muslims from Qatar are not particularly welcome, so
it seems possible that last week's tacit approval of China's Uighur
genocide will extend not welcoming Sunni Muslim Uighurs to attend this
year's Hajj. We'll see.

China has been extremely effective in using threats, extortion and
bribery to keep Muslim countries from condemning the genocide.
Earlier this month, Turkey broke ranks with a harsh condemnation of
the East Turkistan concentration camps, where over a million ethnic
Uighurs are allegedly being subjected to beatings, torture, rape and
other atrocities before they are executed and sent to the new
crematoria. The Uighurs are ethnically Turkic, and speak a Turkic
language, and so Turkey a special reason for the condemnation, but
that special reason doesn't apply to the Arab Muslims, like the
Saudis.

One of the most surprising aspects of this situation are the dramatic
outcomes of the Jamal Khashoggi incident. Khashoggi was killed in
Istanbul, Turkey, in the Saudi embassy, in an extremely bizarre and
sickening murder, and MBS is widely believed to have ordered the
killing. This has isolated MBS from the rest of the world. Since
Pakistan was on the verge of financial disaster and was desperate,
Pakistan was able to leverage the Khashoggi incident to convince Saudi
Arabia to loan Pakistan $6 billion, in exchange for MBS recognition
from Pakistan. And now China has been able leverage the Khashoggi
incident and make the MBS, the defender of all Muslims, approve the
genocide of Uighur Muslims. It may not be correct to say that the
Khashoggi incident has CHANGED history, but it certainly seems to have
SPED UP history, by cementing the China - Pakistan - Saudi alliance.

On tv this morning, a news announced was shocked to learn that only
75% of Americans in a poll said that they had heard of the Jewish
Holocaust in the 1940s. I wonder what that percentage would be about
the similar Holocaust going on today of Muslim Uighurs?

In fact, there are actually three genocides going on in three
countries today, and almost nobody cares. Even though Sunni Muslims
are being exterminated in all three cases (China, Burma/Myanmar, and
Syria), there's no outrage being expressed by any of the 50
Muslim-majority countries, with the possible exception of Turkey.

For decades, Jews have criticized the West for not even speaking out
against the Holocaust against Jews while it was going on. And yet,
few if any Westerners are expressing outrage against the three
genocides of Sunni Muslims going on today.

Even if you, Dear Reader, say you hate Muslims and that they
should all be exterminate, that's exactly what many people said
about the Jews.

However, even that reasoning doesn't apply to the 50 Muslim majority
countries of the world. Except for Turkey, why aren't they speaking
out? Even Kazakhstan, whose Kazakh citizens are thrown into the same
concentration camps as the Uighurs when they cross the border into
China, are kowtowing to China, rather than risk losing financial perks
or a military action.

So for those of you who wondered about the Jewish Holocaust happened,
why it happened, and why it wasn't prevented or stopped, just
analyze what's happening today -- it's exactly the same.


--- Uighurs / Salman / Saudi crown prince defends China's right to
fight 'terrorism'
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/ ... 47149.html
(Al-Jazeera)


--- Salman / Uighurs / Saudi crown prince defends China’s use of
internment camps for Uighur Muslims
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/saudi- ... ims-141432
(Hurriyet, Turkey)

--- Uighurs call on MBS to condemn persecution of Muslim minority
during China visit
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uigh ... hina-visit
(Middle East Eye)

--- Uighurs / Saudi’s bin Salman mum on China’s abuse of Uyghur
Muslims as he touts ties
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/saud ... es-3475198
(Yeni Safak, Turkey)

--- Related:

--- 9-Feb-2019 Turkey condemns China's Uighur 'concentration camps,' then backs down
http://gdxforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php ... 985#p43985


** 16-Nov-18 World View -- Fifteen countries challenge China's human rights in Xinjiang province
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e181116



** 13-Jan-19 World View -- India-Iran and Saudi-Pakistan alliances form and strengthen in Asia
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e190113




** 27-Jan-19 World View -- George Soros speech at Davos marks significant global shift against China
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e190127


--- 10-Feb-2019 China releases video of Uigher singer, claiming it proves that he's alive
http://gdxforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php ... 995#p43995

[John]

** 24-Feb-2019 Etherial Trump-Kim summit to take place at mid-week

President Donald Trump is preparing to fly to Hanoi, Vietnam, for
the summit on Wednesday and Thursday with North Korea's Kim Jong-un.

Kim is not flying. He's taking a train from North Korea's capital
city Pyongyang to China's capital city Beijing, to meet with China's
president Xi Jinping. Then he'll hop on the train again until it
comes to the Vietnam border where, ordering to a report I heard, he'll
have to travel in a motorcade because Vietnam can't or won't permit
the train to continue.

A year go, everyone was hopin' and prayin' that Kim would agree
to "denuclearize," but as I wrote repeatedly, that was never going
to happen. In fact, that train left the station (so to speak) months
ago. Today, North Korea has an arsenal of ballistic missiles, and
plenty to plutonium to make many more. The only thing he hasn't
been able to do is openly test them.

Kim wants Trump to agree to lift the harsh sanctions that were imposed
in the past. There would be a huge backlash in Washington if Trump
agreed to anything like that, so I'm assuming that he won't. Instead,
he keeps talking about how much he and Kim love each other (presumably
in a father-son relationship), and Trump brags about the fact that no
tests have been conducted for over a year.

The one thing that might be agreed to is the end of the Korean War.
The Korean war ended in 1953 in an armistice ceasefire, and North and
South Korea are theoretically still at war. The North has pushed for
an agreement to end the war in the past. Washington has resisted,
because it might imply that American troops in South Korea would have
to be withdrawn. So according to some reports, there might be an
agreement to end the Korea War, with the American troops remaining.

However, the question is whether Kim will renounce his intention to
send his million man army across the border to attack Seoul. The
North has repeatedly said that it wants the North and South to be
reunited under the North's control. If Kim renounced that intention
in return for agreement to end the war, it would add a great deal of
symbolic value.

So the expectations for the meeting are pretty low. At the end of
there week there may be a symbolic paper agreement to end the war in
some way, but I would expect that the sanctions will continue, and
North Korea will continue to develop nuclear weapons and missiles, but
not test them. He's already proven that his missiles can reach Japan,
and that may be enough for him anyway, for now.


--- White House vows to shed Obama-era policy of 'cowering' before
North Korea ahead of second Trump-Kim summit
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white- ... kim-summit
(Fox News)

--- Don't stop believin' in a successful summit
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47327473
(BBC)

[FishbellykanakaDude]

Regarding India and Pakistan that could lead to war, that would be a tragedy but that would be one involving India and Pakistan, those two countries nuking each other would not really effect anything over here in America. Russia would do nothing if we invade Venezuela because that country is not vital to Russia's security and is not vital to the Continued existence of Russia. China is too far away and too poorly positioned strategically to help Maduro Either. The US hasn't had IRBMs in Europe since the Mid-1980s and Putin knows that an IRBM arms race favors the Russians anyway, not us, his statement is if anything bait to get us to deploy missiles. A real counter to Putin in an arms race would be a buildup of long range ICBMs and SLBMs, and stealth ICBMs.

A real good way to counter Putin the goat would be to ban Russia from using the SWIFT system.

Let Latinos rot. They are just lighter skinned Africans; and just as stupid.

And yet another good rationale, sensibly taken by Guest, for Guest to want to be known as "Guest".

[guest]

Regarding India and Pakistan that could lead to war, that would be a tragedy but that would be one involving India and Pakistan, those two countries nuking each other would not really effect anything over here in America. Russia would do nothing if we invade Venezuela because that country is not vital to Russia's security and is not vital to the Continued existence of Russia. China is too far away and too poorly positioned strategically to help Maduro Either. The US hasn't had IRBMs in Europe since the Mid-1980s and Putin knows that an IRBM arms race favors the Russians anyway, not us, his statement is if anything bait to get us to deploy missiles. A real counter to Putin in an arms race would be a buildup of long range ICBMs and SLBMs, and stealth ICBMs.

A real good way to counter Putin the goat would be to ban Russia from using the SWIFT system.

Let Latinos rot. They are just lighter skinned Africans; and just as stupid.

And yet another good rationale, sensibly taken by Guest, for Guest to want to be known as "Guest".

I think 'Guest' is a better name than 'fishbelly'...

[Tom Mazanec]

Coming war in Venezuela:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/arch ... -venezuela

[John]

> Coming war in Venezuela:

> http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/arch ... -venezuela

This is really laughable. Vox is run by far-left idiots, and in this
case their primary "source" is Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman
Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova.



Only another idiot would believe anything Zakharova says.

[John]

** 25-Feb-2019 Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif resigns in anger

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif unexpectedly announced
his resignation on Monday, Feb 25. He gave no reason for the
resignation, but posted the following on Instagram (the only major
social media network not banned in Iran):

"Many thanks for the generosity of the dear and brave people of
Iran and its authorities over the past 67 months. I sincerely
apologize for the inability to continue the service and for all
the shortcomings during the service. Be happy and worthy."

Zarif has been highly visible for the past five years as he worked
closely with America's Secretary of State John Kerry to get
international agreement on the JCPOA, the international nuclear
agreement.

This was hailed as a massive diplomatic victory for both Zarif and
Kerry, and there was talk of giving them the Nobel Peace Prize. It
also meant the lifting of sanctions, giving Iran tens of billions of
dollars to spend as it wished.

However, Donald Trump came into office and withdrew America from
the JCPOA, reinstating some sanctions, making it illegal for any
entity doing business in the United States to do business with Iran.
Since almost every major international bank does business in the
United States, this shut down much of Iran's international trade.

So when Zarif apologized for "all the shortcomings" in his
resignation post, he may have been referring to effective collapse
of the JCPOA.

At last week's Munich Security Conference, he said that the US was
"driven by pathological obsession." Zarif spoke in a manner that was
undiplomatically furious, especially because the Europeans were unable
or unwilling to break the sanctions, despite giving lip service to a
desire to do so. A BBC reporter (Lyse Doucet) who has interviewed
Zarif many times over the years said that she had never seen him so
angry. So presumably that speech was related to Monday's resignation.

A pro-Iran analyst on the BBC today blamed Trump for the failure of
the JCPOA, saying that everything would have worked out fine if Trump
hadn't been elected president.

That's an interesting claim, but it's more likely that the JCPOA
would have been a disaster for Iran even if Hillary Clinton had
become president.

To understand this, we have to remember that Iran is in a generational
Awakening era, with a big political split between the generations of
hardline aging geezers who fought in the 1979 Revolution and the
younger generations of Iranian growing up after the 1979 civil war.
Starting in 1999, college students in Iran were holding
anti-government protests, and Iran's leadership ordered
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)
thugs to go out and beat, torture, rape, jail, and execute peaceful
protesters.

This slowed the protests down, but they continued. There were
huge protests in December 2017, a month before Trump took office.

In an article that I wrote at the time, I tracked the slogans as they
morphed. The original protests were about the economy and government
corruption:

• Bread, work, freedom
• The nation is destitute while the leader is acting like God
• Young people are unemployed, and mullahs have all the positions
• Execute the economically corrupt
• If you stop one case of embezzlement,
  our problem will be solved

The next day, they had morphed into general anti-government and
anti-regime protests:

• Seyed Ali [Khamenei] shame on you let go of our country
• Dignified Iranians, join your people
• We don’t want an Islamic Republic
• Dignified Iranians, support us, support us
• Death to the Dictator
• Death to Rouhani
• Don’t be afraid, we are all united
• Political prisoners should be freed
• Shame on you
• Death or freedom

Anti-war protests zeroed in on Iran's enormous expenditures on war
efforts for Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Hamas, and Yemen:

• Leave Syria, think about us
• Guns and tanks! The mullahs must be killed
• Death to Hezbollah
• Leave Syria alone, think about us instead
• Forget about Gaza and Lebanon; I’ll sacrifice my life for Iran
• Never mind Palestine, think about us

All of these protests were occurring BEFORE Trump took office, and
certainly before Trump withdrew from JCPOA.

With regard to the JCPOA, young people in Iran were particularly
furious at how the money from lifting the sanctions had been
squandered. Instead of spending it to help the average Iranian, it
was spent on corruption among the Shia clerics, corruption in the
IRGC, and in military misadventures throughout the region, in Yemen,
Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza.

It's a rule of life that receiving a big pile of money can end up
being a curse, because you can use the money to do evil or to make
unsustainable commitments. We see this today in Venezuela, where a
huge gusher of money turned the country from one of the richest in the
world into the disaster you see today.

That's the path Iran was on before Trump reimposed the sanctions.
If anything, Trump did Iran a big favor.

When I heard of Zarif's resignation, and particularly the angry
bitterness of his Instagram post, the thing that popped into my mind
was the resignation of President Lyndon Johnson in 1968. There's a
great deal of similarity between the two. Both resignations occurred
during a generational Awakening era, when their policies were opposed
by the younger generations. Johnson's resignation followed the
massive and heartbreaking protests by teens and students in the 1967
Summer of Love.

Zarif has given no reason why he is resigning. One possibility is
that, like Lyndon Johnson, he was heartbroken that he'd given his life
to a cause that was massively opposed by the younger generations.
What was the point of doing it, if everyone you love hates it?

Does Zarif's resignation signal regime change? Probably not. If we
use the Lyndon Johnson resignation as an example, it signaled a change
of mood that led to "regime change," but the actual regime change
didn't occur for six years, until Richard Nixon was forced to resign.


--- Iran / Mohammad Javad Zarif / Zarif resigned
http://www.irna.ir/fa/News/83222670
(IRNA - Iran)
https://translate.google.com/translate? ... 2F83222670
(Translation)

--- Mohammad Javad Zarif: Iran's foreign minister announces resignation
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47362962
(BBC)

--- Why Iran's foreign minister Javad Zarif may have resigned
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opin ... e-resigned
(Washington Examiner)

--- Related:

** 2-Jan-18 World View -- Escalating violence in Iran protests brings calls for Iran-Israel friendship
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e180102


** 30-Dec-17 World View -- Anti-government, anti-war and economic protests spread across Iran
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e171230


** Boomers commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love.
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... m#e070612b