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Presenting The Russian Naval Base In Tartus, Syria, Or Good Luck UN Security Council
UPDATE: Hardly reassuring (from Bloomberg): *U.S. IS `DISGUSTED' WITH RUSSIA, AMBASSADOR RICE SAYS AT UN
The world is suddenly aflutter in its usual fake indignation (how many times have we seen this) having realized what has been going on in Syria for months on end. It was none other than the Headhunter In Chief who "condemned the "unspeakable assault" Saturday by Syrian forces on the city of Homs, a sustained attack that activists say killed more than 200 people in what may be the bloodiest confrontation of the uprising against Bashar Assad's regime. The assault sparked fierce international outcry ahead of a meeting Saturday of the U.N. Security Council, where the U.S. and other nations are pushing for a vote on an Arab League-backed resolution calling for Assad to step down." Needless to say, just like in the case of Libya, both China and Russia are now a confirmed veto for any security council resolution that enforces a regime change, no fly zone, or what have you. Only this time the stake for Russia (and China as well, as Syria is nothing but a gateway to Iran), are far higher. And as Zero Hedge noted regarding Iranian developments yesterday, "We've seen this play by play many times before and frankly at this point the posturing is getting just silly. What we do want to find out, however, is how will Russia get involved in all of this. Because if recent actions are any precedent, we fully expect Putin to send an aircraft carrier, purely symbolically, in the Arabian Sea himself, just to indicate that any invasion, pardon, liberation, of Iran crude, will first have to go through him. And not to mention China... or India." Sure enough, speaking of aircraft carriers, it was none other than the Russian navy's aircraft carrier Kuznetsov that landed at the Russian naval base in Tartus "in support of the al-Assad regime" back in November, and it is the Tartus base that is arguably one of the most critical locations for the US military vis-a-vis developments in the middle east. And here is why Russia will block any attempt by the west to impose its own will in Syria.
The Russian naval base in Tartus, Syria.
Tartus hosts a Soviet-era naval supply and maintenance base, under a 1971 agreement with Syria, which is still staffed by Russian naval personnel. The base was established during the Cold War to support the Soviet Navy's fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. During the 1970s, similar support points were located in Egypt and Latakia, Syria. In 1977, the Egyptian support bases at Alexandria and Mersa Matruh were evacuated and the ships and property were transferred to Tartus, where the naval support base was transformed into the 229th Naval and Estuary Vessel Support Division. Seven years later, the Tartus support point was upgraded to the 720th Logistics Support Point.
In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed and its Mediterranean fleet, the 5th Mediterranean Squadron which was composed of ships from the North Sea Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet, ceased its existence. Since then, there have been occasional expeditions by Russian Navy vessels and submarines to the Mediterranean Sea. The naval logistics support base in Syria is now part of the Black Sea Fleet. It consists of three floating docks of which one is operational, a floating workshop, storage facilities, barracks and other facilities.
Since Russia forgave Syria of three-fourths, or $9.6 billion, of its $13.4 billion Soviet-era debt and became its main arms supplier in 2006, Russia and Syria have conducted talks about allowing Russia to develop and enlarge its naval base, so that Russia can strengthen its naval presence in the Mediterranean. Amid Russia's deteriorating relations with the West, because of the 2008 South Ossetia War and plans to deploy a US missile defense shield in Poland, President Assad agreed to the port’s conversion into a permanent Middle East base for Russia’s nuclear-armed warships. Since 2009, Russia has been renovating the Tartus naval base and dredging the port to allow access for its larger naval vessels.
On September 8, 2008, ten Russian warships docked in Tartus. According to Lebanese-Syrian commentator Joseph Farah, the flotilla which moved to Tartus consisted of the Moskva cruiser and four nuclear missile submarines. Two weeks later, Russian Navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said the nuclear-powered battlecruiser Peter The Great, accompanied by three other ships, sailed from the Northern Fleet's base of Severomorsk. The ships would cover about 15,000 nautical miles (28,000 km) to conduct joint maneuvers with the Venezuelan navy. Dygalo refused to comment on reports in the daily Izvestia claiming that the ships were to make a stopover in the Syrian port of Tartus on their way to Venezuela. Russian officials said the Soviet-era base there was being renovated to serve as a foothold for a permanent Russian navy presence in the Mediterranean.
In 2009, RIA Novosti reported that the base would be made fully operational to support anti-piracy operations. It would also support a Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean as a base for "guided-missile cruisers and even aircraft carriers".
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Good stuff! Wayne Madsen has also reported the same. Also, reports from Syrians on the ground say we are not learning the truth. Imagine that!
i enjoyed...as usual i guess...the respondents more than the article. LOOK! THEY USE THEIR REAL NAME! not even you do that..."bgib's" i did read about the anti-ACTA movement going on in your neck of the woods. "far bigger than SOPA" it says...been around a lot longer, too. Very interesting to hear Hollywood's take on "how important we are to governments around the world." That didn't sound very encouraging to me! Can we go anywhere without being watched anymore? "Well...I hear Damascus is pretty good if you wanna get away from it all!" I've just booked my tickets!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZmUlKPthrag
Pepe's work is my 2nd port of call after ZH.
Thank you for that. The Zionist propaganda is on the firehose setting now has they hope to expand Israel from the Tigris to the Euphrates.
@ bank guy in Brussels
Escobar's article from January 31st - What is the GCC up to in Syria?
Also check
http://geofinancial.blogspot.com/
http://geoplotical.blogspot.com/
"Slightly" on the Anti-Zionist side, but you 'll find plenty of good articles more often than not.
p.s. It was only a matter of time before Russia's regional interests ( 1 , 2 ) were thrown into the mix, apparently through Rice's polished rhetoric.
Now that Iraq is "winding down" (with only private taxpayer-funded mercenaries left in place, not the public ones), and with our terms of surrender talks in Afghanistan going well, TPTB desperately need another war. They want it to be Iran but the Chinese threatened WWIII if we try that. So Syria might fit the bill, and serve as a jumping off point. And the American (oops I mean "Israeli") attack on Iran that is scheduled for March might just create enough instability for MidEast War 3.0 to begin.
I wonder what would have happened if there were blue helmets running around during the American Civil War? The US would probably be two countries now, might be better for it. We could divide into educated, urbanized, non-religious and less-educated, agricultural, and religious. The real Red and Blue States. The Blue would be a strip about 50 miles deep running along both coasts, and the Red would be the rest. Blue could trade software and gadgets for the Red's corn and oil.
'Exposed: The Arab Agenda in Syria'
That is one of the most blatantly biased pieces of opinionated "reporting" I have ever read. The writer's approach is to start with his opinions and fill in whatever "facts" he needs to make up to support them. You wasted my time!
I wonder when Homeland Security/TSA/Troops mow down hundreds of protesters (and sure as shit that will happen) in the USSofA if the UN will call for regime change?
Is the UN calling for regime change in Libya for ethnical cleansing?
It answers.
ethical cleansing
120,000 in Moscow streets also might not be an accidental occurrence.
120K, not bad, still a minority though
viva los democracy
Of COURSE not.....the NED is all over the place organizing these protests. There are NO organic protests these days....this is all theatre.
"this is all theatre"
short & sweet.
UH-OH.....
the printing game always leads to the bombing game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D684PQO1vHA&feature=related
Yeah the US going after Syria is like if Russia were going at Bahrain.
Timing is the only issue...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/israel-defense-chief-barak-says...
With major protests in Moscow it seems Putin needs some sort of war or major skirmish.....
Just like Obama needs something similar to put paid to some sort of rumored election in November!
Tyrants helping tyrants get re-elected.
"appearing" to get re-elected.
War is the ultimate social distraction.
The Day After .. 1983.. Remember? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btpnI__tQdE&feature=related
I also remember this one:
Amerika
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZy6SDrdyOM
Military Keynesianism
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Why does the UNSC exist?
Seriously since it "missed" the genocide in Rwanda, why does the body still exist?
Is it not merely a body that allows men to play political chess, with real peoples lives, as they attempt to entrench themselves in the world political order.
Pirc defense...(slaps clock)... your move...
UNSC is simply a complex facade for the Nuclear Club.
Just look at it's permanent menbers.
Also, it was set up around the guiding principles of the theosophy movement and still has it's books/booklets/pamphlets published by the Lucis Trust.
pretty Vile/Evil and all that.
And why Blue Helmets for the UN army? Anyone?
ori
I love how they changed it from LUCIFER Trust to Lucis Trust.
Alice Bailey was like: "Crap, Maurice.....why the hell did you register us as "Lucifer"? Kind of obvious, don't you think? Now get back there and change it to....uhhh.....ummm...lemme see.....Lucis! Yes, that's it! The sheeple will never notice!"
Your move Obama, let's play tic tac toe - endgame....
Have a nice day
Putin.
The only TIC TAC TOE Obama understands is the type with Paul Lynde in the center square...
Wow....blast from the past...haven't heard of our thought about Paul Lynde since the 70's!
Where is China's Navy? or India's. So far only Russia is willing to put a finger on the trigger.
I dont think Russia will ever use nukes, or India. Its China that will have to choose sides.
If China moved that new carrier...
And Walmart calls "Checkmate".
Yes, China is the economic / financial arm of ANA, Russia is the military arm.
China can single-handedly destroy the American financial system, plus they have Japan's $2 trillion of Treasuries at their disposal now since Japan has joined ANA (a smart thing for Japan to do).
So no, China doesn't need a navy. Thrir role is economic / financial.
Russia is more than capable of doing the military / naval part.
china has been pumping out 2-3 'state-of-the-art' nuclear subs ~ every three years since 2008 --- perhaps even earlier,... they have a facility capable of manufacturing up to 5 nuclear subs simultaneously [a freakin nuke assembly-line] currently as i type. yeah,... they also refurbished a "sold-for-scrap" old soviet aircraft carrier in a years time - also with 'state-of-art' military intelligence & expertise 'know-how' manuscripts, furnished by Israel and america
nice!
Good point on the subs. Remember a few years back when a Chinese sub popped up in the middle of U. S. war games and surprised them. Then there is the mysterious missile that launched off the coast of California. A Chinese warning shot.
China & Russia - motes in the NWO eye.
Damascus will be a heaping ruin whoevers fault this is it will not end well syria most likely has wmds from russia who along with china just vetoed the un resolution so more people will die and more people will protest and the bombs will fly
IF the US strategy is to take down MENA strong men and create dysfunction, no matter the cost to the citizens, of the target Nation, say like Egypt in order to take down Iran, as implied here, What is the long-long term expected results? Oil of course is the obvious answer, but how do they get there from here if the entire area is tribal chaos.
That makes the assumption that the Brits and the US have a plan. Putin has an opportunity to build his role as Russian super hero if he can stop this with a Navel threat. I do not think UN air will taunt Russian air if Russia flies off of the Syrian base.
Maybe this is the line drawn in the sand??
The tribalism is much overlooked, and I agree with you. If all the forces in Afghanistan are still struggling (and they are) to protect the Poppy farmers of Helmund form `insugents` how indeed will they protect oil production and transportation?
Incidentaly: there was a BBC `fly on the wall` documentary about the UK`s Royal Marines detatchement in Helmand province aired last week. Nothing but Poppies growing in any of those fields, and no mention of them at all!
I believe Iran has the largest herion addiction per capita of any country in the world. Connect the dots.
if your mind was terrorised from living in a foreign military occupied state, patrolled by arrogant, offensive armed troops, and your body was manifesting the symptoms of DU and other related toxic poisons - I'm guessing heroin would be the respite of choice.
same for afghanistan, longer timeline. . .
Plus the possibility that the West is intentionally targeting them with the drug for addiction and decay as they did when they undermined Chinese society during the the Opium Wars
Oh hey, and Putin looks good shirtless on horseback. Maybe there is some Ta(r)tar in him...
I think Mongol
Putin ain't no Khrushchev or Stalin, period!
..."guided-missile cruisers and even aircraft carriers".
Also known as targets.
updated story in RT, Russia and China veto syria resolution:
http://rt.com/news/syria-resolution-veto-russia-china-515/
time to fire up the anti putin protests in Moscow- NWO
Yes, time for an orange revolution in Russia because it worked out so well for Ukraine (Ukraine a country that is now run by mafia from 90s and is on the brink of another revolution, which will be bloody). It is in the interest of the US to destabalize and discredit Russia.
And the globalist NED (national endowment for democracy) is behind ALL the color revolutions, including the "Arab Spring". NED is a CIA front org.
just double-vetoed
Yep.
Hear that?
That's the sound of war.
yeah, sounds a lot like a couple big middle fingers pointed right at ZATO.
Seriously, anyone who thinks that the UN is anything more than a platform for the US to justify it's imperialistic ambissions is mistaken.
Better to wage war on the behalf on humanity. It diffuses the load when payback time comes.
War waged under the wings of UN: war waged on the behalf of each every being, including those under the bombs.
Aint it good when you have secured the consented signing of people you are going to bomb?
I don't know. How do you do it in Tibet?
Why stop there? I can think of at least five acronyms from the top my head that fit that job description.
What's disgusting ms condaleeeeza is your hypocrisy and your faux concern for the people of Syria. How many ruthless dictators has the u.s. supported over the years, so long as said dictators comply with u.s. interests?.......
Technically it's Susan Rice. Not that there is any difference between the two. They both play their roll in the script.
My bad..condi still evokes nightmares and sweats.....
whoa. dubya? that you??
Can't blame the russians. American and chinese influence are way to big in this world. It's actually a good thing if you look to it in perspective.
I also think europe should start to expand it's influence before all the best spots are taken.
I never thought I would say this, but now that I am awake, I can see that Russia does NOT want to be controlled by the globalist western order. I think they are made out to be villians in the propaganda-media more than they deserve.
But of course....anyone who does not go along with their new world order hegemony is a TERRORIST and an ENEMY!
They certainly don't speak for me!
From my research, the only big power not controlled is Russia. In smaller powers, Iran, Syria, Iceland and Venezuela are the only ones not controlled.
China is controlled. Japan is controlled (duh). Europe is controlled (duh). And Canada/US/Mexico are controlled. Duh.
The opposition is controlled by it not being controlled. Iran has that crazy old white dude with the white beard running it, and he is controlled because he struggles hard with understanding.
I think the only dude not ontrolled is the Dalai Lama, thus why Obama showed him out of the WH by way of the kitchen. Talk about disrespect!
One should not oppose the force from the outside, it is for the inside to do.
We as Americans, should oppose America if we see fit. We should not oppose other Nation-States, because it is not our business.
The problem is everyone is up in each other's business, when they should be concerned with self.
Mr Lennon Hendrix
"thus why Obama showed him(dalai lama) out of the WH by way of the kitchen. Talk about disrespect!"
http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/images/201...
Look at the bigger picture: It is another example of the Hegelian Dialctic.
Is Russia good? Bad?
Is the US good? Bad?
That is opinion, but what matters to the Global Cabal, the Illuminatti, what have you, is that there are sides of oppisition. This creates conflict so that when the time is right, the string can be pulled.
Russian people : good
American people: good
Russian leaders: suck big dick
American leaders : suck big dick
All of them are controlled by useless bankers.
learning about the past skullduggery of the United States would indicate evil
USA overthrows Democratic Socialists in Guatemala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1IO_Q6BC-M
Funny you should mention the HDP.....the two things that helped me wake up from my neocon stupor several years ago were:
You are absolutely correct....and the "synthesis" is always predetermined by THEM.
I don't think China wants to either. I think the west tries to get them to play along but the Chinese have plans of their own.
Europe is too busy trying to influence themselves........
Can't blame the Russians. American and Chinese influence are way to big in this world.
You're looking at it all wrong.
Russia and China are in firm economic and military alliance several years now. Both see the benefits.
That alliance has come down firmly on Iran's side against America (and Israel).
Now Japan and India have joined it. That's 3 major nuclear powers firmly on Iran's side, why I believe the nuclear card will come out eventually.
Since we are talking about the UN, I thought I would recommend a site I just found concerning all topics Illuminati, NWO, globalism, etc. Most sites are kind of "out there" and embarrassingly comical and sensationalist (you can guess which ones I am talking about). But this site is much more intellectual and scholarly in its approach. It's not so much as a daily news site, but explores in depth important and foundational topics related to the development of global government.
I have finally found a site I can recommend without reservation to people who are not informed. See what you think:
http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/
(I think the name does it a disservice. And for the record, I am in no way associated with the site. I just like it!)
The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
--Lord Acton
"There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success."
It has been fought and won before, by Andrew Jackson.
He didn't finish the job, this time we will.
All the elite families will be brought to justice and executed for their crimes against humanity.
"it is in accordance with nature that money should increase from natural goods and not from money itself."
-Thomas Aquinas
http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/circle7.html#violence
Reform the Council to only include U.S
And there you have it, a perfectly legitimate, non-disgusting UN organ
(That was easy)
listening to Rice at the uN, what an embarressment, I can imagine what the Russians think of the US guv representatives.
cry baby cry....
http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/index.html
BULLSHIT, BULLSHIT, BULLSHIT.
Said activist is probably a CIA asset.
Here is the leaked report of the Arab League observers:
http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/Report_of_Arab_League_Observer_Mission.pdf
"In Homs, Idlib and Hama, the Observer Mission witnessed acts of violence being committed against
Government forces and civilians that resulted in several deaths and injuries. Examples of those acts include the
bombing of a civilian bus, killing eight persons and injuring others, including women and children, and the
bombing of a train carrying diesel oil. In another incident in Homs, a police bus was blown up, killing two
police officers. A fuel pipeline and some small bridges were also bombed.
28. The Mission noted that many parties falsely reported that explosions or violence had occurred in
several locations. When the observers went to those locations, they found that those reports were unfounded.
29. The Mission also noted that, according to its teams in the field, the media exaggerated the nature of the
incidents and the number of persons killed in incidents and protests in certain towns."
Do not believe anything the media says about Syria.
Does anyone know what is going on, and if they do will they tell, and if they do tell, who will believe? What a mess!
I feel like I need to be engaged, but with all the misinformation and propaganda, it is becoming easy to just ignore it all til it knocks on my own door...
the truth is, if you didn't witness an event yourself, then you are choosing what version of the story you are going to give creedence to, most likely to accommodate your own world view.
I know it sounds glib, but really, the absolute majority of our "opinions" are "hearsay" - including what we've been taught about "History" - imagine if everyone truly took this to heart (and I include myself here - I understand that I chose to believe versions of reality I've not experienced first-hand). . .
Susan Rice is a ho-bag.
Togo speaking!!!
Regime Change is a euphemism for the "Humpty Dumpty Effect"....
*U.S. IS `DISGUSTED' WITH RUSSIA, AMBASSADOR RICE SAYS AT UN
In other news, *World is DISGUSTED with US's government
"*U.S. IS `DISGUSTED' WITH RUSSIA, AMBASSADOR RICE SAYS AT UN"
And I'm disgusted with America, but I don't see anyone rectifying my grievances... Words, words, words...
And in other geopolitical news :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/feb/01/argentina-falklands-economic-bl...
British diplomats have accused Argentina of plotting an economic blockade of the Falkland Islands amid fears Buenos Aires is attempting to block all flights from Chile to the islands.
Oh Tartus, arid jewel of Raymond of Saint Gilles, first Crusader knight and Count of Tripoli. It all started when he conquered it in 1102.
"If you could see TArtus like I saw Tartus you would know that heaven is here and hell in front, on the other side of Mount Pilgrim Castle. Banu Ammar, our mortal rivals looking on from inside fair Tripoli our prize"; it would fall to his son Bertrand in 1109.
Now the Ruskis sing, "we are kings where the Crusaders fell. We are in! You bet!" Eat your hearts out West, they have found their prize and Banu Ammar can exult as the Ruskis are their allies. A crusader state is those who reign in Jerusalem. So the Ruskis have two cards to play...they seem to be on the side of Iran and Oligarchy Syria, unlike the new crusaders! The people of Syria are the bait in this clash of continental power plays. They lose either way! Like those in Cairo...Its a long, hard, never ending road to freedom.
So queen of england genocidalist Susan Rice is disgusted her Queen's plan to turn Syria into the next Afghanistan/Iraq (also Queeny plans) is blocked by the 'crazy russians'?
She should go back to starting civil war in Sudan...oops...I mean resign for being a worthless human being, not to mention traitor to her own country.
Let's recap three US policy positions on these countries:
1) Clinton calls Syria's Assad a 'reformer'
2) Clinton and the reset button for Russian relations
3) Obama's confidence that he could talk Iran out of nukes
Will the media ever call them on this troika of stupidity?
Troika of stupidity?
you mean spreading democracy & ridding the world of teh evil terroristas?
We have a media? Are you referring to the free propaganda mouth piecce otherwise known as main stream media ?
but the TV told me the scary Arabs were stabbing their women & children to oppress Americans. How can you support this??
Why would Bank of America refuse to accept a mortgage payment in cash?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FPAYqU5Pj0
Paging Paul Harvey.
...no transaction, internet or chq fee
wow the chess board is busy, lots of pieces moving domestically and abroad, but hey let's not forget this weekend belongs to the Pats, the Giants, Budweiser and the partnership of the NFL and the DHS.
you know, keeping us safe from Raiderfan.
false flag opportunities abound and defiantly a huge opportunity for more serf training.
one thing I do wonder is are there any speznats operating out of Tortus? I don't think it would be going to far out on a limb to suspect that not only there are but maybe they are already in the game. where did Mr. Taliban get the intel and the weaponry to bring down that helicopter with those spec ops guys on it over the summer anyways? that was no RPG attack and the fight plans of such units are not exactly easy to come by.
who knows? the MENA is an absolute mess, an unstable powder keg just waiting for that spark to set it off. here's hoping cooler (non globalist, bankester, nwo) heads prevail and we aren't mired in something approaching ww3 by spring. but I wouldn't count on it, the set up is complete, from Iran building nukes and helping Al-terrorist group to Israel poking the Bear accusing them of doing the same. Al-Assad is slaughtering the surfs, much like Qaddafi was (I wonder if he is feeding his troops viagra too, or throwing babies out of incubators for that matter, stay tuned), and of course we just has a miracle NFP and unemployment print according to the ministry of economic affairs, as the TOTUS so enthusiastically stated in his SOTU address "America is back".
and from the looks of it ready to rumble with all enemies of bankster democracy, both foreign and domestic.
Upcoming propaganda line :
They hate us for our football!
Hatred towards US is also well known to stem from baseball.
So that's why China and Korea hate the Japs...? The Japs are probably bigger fans of baseball than Americans per capita.
/sarc
Yes and those naked body scans and hand jobs will be pretty pricey ones too. I heard the average ticket price is around $2800 and the high ones are over $4000.
In the meanwhile
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/02/qatar-record-250-million-painting-cezanne.html?track=lat-pick
.................."Security Council"...................
Now theres a fucking joke.
Maybe they should go give "Security ,Peace and Prosparity" to China,and "liberate" Russia.
Security Council.......????
Ya, Okee dokee..........What eva.....
China will counterattack by tripling prices at Walmart...crippling 80% of all Americans.
China also vetoed
but all Im reading is about Evil russia
Why?
Because Russia already dumped U. S. debt. China still has a large amount outstanding. If China takes a dump there goes the dollar.
china can't dump the debt because of its "Positive" trade policy imbalances - must stay liquid in us$
If you don't think they would dump the debt at a moments notice you are fooling yourself. Why do you think treasury goes to visit and beg for money? A sudden dump of treasuries would cause enough financial chaos for them to take the next step in aggressive expansion. Building the military industrial complex up will take care of trade imbalances.
Objectively, it's hard to choose between the Russian Czars and the Chinese Sons of Heaven for intelligence and evil.
I think westerners recognize it more easily in Russians because they're less -- you know -- inscrutable.
Myself, I think the Russians are playing everybody, very much including the Iranians. It seems obvious. And if I had to choose between them and the Chinese emperors -- sorry junzi -- I'd bet on the Czars.
I would also have to say that the Czars have been more successful lately -- the last hundred years. But past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
Very provoking response
Playing, how?
Well duh. They're Russian.
What, did you think I was saying like it was a bad thing? Some of you need to get out of your own county (that's right, county) once in a while. Visit some exotic places, and no, I'm not talking about a titty bar.
Russia is indeed playing themselves. Considering their population is rapidly dwindling, in a few decades they will be defending the nation with a population less than Turkey's. Siberia will be de facto Chinese (if not outright annexed).
OT -- about ZH
Something funny just happened. As I sat surfing the intertubes, I saw something sickeningly stupid that made me wince. This happens quite frequently.
But this time, in response, I instantly and instinctively clicked over here to ZH. I didn't even want to read anything. I just wanted to be among -- you know? -- my species.
Don't go away, ZH.
BREAKING!
U.N. Security Council fails to pass resolution on Syriahttp://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/04/world/meast/syria-unrest/?hpt=hp_t2
While in Iran...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2012/01/news-a-grow...O/T but an interesting read . A view on the euro's future.
The collapse is now very close as this sort of article and discussion is popping up more frequently now in the MSM.
Meanwhile, back in the studio...
I was at my favorite falafal spot in Stamford, CT yesterday and heard a familiar theme on their 'middle eastern music channel'. Think our Arab neighbors in the middle east are as distracted as our local ones?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VYH_RZL_ig
i'm just trolololling for gold and silver currencies in more states, BiCheZ!
States seek currencies made of silver and gold | Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee
carry on!
That so-called Russian Naval base is so tiny a single mine would disable it for months, Check it out on Google Maps: 34.906176,35.867894. I wouldn't worry about it so much. No Navy would risk a vessel in such a speck.
i have a 67 year old Syrian friend here in the US that immigrated a few years back and has a family still in Syria, they are Druze and one of the nicest and talented people I have met.
The Syrian regime is Alawite and the Sunnis led by Saudi hate Alwaites as "not real Muslims" because they celebrate Christmas. They also provide shelter for Iraqi Christians driven out by "liberated Iraq". Qatar is behind much of the insertion of other forces into Syria just as in Libya, quite a little power house with its Al-Jazeera transmitter and US bases - no doubt hardline Sunni Islam will be the goal of NATO in its latest venture.
The Russians have been very patient with NATO breaking the Helsinki Agreement over Serbia and Kosovo and even letting Iranian arms supplies be sent to Kosovo. The bombing of Belgrade without any UNO Resolution; the twisting of the UNO Resolution on Libya; and the decision to go to war in Iraq before UNO Sanctions were due to lapse; all look like Western Imperialism to the Russians and they are drawing a line in the sand. Let's see how much it is worth to Obama ......Kennedy chickened out over the building of the Berlin Wall in 1962 just as Khrushchev thought he would when he first met him in 1956 in Geneva.....be interesting to see how far Obama wants to go in supporting his puppets Sarkozy and Cameron
I wouldn't be surprised to see Obummer go to the mat. Not that he wants to stand up to the Russians,because he would like to see the U.S. weakened. A military defeat whether outright , or by default would fill that desire nicely.
And let us not forget IRAN:
In November, DEBKAfile said Obama will use war as a re-election tool. “President Barack Obama went on line to America’s senior allies, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Israel and Saudi Arabia, with notice of his plan to attack Iran no later than September-October 2012 – unless Tehran halted its nuclear weaponization programs,” the neocon-connected subscriber-only publication predicted.
“Obama’s announcement was not perceived as a general directive to US allies, but a guideline to blow the dust off the contingency plans for a strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities which stayed locked in bottom drawers for three years,” states the report, adding that “Obama’s announcement spurred Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Israel into girding their navies, air forces, ballistic units and anti-missile defense systems for the challenges ahead.”
The Syria and Iran situs are inextricable...carefully calibrated. They both must be kept busy in separate efforts so one of them isn't able to assist the other.
Check out the coverage over at Voltaire dot org. They have a lot of stories suppressed by the Zionist-controlled US Media.
The Russians are unlikely to throw a long-time ally such as Syria under the bus. They know Abu Hussein Obama is a lackey. They probably have the dope on the dope our phony media won't release.
druze are noble warriors in my book too, dating 1174. So it goes a long way back.
What this veto will cause is more hate from the muslim community against Russia.
Fuck the UN. Period!
no f*uck those permanent members with veto powers.
The good ol "pirates" excuse.
US... China... Russia... etc are sending naval forces to fight these nefarious pirates.
"The Russian naval base in Tartus, Syria."
OBwahabiama must have told Putin to go to Tartus.
To which Putin probably replied "There's already a special place in Tartarus reserved for you Mr Wahabi."
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=36.2859428&lon=-115.2680209&z=21&l=0&m=h
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Mandate_of_Syria_and_Lebanon
Apologies - my dates were off on a previous post
thanks Tyler
Ps. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria
1168 Slewie. Dowww.
The US Congress and State Department spawned the unrest and violence in Syria, and this is how they did it:
The NED - A US Congress & State Dept Conduit for Funding Subversion & Violence in Foreign Nations
Nice link.
But who are the hired guns (mercenaries)in Libia and Syria.
My bet: Muslims from Kosovo Albania. The territory of Kosovo in the Balcans is extreme poor and has plenty of young men eager to serve for the US for a handfull of new printed Dollars but even they prefer Euros already.
But maybe Syria is the endpoint. Because when the US/UK is really daring to set this country on fire then nobody nows were this thing stops. It can easily run totally out of control. And that is something the US military is afraid of.
When the fighting in Syria starts it may cost the live of hundreds of thousands of people. And at the end all the US mercenaries would be smashed too. And this would mean in the future it would be much harder to find hired guns, since money is fine but only when there is a chance to come home alive. But this could be the lesson from Syria.
Plus that the Kurds in Syria, Irak and Turkey are beefed up by the US too. A direct offence to Nato partner Turkey whose government managed to crush 2 (two) planned military coups during the last years. These attempted coups had the goal to bring Turkey firmly alongside to the US. But it failed.
Then there is Egyt close by which can anytime explode into a civil war. And the funny thing is. The US has officially quite many allies in the region but the populations in all countries overthere (except Israel) they hate the US and the UK and its policy of which they were victims now since generations. Only the vasall states which were originally founded by US+UK are a bit reliable. The Emirates and Saudi. But even there it is not anymore as it was before.
Not to mention Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan. So syria is loaded and if one wants to set the world on fire, the only thing he has to do is to throw a litten match into Syria and then things will go its way but nobody knows how it is ending.
"Unspeakable assault" probably denotes the fact that a very promising CIA OP to take over Syria and impose A US controlled government as in Iraq and Afghanistan has been smashed. The same elements running their US fiefdom of plunder want to finish the encirclement of Iran and ultimately control its oil resources as they do in the afromentioned countries. Iraq, Afghanistan, and soon Syria and Iran if the elites succeed are just home invasion robberies writ large. There is an element here in the US that has been victimized and impoverished by the schemes of plunder conducted on US soil by these same elites, that are supporters of these actions against other countries. Sitting in front of their vidiot screens they feel vicariously exalted watching their fate being imposed on the unfortunate populations of other countries. They are truly pitiful. The ultimate aim always and everywhere is to impose a bankster controlled NWO, and ultimately a totalitarian world government, ruling over neutered, defenseless serfs. Lastly, you partiusan party people of either US party are furthering the prospects of success of a worldwide system of your own enslavement.
"Wahhhh! Hillary, the Russians won't allow us to overthrow Syria."
"Shuddup, Barry. I'm putting in a call to Goldman. Go smoke some crack and let me work."
Makes me want to play "Red Storm Rising" all over again.
5 years is a long time in the middle east
This must be where the Russians are hiding those carrier-killing supercavitiating torpedoes.
*U.S. IS `DISGUSTED' WITH RUSSIA, AMBASSADOR RICE SAYS AT UN"
Toys outta the pram moment (No. 326) from the most petulent brats on the planet.. that'll be the US Govt then.
What the puppet institution (UN) not giving you carte blanche to piss over the planet?
Oh crap... just suck on your dummy American-Jewish Foundation, your bloody biggotry an arrogance does not make good foreign policy
..look who you're lining up against (and for what?), you're biting off more than your big fat gobs can chew
Politicians providing "s t a b i l i t y" ...keep priming that volcano retards
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