Tag: War
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France and Germany prefer peace negotiations to a continuation of the war
My German and French government sources tell me that the reason why Germany has refused to provide long-range missiles to Ukraine and that a peace conference is being organised in Malta is that France and Germany don’t want Ukraine to win the war on its terms and are pressuring it to hold peace negotiations with…
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Egyptian President Al-Sisi tells the Gazans to stay in Gaza
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has told Gazans that they should remain in Gaza for the sake of the Palestinian cause. The statement comes after pressure from the US on both Egypt and Israel to collaborate together on the opening of the Rafah Crossing. Egypt has long refused to open the Rafah Crossing fearing it…
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The world is a more dangerous place because Europe is absent
The last two weeks were characterised by a series of violent events in the Near East. Azerbaijan forcefully took control of Nagorno-Karabakh resulting in up to 100,000 people leaving their homes. Turkey started a wave of attacks against the Kurds in Northern-Eastern Syria and the week ended with a war against Israel started by Iran’s…
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Breaking: Hamas invades Israel and starts a war
Rockets have been fired into Israel from Gaza and a group of men from Gaza have infiltrated Israel and are shooting at unarmed civilians in the streets. Small arms and rocket fire have been reported across the Gaza border. A war between Israel and Hamas seems to have started again and Hamas seems to be…
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Very good analogy of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the Persian-Greek War
The analogy was made by Ukrainian historian Yaroslav Hrytsak who says that had the Persians won the war against Greece in the 5th century BC, there would have been no Plato, no Socrates, and no democracy. Mark CamilleriWebsite Editor Historian and Publisher
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The Ukrainian Hryvnia is not doing well, but it’s persevering better than the Ruble
As one would have expected the Ukrainian national currency, the Hryvnia has lost its value against major currencies with the Russian invasion, but by now things have also unfolded in many ways the Russians didn’t expect. Both the Ukrainian Hryvnia and the Russian Ruble are down around 22% against the US Dollar and the Euro…
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Is Sarkozy getting paid by the Russians or what?
Nicolas Sarkozy has given an interview with Le Figaro in which he stated that Ukraine should settle for peace with Russia with independently-held referendums in contested territories. He also said that Ukraine shouldn’t join either the EU or NATO. I’m sorry, what? Not only is his position totally contrarian in principle and logic to his…
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First signs of mutiny against Putin as he is insulted by Igor (Strelkov) Girkin
Igor (Strelkov) Girkin, the Russian paramilitary officer who shot down a Malaysian civilian airliner killing all its 298 passengers, has just released a statement where he insulted President Putin by describing him as a child as distinct from an old and wise man. This is the first time since the war that a high-profile military…
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18,000+ Russians dead in Ukraine’s counter-offensive
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry has recently released a video urging an information black-out on its counter-offensive against Russia. Recently released official figures from Ukrainian and Russian sources confirm that more than 18,000 Russian troops have died in the first days of the counter-offensive in the Zaporizhya region where the Ukrainians are advancing. There are also…
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Get ready for a new world order
I know what you are thinking. Having been impressed by all the headlines of the US Dollar collapse and the debt ceiling, Lula’s trip to Brazil, BRICS, China’s ever-growing global reach and the strength of the Yuan, OPEC and Saudi Arabia controlling the oil price, the European gas crisis… Guess what? It’s going to be…
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Empowering tyrants and facilitating war
Armed with an army of literally drunk diplomats, and foreign policy texts which spell out basic errors in historical facts, Emmanuel Macron has visited China on a very friendly visit and proclaimed that Europe must reduce its dependence on the US. He also did other things. He made a commitment to China that France would…
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Let’s talk about Nord Stream
Apparently, there’s a lot of talk by the pro-Russian propagandists that Europeans are ashamed of speaking about Nord Stream given they don’t want to admit that Europe is a vassal of the US. This is a very convenient way of psychologically trying to drive a wedge between the Atlantic alliance. The narrative that Europe is…
