Will inflation rise? Necessitating increasing interest rates? Russia says Ukraine targeted infrastructure of gas pipeline to Turkey Russia accused Ukraine on Monday of launching a weekend drone attack on infrastructure of a major gas pipeline that carries Russian supplies to Europe via Turkey. The allegation — which Kyiv has not commented on — comes amid […]
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Time to expel Turkey from NATO
As I’d mentioned previously, way to much disinfo spreading regarding Israel & Turkey being in cahoots regarding Syria. Total bullshit. Those that made these claims seemed to be intent on spreading intentional disinfo associating Turkey with Israel to obfuscate Israel’s support of the majority of the proxy forces in Syria, including PKK/YPG as well as […]
I’m not surprised in the least! (I’ve omitted some paragraphs for brevity, read them at the link) Financial Times Two European officials told the Financial Times that discussions with Trump’s incoming team in recent weeks revealed they had not yet decided on how to solve the conflict, and that support to Ukraine would continue after […]
Keep in mind this is from the European Council on Foreign Relations and is a POV attributed to Andrew Wilson Russian gas has stopped flowing to Europe, leaving Transnistria without an energy supply. Moldova, dependent on electricity from the breakaway region, is now facing soaring inflation months away from a crucial parliamentary election Why has […]
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Syria as a massive trap?
This is a very interesting perspective. Much of it makes sense to me. I’m not saying it’s correct. I’m saying Alex Krainer makes some very, very good points regarding the interactions between nations, particularly Turkey. Which, as Alex points out Turkey and Russia have some very serious deals between them. Pipelines, nuclear power plants etc., […]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/06/ukraine-trump-russia-putin-zelensky-nato A Trump imposed bad deal. What is that exactly. Is that a frozen conflict? A negotiated settlement? Or a continuation of the status quo. Trump is not entirely innocent, nor is he entirely guilty. But perceptions must be managed, always. That said, I don’t think Trump will let this fight go- I don’t believe […]
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-836362 Israel must prepare for a direct confrontation with Turkey, according to the Nagel Committee’s latest report on the defense budget and security strategy. The committee, established by the government, warns that Turkey’s ambitions to restore its Ottoman-era influence could lead to heightened tensions with Israel, possibly escalating into conflict. Notice the claim of Turkey […]
Watching Trudeau resigning right now. Parliament Prorogued Justin Trudeau has announced he is stepping down as Canadian Prime Minister and Federal Liberal Party Leader until a new successor is named. Trudeau has also announced that Parliament has been prorogued until Monday March 24th. Mark Carney makes his pitch? In the last few weeks, he has […]
‘If it’s been officially denied, then it’s probably true’– Pilger’s law “But if reports are accurate, something is going on and it has nothing to do with ISIS“- Responsible Statecraft linked below my previous posts Let’s go back to 2 of my older posts: Responsible Statecraft Unfortunately the follow-ups in the briefing room were weak […]
original url http://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2018/02/israel-arming-supporting-7-different.html via web archive https://web.archive.org/web/20180307230052/http://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2018/02/israel-arming-supporting-7-different.html excerpted from Haaretz back in 2018 With the Assad regime’s advances the civil war and America’s reduced involvement in the region, Israel has been forced to make significant changes in its policies in the Golan Heights The recent tensions along the Israeli-Syrian border have been mainly aerial. But […]