We are directly responsible for the disasters in the Mediterranean. The bombing of Libya into failed state status is now coming back to haunt us. The ludicrous idea, propounded by Blair, Robert Cooper and the Henry Jackson Society, that you could improve dictatorial states by massive bombing campaigns that targeted their basic infrastructure, is now a total bust. Sadly so are Iraq and Libya, to the permanent detriment of many millions of people. We caused both the Islamic State and the Mediterranean boat disasters, and we caused them with bombs.
But the lack of any effective policing is only part of the problem. What makes people so desperate that they are prepared to give all of the small amount they own, to ruthless gangs, in exchange for a dreadful sea crossing with a one in ten chance of drowning? Most of the refugees are sub-Saharan African. We only see the European end of the saga, not the terrible conditions on the cross Saharan journeys that they start with.
There will be no security anywhere if the world does not address the terrible scourge of African poverty and under-development. That is a huge subject on which I have written extensively and worked much of my life, and I do not wish to open it here. But what it does show is the utter stupidity – inhumanity yes, but also stupidity – of UKIP in thinking that cutting development aid will increase the economic security of the UK.
RoS
Chinese banking is dependent on Zio-banking and zio-banking is the United States and the UK. So is the Zio-banking hegemony going to block itself? No the zio-bankers will use Chinese money to destroy the Islamic core of Pakistan with trinkets and bangles of western luxuries, 3 piece suites and cars.
Look for example at Kurdistan which they set up a few years ago to be the next Dubai. House prices rocketed from a tenth of UK prices to soften the Muslims with petro-dollars. Now they are fighting for survival against Israel’s Islamic State dogs of hell Daish.
There will never be a plan to allow Islam to flourish while the Zionists control the world. Allah says in His Qur’an that if the jews come to power, they will not give you more of it than the black dot on a date stone.
China block America… Ha! ha! ha!
“We do not fight people like you fight an enemy in a war. We are ordered by Israel to target its enemies, the Muslims, and destroy them and all the lives in them. Those with enough spirit to escape our destruction are drowned by us when they reach our shores. Then there are no people left to complain.”
Oh my god. The guy’s an absolute loony.
Nonce1 and Heebijeeb gone for early tea and succubus sandwiches. when you’re in hole, best to stop digging dears.
Nonce1
reverse the statements of liars. The guy’s an absolute genius.
Thank you and your friend Babybugger for re-posting my sound words.
The Australian Government has had significant cuts to foreign aid. It is thought to be in the national interest by some to concentrate whatever is left of the foreign aid on the South Pacific. Africa is too far away to be considered, although people are starving in Gambia and neighbouring countries.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/immoral-aid-cuts-see-australia-hit-a-record-low-for-generosity-to-worlds-poor-20141217-128q2k.html
“China has just taken a massive step towards,blockiing the US in Pakistan,China’s president Xi Jinping is to set up a Pakistani-China Economic Corridor,expected to be worth $46 bn to Pakistan,the amount dwarfs the spending by the US in Pakistan”
“Economic corridor” was the marketing behind the Chinese-built Karakoram Highway. The real reason was to provide China with a land invasion route to India. China is basically buying Pakistan as a strategic asset. There isn’t $46 bn worth of economic benefit to be had out of the country.
Two on topic articles from WSWS;
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/04/21/pseu-a21.html
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/04/20/pers-a20.html
John Goss
Can you please describe how to you distinguish Nazis from non Nazis? Does one need to wear brown or black uniform and have swastika and salute with right hand forward to be called Nazi? Or ones policy could also be taken into account?
Dozens of non Russians (some of whom have been born in Russia and have Russian nationality) are being killed every month in so called xenophobic accidents. Only tiny number of such cases delivered to courts and even smaller number of people convicted. Issue with Russian judicial system? Perhaps.
John Goss
“As Clark has mentioned those of us who support the Russian propaganda over western propaganda are in a minority.I am proud to be one of that minority… ”
Yet another historical analogy. Mr Shaw has visit Soviet Russia once (accidentally at the height of Stalin’s purges) and was convinced that whatever he had been showed and told (by Soviets) was true and nothing but truth
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1433323/How-Shaw-defended-Stalins-mass-killings.html
John Goss
Illegal war in Iraq? I am not disputing. But is Russian war in Ukraine legal? Was annexation of Crimea legal (from the prospective of International Law?).
Where putin is going to turn his “polite green men” next? May be his best pals Lukashenko and Nazarbaev will be introduced to justice in Russian style (which is accidentally supported by Mr Goss).
Chinese banking is dependent on Zio-banking and zio-banking is the United States and the UK. So is the Zio-banking hegemony going to block itself? No the zio-bankers will use Chinese money to destroy the Islamic core of Pakistan with trinkets and bangles of western luxuries, 3 piece suites and cars.
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Giyane.
Well I don’t know about that,Giyane, I do however know that China,has created it very own world,to rival the west’s and the USA’s Fed.
Quite a few countries have signed up to including the UK,much to the dismay of the USA.
Clarke
Are you suggesting that commentators on this blog are not as smart as western people in 1930th?
There is no excuse for one who choose one extreme propaganda over another. One’s intellectual ability or even integrity can be called to question if one does so. Another extreme is ALSO extreme and 1930th provided us with clear illustration of that.
“Economic corridor” was the marketing behind the Chinese-built Karakoram Highway. The real reason was to provide China with a land invasion route to India. China is basically buying Pakistan as a strategic asset. There isn’t $46 bn worth of economic benefit to be had out of the country.
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Anon1
http://www.thenational.scot/world/pakistan-china-launches-46bn-super-highway.2216
Here is the story,in which its claimed,Pakistan would/could benefit to the tune of $46bn.
And heres another,with a different figure of investment spread out over the “Silk Road”
Either way China looks to be making big moves.
http://rt.com/business/251329-china-new-silk-road/
Republicofscotland
You would not want to live in Chinese world would you? 600 million who still live countryside earn less than 1USD per day. This explains extreme urbanisation in China where urban population grow by around 1 million per week. But then life for new city dweller is not much easier. They work 18 hours per 24 hours and earn around 12 USD per day. Much of which goes to support their urban life and rest to their family in countryside.
In fact income gap in China is much much wider than anywhere in western world.
Mr Murray has mentioned Africa countries but for you to know that nowadays around 65% of natural resources exports from Sub Saharan Africa goes to China which does not even employ locals but ship workforce from China.
Apologise Giyane should read “World Bank.
You would not want to live in Chinese world would you? 600 million who still live countryside earn less than 1USD per day. This explains extreme urbanisation in China where urban population grow by around 1 million per week. But then life for new city dweller is not much easier. They work 18 hours per 24 hours and earn around 12 USD per day. Much of which goes to support their urban life and rest to their family in countryside.
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Uzbek in the UK.
No I certainly wouldn’t like to live in China,their human rights record alone is appalling
I was merely pointing out,that China appears to be planning some sort of huge expansion,across Asia,in a bid to capture a larger chunk of the market.
It will eventually (if its not already) become a threat to western economic stability,unless we do something about it.
Anon1
“I’m calling them Westophobes from now on.”
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May I use that as well, please?
Although I must say that my preferred expression remains “West-haters”, it somehow seems to convey better the notion of giving them a well-deserved kick in the teeth.
Anon1 21 Apr, 2015 – 2:56 pm : Quotes Trainspotting
The author of these words has moved on. Irvine Welsh last week :
Which is pretty much my own journey too.
“We have a serious election ahead of us that will determine if we are to be sucked into a major war with Iran by the US neocons.”
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That sounds as if it might be a profound – nay, very profound – insight, Winston.
But it is probably just a little too profound for those on this blog not blessed with prophetic powers.
Could you therefore just tease it out a little further for our edification?
Thank you.
Mr Goss gets literary (for want of a real argument):
“That Uzbek in the UK flies in like a pelican with a beakful of nonsense and ad hominems, spews his masticated fish manure all over the blog, and flies out to his masters for more fish.”
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It does sound like something Soviet prosecuter Vyszinsky might have come out with, doesn’t it.
Here’s my attempt at imitation: Mr Goss, you are a foul carrion-crow feasting on the dung-heaps of fevered imagination 🙂
Interesting letter from Janner, requesting leave of absence from the Lords, received 9th April 2015.
Note the Saunders optimism, that the leave of absence can be brought to an end by giving three months notice in writing:
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/20/further-questions-raised-about-whether-or-not-lord-janner-is-fit-to-stand-trial
Regarding the Chinese economy,Saudi Arabia and the USA,are doing the western economy (in the long term) a lot of damage by keeping the price of oil low.
In times past keeping the price of oil high to a certain degree,helped restrict the Chinese economy,but with the cheap glut of oil that’s on the market now,it’s no wonder China is thinking big.
How do you slow down an expanding Chinese economy that will eventually undermine our own and other western economies.
No wonder China,sees the UK as a service industry,and not a quality manufacturing industry.
Uzbek
“But is Russian war in Ukraine legal?”
What seems to have passed you by is that Russia was legally entitled to have its forces in Crimea before the referendum which showed that the vast majority living there wanted to secede to Russia.
As to the war in Ukraine on what were its own residents that clearly came from Kiev. People of the Donbas also wanted to join Russia. Pro-Russian Ukrainian separatists have not fired a single weapon in the direction of Kiev but just tried to prevent an unelected Fascist coup-government from taking the residents land from them. You support this evil? Clearly you do.
“I see it’s HRH Queen Lizzie’s birthday today,many happy returns mam,and congratulations on being the the most expensive state scrounger,in the history of the welfare state. (followed by another 6 paras of trivialities)…”
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To think that there are readers who might still think that Republicofscotland (who lives in England and will not move to an independent, republican Scotland) is on here for anything other than laughs!
But, as I said about Scrounger Rob, Paul Merton he is not! 🙂
If only you can get your fat butt to kick on a little step it is a fucking miracle.
How long does this blog intend to put up with these fuckwits?
“Which is pretty much my own journey too.”
That’s lovely to hear, Node. Most haven’t moved past phase one though.
Giyane
“..when they were being sexually assaulted by the likes of Nonce1, Habbabkuk and Janner.”
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Did something stir in your pants when you wrote that?
China will eventually become a problem,that we’ll have to deal with.
The Chinese working ethos to financial matters far out strips the lazy westerners ideology.
This being a prime example as China becomes the third largest arms dealer in the world.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/03/20/chinas-weapons-of-mass-consumption/
“Here’s my attempt at imitation: Mr Goss, you are a foul carrion-crow feasting on the dung-heaps of fevered imagination :)”
Give up Noddy. You’re as bad at imitating a master of prose as the Toytown Idiot is at writing poetry. But I’m flattered you made an effort. 🙂 Keep trying.
That’s oxymoron, a fitting epithet for supporters of the Kiev fascists, the oxy part applied to those of you who bullshit and moron being applied to those of you who cannot detect it.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=988490001162715&set=a.518530818158638.124612.100000051728484&type=1&theater
From Herbie (thanks for sharing, Herbie!):
“Interesting letter from Janner, requesting leave of absence from the Lords, received 9th April 2015.
Note the Saunders optimism, that the leave of absence can be brought to an end by giving three months notice in writing: etc, etc, etc…”
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Giddy-up, Lysias, you’re late today! It’s Janner-time again!!