Beijing Vs DC: The Battle for Southeast Asia
Original post: Beijing Vs DC: The Battle for Southeast Asia
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Original post: Beijing Vs DC: The Battle for Southeast Asia
Links Syria’s Base Wars January 30, 2016 ( Ulson Gunnar – NEO ) – Since 2011, Syria has fought desperately to hold itself together as a single, unified nation. Threatened from the beginning by the "Libya precedent," Washington and its regional allies have openly conspired to divide up Syria as a consolatory objective upon failing to topple Damascus outright.
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Jakarta Blasts: ISIS Inc Strikes Again Was Jakarta Getting Too Cozy with China? January 15, 2016 (Tony Cartalucci – LD) – Here is what we are expected to believe regarding coordinated bombings and mass shootings that took place on Thursday in the capital of Southeast Asia’s nation of Indonesia – an economically and geopolitically crucial state. We are to believe that the "Islamic State in Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) – named so because it allegedly exists and primarily operates in Iraq and Syria - is fighting the Syrian government, nonexistent moderates the US claims it is arming and funding to the tune of several billions of dollars a year since 2011, the Iraqi government, the Kurds, Russia, Lebanon’s Hezbollah, and Iran
More here: US Desperately Paints Russia as Villain in Syria
Links The Crucial Difference Between Donbass & Oregon January 9, 2016 (Tony Cartalucci – LD) – Despite a few superficial similarities, the difference between the rebellion in eastern Ukraine and armed Oregon ranchers standing off with the US federal government couldn’t be greater. A lack of understanding regarding the nature of power and how it is brokered has led to many mistakenly believing there is any merit to what the Oregon ranchers are doing, besides providing an example of precisely how not to stand up against increasingly tyrannical special interests .