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As in Libya, So in Syria: The Folly of Interventionism
September 7, 2014 0

As in Libya, So in Syria: The Folly of Interventionism

By News Desk

Links As in Libya, So in Syria: The Folly of Interventionism September 7, 2014 ( Ulson Gunnar – NEO ) – The United States has been inching its way toward intervention in Syria since hostilities began in 2011. From the beginning the US State Department admitted that terrorist armies were waging war against Damascus, but both the US government, its allies in Europe, and prominent media organizations across the West repeatedly claimed that the conflict was not an invasion by multinational terrorist organizations, but rather a “pro-democracy uprising.†Now, years into the conflict, the US is finally at the threshold of direct military intervention, announcing that it would begin flights over Syria to gather “intelligence.†As in Libya… The familiar narrative taking shape should sound strikingly familiar to the lead up to NATO intervention in Libya in 2011. There, just as in Syria, heavily armed terrorists, not “pro-democracy activists†were waging war against Tripoli.

US "Pivot" Stumbles in Thailand
August 19, 2014 0

US "Pivot" Stumbles in Thailand

By News Desk

Bangkok’s Nation newspaper in an article titled, " Thailand to help launch investment bank for Asia ,"  reported that:  Thailand has been invited by China to become one of the founding fathers of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which is supported by this country’s central bank.  "There was no reason to refuse," Bank of Thailand Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said yesterday.  Thailand was offered a primary signing agreement as a member from October to November, according to a report by the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO). The recent moves by the new military-led government of Thailand in relation to China have certainly given it more leverage against the West who regularly seeks to turn uncooperative nations into geopolitical  pariahs. The West so far has nothing to offer Thailand in terms of incentives beyond increasingly ineffective threats and coercion.  Chinese Opportunities, Western Threats  Indeed, while China offers Thailand opportunities to join alternative financial markets and strengthen regional ties, the West has resorted to a series of sociopolitical attacks aimed at undermining the credibility and stability of Thailand’s new government.  The latest attempt comes in the form of baseless allegations made by a notoriously dishonest, confrontational pro-Shinawatra propagandist  Kritsuda Khunasen who claims she was "tortured" by the military while recently detained.

Transcendence and DARPA’s Restoring Active Memory
July 15, 2014 0

Transcendence and DARPA’s Restoring Active Memory

By News Desk

Science Daily in its article, " DARPA taps Lawrence Livermore to develop world’s first neural device to restore memory ," reported: The research builds on the understanding that memory is a process in which neurons in certain regions of the brain encode information, store it and retrieve it. Certain types of illnesses and injuries, including Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy, disrupt this process and cause memory loss.