Geopolitics

10/24 Islamist Autumn Update: Tunisian Secular Party concedes Election

By John Galt October 24, 2011 – 13:55 ET Per the Reuters news flash I just received: Islamists claim win in Tunisia’s Arab Spring vote 10/24/11 1:42pm EDT By Tarek Amara and Andrew Hammond TUNIS (Reuters) – Moderate Islamists on Monday claimed victory in Tunisia’s first democratic election, sending a message to other states in the region that long-sidelined Islamists are challenging for power after the “Arab Spring” Unfortunately with protests expanding in Morocco and terrorist attacks increasing in Algeria from Al Qaeda, this...

By John Galt October 23, 2011 – 12:30 ET The dangerous turn of events in the MENA region are being paid their obligatory lip service from American politicians such as Senator Lindsey Graham on FNC”s Sunday news program, but the reality is the failure of U.S. foreign policy since President George H.W. Bush to address the balance between freedom, economics, and geopolitics in the area. The so-called “Arab Spring” has yielded promises of elections and the majority of citizens fully expect that their wishes...

By John Galt August 14, 2011 – 13:15 ET The story just broke an hour ago from the Financial Times by Anna Fifield (registration required): Pakistan gave China access to US helicopter From the article: “The US now has information that Pakistan, particularly the ISI, gave access to the Chinese military to the downed helicopter in Abbottabad,” said one person in intelligence circles, referring to the Pakistani spy agency. The Chinese engineers were allowed to survey the wreckage and take photographs of it, as...

By John Galt August 7, 2011 17:20 ET Breaking hard on the wires now. Waiting for King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud to start his speech any second now. (Click on link to Reuters flash via title): SAUDI KING ABDULLAH SAYS EVENTS IN SYRIA UNACCEPTABLE – STATEMENT 07 Aug 2011 21:04 Source: Reuters SAUDI KING ABDULLAH SAYS EVENTS IN SYRIA UNACCEPTABLE – STATEMENT READ OUT ON AL ARABIYA TV from Al-Arabiya News: Saudi envoy to Syria called on for consultation: King Abdullah Monday, 08 August...

By John Galt August 7, 2011 10:22 ET Funny thing is none of the Sunday news programs, cable news networks, or local television stations with their “international news” mentioned a word of this. From Reuters this morning: London wakes up to aftermath of worst riots for years 5:59pm IST By Michael Holden and Adrian Croft LONDON (Reuters) – London picked itself up on Sunday from some of the worst violence seen in the British capital for years which politicians and police blamed on criminal...

By John Galt August 7, 2011 09:30 ET As many of my readers and listeners know, I am not much for conspiracies from the extreme woo-woo land, but every now and then I will take a swim in the conspiracy pool and get a toe or two wet. This morning however, I think I’m diving into the deep end with this one and I hope you’ll follow my logic because the shooting down of the helicopter containing members of Seal Team Six which were...

By John Galt August 3, 2011 On the August 2, 2011 edition of the Glenn Beck radio program, he began a postulation that World War Three would begin in Libya and the distractions created by that might be sufficient to change the balance of power in the world. The theory might sound justifiable considering the situation on the ground there but the facts do not bear out any logical reason for a major world conflict to start in that country. The conflict is basically...

By John Galt July 29, 2011 The U.K. Daily Mail pretty much tells the tale of the tape today: Thousands demonstrate for an Islamic state in Egypt Then from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC): Islamist groups dominate protests in Cairo And from the Khaleej Times:: Two dead as armed men rampage through Sinai city Finally from the Chinese state news agency Xinhua with the story and photo: Egyptian capital sees rally with big turnout of Islamists CAIRO, July 29 (Xinhua) — Tens of thousands...

By John Galt July 27, 2011 It’s always a pleasure to see that some old formula can be dusted off from the pages of history and restored for modern political purposes. Why let Hitler and the Arab governments monopolize bigotry and propaganda when shifting it several thousand miles to a Far East nation works just as well, even though many in the Muslim population have lived at relative peace with religious minorities in Malaysia for decades. Before the recent Berish protests (See: The Islamist...

By John Galt July 27, 2011 Perhaps the Chinese Communist Party has dusted off some of their old news writers for this story out of the state controlled media this morning where the claim has been made that the aircraft carrier they purchased from the Ukraine which is readying for sea trials is being set up for “scientific research.” That reminds me of some of the old time stories you would hear on shortwave via Radio Tirana, Radio Moscow World Service, and currently on...

By John Galt July 25, 2011 From the Financial Times July 25, 1112 EDT: Chinese fighters ‘repel’ US aircraft By Kathrin Hille in Beijing Two Chinese fighter jets crossed the middle line in the Taiwan Strait late last month for the first time in more than a decade to repel a US spy aircraft, according to defence sources in Taipei and Beijing. This marks the first known encounter between US and Chinese military aircraft in mid-air since a US reconnaissance aircraft collided with a...

By John Galt July 23, 2011 The news overnight from Egypt is turning grimmer by the day. On Friday after prayers the protesters returned to march from Tahrir Square where thousands have been encamped since July 8 to the Defense Ministry building to show their displeasure over the police tactics and the slow pace of reforms under the military council. The best coverage comes from RIA Novosti below: Over 230 injured in Cairo protests 02:31 24/07/2011 MOSCOW, July 24 (RIA Novosti) A total of...

By John Galt July 23, 2011 While the lack of focus by the American mainstream media on the week long protests in Cairo were well underway, the fury of the original protesters and the new found disdain for the military has spread north to Alexandria, except this time the military did not let the protests expand beyond about 1,000 before firing shots in the air and beating marchers. From Reuters last night: Egypt police disperse Alexandria protesters-witness 23 Jul 2011 00:04 * Alexandria protest...

By John Galt July 21, 2011 I’m a little late to the story due to traffic but the latest does seem to indicate an Islamist radical group’s ties to the terrorist attack in Oslo and at the youth political camp today. From the website FastCompany: An obscure group called Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami (Assistants of the Global Jihad) posted a message on an Islamist bulletin board called Smukh and may have uploaded a video to YouTube several days ago predicting the attack, which may killed...

By John Galt July 19, 2011 I only post this story to remind American taxpayers that our friends and neighbors have been sent over to die for this with no overall strategic objective defined. God rest their souls. And now the news story via : Afghan Policeman Poisons, Shoots Dead Seven Fellow Officers July 19, 2011 An Afghan official says that a policeman in southern Afghanistan has killed seven of his fellow officers — first poisoning them and then shooting them. The killings took...

By John Galt July 19, 2011 From LiveLeak.com: And the story from Emirates 24/7: (staff reports) A US soldier in Afghanistan has reportedly embraced Islam at a ceremony attended by a large number of people, according to a video released on Tuesday. The video, released on Liveleak.com, shows Afghan national soldiers also participating in the ceremony. At the beginning of the video, an elderly Afghan announces the name of newly-covert’s as Habibullah, meaning the “friend of Allah” and welcomes the US soldier into the...

By John Galt July 17, 2011 The issues arising after the “Arab Spring” have re-emerged into a summer of Islamist rage, especially in those nations once romanticized by the Western mainstream media but as some of us tried to warn, never romance the stone when it has been whipped from a slingshot towards one’s face. The lack of reform is neither shocking nor unexpected in most of the nations where violence, protests, and economic duress have been ongoing for months now. This is a...

By John Galt July 12, 2011 Ah the joys of the “Arab Spring” a mythical creation of the Western mainstream media…. The romantic notions of corrupted journalists was shattered with Lara Logan’s horrifying account of the reality on the ground during a 60 Minutes interview: Needless to say with the assaults on Fox News reporter Greg Palkot and his cameraman Olaf Wiig and the interview from 60 Minutes above, the Western media has not been in any hurry to validate nor verify the claims...

By John Galt July 10, 2011 The situation in Northern Ireland apparently continues to deteriorate as last night’s violence was described as “serious public disorder” in Ballyclare Co Antrim according to the Irish Times Sunday edition. The following portion is from the story Bus hijacked during night of serious violence in North : Petrol bombs and other missiles were thrown at police and a bus was hijacked and used to ram a police vehicle. The violence flared at about 11.30pm last night when a crowd...

By John Galt July 10, 2011 The video only begins to tell the story of another Islamic nation beginning its journey into the Islamist Summer from hell. The people of Malaysia are not exactly living the life of a truly free nation either and the protests which were supposedly blocked from happening as the roads were sealed off by the military and police turned out to be more of a government story rather than an effective means from preventing a large crowd from turning...

By John Galt July 9, 2011 I just report what the leftist pantywaists say. From the BBC: Texas execution ‘violated international law’, UN says The US breached international law when the state of Texas executed a Mexican citizen convicted of raping and killing an American girl, the UN’s senior human rights official has said. Navi Pillay cited “particular legal concerns” whether Humberto Leal Garcia, 38, had access to consular officials and a fair trial. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also said she was...

By John Galt July 8, 2011 As of this moment, approximately 5:34 a.m. Eastern Time, hundreds of thousands of people are approaching Tahrir Square in Cairo once again to protest not just the pace of the reforms promised by the military junta, but to demand that the Mubarak cronies be held accountable for their actions. The lack of accountability and prosecutions for decades of corruption plus an extremely severe economic downturn in Egypt has triggered a demand by the people that the military stop...

By John Galt July 6, 2011 Despite the belief that all is well and the election will pacify the populace, the collapsing Egyptian economy along with discontent about Arab policy towards Israel and the West has brought the people back into the streets of Cairo, this time with very little coverage from the U.S. networks or commentary from the Obama administration. The story from Reuters/IRIN this morning, More Protests in Cairo’s Tahir Square, highlights the anger and frustration of the masses after months of...

Another PIIG(Italy) takes a Shot at Austerity while the Garbage Piles Up

By John Galt July 5, 2011 Two fascinating stories from the same online periodical New Europe which outline the problems the Italian little PIIGSy is running into: Italy mulls four-year austerity plan EU ‘very concerned’ by Naples trash Both stories are from Sunday July 3rd, but approaching each individually is the best way to demonstrate that Italy might be primed to jump ahead of Spain in the “reasons for the ECB to panic” race to the bottom. The Italian banks were already downgraded by...

Iran says they are Ready to close the Straits of Hormuz

By John Galt July 5, 2011 The story from the newspaper Emirates 24/7 via AFP should be worthy of a little attention and should be a cause for concern as things heat up in the Middle East: Iran ready to close Strait of Hormuz: General Published Monday, July 04, 2011 Iran is ready if threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz to ships linking the Gulf to international markets, Revolutionary Guards commander General Mohammad Ali Jafari told Mehr news agency on Monday. “In...

By John Galt July 5, 2011 The scenes from the movie THX 1138 are foreign to many of my readers but for those that remember George Lucas’ look at a bleak, impersonal future managed by computers and enforced with brutal robotic killers, that reality moves closer every day. The definitive police state wet dream is what I would title that movie and based on the actions and desires of the Department of Homeland Security and American corporations, that reality is accelerating into our...

To all the Pali-Lovers and Terrorist Apologists a Message from Eric Cartman

By John Galt July 4, 2011 The story from this morning’s edition of The National from the United Arab Emirates has the story: Gaza ‘freedom flotilla’ hopes on rocks after arrest of flagship’s captain The Soros sponsored left wing loons who support terrorists and wish to expand Islamic radicalism are desperately looking to find a new method to irritate Israel and create blistering biased news headlines to put the Israeli people in a poor light. As for the flotilla being cancelled thanks to some...

More Clashes in Bahrain as National Dialogue Talks begin

By John Galt July 2, 2011 For those naive souls who think that just because some camel (instead of kangaroo) courts convicted some Shi’ite leaders in Bahrain over the “Arab Spring” protests this year and the Saudi military retreated after perceived peace and quiet was restored, I present evidence that the West does not understand how Iran or the Shi’ites of the region nor how just how complex the situation is: Bahraini security forces clash with 500 protestors English.news.cn 2011-07-03 05:57:38 MANAMA, July...

The Arab Spring turns into an Islamist Summer

By John Galt June 29, 2011 As this author and many others have been warning for months now,the glorious extremist “Arab Spring” has rapidly deteriorated into an Islamist summer with protests and riots re-emerging but barely covered by the U.S. media in nations from Morocco to Tunisia, Egypt to Iraq, and throughout the regions where “reform” was the promise but reality would, as expected, dictate otherwise. The truth is being exposed now in a series of headlines over the last week where violent clashes...

ICC issues Arrest Warrant for Momar Gaddafi

By John Galt June 27, 2011 Apparently they have sent their best man out to conduct the arrest. Seriously. If any story is a bigger joke than this one, I am hard pressed to find out what it is. The story from Reuters: Hague court issues arrest warrant for Gaddafi is the biggest joke I’ve seen in years. A sovereign nation, engaged in a civil conflict now with foreign interests supporting both sides heavily, has its corrupt, psychopathic leader facing the horror of...

China Sends a Message: First Aircraft Carrier Readies for Sea Trials July 1

By John Galt June 22, 2011 The dispute in the South China Sea with China involving several nations is about escalate one more notch as the PLA announced the first sea tests for the former Soviet aircraft carrier, the Varyag. The refurbishment is complete and training exercises are expected to start on the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1st which is a sharp message being sent to its neighbors in the region. While there appears to...

The “Arab Spring” Continues: More Protests Set for Morocco

By John Galt June 19, 2011 While America slumbers, the deterioration of the political condition of many of its key allies in the MENA region continues to accelerate. King Mohammed VI (also known as M6 in the country) proposed a series of reforms over the past week but kept key powers such as retention of the commander in chief role over the military and other political moves which despite an increase in civilian power, ultimately leaves the King as the supreme power in...

News that will be ignored by the MSM: Another Riot in China

By John Galt June 13, 2011 From Reuters this morning: Police use tear gas to quell riot in southern China The importance of this is not that it was reported but that a riot occurred at all. It would appear that the long simmering conflict between the numerous manufacturers with the migrant workers from the interior of China has gone into a full boil. The key statement from the article: The rioters smashed windows, set fire to government buildings and overturned police vehicles, bringing...

BREAKING NEWS: Jordan’s King Abdullah II Motorcade Attacked

By John Galt June 13, 2011 This is a major escalation by the Islamist movement in the country of Jordan and a slap in the face to pro-Western allies like Saudi Arabia and the other nations of the region. Read the full story from Al-Arabiyah here: Jordan King’s motorcade attacked with stones and empty bottles in southern city I wonder if the House of Saud will spend $72,000 per citizen in Jordan now to keep its northern border secure…..

Sunday Reading Assignment: Shari’a and Violence in American Mosques

By John Galt June 12, 2011 The study linked below from the publication MidEast Quarterly reveals some shocking patterns of the dissemination of Shari’a law and Jihad ideals within mosques across America. Without a doubt, this is a must read study and should alarm anyone who has doubts about the threat from within and how the mainstream media continues to gloss over the potential for further violent activities from Muslim extremists. Shari’a and Violence in American Mosques

$5400 per hour Wasted Because of DHS and Incompetent People

By John Galt June 1, 2011 Here we are, late at night, trying to go to bed when this news story from the Washington Post pops up via Drudge: Airplane annoyance leads to brouhaha in the skies over D.C. I started thinking to myself, “no way, this can not be true.” Sure enough, there’s enough there to make one go pound his or her head against a concrete block wall until the skin is raw or a concussion begins. The F-16 burns about $2700...

Governor Rick Scott Takes a Stand on PBS

By John Galt May 30, 2011 Much to the chagrin of the liberal pantywaists who think that 90% of America wants to watch state sponsored pro-Marxist news and shows about earth conscious flower arranging from left wing loons, our Governor of Florida FINALLY did something that Constitutionally minded pro-freedom Americans can support (from the 5/29 NY Times): Florida Governor Vetoes PBS Funding That’s right. Gnashing of teeth. Whining. Crying. Belly-aching about that evil bastard in charge. The reality is that Florida is...

Israel Apparently bombed Syrian Nuke Site in 2007 per U.N.

By John Galt May 25, 2011 Astonishingly enough, the world is not heaping praise on Israel from preventing a murderous dictator from developing nuclear weapons. I know that seems shocking to the readers of these pages but the IAF may have saved the world from Hezbollah getting their terrorist hands on functioning atomic weapons or at least nuclear material for making dirty bombs. The Obama administration has offered no measurable mainstream commentary on this report although they are playing the “human rights” angle against...

By John Galt May 23, 2011 Vladimir Putin, the former KGB singing sensation, spurned the GOP and instead has elected to run for the President of Russia once again. The full story can be found in this story from The Australian: Putin decides to retake presidency The crisis in Russia is more of confidence rather than a growing economic crisis as Medvedev has given the appearance of weakness on the international stage, something which is totally unacceptable to the Russian people. On the...

The News Story of Sunday: Protest Rocked Spain Votes Today

By John Galt May 22, 2011 The outcome of today’s Spanish elections after a week of heavy and illegal protesting will tell the tale of the tape for the currency markets and the long festering problems of the PIIGS. With S&P downgrading Italy on Friday night (See WSJ- “S&P Lowers Outlook on Italy to Negative on Debt-Plan Risks”), the outcome of this election could well determine the future of the Eurozone as Spain has been declared the line of demarcation and the banksters know...