A revolution is brewing in Vladimir Putin’s Russia

Posted by Matt in March 17th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, American Thinker, Arenas, Artifice, Bruce Springsteen, Chickens, Coming Home, Corruption, Critique, incompetence, Land Seizures, Recession, Regime, Rock Band, Serious Trouble, Shevchuk, Social Unrest, SocialUnrest, Soviet Russia, Vladimir Putin, World Economy, Yuri

The signs of social unrest are just starting to appear in Russia due to Putin’s incompetence.
There is quite a bit of social unrest in China that is just waiting to come out due to land seizures and offical corruption.
If the world economy starts a second leg of the recession, then both Russia and China could [...]

The world tires of the Palestinian cause | The Daily Star

Posted by Matt in November 18th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Middle East, Arab Country, Arab World, Arabs, Atmosphere, Cairo, Daily Star, Governments, incompetence, Palestinian Cause, Palestinian Leadership, Palestinians, Star World, Tires

The atmosphere in Cairo this week tells us much about the contemporary Arab world’s view of the Palestine cause in relation to domestic issues in every Arab country. Ordinary Arabs and their governments alike seem fed up with the incompetence of the Palestinian leadership, while remaining strongly committed emotionally to the justice and rights of [...]

America and eastern Europe: End of an affair? | The Economist

Posted by Matt in September 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Europe, communist, Continent, Distaste, Eastern Countries, Eastern Europe, Economist, George Bush, German Marshall Fund, Handedness, incompetence, Misgivings, NATO, New Poll, Relationship, Tank, Western Europe

That relationship is now looking more wobbly. A new poll (see chart) by the German Marshall Fund, a think-tank, shows that western Europe is now much more pro-American and pro-NATO than the ex-communist east. Until last year, the eastern countries swallowed their misgivings about George Bush, while the west of the continent writhed in distaste [...]

A Chinese Reporter’s Anger

Posted by Matt in May 20th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Anger, China, Chinese Authorities, Chinese Leadership, Confidence, Conspiracy Theories, Disaster Zones, Earthquake, Foreign Aid, Home Countries, incompetence, Japan, Korea, National Security, News Reports, Reputation, Russia, Senior Officials, United States, Western Countries

There is a reason why it took almost three days to agree to accept foreign aid from Japan and why the Chinese authorities accepted Korea and Russia’s aid, but not high-tech aid from the United States and other Western nations. Reporters have learned that within the Chinese leadership, a group of senior officials supporting [...]

Israel’s Next War

Posted by Matt in April 17th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Israel, War, axis, Hamas, harass, hezbollah, IDF, incompetence, Intelligence, Iran, Israel, Russia, shiite, sunni, Syria, terror, War

Overall, â€œthe MI chief stressed that Iran continues to provide funding and weapons to Syria, Hamas, and Hezbollah, and has close military and intelligence coordination with Syria.â€ Add Russia to the mix and the picture is complete: a Shiite-Sunni-Russian terror-military axis seeking to surround, pressure, and harass Israel and ultimately eradicate it.
Tragically, this is happening [...]