The significance of President Barack Obama’s “shift” toward the Asia Pacific region has become evident in the course of the past week. On every front—diplomatic, economic and military—the Obama administration is aggressively confronting China, greatly heightening tensions within the region and every country of the region.
_______________________________The three-day Asian summit that began Thursday on the Indonesian island of Bali was dominated by the visit of US President Barack Obama, and his attempts to assemble Asian countries into an anti-China coalition. Obama met with Indian and Filipino leaders, pressed for greater US influence in the South China Sea, and announced closer US ties with Myanmar, a long-time Chinese ally in the region.
This was the last leg of a ten-day Asia-Pacific tour by Obama, with stops in Hawaii and Australia. In Hawaii, Obama promoted plans for a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a US-centered free-trade zone, now expanded to include Canada, Mexico and possibly Japan. China was not invited to join. In Australia, he announced plans for greater US use of Australian military bases and the development of Darwin—a northern Australian city near key shipping routes between the Indian and Pacific oceans—as a major US staging base.
By Stephen Lendman
Newton Minow: He had it right more than 60 years ago.
In “The Art of War,” Sun Tzu said “All war is based on deception.” What worked in ancient times more than ever applies now, given instant ways of communicating globally and super-weapons Washington and Israel threaten to use like hand grenades.
In “Doctor Faustus”, Christopher Marlowe mentioned “the face that launched a thousand ships.” He referred to Helen of Troy (formerly of Sparta). To win her back, Greeks launched 1,000 warships. According to Greek mythology, the Trojan War followed. Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad recounted it. So did Roman poets Virgil and Ovid. Homer said it lasted 10 years. Mythological goddess quarrels started it.
Mahmoud Jibril and Qaddafi’s Wealth Redistribution Project
Mahdi Darius Nazemraoya’s Fourth of Four Installments
from Cynthia McKinney
“The Wealth Redistribution Project, was viewed as a very serious threat by the U.S., the E.U., and a group of corrupt Libyan officials.”
Via Cynthia McKinney
The historical record of Muammar Qaddafi’s leadership of Libya must be preserved against the false narrative of the regime changers. The real story is one of internal betrayal at the highest levels, as well as external aggression. The Libyan government bureaucrat who would become head of the NATO-backed National Transitional Council, Mahmoud Jibril, “believed that the masses were not fit to govern themselves and that an elite should control the fate and wealth of any nation.” He is now busily transferring that wealth to private and foreign hands.
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Why should the American ruling circles have any compunction about dealing with tyrants and crooks? They are among pals.
By F. William Engdahl
Behind all the deceptive official debate over how many troops are needed to “win” the war in Afghanistan, whether another 30,000 is sufficient, or whether at least 200000 are needed, the real purpose of US military presence in that pivotal Central Asian country is obscured. |
