I caught this report on 11 September which was in connection
with the anniversary. It's rather stunning to consider that even after all
these years there are people still buying into the discredited narratives.
There's no reflection. They are truly zombies – unthinking semi-sentient beings
enslaved to the state and its manipulative narratives and rhetoric.
https://eurasianet.org/as-azerbaijan-takes-over-karabakh-armenian-russian-ties-reach-new-nadir
As I have related in the past, the Armenian lobby in the
United States has been faced with an impossible situation, a position divorced
from the realities of US foreign policy. Since the fall of the USSR, Armenia
has been allied with Russia and indirectly with Iran. America has, since the
formation of NATO been an ally of the Turks, and with the break-up of the
Soviet Union this relationship extended to the Turkish regime in Azerbaijan.
The latter country was particularly attractive given its oil resources and
geo-strategic position on the Caspian Sea which connects it to Central Asia.
Recently I had the opportunity to speak with yet another pastor by phone – once again of an Evangelical church about forty-five minutes away.
I don't do a lot of endorsements these days but I wish to commend the following website to readers – Deo Vicit Mundum. The site is run by Joshua Immanuel, a dear brother in the Lord who has been an encouragement to me. Based in the larger Atlanta area he (like so many of us) has struggled to find a solid Biblically-based church and as such he's putting out an appeal – one that I'm forwarding to my readers with the hope that maybe someone else is in the area or familiar with it and can contact him with a recommendation.
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/opinions_218172.htm
This is from a speech given by NATO secretary-general Jens
Stoltenberg. Read this excerpt carefully.
Then lastly on Sweden. First of
all, it is historic that now Finland is member of the Alliance. And we have to
remember the background. The background was that President Putin declared in
the autumn of 2021, and actually sent a draft treaty that they wanted NATO to
sign, to promise no more NATO enlargement. That was what he sent us. And was a
pre-condition for not invade Ukraine. Of course we didn't sign that.
The opposite happened. He wanted
us to sign that promise, never to enlarge NATO. He wanted us to remove our
military infrastructure in all Allies that have joined NATO since 1997, meaning
half of NATO, all the Central and Eastern Europe, we should remove NATO from
that part of our Alliance, introducing some kind of B, or second class
membership. We rejected that.
So he went to war to prevent
NATO, more NATO, close to his borders.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-66748670
Biden left the G-20 summit in New Delhi which ended on 10
September and headed for Vietnam. For years the US has been trying to coax
Hanoi into a military alliance – to win Vietnam away from China and over into
the US camp.
https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/08/30/booz-allen-maryland-military-facility/
Articles about Booz Allen Hamilton always catch my eye as the
company is well-known for its contract work with the CIA. Perhaps the most
famous episode in recent years was in reference to Edward Snowden. The company
is involved in all sorts of intelligence work, analysis, IT, and other forms of
consulting and its one of those companies that straddles the military and
intelligence spheres – in fact the line with a company like Booz Allen Hamilton
is completely blurred.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-us-espionage-cia-spying/
In August, Beijing arrested another one of its citizens
accusing them of spying for the CIA. The US media seems to get perturbed by these
reports and intuitively seems to take a defensive posture – as if the
accusation is prima facie absurd.
https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/what-the-brics-expansion-means-to-shipping
This short article merely touches on what is in fact a huge
topic – one that is only starting to be understood and thought out. As BRICS
expands and plays a larger role in creating an alternate economy the
ramifications for this in the realm of global trade and shipping will be significant
– which is why a publication like The Maritime Executive wants to bring it up.
https://www.breakpoint.org/50-years-ago-chuck-colson-was-granted-eternal-life/
The memory of Charles 'Chuck' Colson (1931-2012) is already
starting to fade away. He was of another generation and one that seems
increasingly distant. From time to time BreakPoint will replay one of his old
commentaries and they did so recently as 2023 marks the fiftieth anniversary of
his conversion – except I continue to argue the man was a fraud.
https://declassifieduk.org/bps-financing-of-colombias-murderous-military/
The documents referenced here merely confirm what was already
known – both governments and corporations were involved in the financing and
arming of Right-wing paramilitary groups in Colombia.
