Procrastination on Syria
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Not a pretty sight seeing women and children burned to a crisp, it makes Afghanistan and Iraq look even more of a total waste of people, time and resources.
It's a shame that Syria isn't awash with wmd/insurgents/taliban/'terrorists'/heroin/superguns I mean oil, this mess would have been sorted out by now.
Not a pretty sight seeing women and children burned to a crisp, it makes Afghanistan and Iraq look even more of a total waste of people, time and resources.
It's a shame that Syria isn't awash with wmd/insurgents/taliban/'terrorists'/heroin/superguns I mean oil, this mess would have been sorted out by now.
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Kofi Anan is a real stand up guy: "I quit" quoth he, as of 31 Aug, and noted in his public remarks that he believes that the current Sec Gen of the UN will find "someone as crazy as me" to repalce himself, the Anan-ted one. 
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I don't doubt that the Sec Gen has got a pile of people as useless as Kofi Anan available, but I will relent in my snark with this thought: this deal in Syria may be a turd that can't be polished, no matter how hard the UN rubs it with a silk buffing cloth.
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I don't doubt that the Sec Gen has got a pile of people as useless as Kofi Anan available, but I will relent in my snark with this thought: this deal in Syria may be a turd that can't be polished, no matter how hard the UN rubs it with a silk buffing cloth.
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The media are reporting that British Syrian fighters took a British reporter hostage. In Syria. Fun times for all, no doubt, and did they at least serve him a pint now and again?
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Shouldn't think so LW50. With all our 'rich diversity' (as we keep being told on television and in the dead tree press) - I doubt they would do any act likely to be frowned upom by their fun-loving Mullahs.
Looks as if the Chinese are keeping their feet in both camps in the Middle East.
Sino-Israeli first joint military drill jitters U.S. - China News - SINA English
Sino-Israeli first joint military drill jitters U.S. - China News - SINA English
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Interesting.
Nothing in that article is any different to what the Australian Defence Force have done in the last few years and the RAN in the last year except I think our ship docked in China after live fire war games instead of the other way round.
Nothing in that article is any different to what the Australian Defence Force have done in the last few years and the RAN in the last year except I think our ship docked in China after live fire war games instead of the other way round.
Hmmmm
Given Saudi's suggested last year they break with tradition will buy arms from other countries (i.e. Other than UK/US/France), the suggestion is long range missiles from China. The cosying up to Israel may suggest a potential fundamental shift in how rulers are seeing the long term.
Given Saudi's suggested last year they break with tradition will buy arms from other countries (i.e. Other than UK/US/France), the suggestion is long range missiles from China. The cosying up to Israel may suggest a potential fundamental shift in how rulers are seeing the long term.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Given Saudi's suggested last year they break with tradition will buy arms from other countries (i.e. Other than UK/US/France), the suggestion is long range missiles from China.
The drills will probably be search and rescue and naval cooperation at sea drills? These Chinese vessels are from the anti-piracy Task Force that was in the Red Sea/Horn of Africa. They have made good will visits to Black Sea ports, in Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Ukraine.
Two Chinese Warships Are In Turkey «
11th Chinese naval escort taskforce leaves Gulf of Aden - People's Daily Online
12th Chinese naval escort taskforce sets sail - People's Daily Online
Two Chinese Warships Are In Turkey «
11th Chinese naval escort taskforce leaves Gulf of Aden
The 11th Chinese naval escort taskforce of the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) left the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somali coast where the taskforce had conducted escort missions for more than four months and embarked on its new voyage of visits on July 23, 2012.
Up to now, the 11th Chinese naval escort taskforce has accomplished 43 escort missions for 184 Chinese and foreign ships, effectively coped with and repelled the harassments by126 suspected pirate boats in 58 batches, and ensured the safety of the escorted ships and the taskforce.
After its departure from the waters of the Gulf of Aden, the 11th Chinese naval escort taskforce is scheduled to pay a friendly visit to Ukraine, Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria and Israel successively in two columns. It is the first time for the Chinese naval ships to visit Romania, Bulgaria and Israel.
The 11th Chinese naval escort taskforce of the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) left the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somali coast where the taskforce had conducted escort missions for more than four months and embarked on its new voyage of visits on July 23, 2012.
Up to now, the 11th Chinese naval escort taskforce has accomplished 43 escort missions for 184 Chinese and foreign ships, effectively coped with and repelled the harassments by126 suspected pirate boats in 58 batches, and ensured the safety of the escorted ships and the taskforce.
After its departure from the waters of the Gulf of Aden, the 11th Chinese naval escort taskforce is scheduled to pay a friendly visit to Ukraine, Romania, Turkey, Bulgaria and Israel successively in two columns. It is the first time for the Chinese naval ships to visit Romania, Bulgaria and Israel.
12th Chinese naval escort taskforce sets sail - People's Daily Online
