Posts by Marc C
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This is astonishing:
How bizarre is he a peace maker, he seems almost like a leftist liberal.
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This shows how much contempt exists within Europe and how disunited even the European Parliament is, for those here, that have some fantasy idea about the harmony and ideals that supposedly exist, it is a broken dream, for sure:
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defendue par Patrick Sebastien??
Where will this journey end?
Europe is DEAD, I think, the idea is, the rest is a sceleton of a fabric of "union".
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I am surprised the Brexit vote was not more profound, than it was, it is a disaster, just proof of an extension of European powers' imperialism of modern age not working for many.
Europe is screwed, only some left liberal urban dweller bureaucrats think it is a magic solution to all probs, same issues we have in NZ, a lost government and elite class that has lost ALL touch with reality of basic realities of most ordinary people.
The Wellington beltway will soon learn how out of touch they are, polls here and there, and parties living in their own bubbles, just endless BS.
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Is Farage a leftist or what? Some of his former speeches make me think, he is not quite the right wing nutter some want us to believe, he saw the issues with the west arming certain groups in the Middle East:
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A weak pro European performance, Mr Farage on fire:
Is he demagogue or not just telling the blatant truth?
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"Much of what Chilcot said last night was, to a greater or lesser extent, already known. A good deal of it was known before the invasion even took place."
Yes, that is what I thought, following the news on Al Jazeera last night, and hearing more about it today, some via New Zealand news and analysis.
In my view this good report comes not only 7 years too late, it comes rather something like 10 years too late. Those that followed events before and after 2003 will know what happened, how intense the debate was, and how the US government actually pushed many of its allies and friends into joining the campaign to invade Iraq.
I followed most of it when based in Europe, and so did not read all that Russell presents here, as I was somewhat disconnected with Aotearoa for a while. Bush and Blair were not much "loved" in much of Continental Europe, that was for sure.
I followed developments over the years, watched the execution of Saddam Hussein, and felt numbed by the following years of terror, of almost daily reports of bomb and sniper attacks, killing endless civilians. It was numbing - the horror, as after a while it seemed one had to compare attacks by counting the casualties, to assess the severity and significance of them. Shia turned against Sunni and vice versa, Kurds played a separate role, and achieved autonomy of sorts.
Now we have the Mid East in total chaos, almost at least, and who knows where all this shit will end. Thanks to Tony Blair, that sell out character, I remember him being so cosy and loyal with Bush, it was almost embarrassing.
Bush that "born again Christian" went on a crusade, he had made his mind up before all efforts to try and deal with Saddam with peaceful and non war ways were even tried:
http://www.biography.com/people/george-w-bush-9232768#early-life
"George W. Bush credits his wife for bringing his life in order. Prior to marriage, he had several embarrassing episodes with alcohol. Soon after marrying Laura, he joined the United Methodist Church and became a born-again Christian."I read this with disbelief in that same "bio":
"Bush declared that Iraq hadn’t complied with inspections, and on March 20, 2003, the United States launched a successful invasion of Iraq, quickly defeating the Iraqi military. Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, fell on April 9, 2003, and Bush personally declared an end to major combat operations on May 1, 2003. With a power vacuum in place, Iraq soon fell into a sectarian civil war."That is the US government of then version of events, I remember that idiot and war monger ("wannabe Christian") Bush stand on the aircraft carrier announcing "victory" of sorts?!
More on that man here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._BushAfter 9/11 the US and Bush soon went from shock and upheaval into "crusader" mode, and that is what has brought us the reaction of the other extreme that there is in Iraq and Syria, in the most vicious way. First they dealt to Afghanistan (still fighting the Taleban), then Iraq (still in turmoil), remember the "axis of evil" and all such slogans?
But now we live in the "post truth era", our own government has shown us, how the truth that was presented on all this yesterday, will not be all that relevant to the people that are young today, as they consume stuff that is "well presented" (i.e. censored), by commercial interests and governments. "Dirty politics" did not change the vote, nor will Chilcot influence many. Does anyone still talk about the "Panama papers", for instance?
Chilcot matters to us older ones, most younger ones are inundated with superficial info, they will never read the details about all this, they want quick, soft and easy "news", and decide what is of use to them, what not. Prepare for a less informed, less analysing, less scrutinising future democracy, where also the UN may be rather irrelevant.
Presentation and appearance matter, not contents, it seems.
Chilcot's report seems to get somewhat less attention in the US, where it should actually be obligatory reading for people.
For those that care, here is the hard news stuff:
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As for the above comments, I think I have displayed perfectly why Labour or even Greens are un-voteable, indeed I consider, despite huge reservations, to for the first time to vote for NZ First, aghast really. Who would fall for this continuum and abject failure of a defunct government, that serves only its self interest.
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As for the rest of Brexit, we all know that the following played a role too, and honestly, I and others had quite enough of the wrong tolerance of urban liberals, which has destroyed the votability of left parties.
[DELETED. PLEASE DON'T POST ISLAMIC STATE VIDEOS HERE. RB]
I know this is not what was voted on or against, but there is a perception among people, that certain tolerances have been abused and exploited, and we have extremists take advantage of it, and we get now the worst of the worse, that is maybe perception, but more than that. I am in hindsight not at all surprised about the British Exit vote.
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Meanwhile USA, what side are you on?