Ukraine - The last straw

The Russian assault in Ukraine was triggered on Nov. 10, when the U.S. and Ukraine signed a Charter on Strategic Partnership, which asserted America’s support for Kyiv’s right to pursue membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

The pact made it likelier than ever that Ukraine would eventually join NATO—an intolerable prospect for Vladimir Putin. It was the last straw, and preparations immediately began for Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine.

The November agreement added heft to looser assurances Ukraine received at a NATO summit five months earlier that membership would be open to the country if it met the alliance’s criteria.

The moves offered Ukraine encouragement on the NATO question but gave no apparent thought to how such a tectonic move away from Moscow would go down with Mr. Putin. Nothing was done to prepare the Ukrainians for the kind of negative response that they would get.

Mr. Putin had in 2007 made a speech at the Munich Conference on Security Policy which raged against Ukraine ever joining NATO. In 2012, he made it clear again that “the Ukraine-NATO question wasn’t negotiable.”

On Saturday, Mr. Putin said that Western sanctions on Russia were akin to a declaration of war.

Also on Saturday, Singapore imposed unilateral sanctions against Russia, targeting financial measures on designated Russian banks and restrictions on cryptocurrency transactions - a move that was the first time in decades that the city-state was censuring a foreign nation, in this case a giant one, without backing from the United Nations Security Council.

So far, Singapore is the only Southeast Asian nation to dare impose sanctions against Russia.

The U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, Jonathan Eric Kaplan, described Singapore's sanctions as "courageous actions".

Good luck !! 

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Noose Tightening Around Taiwan Separatists as New Chinese Law on National Reunification Proposed

A member of the Standing Committee of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, said he will submit a proposal that suggests the country formulate a law on national reunification during the upcoming two sessions.

Zhang Lianqi said: "Over the past 17 years, the Anti-Secession Law has played an important role in curbing secessionist attempts for Taiwan independence and promoting the peaceful reunification of the motherland. Facing greater risks and challenges, conditions are becoming ripe to promote the reunification of the motherland by legal means, whether in a peaceful way or not."

Zhang said the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities are colluding with the US to incite confrontation and seek independence. The CCP must use law-based means to promote the reunification.

The Anti-Secession Law focused on fighting "Taiwan independence," while the proposed reunification law will focus on promoting reunification, Zhang said.

- RB News 

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Covid19 - Is Omicron mild?

xoxo:
March 6, 2022 at 12:28 pm (Quote)

Omicron is mild,very mild.
Only about 15k to 20k per day.
And,only *INSIGNIFICANT(unimportant) number of patients die,we can afford.

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The above is a comment in TRE. Many have been fed the narrative that Omicron is mild but very infectious. The infectious part we have all witnessed around the world. Many Asian countries that were doing quite well have been slam dunked by this Omicron and are now lost as to what to do next.

What about the mild part? Is this true? The deaths in Hong Kong and Singapore are mounting. We have never seen so many deaths in Hong Kong and Singapore since the start of this pandemic until now. And it is growing and the situation in Hong Kong is looking panicky. Can they be considered mild? Or was the mild part just a narrative to lull the mind, that it is ok, not serious, so can open up, open, open sesame, all back to normal, like a common flu. And with the help of world best vaccines, there is nothing to worry about. Let the people flow, it is the new normal.

How many think that everything is moving towards a new normal, to live with this very mild and very infectious Omicron? And keep our fingers crossed, no more new virus that could be worse than Omicron coming our way? Today's news, we are opening up. No need for VTL. We are free and life is going back to normal, with masks and boosters and whatever preventive protocols. .

What do you think?

PS.  The Omicron is as mild as the mRNA vaccines is the best. With such a mild vaccine, and such a world best vaccine, should not the pandemic be over by now? No contradiction?

Ukraine - When Indians are angry

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wkvv7zKSAI

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOkn3l7mddc

Above two videos, 5 min and 9 min, best described the feelings of the Indians in this Ukrainian War. The first clip lambasted the Americans for being unfit to lecture India on morality and questioning India's neutrality in the Ukraine War. The second accused the Americans for being very cruel, evil and immoral to prolong this war, to mislead the Ukrainians to fight to die when the Americans standing from far away shouting, go, go, go, but telling the Ukrainians they would not send any American soldiers to fight for them or to die for them.

Ukraine - Indians targeted by Ukrainian border guards

 What has not been reported on MSM in the West is the apparent holding of South Indian Students as hostage by Ukraine for whatever reason, which Modi had asked Putin for help during Putin's discourse with Macron just a day ago. This cannot be untrue, given that Modi had to take this up with Putin on this matter in particular.

Because India abstained from voting against the Russians at the UN, that is undoubtedly the prime reason that they took the students hostage. What Henry Kissinger said is so true that 'to be an enemy of the USA is dangerous, to be it's friend is fatal'

India, a member of QUAD, now knows the reality of sleeping with the Anglo Saxon White Curse. perhaps not having learnt their lesson from history. Japan and South Korea cannot ignore what is happening to India. The USA had already been antagonised by India buying Russian arms and this move by India of abstaining from voting, is a clear support for Russia but just left unsaid, and is the straw that has broken the camel's back. Confrontation between USA and India is imminent.

The other issue not reported or discussed much on MSM is the International Criminal Court now investigating war crimes by the Russians in Ukraine. The question people are asking is, where was the ICC when war crimes were being committed by the USA, Australia, Britain and other Whites in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and right now in Yemen.

Investigations cannot be cherry picked and should be fair and open in every conceivable circumstances and on all perpetrators. As I understand, the USA itself just ignored the ICC findings against it not too long ago. They just brushed that decision aside because it is against them. So, the ICC's action is just hogwash, uncalled for and tainted. The ICC should just go to sleep as it is no longer a credible global organisation, full of double standards.

In any case, using Ukraine civilians as human shield, just by issuing them guns and asking them to fight professional soldiers, is as much a war crime as any, no matter how well trained some of them may be. In any case they have to be considered as combatants and death is expected and a natural consequence. This is perhaps the constant interest and hyping about civilian deaths, all of which are combatants and have probably been classified as innocent civilian deaths and is nonsense and misleading. 

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