France all out to topple Traore with help from African traitors

France is now caught up in a weapons smuggling attempt into Burkina Faso to be used against the regime of Ibrahim Traore. If what is revealed is indeed true, those weapons were reported to be procured on the instructions of Paris, agreed upon by Washington and former ministers and military leaders of Burkina Faso.

Altogether 47 truckloads of weapons were reported to have been seized, enough to equip an army to fight a war. The convoy was touted to be carrying humanitarian aid. However, the movement of the convoy late at night was suspicious and carefully monitored. Why was movement of humanitarian aid not carried out during the day? The route taken was also not ordinary. Somebody is now trying to start a civil war inside Burkina Faso after failing to assassinate Ibrahim Traore a couple of times. It does not need a rocket scientist to figure out who was involved and who had tried to assassinate Ibrahim Traore all along.

More raids are being carried out throughout the country and more weapons were found inside warehouses located all over the country.

Russia, China and North Korea have already been reported earlier during the Victory Day anniversary in Moscow to have agreed to provide security measures and personnel to support Ibrahim and any attempt to bring down his regime is getting less sustainable. This is the same scenario that we also saw earlier regarding Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela, with the USA funding mercenaries to bring down his government.


Anonymous

Trump against Harvard and the whole wide world

According to sources, if true, that Trump's son, Baron Trump, could not gain entry into Harvard University, and Trump is just taking revenge against Harvard. I am apt to believe that this must be true, knowing Trump's state of mind. Why pick on Harvard of all universities? Trump's reasoning is probably that there are more than six thousand foreign students at Harvard, depriving his son of a place. Administration sycophants, USA universities, company and business leaders have to go with his whims and fancies or risk being targeted by him. This is the same mantra that the USA had used against the rest of the world - 'You are either with US or against US'.

Trump is losing both at home and abroad. Domestically, he is about to face the prospect of empty shelves at retail outlets and escalating prices that will decimate already economically distressed USA citizens. I am, of course, not talking about the top 10%, most of whom are Trump's cronies. While the superrich are going to enjoy a tax cut, the rest of the other 90% are going to pay the price in order to fund the trillions that are needed to fill the hole.

Trump's USA is getting more isolated globally, with China, Gulf countries (GCC) and ASEAN getting together now in Kuala Lumpur to forge a new direction. ASEAN used to be the playground of the USA in the past, but with countries like Indonesia, Thailand Malaysia and Vietnam having joined BRICS, the ground has shifted beyond recognition. These countries are not insignificant in their own rights. Indonesia is rich in natural resources, Malaysia is aiming to become a digital hub, while Thailand and Vietnam are great competitors on economic matters. Vietnam is also extremely rich in rare earth, which the USA has been eyeing for a long time, trying to be chummy with it but failing. Asians can smell the suffocating satanic sulphur from far away and knows what its agenda is.

Having said that, the Anglo-Saxon Whites are still a force to be reckoned with in their support for the USA. Despite all the differences on the surface, the EU will come to kiss Trump's arse when the time comes. The Whites have to gather all hand to the pump to prevent the collapse of the USA hegemony. The rest of the world must be clear about that, to quote the favorite phrase of the White House bimbo spokeswoman.



Anonymous

Palki Sharma and Karoline Leavitt - The best of India and USA

Both are immune to shame anyway. They have very thick skins that cannot feel the shame of lying day in and day out. Of course, when they are working for leaders with the same skin type, shame is an alien word and out of sync.

In Asian society, Palki Sharma is an oddity, where shame is not tolerated in Asian circles, certainly not in a female. In Japan, male leaders in politics or business even committed suicide rather than face the stigma of shame resulting from failures. Mr. Hunzi has lots of bones to pick with Palki Sharma over her shameless behavior. But she still ranks high as his propaganda Goddess, LOL.

As for Karoline Leavitt, she probably deserves an Oscar for her performance so far, making lying a state of the art in her deliverance. No one really comes close. I thought those White House spokespersons during Trump's first term were atrocious liars, but Karoline Leavitt honestly takes the cake hands down.

So, who is the super liar among the two? Yes, just among the two, because I could not find any other competitor that can even come close to these two in performance.


Anonymous

US China tariff back to pre tariff war level

 Asean states are concerned and troubled by the harsh tariffs imposed on them by the Rump regime. And the difference is stark after the agreement by US and China to reduce their respective tariff to pre tariff war level. Though the rates was 30% on China and 10% on American goods, the rate was actually 10% each. The Americans raised the tariff by 20% on China using the fentanyl drug as an excuse, blaming China for America's drug problem. China is calling the American lie and telling the Americans to take care of their own drug problems.  China has nothing to do with drugging Americans. This additional 20% due to fentanyl is still being contested. 

When this issue is settled, the effective tariff for both sides would be 10%. Comparing this to the tariffs Trump imposed on the rest of the world, in particular to ASEAN countries, China would not look like being better off. Trump has capitulated after understanding the interdependence of trade of both countries and would have to tone down his war cry against China. Hitting China with high tariffs is as good as hitting the American consumers and industries and slapping his own face.

On the other hand, hitting and bullying smaller countries around the world, including ASEAN, is easy, a piece of cake. For countries that solely depended on the American consumer market, this is a bit too hard to swallow. Trump is a big bully and would bully everyone he could, but not China.

See how he swaggered into the Middle East like John Wayne, and taking billions from the Arabs with no resistance. See how he treated Panama, Mexico and Canada. And he is still trying to take over Greenland and the Gaza. Trump is a ruthless gangster and he is proud of it. There is no one out there to stop him from taking anything he fancies.

ASEAN under Anwar's chairmanship has taken a new approach to tackle the American bullies. ASEAN alone is not enough. Anwar is bringing together China and the Gulf States to act as one to face the Americans. This combination is good for all three parties. Only Anwar can pull this through as an international statesman with some standing and influence and with good relations with the Gulf states and China. How impactful is this move is too early to tell, but it is another sign of the rest of the world collaborating to take on the Americans directly and to isolate the Americans from the rest of the world.

The tariff war is not over. After the 90 day truce with China, Trump, if he is still around, would start to misbehave again. The world must expect incessant warmongering and posturing by Trump through his term in office until he is taken out or down.

Cost of modern warfare...duds can be very expensive when sold to suckers

 US$240m per shot. This is what it costs India to lose a Rafale fighter jet in the India Pakistan War. And India bought 36 pieces of Rafales from France. In this war it was reported that India lost 3 Rafales or US$720m just on Rafales alone. It also lost a SU30, MiG29 and a Mirage2000. The total cost or loss for India in the 4 day war, just on aircraft shot down is nearly US$1 billion. That is cool.

The Americans ordered the Indians and Pakistanis not to use the F16s bought from the Americans as they are meant to be used for anti terrorism purposes. And each F16 is likely to cost around US$60m. Using a US$60m aircraft to fight terrorists that are mostly rag and tag soldiers, carrying small arms and gathering in small numbers is definitely not very economical. And if they fire missiles at the terrorists, costing at least US$1m each, is small bang for big bucks.

Both the Americans and the Israelis are finding it super expensive to be firing their multi million dollar missiles at cheap Palestinian or Houthi drones and rockets that cost a couple of thousand dollars each. In the process the Americans also lost 3 F18s, each costing nearly US$100m. 

Modern warfare American or western style, using expensive firepower is not going to be cheap or affordable to small countries. The Israelis and Americans are using expensive aircraft and bombs to bomb the Houthis and Palestinians, costing millions, and reporting 10 or 20 killed each time, sometimes less. This does not look economical at all.

The Pakistanis have proven that there is no need to spend huge money to fight a winning war. They used the Chinese PL15 missiles, each costing likely to be less than US$1m, maybe US$100k, to bring down a US$240m Rafales or the slightly cheaper SU, MiG or Mirage. Still very good value for money. Small buck big bangs.

Why would country spend hundreds of millions or trillions to acquire overpriced western weapons when they could do the same job better using many times cheaper Chinese weapons? Indonesia has ordered 30 Rafales, say at US$200m each, think the French overcharged the Indians at US$240m each, it would cost the Indonesians US$6 billion just on the aircraft alone. A J10 costs only US$40m! The Indonesians could have 30 J10s for US$1.2 billion with US$4.8 billion to spare.

China is telling the world that there is no need to spend so much on weapons to do the same job effectively. The western lies that countries must spend billions and billions to buy expensive but average western weapons is falling through, just like spending tens of thousands on luxury branded goods when the same item costs a fraction of the price. The Americans are selling the rich Arabs AI machine costing billions when China has proven that the same job can be done for the cost of peanuts.

Modern warfare, modern weapons do not have to be so expensive as charged by the Americans and the West. The markups and sales talks are not worth the money spent. Expensive is not necessarily good stuff, could be duds.