China at crossroads?

December 26, 2011

China has a history of shooting itself in the foot whenever it has internal problems.  Recall The Great Leap Forward in the 1950s, a plan by Mao Tse Tung to move China from peasant farmers into a modern society through industrialization and agriculture. It failed miserably with famine that caused over a reported million people [...]

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End of Iraq?

December 19, 2011

After almost nine years with the second longest war in U.S. History (Moro War in The Philippines: 1902-1913) we leave a precarious situation in Iraq.
Doyle McManus writing for the Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2011, “An Elusive Victory In Iraq,” said it best: “With the final headlong withdrawal this month of U.S. troops from Iraq, [...]

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Iran, Cuba and Venezuela Axis

December 12, 2011

According to the Miami Herald, 10 Dec 2011, Jose Azel: “Iran is an increasingly important politico-economic player in Latin America. Its influence transcends geography, language, culture and religion. At the heart of this growing Iranian influence is a peculiar trilateral political configuration with Cuba and Venezuela. The basis of this eccentric alignment is not East-West [...]

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Egypt’s Islamist wins big in elections

December 5, 2011

The Egyptian Islamic parties who seem to have an insurmountable lead in the Egyptian elections have said that they plan to push for a stricter Islamic religious code. This means Shariah law and the end to democracy, women’s rights, minority issues and much more.
The Egyptian Coptic Christian minority and all secular political parties will be [...]

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Unrest in Middle East continues

November 28, 2011

The ill informed U.S. news media, headline grabbing political pundits and many in Congress know not what they do in calling for “democracy” in the Middle East.
So how does the run up to “democracy” in the Middle look today?
Violent demonstrations have erupted in the initiator of the so called “Arab Spring” in Tunisia’s impoverished central [...]

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Syria in crisis

November 21, 2011

It has been reported in the news media that deserters from the Syrian Army carried out attacks on symbols of the Bashar Al Assad government’s centers of power, targeting the youth offices of the ruling Baath Party after firing rocket-propelled grenades on a military intelligence base on Wednesday. These attacks, along with fraying relations among [...]

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Shi’ites and the U.S.

November 14, 2011

It is well known that Iran is a Shi’ite theocracy.  It is also well known that Iran is the leader of the Shi’ites in the world. There’s the rub. The U.S. has been in disfavor of the Shi’ites for some time now.
So, why do they hate us so much?
First, it is the Shi’ite memory of [...]

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Despot in Iraq?

November 7, 2011

The New York Times, November 5, 2011, pg. 18, reported: “The authoritarian tendencies of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq are well known. But the arrest of more than 600 Iraqis whom the government describes as suspected former members of Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party and army is particularly cynical and reckless. With American troops [...]

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Mexican drug wars

October 31, 2011

On 24 October STRATFOR published its update on the Mexican drug cartels.
The report stated that while there has been a reshuffling of alliances among Mexican drug cartels since the STRATFOR July cartel update, the trend continues. This is that there is  the polarization of cartels and associated sub-groups toward the two largest drug-trafficking organizations, the Sinaloa [...]

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China odservations

October 24, 2011

Interesting “Half-Full Report,” written by Dr. Jack Wheeler, 14 Oct 2011, on China.
“China. No wives, no water, no banks – and a hyper-dangerous military. Much of China is uninhabited – deserts, mountains, and wastelands. Habitable China is about the size of the US east of the Mississippi, with over a billion people squeezed into it. [...]

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