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The world rebukes Mr. Netanyahu

Robert Parry
OpEdNews
Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:32 UTC

In a rare rebuke to his bullying, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to stop the United States and five other world powers from reaching an agreement to constrain but not eliminate Iran's nuclear program. Yet, Netanyahu still is dominating how the U.S. public and congressional debate is being framed, with Iran accused of regional "aggression" in four countries.

On Tuesday, a recurring theme on U.S. news broadcasts, such as Andrea Mitchell's MSNBC program, was that any lifting of economic sanctions against Iran will give it more money to engage in trouble-making in the Middle East with references to four nations -- Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen -- a central theme in Netanyahu's speech on March 3 to a joint session of the U.S. Congress.

Comment: If so, they would only be taking the US's lead...choosing to fund blatant, unchecked aggression over homeland public welfare. Fortunately, not everyone makes this choice.

To repeated standing ovations from U.S. senators and congressmen, Netanyahu declared: "In the Middle East, Iran now dominates four Arab capitals, Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut and Sanaa. And if Iran's aggression is left unchecked, more will surely follow. So, at a time when many hope that Iran will join the community of nations, Iran is busy gobbling up the nations. We must all stand together to stop Iran's march of conquest, subjugation and terror."

Netanyahu's reference to "Iran's aggression," which is now becoming a conventional-wisdom talking point in Official Washington, was curious since Iran has not invaded another country for centuries. In 1980, Saddam Hussein's Iraq -- at the urging of Saudi Arabia -- invaded Iran. But Iran has not invaded any of the four countries that Netanyahu cited.

Comment: Mainstream Media doesn't fall far from the tree when you consider the apex that owns and controls Western news and entertainment, exception the small independent sources that still aspire to truth and accuracy in reporting. Maybe Netty has met his Cry Wolf moment. MSM: For heaven's sake, let's not trip over the facts!

Russia sends 2 planes with 46 tons of humanitarian aid to Yemen

RT
Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:09 UTC

© Reuters/Khaled Abdullah
A Houthi militant stands at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa July 14, 2015.

The Russian Emergencies Ministry has sent two Il-76 planes with food supplies to Yemen, following a request by the country's government. Over 46 tons of humanitarian aid, mostly food, has been delivered.

The planes have landed in the capital, Sanaa, and were met by representatives of the local caretaker authorities.

"The delivered cargo is something the population urgently needs due to the armed conflict in our country - food supplies," Mohammed Harmal, from the Executive Unit for Internally Displaced People, has said.

Comment: Russia is the only sane country providing assistance to Yemen rather than bombing it into submission.

Greece today, America tomorrow?

Ron Paul
Ron Paul Institute
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 14:10 UTC

The drama over Greece's financial crisis continues to dominate the headlines. As this column is being written, a deal may have been reached providing Greece with yet another bailout if the Greek government adopts new "austerity" measures. The deal will allow all sides to brag about how they came together to save the Greek economy and the European Monetary Union. However, this deal is merely a Band-Aid, not a permanent fix to Greece's problems. So another crisis is inevitable.

The Greek crisis provides a look into what awaits us unless we stop overspending on warfare and welfare and restore a sound monetary system. While most commentators have focused on Greece's welfare state, much of Greece's deficit was caused by excessive military spending. Even as its economy collapses and the government makes (minor) cuts in welfare spending, Greece's military budget remains among the largest in the European Union.

Comment: Unfortunately it looks like only a major economic catastrophe will cause people to wake up and realize what the true state of affairs the US is in.

Important points from the BRICS and SCO Summits in Ufa

Sputnik News
Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:31 UTC

The most widely known achievements to have come out of the BRICS and SCO Summits in Ufa are the BRICS New Development Bank and India and Pakistan's joint accession to the SCO, but that doesn't mean that they were the only takeaways.

In fact, there were quite a lot more to these events than those two major announcements, but such news unfortunately took a backseat in the face of the headline-dominating coverage that was previously mentioned. Let's shed some light on the biggest stories that deserve more attention from the media:

Comment: The BRICS just keep chugging along, taking one step at a time to create a more just world order. Check out:

SCO begins expansion with ratification of 10 year development strategy

BRICS, SCO sow panic in Exceptionalistan

Escalating tensions: Pentagon considers more training of Ukrainian army

Jason Ditz
AntiWar.com
Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:37 UTC

Earlier this year, in a highly controversial move, the Pentagon sent troops to Western Ukraine to begin training national guardsmen working for the nation's Interior Ministry. The move was opposed by some in the region because it began amid a ceasefire in the Ukrainian civil war, a ceasefire the US is seen in opposition to.

Now, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges is reporting that the Pentagon is considering a dramatic escalation of that training, expanding it to cover not just the interior ministry, but Ukraine's special forces and potentially the entire army. He said the expansion wouldn't necessarily include US arms being sent to the country, but didn't appear to rule it out, either.

Comment: Ukraine arms deal with UAE is just NATO backdoor to arm Kiev

Hodges did, however, emphasize millions of dollars in US military aid already provided, non-lethal aid like armored vehicles and body armor, while claiming the Russians have "gone after" the radar provided to Ukraine's military because it's been such a change on the ground.

Comment: There is definitely a lot going on in the region. The West is very busy setting up Gladio 2.0, and the Kiev junta has not stopped violating the 'ceasefire':

ISIS and Right Sector: NATO's latest offensive strategy against Russia

South Front Novorossia Military Reports 7-10 July: Kiev continues to violate Minsk 2.0 with heavy artillery

South Front Military Reports 12-14 July: Right Sector leaves front to bring mayhem to western Ukraine

South Front foreign policy diary: Instability zone Caucasus - Gladio 2.0 in progress

Russia dismantles 90% of its chemical weapons stockpile

Russia Insider
Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:34 UTC

Russia has reduced its chemical weapons stock pile by 90% or 35,972 tonnes which in absolute terms is more than any other member of the Chemical Weapons Convention, Colonel General Valery Kapashin told the Russian news agency Interfax on Monday.

This means Russia has now caught up with the US which had dismantled 90% of its arsenal in 2012 and continues to make progress albeit Washington aims to completely rid itself of chemical weapons only by 2023.

A number of other states, such as India, South Korea, Libya, Syria and Albania have already fully destroyed their stockpiles.

Israel and North Korea are believed to posses chemical weapons but are not signatories of the treaty.

Comment: Eliminating chemical weapons is a great step for humanity. But can we include bio-weapons and nuclear weapons?

IMF reminds Germany who's the 'boss': Merkel dealt deadly blow as IMF rebuffs Greek bailout deal

Sputnik News
Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:58 UTC

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been dealt a heavy blow after the publication by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of a damning report highly critical of the Greek bailout, which is likely to spell danger for her at home.

From the outset in the Greek bailout crisis, Merkel has wanted the IMF to be onside, along with the Eurozone group as well as the European Central Bank. The three institutions — known as the Troika — have been wrestling with the Greek crisis for years. Yet, at the heart of the crisis is the problem that the three institutions have differing agendas.

Comment: And the IMF, at this time, seems to be issuing a message to Germany:

IMF stuns Europe with call for massive Greek debt relief

The Eurozone countries are desperate to maintain confidence in the currency. Some Eurozone countries like Ireland, Spain and Portugal have come through tough austerity measures and survived and see no reason why Greece should be allowed off the hook.

Comment: For more background on this evolving situation, check out:

Greek debt and German hypocrisy

Kremlin does not confirm Obama's interpretation of Putin's words about Assad regime

ITAR-TASS
Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:18 UTC

The Kremlin has not confirmed the interpretation of words of Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad by US President Barack Obama. "In our statement concerning the telephone conversation we said everything we felt it was necessary to say about the results of this telephone conversation," Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday, commenting at their request on Obama's interview to the New York Times published on Tuesday.

Obama said he was "encouraged by the fact that Mr. Putin called him a couple of weeks ago and initiated the call to talk about Syria. I think they get a sense that the Assad regime is losing a grip over greater and greater swaths of territory inside of Syria [to Sunni jihadist militias] and that the prospects for a [Sunni jihadist] takeover or rout of the Syrian regime is not imminent but becomes a greater and greater threat by the day. That offers us an opportunity to have a serious conversation with them," he added.

Comment: Looks like Obama only hears what he thinks he wants to hear. Russia is not on board with NATO's way of doing things.

Greece: Deputy finance minister resigns before bailout vote

RT
Wed, 15 Jul 2015 11:50 UTC

Greek Deputy Finance Minister Nadia Valavani

Greek Deputy Finance Minister Nadia Valavani has resigned ahead of the key vote in the Greek parliament on a third bailout agreed between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the country's creditors. She described the deal as Greek agony.

"Alexis, I am ready to serve in any capacity to the end during challenges. However, when our delegation returned with liabilities that are 'stillborn measures' and at such a price [by the creditors in fulfilling the reforms program], once again when the dilemma appears of retreating or Grexit, it will be impossible for me to remain a member of the government," Valavani's letter reads. She called the debt deal reached Monday a "capitulation" by the government, that will hit the Greek people.

"This 'capitulation' is so overwhelming that it will not allow a regrouping of forces. With your signature there will be a deterioration in the status of an already suffering population, and this will be a tombstone around their necks for many years with little potential of redemption," she wrote

Comment: Yanis Varoufakis set out to do what Putin accomplished in Russia: "Our plan is to destroy the Greek oligarchy system", he said. However, he admitted the team didn't have enough experience to dare Grexit. Now another colleague of his realized they were coerced - by the psychopath Eurocrats - to do exactly what the Syriza party wanted to avoid at all costs.

The letter was made public by the Greek finance ministry on Wednesday. Valavani was one of two deputy finance ministers, and was in charge of taxation and overseeing privatization. The Greek parliament is going to vote on Wednesday on the austerity deal made between the creditors and Tsipras. There is no unanimity within Tsipras' Syriza party. The vote can break up Syriza's anti-austerity coalition with right-wing ANEL. This could lead to new elections in Greece.

Comment: The top US psychopaths in the government and the banking system never wanted Syriza in power. After destroying the opposition they can proceed with the master plan to install a totally corrupt Greek government that will dance as the US plays the flute.

Since the agreement Alexis Tsipras has been expected to reshuffle the government, with the resignation of Syriza members who refuse to support the agreement with European creditors.

Comment: Similar event happened in 2012, when the Greek deputy minister quit over EU/IMF bailout terms.

What's wrong with our monetary system and how to fix It

Adrian Kuzminski
Club Orlov
Tue, 14 Jul 2015 20:12 UTC

Something's profoundly wrong with our global financial system. Pope Francis is only the latest to raise the alarm:

"Human beings and nature must not be at the service of money. Let us say no to an economy of exclusion and inequality, where money rules, rather than service. That economy kills. That economy excludes. That economy destroys Mother Earth."

What the Pope calls "an economy of exclusion and inequality, where money rules" is widely evident. What is not so clear is how we got into this situation, and what to do about it.

Most people take our monetary system for granted, and are shocked to learn that the government doesn't issue our money. Almost all of it is created by loans made "out of thin air" as bookkeeping entries by private banks. For this sleight-of-hand, they charge interest, making a tidy profit for doing essentially nothing. The currency printed by the government - coins and bills - is a negligible amount by comparison.

The idea of giving private banks a monopoly over money creation goes back to seventeenth century England. The British government, in a Faustian bargain, agreed to allow a group of private bankers to assume the national debt as collateral for the issuance of loans, confident that the state would be able to service the debt on the backs of taxpayers

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Puppet Masters

The world rebukes Mr. Netanyahu

Russia sends 2 planes with 46 tons of humanitarian aid to Yemen

Greece today, America tomorrow?

Important points from the BRICS and SCO Summits in Ufa

Escalating tensions: Pentagon considers more training of Ukrainian army

Russia dismantles 90% of its chemical weapons stockpile

IMF reminds Germany who's the 'boss': Merkel dealt deadly blow as IMF rebuffs Greek bailout deal

Kremlin does not confirm Obama's interpretation of Putin's words about Assad regime

Greece: Deputy finance minister resigns before bailout vote

What's wrong with our monetary system and how to fix It

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