The implication of preparing to move Russian troops not only is to protect its own vital regional interests but possibly to assist Iran in the event of such an attack. Sources add that a Russian military buildup in the region could result in the Russian military potentially engaging Israeli forces, U.S. forces, or both.
Russia plans to Flatten Georgia if Israel Attacks Iran ~ link ~ GenerationalDynamics.com said the Russian military believes that when the US goes to war with Iran, it may deploy forces in friendly Georgia and warships in the Caspian Sea with the possible help of Azerbaijan.
Hence, Russia is deploying guided anti-ship missiles on the Caspian shore in preparation, and is forming an offensive spearhead force, heavily armed with modern long-range weapons, it added.
In the case of an Iranian war, it’s expected that the Russian spearhead will be ordered to strike south to prevent the presumed deployment of US bases in the region, to link up with the troops in Armenia, and take over the South Caucasus energy corridor along which Azeri, Turkmen and, other Caspian natural gas and oil may reach European markets, the website added.
Turkish Foreign Minister cuts short China trip over Syria ~ link ~ Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is cutting short his trip to China and will return to Turkey because of recent developments in Syria, a Turkish foreign ministry official said on Tuesday.
Massive US-Arab Gulf/GCC air force ‘exercise’ draws Iranian warning to stop at once ~ link ~ If you live or work in the Middle East, NOW is the time to be getting out of that part of the world!!! Stirling
At least 200 American and Arab Gulf fighter-bombers thundered overhead Sunday, April 8 at the outset of the biggest air force exercise ever conducted in the Gulf region. They are simulating war with Iran and an operation for reopening the strategic Straits of Hormuz if it is closed by Tehran. debkafile’s military sources report that 100 of the warplanes took off from the USS Enterprise and USS Abraham Lincoln which are cruising with their strike groups opposite Iranian shores. The Saudi, UAE, Kuwaiti and Bahraini air forces contributed the other 100.
“Responsibility To Protect” Syria: A US/NATO “Trojan Horse” ~ link ~ On March 9th, US Senate Minority leader Richard Luger introduced the “NATO Enhancement Act” which seeks to encompass Georgia and Ukraine within NATO’s umbrella. The Pentagon is planning to deploy “missile defense” in Asia and the Middle East, which will constitute a threat to China, similar to the threat to Russia resulting from the placement of “missile defense” in Europe. It now appears possible that the only curb on NATO’s global dominance will be the economic crisis plaguing NATO’s capitalist partners, and the violent riots now occurring in NATO countries, as civilian victims of “austerity measures” are demonstrating to protest the slashing of social protection programs required to service the enormous cost of militarization necessary for NATO membership.
USA and Israel issue ultimatums to Iran ~ link ~ On the eve of international talks, the US and Israel have issued provocative ultimatums to Iran to dismantle key aspects of its nuclear program or face devastating economic sanctions and the prospect of war.
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak declared in an interview with CNN on Sunday that “the threshold for successful negotiations” would be a halt by Iran to uranium enrichment to the 20 percent level and the transfer of all uranium already enriched to this level to “a neighbouring trusted country.”
USS Shiloh Aegis Guided Missile Destroyer in position to shoot down North Korean missile ~ link ~ It is like we are in a horse race to see where WWIII will begin: Iran, Syria, North Korea, or somewhere else. You cannot make this stuff up. Things have gotten very strange on this Earth as of the last few years and are getting stranger by the week! Stirling
An NHK helicopter on Tuesday spotted a US aegis cruiser near a southwestern island in Okinawa Prefecture.
The USS Shiloh was stationary at about 80 kilometers northeast of Miyako Island. The area is near the projected flight path of what the North calls “a satellite”, a de facto missile.
Global NATO: The “Military Enforcement Wing” of the West’s 1% ~ link ~ I don’t see it that way. For one thing, most of the top 1% are going to lose their shirts in the coming total global chaos. It is the Global Banking Cartel families that count! They and their senior flunkies, and that is way way less than 1%! Stirling
The global agendas of NATO and what the G8 represents – unelected, unrepresentative, unaccountable Western-dominated institutions which also include the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, etc. – are much closer, in fact are inextricably linked, than may at first be apparent.
Fox News, cited above, is the preferred propaganda outlet of the 1% and the main channel through which it indoctrinates the general populace with its corporate, militarist and misanthropic dogmas. It is owned by Rupert Murdoch through its parent company News Corps. (News Corporation). Four years ago Murdoch received the Atlantic Council of the United States’ Distinguished Business Leader Award at the organization’ s Annual Awards Dinner.
The Atlantic Council of the United States is the control center and prototype for some sixty comparable groups around the world pushing NATO expansion and, in nations not yet full member states, integration into the alliance.
NATO and US arming Israel over projected and planned Iran War ~ link
Surge in US Secret Surveillance of Iran: Washington’s “Real Agenda” Is NOT Global Security – It Is Regime Change ~ link ~ The complete lack of gun, never mind smoking gun, comes days before the resumed P5 + 1 talks in Istanbul in which the US-led Western nuclear powers will no doubt try to browbeat Iran over its entirely legal and legitimate civilian nuclear programme.
The newly disclosed massive expansion of CIA personnel dedicated to the “Iranian operations division”, known as Persia House, has grown from a few dozen to several hundred individuals since President Barack Obama took office.
Yet despite the mushrooming of Pentagon resources to find evidence that Iran is trying to develop the capability of making mushroom clouds, no such evidence has been found.
Syrian Peace Deal: UN’s Cloak to NATO’s Dagger ~ link ~ Turkey begins fabricating “cross border” incidents to justify Brookings prescribed “safe havens” inside Syria.
From the very beginning, US policy makers admitted that Kofi Annan’s “peace mission” to Syria was nothing more than a rouse to preserve NATO’s proxy forces from total destruction and create “safe havens” from which to prolong the bloodshed. It was hoped that with established “safe havens” in Syria, protected by Turkish military forces (Turkey has been a NATO member since 1952) violence and pressure verses the Syrian government could be perpetually increased until it finally collapsed and the carving up of Syria could commence.
The Shocking Truth About Unemployment In America In One Chart ~ link ~ This is one that you really need to see at the link!!! Stirling
The mainstream media is not telling you the truth about unemployment in the United States. The percentage of working age Americans that are employed is not increasing. In March 2010, 58.5 percent of all working age Americans had a job. In March 2012, 58.5 percent of all working age Americans had a job. So if the employment rate is exactly the same as it was two years ago, then how in the world can the Obama administration claim that things have gotten significantly better since then? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the official unemployment rate in the United States was 9.8 percent in March 2010 and it declined to 8.2 percent in March 2012. So how is this possible if the percentage of working age Americans that have jobs hasn’t moved? Well, what they do is they claim that there are millions upon millions of Americans that have “left the labor force”. In other words, they claim that there are millions upon millions of unemployed Americans that don’t want jobs anymore. Of course that is a total farce, but the mainstream media and most Americans are buying it. They actually believe that the unemployment rate is going down. But the truth is that the unemployment crisis in America has not subsided. In fact, we are pretty much exactly where we were two years ago, and things are about to get a whole lot worse.
If you want to know the shocking truth about unemployment in America, all you need to do is to look at one chart. The chart posted below shows the change in the employment-population ratio over the past few years. What the employment-population ratio measures is the percentage of working age Americans that actually have jobs. As you can see, it fell dramatically during 2008 and 2009, and since then it has been hovering between 58 and 59 percent….
Japan’s Sony to cut 10,000 jobs from its global work force ~ link ~ Forbes magazine ranks Sony 75th in global sales. The company has divisions in music, movies, computer games and electronics. Its last major restructuring was in December of 2008, when 16,000 jobs were cut.
The downsizing of Sony, an icon of Japanese capitalism and long a symbol of its technological and marketing power, highlights the continuing impact of the world economic crisis that was triggered by the Wall Street crash of September 2008. Far from the multi-trillion-dollar bailout of the banks and the brutal austerity measures imposed in Europe, the US and Japan solving the crisis, there are mounting signs of renewed slump.
19 Things that the Talking Heads on Television Are Being Strangely Silent About ~ link ~ Oh yes, you need to read this one. Stirling
If the talking heads on television don’t tell us about something that happens, does it make that event any less real? Of course the answer to that question is quite obvious, but unfortunately way too many Americans allow their realities to be defined by what they hear from the mainstream media. Way too many people use phrases such as “if that was true I would have heard about it on television” to deflect conversations that are starting to become uncomfortable. Critical thinking is a skill that is in short supply in America today, and most Americans seem content to let their televisions do their thinking for them. Sadly, the pretty people on television do not spend a lot of time talking about the things that are truly important. Instead, they love to talk about the latest celebrity scandal and they love to divide people into groups and get them fighting with one another. In this day and age, it is absolutely critical that we all learn to think for ourselves. The talking heads on television are concerned with keeping their bosses happy and with keeping the ratings up. Most of them are not really concerned about what happens to you. They just want you to keep watching them so that they can continue to earn their inflated salaries.
Unfortunately, most Americans seem perfectly content with the “infotainment” that they are getting from the major news networks, so major changes to the mainstream media are not likely to happen any time soon.
For those wanting something different, you will have to seek out alternative sources of news (such as this website) that are willing to discuss the truly earth shattering events that are continually taking place all over the globe.
So what are some of the things that the mainstream media has been ignoring?
The following are 19 things that the talking heads on television have been strangely silent about….
