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Dr. Hussein Askary is the Vice-Chairman of the Belt and Road Institute (brixsweden.org) in Sweden. He is also the West Asia Coordinator for the International Schiller Institute and has been a geoeconomic analyst since 1996.
Timeline:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:16 Understanding Geoeconomics Through Physical Reality
00:02:16 The Struggle for Power in Post-2003 Iraq
00:06:35 Foreign Influence and Internal Resistance in Iraq
00:11:54 Regional Powers Recalibrate in a Changing Landscape
00:16:40 From Oil Wealth to Development with China
00:23:11 Beyond Trade: Integrating Infrastructure for Growth
00:32:41 Breaking Colonial Divides Through Connected Infrastructure
00:41:31 Navigating Sanctions and Regional Economic Shifts
00:55:38 Gaza, Azerbaijan, and Eastern Med Geopolitics
01:02:57 Long-Term Agreements for Global Energy Stability
01:06:20 Reader-Funded Journalism for Independent Analysis
June 23 - Summer Solstice celebration.
- 175k subscribers celebration?
- impending release of new government UAP info
2:27 - Saturday, March 13 - “Macron rehearses Star Wars”, “France runs satellite war games”
- France carried out first ever military exercise in space
- US, France, Germany take part in codename “Asterix”
- wargame exercise practicing orbital defence
5:01 - Mystery boom, shaking reported around San Diego, March 10, 2021
- noise and shaking felt around Southern California
- no information about the cause, even from USGS
- eyewitness in South Park… “I knew it wasn’t an earthquake”.. “sudden impact”
Strange metal sounds coming from the sky in PA on March 13
- Phoenixville, PA witness: “we heard a metallic sound”..”this was not the sound of a sonic boom”
15:48 - Interview with retired U.S. Any Chief Warrant Office 4
- October, 2009 incident at USA forward operating base Sykes, outside Tal Afar, Iraq
- saw huge craft above the runway
- no fuselage, boomerang-shaped, floating above the runway
- “this thing is like 1/8 mile wide”…”covered the whole runway”
- “pale white, eggshell color”
- “hovering at the end of the airstrip”
- “it was so big”…”it came straight down the runway…made a very gentle turn to the right and started rising…and then it was gone”
- “not in a bank… it was flat…going up like an elevator”
- “they covered it up”
I continue to be fascinated by the geopolitical fallout of the last presidential (s)election. Now there is this story from "The Saker," plus some of my own high octane speculation:
While all eyes are focused on the Iranian-American relations lately, there's a little story over at Zero Hedge, which may have huge long term implications...
Russia Proposes To Secure Iraqi Airspace With S-400 Air Defense.
Although it is difficult to remember at this point, the anthrax scare of late 2001 was widely seen as a follow-up to the 9/11 attacks, and a sign of things to come at the dawn of the so-called War on Terror. It did not take long, however, for the neocons in the Bush administration to start insinuating that the anthrax scare was tied to their two favourite boogeymen: Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden.
-corbettreport.com
As the same establishment press that sold the public the Iraq WMD lies “breaks” the “news” that Bush and Blair planned the invasion in advance, James shows the documents we’ve had for a decade telling us the exact same thing. And people wonder why trust in media is at an all-time low… -corbettreport.com
The Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on the CIA’s extensive use of torture gives a new meaning to the term “shock and awe.” Obama's words “We tortured some folks” is a gross understatement. Will anyone ever be punished for these crimes? CrossTalking with Fred Fleitz, Ray McGovern and Amy Goodman. -RT.com
Description from Pepe Escobar:
Always a pleasure to talk to Ryan in the dead of the Asian night. A lot on Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan, The Caliph, MH17 - the talk was pre-beheading though but the song remains the same. -Pepe Escobar
Abby Martin on the recently-published government memo authorizing the targeted killing of American Anwar al Awlaki, highlighting how the US distorts law to justify assassinating its citizens. Recent protests in Albuquerque, NM, call attention to the police department’s rampant abuse. Then, soon-to-be used riot control drones, capable of shooting paintballs and plastic bullets at up to 80 projectiles per second. RT’s Manuel Rapalo goes over a few of the most insane ways cartels are smuggling drugs into the US. Finally, Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis discusses how the instability in Iraq and Syria could potentially force the US into negotiations with Iran in an effort to stabilize the growing insurgency of ISIS extremists. -RT.com
Why should Washington militarily save the Baghdad regime? What has happened to the billions of dollars to train and arm the Iraqi military? Will the regime in Iraq reform itself and how will events in this country impact the region? CrossTalking with Stephen Schlesinger and John Tirman.
James joins Joyce and J.D. on The Power Hour every other week to discuss economics, world events, geopolitics and everything else. This time they discuss the latest developments in Iraq as the US/GCC backed terror boogeyman organization threatens to complete the Neocon/Israeli agenda of splitting the country into three parts. We also discuss Fukushima, bitcoin, patriot demonization and more.
