Regional geopolitics

[Vrej1915]

Re: Regional geopolitics

The post above by pj Crowley , former secretary of state for USA , is loaded with propaganda.///business.

Propaganda, of course it is.
The man is doing his job.
Yet it is interesting, and deserves read.

[Artashes]

Re: Regional geopolitics

The post above by pj Crowley , former secretary of state for USA , is loaded with propaganda.
USA & cohorts have instigated, exacerbated, fomented, & fueled this heartless distraction and accompanying mass murder & exodus of Syria.
USA announces in last few days they have trained and armed 57 fighters in turcee and sent them across border into Syria with 12 four wheel drive vehicles that have machine guns mounted on them to fight Isis or isil or rag head fanatics or whatever scam etc.
57 fighters ????????? That's gotta have the goat fkrs scared. Their probably throwing down their weapons now and running back to Pakistan in mass.
The USA + Europe + Arab monarchs + Israel , can't beat Isis ??????
------- they created Isis --------
Isis got out of hand and made things as they are, thanks to USA + cohorts destabilization program. Or is that pogram ?
Looks to me, Russia is calling their fraud.
I think the Russians are going to take care of business.

Propaganda, of course it is.
The man is doing his job.
Yet it is interesting, and deserves read.

Sorry but I disagree.
Lies aren't interesting.
If it deserves a read, it's only to ascertain that the truth has been grossly twisted to suit the west's destabilization pogram.
Read that as murder pogram. All to accomplish west desire.
No merit , no decency, no compassion.
What part did you find that deserves to be read?

[Vrej1915]

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Sorry but I disagree.
Lies aren't interesting.
If it deserves a read, it's only to ascertain that the truth has been grossly twisted to suit the west's destabilization pogram.
Read that as murder pogram. All to accomplish west desire.
No merit , no decency, no compassion.
What part did you find that deserves to be read?

The part that was highlighted in red.

[londontsi]

Re: Regional geopolitics

Propaganda, of course it is.

You seem to have got that bit right.
I hope you also understand why powers to be resort to propaganda.
I will give you couple of hints,

its directed to people who cannot think for themselves and

who cannot distinguish between truth and falsehood.

The man is doing his job.

Its called bullsh.itting

Yet it is interesting, and deserves read.

Oh ye, is it to improve your bullshi.tting?

.

[Haykakan]

Re: Regional geopolitics

I called bs regarding Vrej1915 long ago and people are finely realizing what he is. I am now noticing some telling changes in this character which lead me to believe that Vrej1915 is not one person. If you observe his earlier writings and compare them to what he writes now you will notice several drastic changes. His English has vastly improved, his eastern Armenian has also vastly improved. He has gone from mainly using the western dialect to mostly eastern dialect. He is also much more aware of Armenian life in Armenia then he was before. Generally this character just reposts bs propaganda heavily favoring western views and you would not notice his character nor the changes in it if people like me did not continually call him out on his brain washing and forced him to respond. I think that whoever is paying this guy would have achieved his/her goals better by sending aid to Syrian refugees in Armenia instead of this harmful spreading of lies. What a big waste of resources and time..so sad.

[Haykakan]

Re: Regional geopolitics

Russian build-up in Syria puts Israel on the back foot
By M.K. Bhadrakumar
September 22, 2015


There is a saying, 'misfortunes never come singly'. That must have
been the thought on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu's mind as
he headed for Moscow Monday on what the Russians described as a 3-hour
"short working visit"--a call on President Vladimir Putin at his
residence in city suburbs for what a top Kremlin official forecast
would be "a business and frank conversation" (read plain-speaking),
and back to the airport on the return journey. We don't know whether
Putin hosted a lunch for 'Bibi'.

The Russian military build-up in Syria comes as a big setback to
Netanyahu's regional policies. And it comes immediately after the
spectacular defeat he suffered in the campaign to kill the Iran
nuclear deal.

In the normal course, the Syrian developments should have prompted
Netanyahu to huddle together with the American president, but the
White House has earmarked a slot for the Israeli leader in November.
The Israel-US relations are in visible difficulty, and on top of it
now, a cloud of uncertainty has appeared over Israel-Russia ties as
well. It is a moment of reckoning for Israeli diplomacy.

Netanyahu's office had said he would discuss with Putin "the
stationing of Russian forces in Syria¦ (and) will present the threats
posed to Israel as a result of the increased flow of advanced war
material to the Syrian arena and the transfer of deadly weapons to
Hezbollah and other terror organizations".

But the Kremlin had entirely different ideas. A statement in Moscow
said, "Urgent issues of bilateral cooperation and the international
agenda are scheduled to be discussed. In particular, the sides are
expected to exchange opinions on the issue of the Middle East peace
process and the fight against the global terrorist threat."

Surely, Russians knew Palestine issue was last thing on Netanyahu's
order of priority, but they gently let it be known to the Israeli side
beforehand that Moscow's military intervention in Syria to help the
government fight the terrorist groups no matter what it takes is a
well-thought out policy decision that was not open to negotiation.

Curiously, on the eve of Netanyahu's departure for Moscow, Russian
news agency carried a curtain raiser entitled What Does Netanyahu's
Blitz Visit to Moscow Aim to Accomplish? And it said among other
things that Moscow does not regard the Hezbollah as a terrorist
organization but that the Lebanese militant group is "assisting the
Syrian military in its war against terror groups¦ including Jabhat
al-Nusra and ISIL".

The commentary speculated that Netanyahu's real purpose would be: to
fathom the Russian intentions in Syria; to find out additional details
about the Russian deployment; to dissuade Russia from giving advanced
weaponry such as S-300 and S-400 missiles to Syria; and, to
"coordinate" with Moscow so that no military clashes took place
between the two countries on Syrian soil. (Israeli chief of staff Gen.
Gadi Eizenkot accompanied Netanyahu to Moscow).

The Russian accounts of the conversation between Putin and Netanyahu
on Monday freely acknowledged that the two countries disagreed on
Syria. Netanyahu was quoted as saying to Putin that he had come to
Moscow "to explain our position and do everything so there are no
misunderstandings of our region or yours". It was a subtle reference
to Israel's activities in Ukraine directed against Russian interests.

But it is unlikely that Moscow is even remotely contemplating a
trade-off with Israel over Ukraine, where tensions are easing, thanks
to growing proximity between Russia and the West. Looking back, was it
really necessary for Israel to have jumped into the Ukrainian cauldron
and caused annoyance to Moscow, without due consideration of
consequences?

The impression conveyed by the Russian accounts is that Putin
patiently heard out Netanyahu and showed "understanding" for Israel's
security concerns, but did not make any promises--except of course
that Russian actions in Syria will be "very responsible" (as they have
always been) and that the Israeli fears of a "second front" in the
Golan Heights are far-fetched, because the Syrian government forces
have their hands full and have no intentions to start a war with
Israel.

Without doubt, Israel's dealings with the al-Qaeda affiliates
operating in Syria are known to Moscow. In a series of reports to the
UN Security Council, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
documented numerous instances of Israeli military's dealings with the
radical Islamist groups on the Israeli-Syrian border of the Golan
Heights.

Putin said last week, "We must put aside geopolitical ambitions,
abandon the so-called double standards, the policy of direct or
indirect use of certain terrorist groups for opportunistic purposes,
including changes of government and regimes disliked by someone."

The description fits Israel's role in Syria rather aptly, and it
stands to reason that Israel's nexus with the radical Islamist groups
in Syria will become--if it hasn't already--a major element in the
Russian policy calculus in the coming period.

No doubt, the Russian-Israeli relations are set to enter a complicated
period. Russia, especially Putin, tried hard to keep the relations on
an even keel, but the contradictions over Syria cannot be pushed under
the carpet. In the final analysis, it all depends on what the scope of
the Russian build-up in Syria is going to be in the coming weeks and
months.

Conceivably, Israel will have to take certain difficult decisions.
Syria's open skies may not remain defenceless for much longer and the
country may not present itself as a hunting ground for Israeli jets
attacking targets with impunity. This is one thing.

Second, if Russia puts 'boots on the ground' in Syria at some
stage--something that cannot entirely be ruled out--Israel faces a
power dynamic in its neighborhood that has no precedents in all of its
history. Simply put, a far superior power has arrived in the immediate
neighborhood and life cannot go on as before.

Third, it cannot be ruled out that the Syrian government forces in
coordination with the Hezbollah and other Shi'ite militia will make
attempts at some point to reclaim the areas adjacent to the Golan
Heights which have been under the control of the Israel-friendly
al-Qaeda groups. If that happens, the security implications are going
to be profound for Israel.

But then, it all depends on the peace process in Syria that is set to
begin and the sort of transition that may take place. Russia is
neither likely to intervene with Iran or the Hezbollah as regards
their activities in the Golan Heights area nor is it going to boost
the Hezbollah's capabilities.

But it stands to reason, though, that neither Iran nor Hezbollah is
spoiling for a fight with Israel. On the other hand, Russia and Iran
have coordinated their moves in Syria so far and Russia also has a
line open to the Hezbollah. Therefore, taking into account the
totality of the emergent Russian approach on Syria--and its dominant
political and diplomatic thrust--Moscow can be expected to restrain
the protagonists from exacerbating tensions with Israel.

Fourth, the Russian presence in Syria and the Russian-Iranian axis
virtually put a full stop to any Israeli dreams of having a voice at
the high table as regards the future of Syria. A fragmentation of
Syria might be in the Israeli interests but the Russian intervention
aims at preserving Syria's unity and territorial integrity--and there
is also an international consensus on that score. Put differently,
Israel needs to learn to live with the Syrian neighbor it gets.
Geography and politics cannot be wished away.

Israel would have hoped that there will be a stand-off between the
West and Russia over the latter's military build-up in Syria. But on
the contrary, the West is pondering over the terms under which a
constructive engagement with Russia becomes possible so as to bring
about a transition in Syria very soon.

Quite obviously, the West is no longer insisting on President Bashar
al-Assad stepping down later today as a precondition for the
transition. Equally, the West has welcomed the Russian intention to
join the war against the Islamic State.

What Israel probably overlooked in all this is that the Russian
build-up in Syria has taken place against the backdrop of the massive
refugee crisis that is threatening European security. Moscow correctly
judged the shift in Europe's priorities today and in diplomacy timing
is always the essence of the matter. In sum, Moscow resorted to
coercive diplomacy and its military dimension should not be
exaggerated out of proportions.

Thus, Europe is nudging the US and Russia to strengthen the fight
against the IS and on a parallel track to work together to kick-start
a peace process in Syria. Clearly, the centrality of Russia (and Iran)
has been conceded by the West--and openly acknowledged even by the
US--in the search for a Syrian settlement.

Over and above, Israel should expect that a US-Iranian dialogue on
Syria will commence next week in New York on the sidelines of the UN
General Assembly session as part of the intensifying efforts to bring
about a transition in Syria.

http://atimes.com/2015/09/russian-build-up-in-syria-puts-israel-on-the-back-foot/

[Vrej1915]

Re: Regional geopolitics

You seem to have got that bit right.
I hope you also understand why pow
Oh ye, is it to improve your bullshi.tting?

.

Sorry my dear,
but for now you seem to me a pretty good brainwashed "bul. xxxx "retailer, quoting yourself.
Remember your certitudes concerning arms supply to Israeli enemies by the US???
Please have the kindness to accept your error, or else have the wiseness to think twice before giving lessons of brainwashed....

[londontsi]

Re: Regional geopolitics

Sorry my dear,
but for now you seem to me a pretty good brainwashed "bul. xxxx "retailer, quoting yourself.
Remember your certitudes concerning arms supply to Israeli enemies by the US???
Please have the kindness to accept your error, or else have the wiseness to think twice before giving lessons of brainwashed....

If you go through my postings and read carefully you will find my OPINION.

The fact that you do not accept or understand, you will have to re-read them.

Hint when a "superpower" has two conflicting clients it will do everything to hold on to both by
Keep the tension high, arming them but do not allowing a war.

Precise amount of weapons is irrelevant.

[Hakob]

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Propaganda, of course it is.
The man is doing his job.
Yet it is interesting, and deserves read.

Actually you yourself are doing your job by publishing western propaganda mr Vrej.
If not commented by Artashes, you'd probably think that one more hit the mark.

[Vrej1915]

Re: Regional geopolitics

If you go through my postings and read carefully you will find my OPINION.

The fact that you do not accept or understand, you will have to re-read them.

Hint when a "superpower" has two conflicting clients it will do everything to hold on to both by
Keep the tension high, arming them but do not allowing a war.

Precise amount of weapons is irrelevant.

My Dear,
Fist I did NOT ASK YOUR OPINION.
I asked you FACTS, proving your assertions.