TOKYO MASTER BANNER

MINISTRY OF TOKYO
US-ANGLO CAPITALISMEU-NATO IMPERIALISM
Illegitimate Transfer of Inalienable European Rights via Convention(s) & Supranational Bodies
Establishment of Sovereignty-Usurping Supranational Body Dictatorships
Enduring Program of DEMOGRAPHICS WAR on Europeans
Enduring Program of PSYCHOLOGICAL WAR on Europeans
Enduring Program of European Displacement, Dismemberment, Dispossession, & Dissolution
No wars or conditions abroad (& no domestic or global economic pretexts) justify government policy facilitating the invasion of ancestral European homelands, the rape of European women, the destruction of European societies, & the genocide of Europeans.
U.S. RULING OLIGARCHY WAGES HYBRID WAR TO SALVAGE HEGEMONY
[LINK | Article]

*U.S. OLIGARCHY WAGES HYBRID WAR* | U.S. Empire's Casino Unsustainable | Destabilised U.S. Monetary & Financial System | U.S. Defaults Twice A Year | Causes for Global Financial Crisis of 2008 Remain | Financial Pyramids Composed of Derivatives & National Debt Are Growing | *U.S. OLIGARCHY WAGES HYBRID WAR* | U.S. Empire's Casino Unsustainable | Destabilised U.S. Monetary & Financial System | U.S. Defaults Twice A Year | Causes for Global Financial Crisis of 2008 Remain | Financial Pyramids Composed of Derivatives & National Debt Are Growing | *U.S. OLIGARCHY WAGES HYBRID WAR*

Who's preaching world democracy, democracy, democracy? —Who wants to make free people free?
[info from Craig Murray video appearance, follows]  US-Anglo Alliance DELIBERATELY STOKING ANTI-RUSSIAN FEELING & RAMPING UP TENSION BETWEEN EASTERN EUROPE & RUSSIA.  British military/government feeding media PROPAGANDA.  Media choosing to PUBLISH government PROPAGANDA.  US naval aggression against Russia:  Baltic Sea — US naval aggression against China:  South China Sea.  Continued NATO pressure on Russia:  US missile systems moving into Eastern Europe.     [info from John Pilger interview follows]  War Hawk:  Hillary Clinton — embodiment of seamless aggressive American imperialist post-WWII system.  USA in frenzy of preparation for a conflict.  Greatest US-led build-up of forces since WWII gathered in Eastern Europe and in Baltic states.  US expansion & military preparation HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED IN THE WEST.  Since US paid for & controlled US coup, UKRAINE has become an American preserve and CIA Theme Park, on Russia's borderland, through which Germans invaded in the 1940s, costing 27 million Russian lives.  Imagine equivalent occurring on US borders in Canada or Mexico.  US military preparations against RUSSIA and against CHINA have NOT been reported by MEDIA.  US has sent guided missile ships to diputed zone in South China Sea.  DANGER OF US PRE-EMPTIVE NUCLEAR STRIKES.  China is on HIGH NUCLEAR ALERT.  US spy plane intercepted by Chinese fighter jets.  Public is primed to accept so-called 'aggressive' moves by China, when these are in fact defensive moves:  US 400 major bases encircling China; Okinawa has 32 American military installations; Japan has 130 American military bases in all.  WARNING PENTAGON MILITARY THINKING DOMINATES WASHINGTON. ⟴  

December 26, 2014

VIDEO - The Fugs - 'CIA MAN'







THE FUGS
'CIA MAN'





USA - The Fugs band formed in NYC in mid-1963

Mentioned in the Doors FBI file - US govt link:  here.

 "CIA Man" is featured in the movie 'Burn After Reading' by the Coen brothers. [Wikipedia]


December 25, 2014

VIDEO - Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)






(1992, IMDB)

 

Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dzufDdQ6uKg 

 

 


Watched this to the intermission. 
Way long for me.  It could have done with some savage editing, or an edited version for people who just want the distilled message.
Have notes somewhere.  So disorganised I can't recall where.  
Found them.  Didn't number the pages.  Day's later, I can't tell beginning from end.
Anyway, here's what I got out of it:
The 'elite media' (eg New York Times, Washington Post) is agenda setting media. 
What they draw attention to and what they ignore becomes the agenda of the wider news services.  Large media outfits also shape history.
Further, NYT was creator of history as it had a massive archive of carefully collated news information.
Reed Irvine - insinuates that press agenda-setting is a left-wing conspiracy.  
There's appearances of left-wing bias and opposition to power.  If I recall correctly, this is not a genuine left-leaning press or opposition to the establishment:  this press is firmly entrenched in the system and is part of the establishment.
Press ignoring atrocities in Timor, the Panama invasion and the Gulf War (ie in step with the US agenda).
Bush stating 'aggressors can't be rewarded' seemed to really annoy Chomsky, I think.  
If I remember correctly, it may have been the hypocrisy of the US totalitarian war state that was at issue for Chomsky.
Anyway, in Panama US actions were ignored (and wherever else around the world), while the actions of those the US war state decides to vilify become hugely overblown and over-reported.
'Official enemy' is the term used for those the US stands against.
Column inches were compared and what the US government didn't want you to know about went massively under-reported.  Only a fraction of that topic would even make the news, unlike the overblown news about events concerning those the US was in opposition to.
News stories were also censored -- example of a UK article -- information gouged before it hit the press in the US.
Pol Pot's 1975-78 genocide in East Timor wasn't deemed newsworthy.
Try again: Pol Pot in Cambodia was deemed massively newsworthy (I think the notes should read.  Hard to make them out!  Sorry about this mess.  Don't have time to check or fix). 
Khmer Rouge in Cambodia became the 'official enemy' and their actions were blown grossly out of proportion (if I recall correctly).
Reporting in respect of the 'official enemy' is subject to:
  • exaggeration
  • outrage
  • falsification (photos)
  • lies
  • frudulence
compared to US atrocities.
There is an interplay:
  • Government does.
  • Press says.
  • People think.
Press is therefore complicit in genocide by suppressing facts.
East Timor involved an Indonesian invasion that was ignored.  UN voted against the resolution to invade.  
If I recall correctly, it was profitable supplying weapons.  West was selling arms to Indonesians for profit.
* Indonesians killed a couple of Australian journalists December 7, 1975.
UN response was condemnations and sanctions, but US clearly not allowing intervention.
Meantime there was outrage over what was going on in Cambodia (for which the US was responsible).
Very hard to make out my scrawl or the order this is in.  
 .............................................
Democratic process is what violence is to totalitarian society.
It is a case of the Big Stick (totalitarian) versus the Big Lie (democracy).
Some mention of 'rationalist libertarian socialism', but (days later) I've no idea what this is about.  Might have to watch the video again. 
Social action animated by visions of future society | challenge authority and domination.
Control/Coercion require justification - there is seldom a justification.
Mention made of exceptions - eg war, parent/child relationships
Democracy requires free access to information -- including publishing, education --  and press scrutiny.
Discussion of origins of democracy:  17th C. revolution - Royalists versus others.
Multiple issues:  incl. master/servant
Time of radical publishing - disturbed all elites on both sides of the war. 
Manufactured consent:  technique of control of special class.
View that decision requires cool observation & that stupidity of average man is guided by myth (beliefs).
INDOCTRINATION is the essence of democracy.
Fear of people not submitting to civil control  -- people contained by manufactured consent / propaganda (versus the totalitarian model of domination by military force).
The state becomes the myth-maker.
Propaganda targets: 
1. Political class - about 20% educated.
2. The 80% that follow orders and pay the costs.
Mentioned sports as indoctrination.  So pleased about that because I detest sports and have never understood the point of following who kicks a ball etc.
Walter Lippmann got a mention.  Cannot recall why.  
Will link him, but its the early hours of the morning and I can't take the time to do more than that.
Richard Niebuhr got a mention regarding the 'cool observer' and stupid average man who follows faith.  Not absolutely certain I have the right person.  Guessing I have.  No time to double-check.  Might come back to this over the next few days. (:
Thought it was funny that Chomsky referred to NYT as a 'lapdog'. 
While discussing how the government doesn't like to be exposed as the 'emperor with no clothes', it reminded me of why the powers that be have targeted WikiLeaks and publisher Julian Assange.
Anyway, this is a scrambled and sketchy summary of the first portion of the documentary.  
Even though this isn't chronological (I notice I've reversed the order), I'm going to leave it and shut down as soon as I can because I've got Christmas obligations.  
Have noticed that if you really push yourself and not sleep normally for extended periods, it seems to have a depressant effect.  Or maybe that's just on me.
Have a nice holiday everyone.
[In a rush, excuse any typos]

December 23, 2014

UKRAINE - NATION SCREWED & ABOUT TO BE SOLD


UKRAINE



Foreign Bankers Rape Ukraine


The US-picked Ukraine President, billionaire oligarch Petro Poroshenko called “snap” elections at the end of August for October 26. He did so to make sure genuine opposition to his regime of murderers, gangsters and in some cases outright Nazis would be able to push an unprepared genuine opposition out of the Verkhovna Rada or Parliament. Because the parliament had significant opposition parties to the US-engineered February 22 coup d’Etat, they had blocked many key pieces of legislation that the Western vultures were demanding, from changing key land ownership laws to privatization of precious state assets. By law, the old parliament would have sat until its five year term ended in October, 2017. That was clearly too long for State Department neo-con Ukraine puppet-mistress Victoria Nuland and her backers in Washington.
EXTRACT ONLY - SOURCE:  http://www.voltairenet.org/article186276.html
Anyone interested in Ukraine really ought to have a read of this article. 

Some good background information on the newly appointed foreigners in government:  Natalie Jaresko, Aivaras Abromavicius and Alexander Kvitashvili.

Personal highlights:
"blatant foreign takeover that followed, like a Wall Street vulture fund raid on a distressed debtor country of the Third World"

"the age of no nation state, of private capital taking over the world for sake of profit. Looting über alles is the motto."

"nation of Ukraine is being put on the auction bloc to be privatized anyway, so it makes sense that the auctioneers at the US State Department head-hunt the ones to do the inside job of preparing that auction"

"What [Natalie] Jaresko did not say was that she had been sent to Ukraine 22 years before as a member of the US State Department."

"former CIA spokeswoman Marie Harf has already denied Washington had any hand in her appointment. Of course she would never lie."

"According to the official US Government propaganda site, Radio Free Europe—the old CIA Cold War propaganda news service still exists, with its old name as kind of a sick joke—"

Another good article to check out is:

Is Soros Paying the Salaries of Ukraine’s Foreigners-Ministers?

If he isn't, his Renaissance Foundation found them and faciliated their hiring
Not only did the Renaissance Foundation take on the head hunting and hiring activities, sources in the region are saying that the foundation is being kind enough to also take on the salaries of the newly minted Ukrainian Ministers.
It is noteworthy in this context that the ministers will be paid their wages not from the Ukrainian budget but from a certain Western foundation (according to some reports, George Soros’ Renaissance foundation).

It gets better. Not only is George Soros acting as head hunter, hiring manager, and apparently paymaster to the new ministers, but Soros foundation grants also helped the new Public Health Minister get his degree.

EXTRACTS ONLY - SOURCE:  here.

Foreign Hires don't stop with the abovementioned trio.  Ukraine's government has also appointed these foreigners:
Catherine Zghuladze from Georgia - job as deputy Interior Minister. [here]

Ronald W. Glensor (retired assist. chief of Reno Police Dept Nevada) to train patrol & traffic police. [here]
Thought it was cool how there's a strong link between Aivaras Abromavicius (newly minted Economy Minister) and Sweden, which is at the forefront of the neo-con lobbying for European integration:
Aivaras Abromavicius based in Kyiv Estonia + US educ. East Capital (investment management co), partner EC = 6 owners HQ Stockholm

East Capital manages abt 31 billion in total of 21 funds. Carl Bildt served as an advisor to the East Capital to 2006

East Capital
 award for the best Russian fund during 2000-2010
 with a total return of 1261 percent (USD)
Yes, it's a tenuous link.  But it is nontheless a link that I find quite interesting.  

And would you check out the return on the Russian fund.  If Ukraine is getting raped, the return figure looks like Russia's been g*ng b*nged.


WIKILEAKS: Releases December 2014

WikiLeaks Releases - Dec 2014





To Improve Assassination Operations, CIA Studies Failures of Colonial Powers to Combat Resistance

http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2014/12/18/to-improve-assassination-operations-cia-studies-failures-of-colonial-powers-to-combat-resistance/


WikiLeaks Releases CIA Manual Advising Undercover Agents on Travel & Avoiding ‘Secondary Screenings’

http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2014/12/21/wikileaks-releases-cia-manual-advising-undercover-agents-how-to-evade-secondary-screenings/

Articles in relation to the new WikiLeaks releases (above).

Had a quickie look at the travel article.  Undercover travel doesn't sound fun at all.  Travel is crap as it is, without worrying about covering all bases when it comes to being picked up and questioned.

Don't know what to make of the 'High Value Target' assassinations article.  Should this even be a legitimate agenda of any government?

The French colonists supposedly made mistakes in Algiers and through their actions wound up with popular insurgents in the occupied territory, as well as losing domestic and international support.  But I'm inclined to think that it wouldn't matter what actions the French took:  they're foreign occupiers.  Of course, the occupied people are going to support their own kind.  Why would an occupier expect to have support, apart from the support of the few at the top that they may collude with to maintain control? 

I haven't read the linked documents.  It's my first impression on that subject.  But who am I to argue with the experts?

If CIA want to know about suppressing revolution, they should have a chat to the British.  Think WikiLeaks put out a military manual on that subject some time ago.

Yep.  UK Counter Insurgency Operations 2007. 

I started a summary of types of insurrections, but didn't get far.  Why?  Just something that seemed interesting at the time.  Became one of those things that I started and forgot about.
Guerilla warfare. Rural insurgents versus own government:
Only x3 achieved victory in open fighting against govt regular army:
China – 1949
Cuba  – 1959
Nicaragua – 1979
Think that was more of an analysis of tactics of insurgents.  Couldn't find anything about elimination of leaders.  But I only did a quickie word search. 
Went back to doc for another look.  Page 70, point 18, advocates physical destruction -- but limiting the numbers to what is required to achieve ends (rather than wholesale elimination of the insurgents).  Soft methods should prevail, to avoid negative consequences.
It goes on to say that physical attrition course has blow-back and the consequence is that the costs lead to domestic displeasure.  Maybe that's why drones are so popular.

"Hearts and Minds campaign" is a really sick phrase, when you consider that this is ultimately just a game of domination and exploitation.

Almost all of the the population (90%) will be neutral, according to UK estimates.  At  the beginning of the campaign this mob will support whoever is strongest.  It is this bunch of sheep that need to be won over.

Targeting the support networks is key to bringing down the insurgent -- it's vital, as it then exposes the insurgent group to vulnerabilities.

Captured support network members make the best informants on the insurgent group.

This is really fascinating, but I'm going to have to stop here.  Not up for over 200 pages of reading at the moment.

No, wait. There's more.  Discovered 'neutralising' insurgents.  No wonder my word search didn't reap results.  I was looking for 'assassination'.

Scrolling through, I must have missed the neutralising bits.  Couldn't be bothered persevering. 

The propaganda section looks really interesting, though.  Black, grey, white, cohesive and divisive are the spin choices.
Black - held out as being from some fake source (true source withheld).
Grey - doesn't identify a source.
White - source out in the open & acknowledged.
Cohesive - targets the neutral / uncommitted.
Divisive - targets the hostile.
While checking out counter-insurgency strategies, it's hard not to be confronted by the might of the machinery that rules the masses.  People have no hope.  People can't resist armies.  Armies are there to control the people; to put a stop to any resistance. 

Revolutions are seldom successful without the outside assistance of a sympathetic state.  So imagine the degree of planning and work that was put into the US backed Ukraine coup.



Israel - Palestine Conflict: Mads Gilbert & Noam Chomsky


ISRAEL / PALESTINE


MADS GILBERT


Talk to Al Jazeera - Mads Gilbert: 

'People are questioning Israel'

Mads Gilbert is a convincing voice for Palestine and it's worthwhile taking the time to view this video, which is from the perspective of a medical professional that has long been active in helping people in Palestine.
Gilbert says that, according to international law, an occupied people have the right to take up arms to defend themselves.  That isn't something the mainstream media makes clear.  In fact, I think that's the first time I've ever heard anybody say that.
It is also illegal to occupy a people!  Wow, I didn't even know that.
During this interview, Gilbert calls into question the Israeli narrative of Israel as a people under attack.
Gilbert goes on to say that the solution is a political one rather than a military one.
NOAM CHOMSKY

Which takes me back to another video that I watched about Palestine and Israel - Noam Chomsky's UN speech:


Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2LNyZ6NNeE

Noam Chomsky

at UN (Oct 14th, 2014) 

"Solutions To The Israel-Palestine Conflict"




It's worthwhile taking the time to watch the Noam Chomsky video  because he explains the ways in which a political solution has been dodged.

Watched this video some time ago and summarised some of the points Chomsky made during the first half hour or so of the video.   Summary below:

Israel-Palestine conflict: general outlines of a diplomatic solution has been clear for at least 40 years.

Resolution brought before UN 1976 called for two-state settlement internationally recognised border which guarantees rights of both states

1976 resolution brought to UN by 3 major Arab states -- Egypt, Jordan, Syria ('the Confrontation States')

1976 UN resolution -- Israel refused to attend the session. Resolution vetoed by US.

1976 UN Resolution> US veto typically DOUBLE-VETO 
1) Non-implementation Resolution 
2) Event vetoed from history ..
1976 UN Resolution> Israel refusal to attend + US veto of implementation of Resolution (& from history) SET PATTERN SINCE

1976 UN Resolution> most recent US VETO 2011 #Obama - vetoed implementation 4 official US policy / for opp. to expansion of settlements

Opposition to expansion of settlements >*expansion* not issue / issue is illegal *settlements* + infrastructure projects

for long time, overwhelming international consensus in support of a [illegal] settlement along these general lines

UN pattern set 1976 continues to the present /Israel rejects settlement of terms with unremitting & decisive support of US

UN pattern set 1976 continues with unremitting & decisive support of US -- military, economic, diplomatic & ideological

pattern continues with support of US, establishing how conflict viewed & interpreted in US & within US sphere of influence

pattern> ceasefire, Israel disregards >continues assault on Gaza, incl. continued siege, intermittent violence, settlement &  development.

pattern> Hamas observe ceasefire until Israel escalation elicits Hamas response >Israel exercises 'mowing the lawn'  [ie military offensive against Palestinians]

pattern > Israel 'mowing the lawn'  [ie military offensive against Palestinians] > each episode more fierce & destructive than the last -- in a series

Agreement on Movement & Access Nov 2005, called for crossing between Gaza & Egypt (Rafah)

2005 Agreement > for export of goods & transit of people , continuous op of crossings between Israel & Gaza 4 import/export + transit of people

2005 Agreement > called for reduction of obstacles to movement w/in the West Bank, bus & truck convoys between West Bank & Gaza ...

2005 Agreement > called for the building of a sea port in Gaza, the reopening of airport in Gaza (that Israel had destroyed)

Terms of 2005 Movement & Access Agreement are essentially terms of successive ceasefires, incl. one reached few weeks ago.

2005 Agreement timing significant > it was moment of Israel's disengagement from Gaza & removal several thousand Israeli settlers

2005 Israel disengagement stated goal was the FREEZING of the peace process to prevent establishment of Palestinian state

2005 Israel disengagement stated goal was to ensure that diplomacy has been removed indefinitely from agenda ...

Israel-Palestine:'05 Israel disengagement reality:  ruined territory not released for even single day from Israel military grip or occupation

'05 Israel disengagement stated reality - Israel left behind scorched earth, devastated services & people with no present or future

2005 Israel disengagement stated reality: settlements were destroyed in an ungenerous move by an unenlightened occupier

2005 Israel disengagement >occupier continues to control territory kill & harass inhabitants >means of formidable military might

Oslo Accords established 20 years ago >> Gaza & West Bank are INDIVISIBLE TERRITORIAL UNITY > integrity cannot be broken up

For 20 years US & Israel dedicated to separating Gaza & West Bank in VIOLATION of the ACCORDS they had ACCEPTED

Separation of Gaza & West bank look at map explains why: Gaza offers only access to outside world to Palestine.

if Gaza is separated from the West Bank whatever autonomy it might be granted in West Bank would be imprisoned.

September. West Bank = Imprisoned; Israel on one side & hostile Jordan (ally of  Israel)  on other and Israel-US Jordan valley takeover

Israel's slow & steady US-backed policy is to take over Jordan Valley, about 1/3 of West Bank & much of arable land

Jordan Valley take-over is major geostrategic reason for Israel with US backing INSISTENCE on SEPARATING Gaza & West Bank

Jan 2006 = first full free election in the Arab world (monitored & recognised) occurred> HAMAS won control of Parliament

Hamas win election result in 2006 was not what US & Israel wanted

2006 Hamas win of Parliament good test of US 'democracy promotion' agenda > Fail: Palestine harsh siege instituted US/IS

following 2006 Hamas win of Parliament, US began to immediately organise a military coup - as per standard US record

post 2006 election, US organised military coup >> to its shame & discredit, European Union went along with this.

sounds like the punishment, violence, US arranged coup (accepted by EU) led to Israeli escalation + end to Nov 2005 Agreement

2007 Hamas committed even greater crime than winning fair election; it pre-empted planned military coup & took over Gaza!

2007 elected Hamas PREVENTING US-arranged coup is described in West as Hamas taking Gaza over by 'force'.

Hamas preventing planned & US-arranged military coup against the Hamas elected government led to substantial attacks on Gaza.

Jan 2008 another. ceasefire reached. Similar to 2005 terms. Israel publicly rejected ceasefire. Hamas observed the ceasefire.

one-sided ceasefire cont. to Nov 4, 2008 - day of US election - Israeli forces invaded Gaza & killed Hamas militants ...

Nov 2008 Israel attack on Gaza led 2 rocket fire on Israel, a huge Israeli response, lots killings: Palestinians, as usual

mid Dec 2008, Hamas offer to renew the ceasefire, Israeli doveish Cabinet rejected & launched next military op 'Cast Lead'

2008 Israel Op 'Cast Lead' >> horrible Op .. caused substantial international reaction, investigation: UN, Amnesty, Human Rights Watch

2008 Israel Op 'Cast Lead'  >> precisely timed to end before  #Obama inauguration .. so Obama didn't have to respond.

no comment / let's forget about the past & look to the future is standard slogan for those engaged in serious crime

Jan 8, 2009 >> UN Resolution passed (US abstaining) >> calling for immediate cease-fire with usual terms - NEVER OBSERVED

> UN ceasefire Resolution of Jan 8, 2009 > broke down completely w. next episode of 'mowing the lawn' in Nov. 2012

>Nov. 2012 'mow the lawn' [ie military offensive against Palestinians] >> get good sense what going on looking @ casualty figures: 79 killed / 78 of them Palestinians

The above points were summarised weeks ago, and this is one of the things I didn't get around to finishing.  Hopefully it makes sense.
I thought the Chomsky UN video was amazing.  It explains in simple terms what's really going on, which was a revelation to me, as I'm new to politics and as you don't get this sort of information from mainstream media.


 [Excuse any typos.  Another all-nighter, no sleep.  Getting to be a baaaaad habit.]

December 21, 2014

USA: Angola and Rawanda



Whenever I see that people have checked out the blog I get really anxious, because I'm aware that among my posts there's most likely a fair bit of crap conclusions I've drawn, particularly when I first began the blog ... with the zeal of a thousand manic bloggers.

Seriously, I knew next to nothing about politics and I was forever confusing Libya and Syria.  The knowledge I have remains limited.  I know trivia from all over, but I don't have a good, solid understanding of any one country. 

Feel a bit guilty about my not so pleasant posts about political figures (kind of like I do whenever I'm not nice on twitter), but I'm going to let things stand as they are rather than edit, even though I'll sound like a dick.

Seem to be going nowhere with the posting.  Get some draft form thing happening, but I like to 'work' in one hit (it's never the same going back).  But as I leave the drafting until I'm just about ready to drop, there's not much drive left in me and it all sort of gets set aside for editing that somehow doesn't eventuate.

Also, some things that I feel really strongly about at the time aren't that big a deal down the track.  Which is just as well.

Spent the night fiddling with something , even though I was mean to get some zzz's. 
Why is there never enough time in the day?  It is such a horrible feeling to feel time racing and slipping away like it seems to, while you remain at a sort of standstill feeling like you're striving for something -- but never getting anywhere.
What's even worse than that?  Knowing it's a crazy-lady pursuit. Addiction to news information is a weird addition to have.

What news did I find interesting?



ANGOLA | RAWANDA
#Angola Foreign Minister saw John Kerry to discuss Syria, Israel, Palestine, #Ukraine& 'challenges'  Angola to face as new member #UNSC.

#Angola appears to have some role in peacemaking re 'Great Lakes crisis'/ Kerry brings up #Congo violence against women. Shared obligations.

#Angola #Congo Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) - No. 1 threat to stability in region [Kerry] - http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/464957.html

#Rawanda
US supports ending threat of the FDLR, incl "demobilization & robust military efforts" [John Kerry] - http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/464957.html

Demobilisation =  process of standing down nation's armed forces from combat-ready status by (1) peaceful resolution OR  (2) victory in war.

Democratic Forces for the Liberation of #Rwanda = has 6 months to surrender gracefully - expires January 2nd, 2015

#Rawanda
If FDLR do not surrender 2/1/15:
DRC military (ie Congo) & #UN 'peacekeeping' mission must act to end FDLR threat once & for all.


#Angola - #USA "On issue after issue, our interests are aligning like never before" [John Kerry] - http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/464957.html

#Angola & #USA collaboration:
>maritime security
>combating piracy
>combating illegal fishing
>discussion: human trafficking

[newsroomamerica]


#Angola To join Chemical Weapons Convention, a 'treaty of conscience'; duration 100 years. [John Kerry]

Kerry brings up #Syria & removal of 'chemical weapons' from Syria. Mentions Daesh. Removal ' providential choice'. MIRACLE!

#Angola US investments improving business climate & integration AND "leveraging Angola’s leadership" [John Kerry] http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/464957.html

Port of Luanda energy companies are presumably responsible for this 'leveraging' LOL ... Kerry mentions visit to execs.

#USA African Growth & Opportunity Act /AGOA
= trade preferences 4 quota & duty-free entry to US
Criticism: dominated by oil & raw materials

#Angola US sphere via AGOA (raw materials to US, primarily OIL) & TIFA (pre Free Trade Agreement) - http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/464957.html

2013 #Angola produced 1.8 million barrels per day Total, Chevron, ExxonMobil & BP - deepwater fields http://www.eia.gov/countries/cab.cfm?fips=ao

#Angola - economy dependent on oil production. Oil revenue accounted for almost 80% of total govt revenue 2011. [IMF]

#Angola
High dependence oil revenue (2011 @ 80%, IMF) = vulnerable to oil price volatility.
Oil export revenues = $68 billion (2012)

#Angola #Lucapa Interest = Chevron
Chevron (& oil industry generally ) 'leveraging' Angola regional leadership. -- http://www.eia.gov/countries/cab.cfm?fips=ao

What I see here is a state that is very much dependent on oil companies and appears close to USA, who seems to be (along with oil companies, most likely), promoting Angola as a regional leader.

What has Angola got to do with Ukraine?  Nothing, aside from Angola being a member of the UNSC.  Hey, that's in favour of the US.  Angola can vote how the US votes and everybody's happy.  Well, US energy is.

Chemical weapons and Syria got a mention, just to reinforce the US narrative.  Otherwise, it would have been enough to merely state that Angola's coming the Chemical Weapons Convention party.

Sounds like there's a declaration of war against Rawanda.  Democratic Forces for the Liberation has until 2 January to disarm, or else. 

Kerry says:
'peacekeeping' mission must act to end FDLR threat once & for all.
So that sounds like an or 'else threat' to me and the 'once and for all' sounds ominous.

This is the laziest blogging ever.  Really, should check to see who the group is that's being targeted.  It may not necessarily be a war on the country; it could just be a group of insurgents.

No sleep and ready to drop, so I'm over look-ups.  It was just something I thought I'd quickly share. 
Big day ahead of me, with no sleep.  Uh-oh.  This could turn out badly.
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ADDENDUM

Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda

Rwandan Hutu rebel group in east of Congo.

aka FDLR after its original French name: Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda.

[Source:  Wikipedia]




December 19, 2014

Cuba's Going Down




Total overdose of information.  Winding down.

Big news for a while has been the Sony Hack.  Don't know what the big deal is, save that it's amusing.

CUBA

Other big news is US moving towards being 'pals' with Cuba.

US plans to reopen its embassy in Havana & US to significantly ease restrictions on travel and commerce. >> http://bernews.com/2014/12/cuba/

OBAMA: "today we are making these changes because it is the right thing to do".

Anyone who believes the US does anything because it's the 'right thing to do' is an idiot.  There's got to be some agenda here.

It appears the Vatican is still involving itself in politics.
Vatican has long supported US-CUBA "normalisation of relations"  -- http://www.aleteia.org/en/world/article/the-churchs-long-standing-interest-in-normalizing-us-cuba-relations-5881514080337920

Sounds like USA getting foothold in Cuba through manipulation of religion / Catholic Church.

US politicians speak out against closer ties with ‘Castro regime’ - http://on.rt.com/7wfprw

Cuba Opposed US politicians:
>John McCain
>Lindsey Graham
>Jeb Bush
>Robert Menendez
>Ted Cruz
> House Speaker John Boehner also jumped on-board criticising US move to 'normalise' relations with Cuba
>Florida Gov. Rick Scott is sharply criticizing Obama over his plans to normalise relations with Cuba --  http://www.bradenton.com/2014/12/17/5537543/gov-scott-rips-president-obama.html

All this opposition is for show.  Don't be coy, guys, you know you want Cuba

Meanwhile, Ecuador celebrates the decision to free x3 Cuban heroes from US prison & looks forward to new regional relations --  http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Ecuador-Celebrates-Freedom-of-Cuban-5-20141217-0049.html

Cuban5  >>  x3 released in exchange for the release of USAID contractor Alan Gross
- http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Ecuador-Celebrates-Freedom-of-Cuban-5-20141217-0049.html

Obama's annual Hanukkah White House bash: small acts can make miracles ...

Cuban5 -- Obama tied themes of Hanukkah to return of Alan Gross, a Jewish-American released by Cuba after five years in captivity.  >>   http://www.kjrh.com/news/national/obama-on-hanukkah-says-small-acts-can-make-miracles_06062097_


Call me cynical, but I think Obama might be hustling some Jewish votes for the Democrats.
 UNNAMED US SPY:

Cuba is releasing unnamed US spy imprisoned for nearly 20 years
- http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20141217/ARTICLES/141219887?Title=Cuba-releasing-spy-for-US-in-move-to-restore-ties

UNNAMED US SPY TO BE RELEASED:

1.  provided information:  identification & conviction of Ana Belen Montes (former senior analyst at the Defence Intelligence Agency).  Montes arrested in 2001 on charges of spying for Cuba -  serving a 25-year prison sentence.

2. helped prosecute:  retired State Department intelligence analyst Walter Kendall Myers & his wife, Gwendolyn, convicted in 2010 of spying for Cuba & are serving life in prison without parole.

Unnamed US spy:

Instrumental in US Cuba spy convictions:
>Ana Belen Montes - 25yrs sentence
>Walter Kendall Myers - 30yrs sentence
>Gwendolyn Myers (wife) - 30yrs sentence
Another Blogger's view (akahnnyc): 
  • US goal in Cuba is eradication of Cuban Revolution & destruction of independent sovereign socialism.
  • US embassy in Havana is a post for WA spooks to guide hand-picked neo-liberal "reformers" to seize control of a neutered Communist Party.
  • Cuba be advised to stand by for a "sick, twisted Communist Disneyland" & no healthcare, education or social safety net.
  • Will Cuba allow quicksand of imperialism & capitalism to envelop them, by not assuring future of socialism in Cuba?
  • Slippery slope destruction of socialism:  US empire may count future successes as children beg in the streets outside Sheraton hotel in downtown Havana.

USA - charge d’affaires:

USA career foreign-service officer, at US mission Cuba -- Jeffrey DeLaurentis -- gets promotion to charge d’affaires   >>  http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/18/our-man-in-havana-for-real.html

Jeffrey DeLaurentis described as:
>career foreign-service officer
>measured & cautious diplomat
>businesslike
>Prior Cuba & UN experience.
It looks as though "Democracy in the Americas" has been lobbying for US policy change, from a humanitarian angle  >>  http://www.democracyinamericas.org/cuba/

And it looks like CIA is all over Cuba:

CIA - USAID's secret Cuban hip-hop project
- http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7c275c134f1b4a0ca3428929fcece82d/us-co-opted-cubas-hip-hop-scene-spark-change

US focus in Cuba is to continue to improve human rights & democratic reforms, with the stated aim of:   political, economic & social freedoms.  Same humanitarian pretext.  No word on any other aims, of course.
Voice of America & Radio Marti 

International Broadcasting Bureau - CIA spin-off
Runs Voice of America & Radio Marti
propaganda for subverting Cuba’s communist regime

*Now operates under the Broadcasting Board of Governors

Pando  -  http://pando.com/2014/07/16/tor-spooks/


PREVIOUSLY UNIDENTIFIED US SPY TRADED, NOW NAMED:

Rolando “Roly” Sarraff Trujillo cryptography expert for Cubans - http://www.matthewaid.com/post/105516524231/our-man-in-havana-rolando-roly-sarraff-trujillo
"only thing that saved him from execution was the fact that both his parents were retired senior intelligence officers"
... and maybe the fact that you can't trade dead spies. Although I'm curious why US would want him.  Not sure what practical use a busted spy is.  After 20 years in prison, the cryptography skills might be a bit rusty.
Terrorism

Obama has initiated review of  Cuba designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. [John Kerry]

US Cuba Recipe:
* NGO - Humanitarian Spin
* Religious leverage
* Media / Communications influence
* CIA meddling
* USAID spies
So what does this mean?  Looks like this is the beginning of the end.  Che Guevara died for nothing. 

No cause is worth dying for.



[Excuse typos or if this doesn't make sense.  Sleep deprivation.  Totally wrecked.]