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If you can not say anything good about a dead person: Then, by God, Say nothing at all…


I am utterly ashamed at what I am seeing coming from the Western people in the press and comments about Kim Jong-il death. It is embarrassing to read the hateful, spiteful and immoral comments and statements that are being said about Kim Jong-il…

We as a society once again are celebrating a death. That seems to be the normality with the Western world in this day and age…

The news of the North Korea’s leader death has put the 24-million population on the verge of insanity, hyped up by unceasing TV broadcast of mass mourning throughout the country.

­North Korea’s national flag is flying at half-mast today on every flagpole in the country.

Today Korean men are not ashamed of tears flooding from their eyes. People representing every segment of the North Korean population, from field workers to academics, from soldiers to very young school children, are flourishing arms, expressing their endless love to the departed leader.

Many mourners are sprawled on the ground, following an ancient tradition of devotedly wailing for dead.

The North Koreans are sincerely in a state of shock and how we look at life has no matter. This is their life and their existence and we have no right to criticize how they mourn Kim Jong-il’s death…

I really am appalled at the West! Either everyone is so worried that North Korea is unstable, that North Korea is so much more a Nuclear threat now, that North Korea will so flood into South Korea and then top that off with comments that are a sad stipulation of a Western society that is in bad decline in morals and politics…

The man is dead! The people are suffering! Time will heal! Leave it alone!Leave North Korea alone right now! The best way to help North Korea is with open honest arms and from what I am seeing, a nuke is what the West feels they need. Kick them while they are down…

If you can not say anything good about a dead person! Then, by God, Say nothing at all………..

Kyle Keeton
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Russia leads the way and Lines are being drawn in the sand…


China supports Russia’s draft resolution on Syria presented at the UN Security Council on December 15, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told a briefing on Monday. Also India may support a surprise Russian UN resolution on Syria…

These statement should not be a surprise and hopefully you have heard that Russia has a UN resolution on Syria and the main purpose of this resolution is to get guidelines down about the violence happening in Syria and (Drum roll please!) prevent a US or EU draft that could make a case for outside intervention in the violence-ridden country…

(This is the start of my thinking’s while I am sipping that cup of coffee (chicory) today as we wind down to Christmas…)

It is the last part of above statement “US or EU draft” that has big importance. It is this importance that has set the US and the EU on edge right now. The hate being spat at Russia and China by the Western Empire is unprecedented as Russia and China try to help Syria but keep a “Libya Syndrome” from happening. That is exactly the opposite of what the Western Empire wants. The West wants to roll over Syria and bomb the hell out of it…

Except it seems that we are starting to see lines drawn in the sand. It also seems that Libya was the last trusting of a Western escapade by the East. From now on the East only sees lies in what the West says…

I see a huge mental and physical change in Russia, India, Pakistan, China, Brazil and many others. These changes were brought about by the deeds and morality of the West especially to be pinpointed on Europe (Britain – France) and America (USA)…

The resolution that Russia has proposed is detrimental to the US views on Syria. The Russian resolution takes a sort of circle degrees view of the situation, condemning both Assad’s military action as well as actions by armed opposition groups. Along with other BRIC nations, India has come to the conclusion that the unrest in Syria is being exploited by different interests. For instance, officials tracking Syria note that the violence is now most concentrated in Homs, which is the headquarters for the Muslim Brotherhood…

Russia has also seem plenty of weapons being brought into Syria and attempts to materialize the opposition through outside interface. This is how we know that the Western Empire has her claws digging at the infrastructure of Syria…

I myself see nothing but destruction out of all this undermining by the West. I have to commend Russia and China for finally making the beginnings of a stand and I guess when all is done in the next year (2012) we will see how totally insane the West is for power, death and control. Is it too late?

Lets look at what France said: France on Friday attacked Russia’s proposed UN Security Council resolution on the SYRIA crisis as “totally unbalanced” and no immediate talks were called on the measure. America is saying: The Russian stance of treating the opposition as a guilty party will not stand in our eyes. (5000 dead and climbing!) The opposition in Syria are civilians and must be treated as such…

Now were have we used the “civilian, opposition, innocent and pathetic” card before? Yes with Libya and we all know how that turned out. (Remember 10,000 dead civilians and we found out it was a flagrant lie?) It is how we in the West are brought up. We are brought up to exploit weaknesses in the enemy and when they falter, cut their legs off and keep them down on the ground. We are raised to believe that lies are a motivation force and there are times when lies are acceptable…

Sveta still does not have a grasp on the way I was brought up in America. She tries to listen and comprehend but when the things that I say are so opposite of what she lived and was taught, it is hard for her to accept that a saying like “Dog eat – Dog World” is normal in the US… *

Or this is one of the quotes we taught to corporate manager newbies: “A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor’s throat without having his neighbor notice it.” **

But it really does not get anymore “Red Blooded American” than this quote by George Bush: “We’re taking action against evil people. Because this great nation of many religions understands, our war is not against Islam, or against faith practiced by the Muslim people. Our war is a war against evil. This is clearly a case of good versus evil, and make no mistake about it., good will prevail. (George Bush)

Make no mistake about it. That sums up the American thinking’s in a simple statement by a man who led our country for eight years. He was able to do that because so many people in America agree with what he says. Why if he had been smart, all he had to do was toss a little Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet in that mix and I am sure that God would have appeared to bless him…

“This is clearly a case of good versus evil, and make no mistake about it., good will prevail.”  – That is what Hollywood has told us and that is what the news tells us, that is what our leaders tell us and that is what our preachers tell us in church. It is simple: America is the only good on earth and all others are evil. We must at any and all costs “prevail”…

If I was France and Britain, I would rethink my relationship with the USA! I would watch my back because as Mexico and Canada have found out. The US is not a good bed partner…

I will tell you one thing that is fact: Sveta is glad that I am not the person that I was in my past and now that I have seen real life outside of the walls of durance of the USA. I am very grateful that I finally grew up and am not that person I use to be also…

Kyle Keeton
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* Dog-eat-dog describes a world in which people fight for themselves only and will hurt other people to get ahead. It’s a dog-eat-dog world means that you must first watch out for your own interests, because other people will be watching out for theirs. Example: “I have been in this business for twenty years. It’s dog-eat-dog. The competition is always trying to steal your customers.”

** “A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor’s throat without having his neighbor notice it. –  Trygve Lie“

Confusion or Containment for Pakistan: by Nadir Mir


Confusion or Containment for Pakistan: By Nadir Mir
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Mr. Bruce Riedel’s (ex CIA, advisor to US President) article was titled ‘Containment of Pakistan’. It would be more appropriate to title it as ‘Confusion or Containment for Pakistan’.

Mr. Riedel had accused Pakistani Generals of Neo blasphemy – ‘not believing in an American victory in Afghanistan!’  The fact is that the majority of people in Afghanistan itself and neighbouring Pakistan, Iran, Central Asian states, China, Russia, besides the cultured people in Europe and rest of the world do not believe in an American victory. Smart Americans mercifully now in majority realize the Afghan War is lost. Thinkers and writers like Eric Margolis, Michael Scheuer and others have been saying it for years. Ironically the definition of US victory in Kabul keeps changing.

The aim and end of war (primary principal of war) itself seems to be more slippery than an eel. So to use American parlance – ‘Mission Creep’. Since the war in Afghanistan is not won (nor can be won) blame the Haqqanis, Taliban, Pakistan and anybody else in the neighbourhood. Gore Vidal, a great American writer had aptly titled his book ‘Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace’.

For ten years Pakistan was a non NATO Ally (rather not wanted Ally). Then it was graded as FreEnemy (friend – enemy) and now Mr. Bruce Riedel suggests containment of Pakistan (which is a policy option of dealing with enemies). To put the record straight, out of the trillion dollars war effort Pakistan received under $20 billion, while suffering $70 billion losses. Of course the pain, anguish, bereavement of nearly 40,000 casualties suffered by Pakistan cannot be measured in tangible term. Certainly they don’t matter to war mongers and their ilk. (Mouth pieces of the military – industrial – financial complex).

Patriotic and smart Americans would not worry about ‘Waziristan’ but about ‘Wall Street, considering the economic malaise at home.  Conversely, the globalists want a new war with Pakistan and Iran (may be with Turkey, Saudi Arabia) followed by China and Russia. A strategy of deflection, to divert attention from problems at home. The capitalist cabal system is under attack! So when are these low paid, deprived, lower middle class, but good Americans going to be termed as anarchists, miscreants and terrorists? (May be inspired by OBL from his watery grave – if the American account was true!)

Washington can try ‘Containment of Pakistan’ (with all the consequences) but containment of its military is simply absurd. The Pakistan military is a part of the nation like US military is a part of America. Obviously Washington – Delhi propaganda tries to drive a wedge between the Pakistani people and their soldiers. Civilian supremacy remains a supreme concept. The problem is that the corrupt elite in Pakistan which the Americans and the Indians want to pamper, don’t represent the nation. They are perceived as puppets. The American quest for a pliant Pakistan subservient to India (turning hostile to China) is rejected by the same civilians and common Pakistanis Mr. Riedel claims to be supporting.

Furthermore, the notion that Pakistan Army is ambitious in terms of Afghanistan is preposterous! America led NATO has waged a decade long horrific war. Before US exit, hostile Indians want to entrench themselves in Kabul. (Even as a number of Indian Strike Corps mass on Pakistan’s borders under the garb of Winter Exercise 2011). Millions of Afghan refugees are sheltering in Pakistan. Kabul refuses to rectify the Durand Line agreement (not even fence it for security reasons). US / NATO troops concentrate on Waziristan borders, escalating drone strikes, threatening special operations, massing hardware for a mini ‘Shock and Awe’, posturing for an air campaign and the works! What is the Pakistan Army expected to do? It can’t be ‘contained and cooperative’ at the same time!

Finally Mr. Riedel’s obsession with Pakistani nukes (or is he voicing some sinister agenda). Even if Mr. Riedel’s view of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal becoming 4th or 5th largest in the world is true, so what is the problem? The Pakistani population by some estimates may be also 4th – 5th largest in the world. What’s wrong with the 4th – 5th largest country having that big a nuclear arsenal?

Containment of Pakistan may retard Pakistan but also forsake the geopolitics of peace. A cornered, bullied and threatened Pakistan will turn more nationalistic or militant. It will not become the dove which some misguided Americans funded by neo rich Indians desire. A geopolitical realignment may follow. Squeezed by Americans and Indians on two fronts, Pakistan will seek new allies – China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Russia, while fraternizing with Turkey.

A contained Pakistan on two fronts will lead to conflict. The Afghan War may extend to Pakistan, Iran and India. A vast war region, with peace prospects diminishing by the day. An all out war can spiral out of control, go nuclear, destroying the region and affecting the globe.  In case of a limited conflict, even if the Pakistan Military is bruised, beaten or humiliated in battle with American – Indian forces, (unlikely in a short span) the change in Pakistan will not be what Mr. Riedel had hoped for. In an emotionally charged, nationally hysterical public mood, pliant – puppets will not come to power. Radical minded revanchists could usurp power.

Another possibility is a revolution sweeping Pakistan. If the Arab brothers can have a spring, good people of USA can ‘Occupy Wall Street’ and Ayatollahs in neighbouring Iran bring a revolution (1979), why not Pakistan?  A revolution would be the best thing for Pakistan. But the revolutionaries don’t take diktat from foreign powers – the historical legacy so far.

The cause of peace can be best served, not by ‘Pakistan’s containment’ but by US Exit from Afghanistan through a ‘Negotiated, Peace Yielding Settlement’. This is the advice expected from sages, and geopoliticians who seek a peaceful and prosperous world for tomorrow.

Geopolitics of Peace: By Nadir Mir: Author of the book “Gwadar on the Global Chessboard”: Blog: Pakistan and Geopolitics wwwpakistangeopolitics.blogspot.com The author is a retired Brigadier of the Pakistan Army…

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Medvedev: The (US) Department of State is not a Russian office…


Reset dead End…

“Rebukes in the worst traditions of the Cold War, it is inadmissible. It is not a reset at all,” said Medvedev…

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in a Friday’s telephone conversation with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama said that Washington’s comments over Russia’s allegedly rigged parliamentary polls were inadmissible, Russian president said on Saturday.

Speaking at the meeting with the members of the ruling United Russia party, Medvedev said that on Friday he told Obama that the U.S. officials’ assessment of Russian elections “does not have any significance for us.”

On December 6, two days after Russian parliamentary elections that sparked criticism across the country over the alleged mass ballot stuffing and vote fraud in favor of the united Russia party, the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Russia’s polls were “neither free nor fair.”

“When on the next or the second day [after the elections]… there are rebukes in the worst traditions of the Cold War, it is inadmissible. It is not a reset at all,” Medvedev said.

Obama and Medvedev had a telephone conversation on Friday, Kremlin said. Obama congratulated the Russian leader on Russia’s admission to the World Trade Organization and voiced the United States’ intention to continue cooperation.

Medvedev reiterated on Saturday that Russia would act on the international political arena according to its interests, RIA Novosti reported.

“We will not allow to be intimidated,” the president said.

Speaking about nationwide protest rallies, Medvedev told the United Russia members that the protests should be carried out within the law.

“Any meetings, demonstrations are the signs of democracy and we realize it…It should happen in a strict compliance with the law,” the president said.

Protests over alleged mass electoral fraud at the December 4 parliamentary elections continued in Moscow on Saturday, as more than a thousand people attended a rally near the Kremlin.

It is the third authorized mass protest in Moscow. The next rally is scheduled for December 24 at the Sakarov Avenue. More than 25,000 people have signed up so far to a Facebook page announcing the rally.

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The stare of the Cold War is back, looking over the horizon…


Contrary to popular belief Russia is much more advanced than what we Western’s like to admit. It just is that Russians really see better places to put money, than always building weapons of mass destruction to counterbalance the Western Empire…

So in response to the Western Empire and her desires: Russia will develop a new 100 ton liquid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile to overcome the U.S.’s missile defense system, a decision has been made to create a new silo-launched heavy missile that will have enhanced capability to breach a US missile defense system…

So now since Russia is being forced against that proverbial brick wall. They either have to lay down and cry or bitch slap the West back. Since it looks like laying down and crying is a tactic used by the Western grovelers. Russia is going to stand her ground and stop letting the West trying to push her around…

The above excerpt is just one of many little tiny things that are happening in Russia. I see the gears turning as the infrastructure is starting to produce new weaponry and military parts. I have seen that Jordan and Russia are joint producing RPG-32′Hashim’ antitank / multipurpose grenade launchers as another silent type of expansion of military manufacturing. The French Mistral is being built for Russia as we read this. Hundreds of other things are happening and most of all, I see the propaganda at play to try and stir the thinking’s into a anti-American mood within Russia…

It seems that Russia is saddened by the need to do all this preparing against a foe that is considered in much of the world: Just plain crazy, psycho, greedy and power hungry! We really live in a changed world from the olden days and Russia understands this. Russia has all the land and wealth she needs to live happy in this world. Russia is a oil and gas giant. Russia has no desires to rule the world…

But what makes Russia sad is, it seems that there is a certain part of this world that can not live without having enemies and hypothetical evil countries to stimulate their people and government into chaotic actions of malaise. It seems that since the last cold war situation, what should have been taken by the West to cool her jets and start anew, with a fresh thinking out of the box, as Russia has done. Has become a longing by the West to reenter the terrible days of the past cold war as if they were sweet blankets of comfort to spend times of happiness in…

Why can’t we just be friends and get along? I do not remember any cold war happiness when it was related to bomb shelters and nuclear missiles…

Kyle Keeton
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Geopolitics of Peace – 1: by Nadir Mir…


We are honored to have Nadir Mir a retired Brigadier of the Pakistan Army desire to publish on Windows to Russia. He gave me this article to publish for him and I have one more that I published the other day. I have sent him back an e-mail that we will publish any article that he sends to us from this point on. So Nadir Mir will will be a regular part of Windows to Russia from now on…

Nadir Mir: Retired Brigadier of the Pakistan Army talks Iran: is the link to the first article we posted…

So after this point I will simply publish his articles with out fanfare and explanations. He has some very important things to say and I understand what he is trying to convey to the world. I feel privileged that he would like to grace our humble pages at Windows to Russia…

Here is Nadir Mir’s article and may there be many more…

Geopolitics of Peace – 1

Nadir Mir

Author of the book “Gwadar on the Global Chessboard”

Blog: Pakistan and Geopolitics www.pakistangeopolitics.blogspot.com/

The author is a retired Brigadier of the Pakistan Army.

Geopolitics defined in multi ways is also ‘war politics among nations!’ When major powers clash, it leads to a great war. Ironically, the Clausewitzian notion of ‘war being the continuation of policy’ appears to be turned upside down. As detractors and peace advocates lament ‘policy is the continuation of war’! Again Clausewitz interjects ‘if policy is grand so will war be!’ The so called globalists (left over Neo Cons plus new converts) whisper aloud that they want another ‘Grand War’ as Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya were not enough. War with Iran was aborted or delayed and has left them heartbroken.

So now Geopolitics is leaning towards a new rumored war against Pakistan and possibly Iran, as is being projected by some US think tanks. This includes the Huttington, ‘clash of civilization theorists’ plus propagandists and balkanists as appearing in the Huffington Post. Even Henry Kissinger the ever green American Geostrategic sage has talked of the ‘Balkans of the next World War’. This war if ever fought would be the most tragic – suicidal war. Without aim and end, with little to gain and a lot to lose by all. Besides peaceful alternatives are available. The futility of a ‘Great War’ or the ‘Reign of Total Chaos’ needs to be understood before understanding the value of peace. The world needs an era of peaceful prosperity; therefore let us dwell on the ‘Geopolitics of Peace’.

First the global geopolitical environment must be grasped pragmatically. The Western World’s dominance in world affairs appears to be fading. At least the global economics balance is tilting away from the Western World. Much before 2020, China may rival the US economy. America today faces a serious debt default. If the US economy has slowed down the EU has its own ailments. In a nut shell, Western monopoly on global wealth stands challenged and rebuked by Eastern and other global economies. Strategically – militarily, Russia has made a comeback. Though there can be no invasion Soviet fashion, post Georgia, Moscow has drawn the Rubicon. Heart land Russia is confident, tactically cooperative yet strategically hostile to the West.

By contrast US – NATO spent a decade chasing elusive, asymmetrical Islamic antagonists. Bogged down in protracted war, US – NATO, after facing resilient Taliban in Afghanistan and stoic Iraqi resistance, forayed into the Libyan adventure. US unilateral raid in Abbotabad, Pakistan has surged Anti Americanism. But Anti Americanism is not confined to Pakistan, but shared in Iran, Turkey, Arab World and a large global swathe.

The Western world’s decline and rise of the rest (Farid Zakriya) has been further compounded by the Middle East revolutionary fervour. Yet US hyper war military remains pre-dominant, even as Robert Gates “avoid land war in Asia” warning must be heeded. American Geo Strategy is at a turning point. Pakistan – Iran – Afghanistan – Turkey – Saudi Arabian Peninsula – India are all Rim land players. A new contest may be starting. If the Bush Neocon era symbolized the –‘encirclement of Russia’, a new era may be on the horizon. The Obama Admistration cajoled by left over Neocons, friendly India, and persuasive Israelis is in a bind over Pakistan – China. The Geopolitical question is to relent or escalate? Yet Saudi Peninsula – North Africa also beacons Western – American attention. Post Osama period marks a defining moment for America. Logic, US economic malaise and war weary American public want the troops back home. The globalists want ‘perpetual war’. Peaceful deinduction is the logical step from Afghanistan. Still hubris, miscalculation, greed and ill advice can lead to a Cold War with China and Hot War in the region. Though the global environment may not replicate a century earlier but still Mark Twain was apt ‘history may not repeat but it does rhyme’.

Historical perspective

First World War (1914 to 1919)

The final spark was the murder of Arch Duke Ferdinand. Yet the real cause of the ‘Great War’ was intra European Geopolitics. The power plays of many nations and empires but finally the rise of Germany and Britain’s avowed ‘policy of confronting rising powers on the continent’, all led to this catastrophic world event. The roots of the ‘Great War’ may have gone a hundred years to the fall of France after Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo in June 1815. The European War turned into a World War, bleeding the youth of Europe and destroying a generation. European empires fell, societal and revolutionary upheaval followed. Who gained, not the direct contestants. In any event, the seeds of the next World War were laid.

Second World War (1939 to 1945)

After twenty years of uneasy peace and turbulence in Europe, the Second World War began lasting from 1939 to 1945. The Treaty of Versailles and Hitler’s proclivity for brinkmanship were not the only reasons, for the Second World War. Hitler despite being the great propagandist did not have a flair for Geopolitics. The Western World was saved more due to Hitlerian blunders than its own prowess. In any event, from the ruins of Berlin and millions dead rose the Cold War.

Cold War till 1991 and beyond

Practically, the Soviet Union contest lasted from 1945 till 1991, leading to the demise of the Soviet Union and victory for Washington’s Alliance. Still Francis Fukuyama’s ‘End of History’ was to prove illusionary and he was forced to rewrite ‘After the Neo Cons’. The Bush Administration and Neo Con Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq led to a global human disaster, besides Geopolitical remaking. Neither did it benefit the image or treasury of the United States to put it mildly. (Some claims figure in terms of 2,25000 total fatalities and $4 trillion direct and indirect expenditures – losses).

1991 was in a sense the high point of American power and prestige. 1991 to 2011 is ironically again a twenty year gap like between First and Second World War. Another Great War or even Cold War does not make sense. This time there is no Hitler not even Saddam, Bin Laden or even Gaddafi as sparks to a larger conflagration. Merely, successful politicians! Like President Zardari and his friend President Karzai, both democratically elected!

So where are the Balkans of Mr. Kissinger? Where does the new war start? And for what — Afghanistan – Pakistan – Kashmir – Iran. Instead of US withdrawal from Afghanistan, it is being goaded in the ‘denuclearization scenarios’ of Pakistan by some US globalists and Indian extremists. Even as good hearted, charity giving Americans are seeking withdrawal of their forces to end Afghanistan’s endless war and its outrageous expenses. Any American attempt to denuclearize Pakistan would also extend to Iran, which is considered a greater existential threat by Israel. This would result in a larger war against Pakistan and Iran.

Similarly, any attempt at Baluchistan balkanization would again involve Pakistan and Iran as the Iranian part is called Seastan bordering Pakistani Baluchistan. This would bring Pakistan and Iran in a holy alliance of national survival, something which American Geopolitics is loath off. Some extremists in India and so called globalists think tanks want Baluchistan Balkanized or Pakistan cut into four pieces. So Indian hegemony and American presence can share common borders in West Asia – South Asia! Apart from the moral and international, legal question of advocating cutting a country into pieces, this does not look like Geo strategy but ‘naive hallucinations’. Forced into a corner, Pakistan and Iran will defend themselves and probably combine their assets; it will lead to a radical realignment not suited to American Geopolitical interests. Those who are pushing the ‘war agenda’ are not Geo politicians or Geo strategicans, but merely propagandists. Hitler was the best propagandist but naive at Geopolitics – the world knows his fate and the suffering of the world.

Predictable Scenario

If Pakistan is squeezed by US – India nexus, it would logically be forced into a new Geopolitical arrangement. In the event, Pakistan would fully embrace China, Iran, SCO – Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia in a maximalist mode. The low intensity war with prospects of converting in hot war would include the Geopolitical space of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Kashmir – India. This could lead to an extended /all out war – nuclear war.

A New Cold War?

The Geopolitical realignment might see SCO with new members, Pakistan and Iran or linked to SCO as a strategic new entity. It could lead to a Cold War between America and NATO on one side and China and Pakistan, Iran on the other side. SCO and Russia would most likely join China. South Arabia and Turkey both close to Pakistan would oppose US/NATO conflict with Pakistan. India though a strategic partner of USA may not confront China, more so, if Russia and SCO were aligned with Beijing. The great Chinese in their eternal wisdom already talk of a ‘new security architecture for Asia’. NATO rather EU is not keen on confrontation/Cold War with Russia – China. An extreme version of this scenario in future could be a new SCO vs. old NATO. Such a Cold War spreading would convert the world again into the Bi Polar World. With a difference, that a declining Western World faces China – Russia combined. Heart land Plus supported by many Rim land powers, no longer allied and controlled by the Americans. Such a contest would hasten America’s own decline, regardless of the damage American power can inflict on others.

Even if the contest is focused on a smaller region that is Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan and by extension India, Saudi Peninsula and Turkey, it would not be in America’s Geopolitical interest. These vast geographic spaces, exploding demography, military resistance, asymmetrical potential and nuclear destruction would create a giant black hole for America. War and radicalization would extend to the Middle East and to some parts of Africa. If the American cause in Afghanistan was a few thousand militants, radicalizing hundred of millions may prove counterproductive in Central – Southern Eurasia and Africa. This may even prove overwhelming for US and NATO in the medium to long term. Dealing with a few thousand Yemeni militants is one thing and confronting millions in Pakistan – Iran is another.  Asymmetrical war has no front, flank or center. This war could well extend to Europe and America itself which is in nobody’s interest.

In such a war scenario, US/NATO would sink in a deepening quagmire in Southern Eurasia. After ten years long war in Afghanistan, it would be a much greater geopolitical disaster. With the US economy in severe recession, it could be termed as not misadventure but simply absurd. Direct American military intervention would confront the numerous demography of these vast regions. The losers would be the direct contestants (US and NATO) besides the nations of these regions, as happened in both First and Second World Wars. The winners would obviously be Russia and China – SCO.

So what is the solution? The answer is ‘Geopolitics of peace’. A new Geopolitical paradigm is the solution. Numerous state actors some non state actors and lobbies are involved in this affair. Still the minimalist — doable aims of US, China, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, EU and even Israel have to be factored in to achieve consensus for peace. Not only in Afghanistan but the regions around. Pakistan cannot be expected to compromise on its national interests nor China on its global rise. Still there is everything to gain and nothing to lose from a negotiated, durable, peace settlement. Not only for the regional countries but the world at large. The Geopolitics of peace is the way forward. A civilized and prosperous world and not the prospects of another World War or even a New Cold War.

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Original Source: wwwpakistangeopolitics.blogspot.com/

Pros and cons of WTO membership…


Russia is finally joining the WTO – 18 years after it filed its application for membership. In an interview
Russia is finally joining the WTO – 18 years after it filed its application for membership.In an interview given exclusively to the Voice of Russia, the head of the Russian delegation to the talks on Russia’s accession to the WTO Maxim Medvedkov said:

Official Report on Russian population Decline and Status from Census – Released…


Russia’s population stands at 142,857,000 people, aged 39 in an average, according to the Rossiiskaya Gazeta daily, which published on Friday an official report of the 2010 population census…

Thus, Russia has dropped one step down in the world population ratings. According to the previous census of 2002, it occupied the seventh position, now it is eighth, after China, India, the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, and Bangladesh…

Population decrease rates in Russia are growing. Thus, in the period of 13 years from the last Soviet-era census of 1989 and the first Russian census of 2002, the number of population decreased by 1.8 million. The figure grew to 2.3 million in the past eight years. The biggest drop is registered among the rural population…

Not only do people vanish, but entire settlements vanish, the Rossiiskaya Gazeta writes. Since 2002, as many as 8,500 settlements have ceased to exist…

Granted some of villages have been incorporated into nearby towns and cities. But some have been actually deserted after their dwellers moved to other populated localities. Moreover, according to the census, there are 19,400 villages that exist on a map but have no inhabitants. The figure is 48 percent bigger than in the previous census…

The proportion of males and females has changed but women still prevail. Now, the number of women is bigger than the number of men by 10.7 million. The population aging tendency is older. The mean age of Russia’s subjects is 39, while in the 2002 census it was 37.7…

Family-related tendencies are also changing. Thus, the number of married couples in 2010 was 33 million (34 million in 2002), of which 13 percent are not officially registered (9.7 percent in 2002). The number of divorces, both registered and not, is also on the rise. However, the number of young-age marriages has gone down. In 2002, a total of 3,700 young people aged under 16 said they were married. In 2010, the figure halved…

As for ethnic identity, a total of 5.6 million refused to answer nationality questions (some 1.5 million in 2002). As many as 80.90 percent identified themselves as ethnic Russians (80.64 percent – in 2002). The number of ethnic Tatars remained practically the same – 3.87 percent, while the number of Ukrainian has dropped for 2.05 percent in 2002 to 1.41 percent in 2010. The census showed a growth in the number of ethnic Chechens, Avars, and Armenians…

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Time for Debt thinking’s over Coffee on a wonderful Thursday in Russia…


It is a thinking time while sipping that wonderful cup of coffee or chicory in my case…

CNBC on 20 Sept 2011 had a report about “The World’s Biggest Debtor Nations!” This was not so very long ago and I found this interesting and compiled the facts and ignored the pictures and 22 different pages that they spread it out on. I find it better in life to be able to comprehend stuff if we don’t try to get all fancy and such…

Lets start with number twenty on the list and work our way to the grand number one spot. I think that you will be shocked but not surprised at the numbers. I know that this is a small part of the real debt but there is something here that is beyond just money and debt. While debt is the crux of it all, when you are done looking at the list you tell me what all these countries have in common?

20. United States – 101.1%

External debt (as % of GDP): 101.1%

Gross external debt: $14.825 trillion
2009 GDP (est): $14.66 trillion

External debt per capita: $48,258
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19. Hungary – 120.1%

External debt (as % of GDP): 120.1%

Gross external debt: $225.24 billion
2009 GDP (est): $187.6 billion

External debt per capita: $22,739
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18. Australia – 138.9%

External debt (as % of GDP): 138.9%

Gross external debt: $1.23 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $882.4 billion

External debt per capita: $57,641
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17. Italy – 146.6%

External debt (as % of GDP): 146.6%

Gross external debt: $2.602 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $1.77 trillion

External debt per capita: $44,760
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16. Spain – 179.4%

External debt (as % of GDP): 179.4%

Gross external debt: $2.46 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $1.37 trillion

External debt per capita: $60,614
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15. Greece – 182.2%

External debt (as % of GDP): 182.2%

Gross external debt: $579.7 billion
2010 GDP (est): $318.1 billion

External debt per capita: $53,984
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14. Germany – 185.1%

External debt (as % of GDP): 185.1%

Gross external debt: $5.44 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $2.94 trillion

External debt per capita: $51,572

2010 Country NIIP (Net International Investment Position) statistics by the IMF. NIIP is defined by a country’s total domestically owned assets minus its foreign owned assets. All figures have been adjusted to nominal US dollars…

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13. Portugal – 223.6%

External debt (as % of GDP): 223.6%

Gross external debt: $552.23 billion
2010 GDP (est): $247 billion

External debt per capita: $51,572
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12. France – 250%

External debt (as % of GDP): 250%

Gross external debt: $5.37 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $2.15 trillion

External debt per capita: $83,781
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11. Hong Kong – 250.4%

External debt (as % of GDP): 250.4%

Gross external debt: $815.65 billion
2010 GDP (est): $325.8 billion

External debt per capita: $115,612
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10. Norway – 251%

External debt (as % of GDP): 251%

Gross external debt: $640.7 billion
2010 GDP (est): $255.3 billion

External debt per capita: $137,476
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9. Austria – 261.1%

External debt (as % of GDP): 261.1%

Gross external debt: $867.14 billion
2010 GDP (est): $332 billion

External debt per capita: $105,616
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8. Finland – 271.5%

External debt (as % of GDP): 271.5%

Gross external debt: $505.06 billion
2010 GDP (est): $186 billion

External debt per capita: $96,197
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7. Sweden – 282.2%

External debt (as % of GDP): 282.2%

Gross external debt: $1.001 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $354.7 billion

External debt per capita: $110,479
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6. Denmark – 310.4%

External debt (as % of GDP): 310.4%

Gross external debt: $626.1 billion
2010 GDP (est): $201.7 billion

External debt per capita: $113,826
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5. Belgium – 335.9%

External debt (as % of GDP): 335.9%

Gross external debt: $1.324 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $394.3 billion

External debt per capita: $127,197
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4. Netherlands – 376.3%

External debt (as % of GDP): 376.3%

Gross external debt: $2.55 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $676.9 billion

External debt per capita: $152,380
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3. Switzerland – 401.9%

External debt (as % of GDP): 401.9%

Gross external debt: $1.304 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $324.5 billion

External debt per capita: $171,528
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2. United Kingdom – 413.3%

External debt (as % of GDP): 413.3%

Gross external debt: $8.981 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $2.173 trillion

External debt per capita: $146,953
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1. Ireland – 1,382%

External debt (as % of GDP): 1,382%

Gross external debt: $2.38 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $172.3 billion

External debt per capita: $566,756…

Now that is amazing and I think you see it now! These are all self proclaimed Western countries that have spent beyond their means like a shopaholic with an unlimited credit card…

Where are the Eastern countries in the top 20? China, Russia, Brazil etc etc etc…

Remember this is debt ratio so that has nothing to do with who is rich or not, it has to do with who spends more money than they bring in…

Want something really pathetic about all this? These countries are still piling on the debt and not showing a sign of slowing down. Why is that?

So where is Russia and China in all this mess? Russia and China are considered a creditor nation, that much I understand…

Okay – done thinking today and that made my head hurt with numbers beyond imagination… :)

Kyle Keeton
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Good morning – Something to Read Over a Cup of Coffee: America the Farce…


Sometimes I read an article that just has to be re-posted and this is such an article this morning from  LewRockwell.com. It is really is how I feel also and I know many more that feel the same. So grab a cup of coffee and enjoy an article that tells it like it is. Jack D. Douglas is correct when he says, “No intelligent person who follows world events believes anything the U.S. says unless it is verified by really independent sources.”

So think and ask yourself after you read this article, “What is your intelligence level?

The US Farce of the Drone…

by Jack D. Douglas

The U.S, Lies about the top-secret U.S. Stealth Drone the Iranians have now put on world display completely in-tact is typical of the U.S. Big Lies about almost everything important to their Global Empire, obviously including the existence of that U.S. Global Empire. First they denied it in non-denial denials in case the Iranians did have it, then they said it crashed somewhere unknown to the U.S., then they said it must have drifted by malfunction into Iran, then when the Iranians showed the first pictures of it in-tact – not all crumpled up as it would be if it crashed from high altitude malfunction – the U.S. said it was not the right color or size, and finally when it was fully displayed they demanded its return on the presumption that they were not violating international law by spying in this way on Iran.

The whole U.S. Farce of the Drone exposes the U.S. once again as run by fools and total Liars routinely violating laws, treaties decency and every other human standard.

But this is merely a somewhat more ludicrous U.S. display of what it has really become. This is SOP for the U.S. Every time it slaughters women and children in Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and around the world the U.S does the same ludicrous display of denials, counter-charges and on and on. SOP.

No intelligent person who follows world events believes anything the U.S. says unless it is verified by really independent sources. I doubt that anyone I know and take seriously even bothers laughing at the U.S. ludicrous displays of lies these days. It’s all so routine it’s boring – but utterly evil and ghastly, so no one really wants to think much about it.

This is true of intelligent and knowledgeable Americans in general. It is only roughly the lower half of Americans in intelligence and knowledge who are so cut off from the real world and so incapable of thinking clearly who even bother to discuss these U.S. ludicrous Lies. A perfect example is the big front page article in the San Diego Union-Tribune today marking the “withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq” about whether invading Iraq and killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people over the past eight years was “worth” it. How stupid can you get? No intelligent person in touch with the world would imagine that this vast disaster and evil slaughter could possibly be worth it to anyone other than a sadistic fool. Most returning U.S. troops keep their mouths shut or hem and haw. They are not that stupid and they want benefits. But some journalists and a few brainless grunts say maybe it will prove worthwhile. Most are probably lying, but some Americans really are that ignorant and that stupid, though I don’t encounter any in my everyday life.

Even NBC News and other Media keep muttering, as Koppel did last evening, that the U.S. is not really “withdrawing” from Iraq, but is leaving 16,000 mostly “security” people and huge numbers on bases all around southern Iraq and building the largest “Embassy” in the world in Iraq and on and on. They don’t come right out and say this is all SOP Obama Lies and Bull Shit, but that’s what they mean.

SOP U.S. Lies and Bull Shit. That’s what America is to the world now and even the intelligent and knowledgeable Americans now take it for granted. SOP.

America has become an incredible farce to the whole world.

December 15, 2011

Jack D. Douglas [send him mail] is a retired professor of sociology from the University of California at San Diego. He has published widely on all major aspects of human beings, most notably The Myth of the Welfare State.

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