I maintain that there will start a by the US long time planned war, very soon in the Middle East. Within a month’s time, probably in less than two weeks’ time. It is the most obvious choice of victim, Iran, and not Saudi-Arabia. Well, I wouldn’t really call Iran’s theocracy victims. Iran has actively been engaging in the skirmishes and wars taking place in the whole of the Middle East area for many years now. They are just reaping what they themselves sew. But if the US make war like they did in Iraq in 2003, it will be ordinary Iranian people picking up the tab. The US Phosphorous bombs and thermobaric bombs and depleted uranium shells will see to that. Phosphorous bombs are really, really, ugly. Getting exposed to them kills people in a truly horrendous way. It can be compared to dying by torture in the middle-ages. The US hurled them against the city of Fallujah in Iraq in 2003, because they could and that’s that. It was the phony Christian, George W. Bush’s responsibility. “Shock-and-awe” and all that.
United With Israel reports October 1st, 2023, quote:
Iran has the infrastructure in place and the know-how to make a nuclear weapon in less than two weeks, according to the U.S. Department of Defense’s 2023 Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction report.
“It is assessed that Iran is not pursuing a nuclear weapons program at this time, but has the capacity to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear device in less than two weeks,” said the report, which outlines Washington’s strategic approach to countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction globally.
“Further, the United States assesses Iran to be noncompliant with its CWC [Chemical Weapons Convention] obligations. For example, Iran has not submitted a complete chemical weapons production facility declaration to comply with CWC processes. The United States is also concerned that Iran is pursuing dual-use central nervous system-acting chemicals for offensive purposes,” added the report.
United With Israel
End quote
It looks like the Biden administration has another ace up its sleeve, in order to create Casus Belli for the US in the soon to be war. The threat of chemical weapons, which Iran hasn’t utilized up to now. But they are, quote, “pursuing” it!
But what da heck is “Dual-use” supposed to mean?
Casus Belli means “Cause for war” in Latin. They like their Latin, the big brass.
Roger Klang
Thank you and see you later alligator, at a while crocodile!
The source for this lesson was: United With Israel
Today it is Friday September 29, 2023. Are we going to see the Turkish spearheads in Europe again sometime soon? Orban must be very excited. I read this on World Israel News September 21, 2023;
Quote; The president [that is Erdogan] recapped for them his meeting with Israel’s leader, which he said had been “very impressive,” especially noting one of the subjects dear to his heart: the construction of a natural-gas pipeline from Israel to Turkey as a gateway to Europe. Such a pipeline would be of enormous economic benefit to the cash-strapped country.” End quote
Apparently, the plans for releasing the Turkish plague on Europe has been on the table for one and a half year, at least back to the very beginning of the Russian war against Ukraine. I don’t care, Turkey will never have any leverage on my country. Orban should be worried, though. India is apparently on the table too. Biden’s plans. Well, the cards are being laid down. It is high time for Europe to call, Israel, and Biden’s cards. I am beginning to see why prominent Israelis are so disliked in the world. Bibi and Biden sitting in a tree, sucking each other’s… What happens in New York stays in New York, don’t you know this, Roger?
Anyway, I don’t disdain or think less of the working man in the Jewish body because of that. Yes, there are assholes among the Jewish people, but there are assholes among every ethnicity and within every country’s borders. There are not more bad people in Israel than anywhere else. I am not an antisemite. Antisemites are literally perverted people. Well, we are all mirror imaging to some extent.
Some noticeable headlines that stand out from the week since Friday September 22, 2023:
United With Israel, quote from headline: we-can-make-history-
netanyahu-meets-with-biden-in-new-york. End quote
The looming war is imminent thus. I am not just saying this without having anything on my feet. The headline is not so strange by itself, but in connection with other reported events it gets very suspicious.
Don’t forget the news that was embedded in a relatively trivial article in World Israel News, September 18, 2023, quote from headline:
iran-releases-5-american-prisoners-for-ransom-payment-of-6-billion. End quote
To repeat the article quote from this headline last week, but in a shorter version:
”The planned swap [that is US citizen prisoners in exchange for access to 6 billion frozen dollars. Roger’s note] has unfolded amid a major American military buildup in the Persian Gulf…” End, shortened but not altered quote
World Israel News, quote headline:
biden-hopes-to-use-israel-saudi-peace-as-tool-to-sideline-china. End quote
Wouldn’t be completed plans without that!
United With Israel, quote headline:
saudi-leader-admits-peace-with-israel-is-on-its-way. End quote
The callsign of a war.
World Israel News, quote headline:
erdogan-impressed-by-netanyahu-
plans-to-visit-israel. End quote
Of course, the senile old antisemitic fool isn’t really impressed. He is just trying to impress. He may impress an old sow.
World Israel News, quote headline:
netanyahu-demands-un-change-its-attitude-towards-israel. End quote
Yes of course. The last piece in the puzzle.
World Israel News, quote headline:
idf-hits-syrian-positions-in-the-golan-after-syria-violates-demilitarized-zone. End quote
It was an insignificant and inert target. Why hit it now?
United With Israel, quote headline:
what-is-good-for-europe-is-good-for-israel- ministers-approve-law-to-open-israeli-market-to-european-products. End quote
Oh yeah? Israel decides what products. Israel and the US reverse engineering European high-tech, while We perish – No thanks!
And my favorite from World Israel News, quote headline:
erdogan-turkey-and-israel-can-supply-europe-with-gas. End quote
Observe, this particular article is from February 2022!
The cards are on the table. This says everything. Erdogan holding the faucets for gas transits to Europe. Well, this will fare well for Europe! I’d prefer Italy as transit country, but frankly there is another article from September 18, 2023 demonizing the pope from the second world war, be it justified or not. But it is just a coincidence, I’m sure.
If there is going to be a war it may be necessary for the US administration to pull the “We will never allow Iran to procure a nuclear weapon, card”. That’s if Iran doesn’t take the bait and attack the US somehow so that Biden can start the war AND involve NATO at the same time. But technically this would mean that Iran will be starting the war, and I don’t think they are interested in doing that. You will hear the nuclear narrative profoundly and loudly from the US representatives if the US has to resort to this secondary choice of cards. And it may be true that Iran is about to complete making a nuclear bomb, but it may also not be true. At least not at this moment in time. Whether it is true or not isn’t what is important. What is important is that the war will happen about now in the very near future. Let us pray that I am mistaken.
But you few listeners must remember that there is a huge gap between producing a nuclear bomb and miniaturizing it to fit in a missile. It would take several months at least from testing the initial nuclear bomb to fitting a nuclear weapon in a missile. In theory this could be done in one step, but in practice that isn’t how it usually works when developing something, anything.
Also, what happened to Israel’s supposed nuclear bombs? They don’t seem to be all that real. They seem to have been a bluff. This bluff didn’t serve them well. So, in a sense the Israeli reaction to the Iranians’ probably procuring a nuclear bomb is understandable. I don’t want to be the one telling the Israelis not to proceed with their offensive plans to strike Iran decisively, so that Iran cannot give Israel a blow it could not recover from. I am just sad it is going to be ordinary people picking up the tab for this inevitable war. That’s both the importance and the curse of oil. But the alternative is seen as a big no-no because it would mean that the US will become doomed as a modern nation as we know them to be and are used to.
I am telling you this so that I can dismiss Biden’s notion that I am not a player. Biden doesn’t trust us Swedes because of our integrity, and this is the main reason why he is trying to drop us in the ocean with an anchor tied around our wrists. Hence the Tina – T.I.N.A. or the to us ominous There Is No Alternative plan they concocted together with Wall Street. Well, this actually is a plan from 2019 when Donald Trump was president. But it matters not whether the government is blue or red when the state is at risk. Because then the government is blue, red – and white. Trump himself was just a dope in their concocted plan.
My name is Roger Klang
And the sources for this are: World Israel News; and United With Israel
Never assume that a world leader is good. I want to emphasize the importance that we should not be naive! Biden is thinking of the United States and Americans, when he conducts his politics. But if it does not affect the abilities for America or Americans to economically strengthen or at least maintain their leading position in the world, then of course he can throw a bone to a party outside of AUKUS and the border states of Canada and New Zealand, especially if Biden’s country benefits from it. Israel also has a key position, but I can’t really read out why the Israelis’ treatment of the Palestinians and the West Bank, plays such an important role in Biden’s and Blinken’s plans. However, you can read what Blinken said in black and white with the headline; ”US warns Israel: Peace with Saudis getting ‘tougher, if not impossible’”; on the online medium World Israel News on July 5, 2023. Quote;
“We’ve told our friends and allies in Israel that if there’s a fire burning in their backyard, it’s going to be a lot tougher, if not impossible, to actually both deepen the existing agreements as well as to expand them to include potentially Saudi Arabia,” said Blinken.
He also said, quote;
“It’s also, at least in our judgment as Israel’s closest friend and ally, profoundly not in Israel’s interest for this to happen—both because of the added degree of difficulty that this presents for pursuing normalization agreements, or deepening them, but also because of the practical consequences,” he added. End quote
Why is it not marginal? As for the importance of the Abraham accords, I can understand why the US does not want it to develop between Israel and Saudi-Arabia right now. But it doesn’t seem like the haussed to the sky Israeli intelligence service Mossad really understands how the land lays or why it is so. They persist in opposing Biden’s plans. They have done so for a long time. Of course, the Israelis have an interest in the Middle East, but they should have fathomed that it is not in their interest that the United States fall to pieces by internal division, like once the Roman Empire did before them. We here in Sweden observe how the Israelis act more and more like their antagonists in Iran, Lebanon and Palestine. It’s just that Israel is more powerful than their enemies and they also have more powerful allies.
Have we considered that Israel is a special country? It is the land where Judaism, Islam and Christianity converge – in Jerusalem. In addition, there are elements of reincarnation in Judaism. We can think what we want about it, but the land of Israel is important to our own security. They are important to the whole of Europe’s security. The Israelis know this, why doesn’t the EU realize this? It is mindboggling to the Israelis, probably. We cannot let them perish.
It seems as if we are needed all of a sudden. Saudi-Arabia may be the new enemy. But don’t listen too much when Biden says that, quote; “We have always strongly supported Sweden to get Sweden into NATO” End quote. Empirical evidence shows the opposite. Not once has Biden commented on Erdogan’s tango dance with the Swedish government, but he has, under greatest possible silence, left us alone to cope as best we can in the recent past. It is clear who led in that tango dance, it wasn’t Ulf Kristersson in any case. (Spoiler alert, it was Erdogan.) But it can be differently now, Biden can show a “good” side if he wants to. It’s just that, as an Irish-American, he doesn’t like us Swedes at all. But probably even an Irishman can like Swedes. But not him. Then I don’t like him, and I will turn away my gaze when he is led screaming and kicking to the guillotine by his countrymen. The reactionaries always win in the long run. For being the world’s most powerful man, he poorly realizes that Sweden has been one of the biggest guarantors that the US will remain the master of the world, by our support purchase of US security bonds and us consistently refraining from selling them when the dollar has been under attack. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg of what we’ve done for the United States. But ingratitude is the wages of the weak.
Now a question. Are the Swedes prepared to contribute with troops in a future American war in the Middle East, for example against Saudi-Arabia and, in the extension, China? Are the Swedes prepared for a two-front war? Then we should join NATO. Otherwise, we will probably have to fight Russia alone. But we will win against Russia, mind you. Personally, I do not want to join NATO, because I think it will create greater strain on us in the long run. One must not forget that we have a domestic, quote; “situation”; to deal with, simultaneously. Of our two supposed choices, it is only an all-out Swedish war against Russia on Swedish soil that can straighten up our backbone and make, quote; “our”; criminals listless, which means that in that case we can turn the tide in Sweden. Also remember that a Swedish NATO membership in no way provides any guarantees that we will be able to stay out of a war against Russia in the event of a major war. An American war against one or more actors is in the long run inevitable unless the Gulf states change their mind, because China gets most of the oil from the Persian Gulf oil states and the US has domestic oil for perhaps only 12 more years of consumption if you are to believe the CIA WORLD FACTBOOK 2023-2024 . I don’t think it’s possible to achieve, but if the US were to run its motor park and its many fossil fueled powerplants on domestic oil alone, that time would almost be halved to only six years of consumption. It has become more difficult to calculate precisely, because the CIA has deliberately made it so in the CIA WORLD FACTBOOK 2023-2024 compared to previous editions of the book. Maybe you can thank Me for that.
It is established in the CIA WORLD FACTBOOK that Saudi-Arabia, just like Iran, and every other oil producing country in the Persian Gulf, does more business with China than with the United States. Saudi-Arabia has literally extended a hand to Iran recently. They are suicidal. It’s clear as hell that it has the potential to overturn the US original game plan. But in that case, it’s not the tiles that are moved alternate, the whole boardgame is likely to change.
In World Israel News july 17, 2023, there is a headline: Quote; ”Israel recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.” End quote
The headline is noticable but hardly remarkable. Let me start by stating some facts.
Phosphates
Morocco and the by Morocco occupied Western Sahara is a major supplier of phosphates, which is used in the agricultural sector. Phosphates are used for crops and it is spread in pellets form across farmlands around the world to achieve significantly larger harvests. Estimates of phosphate production are sometimes difficult to understand because the phosphates are mined in different forms. The dominant form is ”Phosphate Rock”, a mineral that is usually mined in open pits. Two thirds of the world production are mined in China, the United States and Morocco/Western Sahara. Morocco and the by Morocco occupied Western Sahara account for 30 percent of the export market.
My guess is that Israel is a minor consumer of phosphates. But the US isn’t. Neither is Europe.
US phosphate reserves will last for 30 years for US use only. The United States does not export phosphate ore. Neither does China. The world’s phosphate reserves are estimated to be around 15 billion tons, which is sufficient for the world’s consumption for 90 years with current technology, according to the US Geological Survey. Phosphate production in the world will not come to a critical low level before the world’s oil reserves peter out. Thus, phosphate production in Morocco/Western Sahara is strategically secondary. This did not prevent the United States from making a bilateral trade deal with Morocco in 2006. The European Union didn’t jump on the train until two years later.
Don’t rock the boat!
I think that Israel is recognizing a potential strategic asset in the Morocco/Western Sahara phosphates. However, they are not doing God’s will. Western Sahara doesn’t deserve being occupied by the Moroccans. Except, in practice Israel’s move doesn’t make any difference from before. Both the EU, the US and Israel have for a very long time lived on the broken backs of the Western Saharans, and in the process we have carefully avoided to mention this little immoral and unrighteous Moroccan territorial claims, just to be able to buy the phosphates from Morocco and the by Morocco occupied territory of Western Sahara.
Before I go on, I want to emphasize the importance for Europe to have this policy of buying phosphates from Morocco and keeping quiet about the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara.
Fact: If we hadn’t done that, we would also not have been able to harbor any refugees in our countries. Food would have been to scarce. And if we wouldn’t have been able to harbor refugees, we would not have been able to sustain an economic growth simultaneous with a declining domestic birth rate. Our politicians have decided that we must have a steady economic growth, and the price for that is inevitably immigration. You can think of it what you want, but it is a fact. We get richer as a nation from immigration. There is a reason why the richest countries in history also have had the most diversified population, and the poorest countries in history have had the most homogenous population. Though, some are more equal than others, because the rich and powerful gets much richer and powerful than the rest of us. This in the end leads to the downfall of civilizations.
So, do you recognize how this is an opportunity for Israel? They get their hand into the bread basket for the price of nothing. But nothing has really changed, business as usual and all that. And to top it off, they can claim success for the Abraham Accords. It is a smart move.
A headline on SR; Ekot on Sunday July 16 reads (translated):
Quote; ”EU and Tunisia sign new migration treaty.” End quote
It may have to do with Algerian gas exports to Europe via Tunisia and Italy. Italy taps a lot of the gas. Algeria/Tunisia and Morocco aren’t very sweet friends, albeit some of the Algerian gas pipelines traverse Moroccan territory into Spain. It’s complicated! Algerian gas exports to Europe had fallen by 22% by 2019. Guess it is going up again. It should be the ones tapping gas from this pipeline who have to proportionally absorb the migration flood emanating from this treaty!
How to smooth things over
Morocco/Western Sahara has got almost no Shia – <0.1 percent. Terror groups are ISIS, and Islamic State of Iraq previously referred to as al-Qaeda in Iraq. All FACTS according to the CIA WORLD FACTBOOK 2023-2024.
Israel Kasnett, TPS, excuse the state of Israel contrary to facts, on the online news site WIN, quote – and the following is one long quoute:
“Morocco shares a long border with Algeria, an ally of Iran, which directly threatens it militarily and through its support for Polisario separatism.”
In a significant step for Israel-Morocco relations, King Mohammed VI on Wednesday invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit the kingdom.
The invitation came after Israel officially recognized Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara region earlier in the week.
The invitation came in the form of a warm, personal letter in which His Majesty thanked the State of Israel for its recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara. The visit will open up new possibilities for strengthening relations between the two countries, the king wrote.
Israel’s decision also holds immense significance due to its direct impact on the activities of Iran and its proxy Hezbollah in North Africa, disrupting their efforts to establish roots and expand their presence in the region.
Former Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat told the Tazpit Press Service that while he is aware that the steps towards recognizing Western Sahara took place over an extended period of time, “there is importance in Israel strengthening its position and presence on the African continent, especially at a time when Iran and its partners are trying to establish a foothold in Africa.”
Addressing why Israel waited until now to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty, he said he assumes that part of the time was required to examine the step’s possible consequences.
According to Ben-Shabbat, the recognition “is a proper and desirable step for several reasons. It reflects the deep trust between Israel and Morocco and Israel’s commitment to developing warm relations between the two countries and peoples.”
It “promotes a realistic and existing solution to this territory, which the United States has also recognized,” and “serves as a clear statement against the forces that oppose Morocco, supported by Iran and Algeria,” he said.
Ben-Shabbat said Israel can expect that ties between the two countries will improve even further now, adding that “despite the impressive progress in relations between Israel and Morocco since normalization, there is still great untapped potential in the economic, technological and political spheres.
“Additionally,” he said, “Morocco can play an important role in bringing other North African countries into the peace circle.”
Western Sahara shares a border with Mauritania, which Israel hopes will also normalize ties with it as part of the Abraham Accords.
The Algerian Angle
In an effort to maintain parity with its formidable regional counterpart, Algeria, Morocco is actively bolstering its defense investments. For numerous years, Rabat has perceived Algeria as a significant threat, particularly following the termination of diplomatic ties by Algiers in August 2011.
As part of this effort, Morocco has been preparing to acquire an undisclosed number of decommissioned Merkava tanks from Israel. The completion of this deal, anticipated within the coming months, will mark Morocco as the first foreign buyer of Merkava tanks.
According to a Foreign Policy article in June, “After [President Donald] Trump recognized Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara in exchange for Morocco normalizing its relationship with Israel, Tel Aviv and Rabat cemented the deal with a bevy of military and economic agreements. Algeria sees this new romance between Morocco, the United States, and Israel—three of its longtime enemies—as a threat to its security.”
In 2020, when Morocco reestablished diplomatic relations with Israel as part of the Abraham Accords, the Algerian government initiated a smear campaign against the kingdom, despite its reputation for tolerance and coexistence. However, at the same time, discreetly, Algeria engaged in undisclosed business dealings with Israel.
While Israel has no diplomatic relations with Algeria, Israel’s imports from the country stood at $21.38 million in 2022, according to the United Nations Comtrade database.
So while it refrains from officially recognizing Israel and publicly expresses animosity towards it, Algeria sells goods to Israel, facilitated by the ruling junta.
The Western Sahara is the primary source of contention between Morocco and Algeria. After Spain withdrew from the area in 1975, both Morocco and Mauritania claimed sovereignty over the territory. The Polisario Front, a movement representing the indigenous Sahrawi people, also declared the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and sought independence.
Algeria supported the Polisario Front, providing it with military aid and training and diplomatic recognition. Morocco eventually gained control over most of the Western Sahara, while the Polisario Front maintained control over some parts, leading to a prolonged conflict.
The conflict between Morocco and Algeria has been fueled by ideological differences as well. Historically, Algeria aligned itself with socialist and anti-colonial movements, supporting self-determination struggles across Africa. Morocco, on the other hand, has maintained closer ties with Western powers and pursued a more pro-Western foreign policy.
The Iranian Threat
Dr. Yechiel Leiter, the director-general of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, also views Israel’s gesture to Morocco as positive.
“Morocco shares a long border with Algeria, an ally of Iran, which directly threatens it militarily and through its support for Polisario separatism. Were the Polisario to achieve its goal, Western Sahara would be an Algerian puppet state, contributing to strengthening an Iranian proxy,” Leiter told TPS.
He noted that the Iranian regime “supplies the Polisario with antiaircraft missiles and drones through the services of Algeria and Hezbollah. Together with the IRGC [Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps], Hezbollah is also training Polisario fighters. The Polisario itself has provided cover for al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a terrorist group that is active in the Sahel region.”
Morocco also plays a key role in global food production, a major component of which is fertilizer, which requires phosphates. As Leiter points out, “A full 72% of the known phosphate deposits are found in Morocco, and 7% are in Western Sahara. Allowing moderate Morocco to be surrounded by hostile and destabilizing Iranian proxies could potentially have great impact on food security worldwide.”
“The implications of such a concentration of a critical component of the world’s food supply are sobering,” he said. “Were 7% of the world’s known phosphate deposits (in Western Sahara) to fall into the hands of a sovereign entity under the direct influence of Iran, the ramifications could be ominous. But what is far more threatening would be the influence brought to bear on a moderate Morocco with its overwhelming control of the world’s food supply, surrounded by hostile and destabilizing Iranian proxies.”
According to Leiter, “Hezbollah is already deeply involved in West Africa, and the last thing the region needs is another dysfunctional state under the influence of the world’s most significant terror and illicit drug trade organization.”
“Morocco stands against the fanatical Islam exported by the ayatollahs and their proxies,” he said. Its battle against the Polisario and terrorism “is also Israel’s battle.”
Source: World Israel News (WIN)
Roger Klang
Thank you and see you later alligator, at a while crocodile!
Why did Prigozjin chicken out? I know.., I know! Prigozjin realized that it was one thing to act hot-tempered and thrust some dozens of miles, in the heat of violent emotions, but another thing to actually reach Moscow with his, what was it, 50,000 some men? The closer to Moscow he got, the more he got cold feet since Putin is no spring chicken. Putin stood his ground. Unfortunately. It may have been a bluff by Putin, there might not have been any graspable heavy Russian troops to speak about near Moscow. But anti-terror laws were enforced. Roads in Moscow were being prepared for defense. There likely wasn’t any actual plan on Prigozjin’s behalf and it was a blind operation. Who were they going to target? Three generals? All of the generals? Putin himself? When Prigozjin’s Wagner group had to halt for a couple of hours’ pause they were still 40-50 miles from Moscow. What would they possibly meet? Most certainly anti-tank mines and other precautions taken by Putin and his regular army. The Kremlin had probably prepared for a hostile invasion of Moscow several years ago. Maybe decades ago when Moscow was still the capital of the USSR. Putin would surely kindly inform Prigozjin through Lukashenko about that, as Prigozjin advanced towards Moscow. Hot-heads eventually cool down. And guess what, Prigozjin may have been keen on sending his men into certain death if he deemed it to be necessary, but he wasn’t so keen on losing his own head. So he did what so many muslim leaders had already done before him, he chickened out in order not to lose his precious life.
But will Putin let this mutiny fly? Probably he will, as long as Prigozjin stays on the carpet in Belarus. In time Prigozjin may even be forgiven, if he becomes a player in the game of taking Kiev together with Lukasjenko’s troops. But he will never again be trusted by Putin. Prigozjin did intend to take the whole of the Wagner group operating in Ukraine with him into Belarus. That is suspicious. Maybe it was all Prigozjin’s delusion. But it is clear that Putin has more to lose than to win by decapitating Prigozjin. This debacle is going to be swept under the rug as soon as possible by the Kremlin. ”Nothing to see here, return to your slumber folks!”
And the sources for this was all Swedish Radio SR;Ekot
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