(L-R, front) U.S. President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a plenary session during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Beijing, Nov. 11, 2014.
What Really Happened In Beijing: Putin, Obama, Xi — And The Back Story The Media Won’t Tell You -- Patrick Smith, Salon
Ukraine, Iran's nukes, the price of oil: There are ties worthy of a Bourne film, if the media connected the dots
By way of events on the foreign side, the past few weeks start to resemble some once-in-a-while event in the heavens when everyone is supposed to go out and watch as the sun, moon and stars align. There are lots of things happening, and if we put them all together, the way Greek shepherds imagined constellations, a picture emerges. Time to draw the picture.
The situation on the ground in Ukraine is getting messy again. Equally, events of the past year now leave Ukraine’s economy not far from sheer extinction. You have not read of this because it does not fit the approved story, but Ukraine’s heart barely beats. Further east, we hear in the financial markets that the ruble’s decline brings Russia to the brink of another financial collapse.
Read more ....
My Comment: This is a long post by Patrick Smith .... but well worth the read. Some of the points that he makes in his analysis has already been mentioned by me in previous posts ... but I give credit where credit is due .... he ties some of the points together to look at the big picture .... and he paints a very convincing narrative.Read it all.
Hat Tip: David M. for providing me the link.
No comments:
Post a Comment