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A New War President for The New World Order
We can observe how the crisis between Russia and Ukraine has influenced contemporary policy decisions. It’s an issue of what will genuinely help the American people; what will make their lives better, more secure, affluent, and content.
By Estalontech4 years ago in The Swamp
The Americans lied, even if they believed... and they would not believe
A state of eruption that could explode at any moment in the West Bank, especially since the blessed month of Ramadan is at the door, as a result of the continued killings carried out by the occupation army daily against the Palestinians, devouring the land and the disturbances of daily life, and the threats of settlers to storm Al-Aqsa and prepare for more attacks on the occasion of their religious holidays.
By Zernouh.abdo4 years ago in The Swamp
Palestinian people away from stereotypes
Ramallah is a beautiful, small city full of life, and most Palestinian cities can witness a high activity, compared to other Arab cities due to the problem of limited land, and amid the features of the density of living in the Palestinian space, it can be noted that the intense tension and from nothing, and from no place, can It causes a clash, for living in Palestine is a life on the edge, open to all possibilities, and the instability that starts from the economic situation, which depends largely on hundreds of thousands of workers linked to work permits in (Israel) does not stop there, but extends to wars of ideas and visions among the Palestinians themselves.
By Zernouh.abdo4 years ago in The Swamp
Arabs after Ukraine
The Arabs today seem to be waiting on the sidewalk of history. Although most Arab governments voted internationally to condemn the Russian military campaign in Ukraine, while few of them refused or abstained from voting, the Arab public seemed different, and mostly enthusiastic about Russian President Vladimir Putin, perhaps Except for currents in the Syrian arena, which witnessed a bloody Russian intervention that prevented the fall of Bashar al-Assad's group.
By Zernouh.abdo4 years ago in The Swamp
How does "Putin's mind" see the Moscow-Tehran axis?
The Russian thinker Alexander Dugin was famous as the theorist of restoring the Russian empire, and for being close to Putin. Some even describe him as Putin's inspiration and “strategic mind.” Perhaps what interests the Arab reader is to know how Putin's political ideology views the Middle East? How do you see its alliance with Tehran?
By Zernouh.abdo4 years ago in The Swamp
Itinerant merchant and brigand
It was said that a traveling merchant was carrying his goods on the back of a camel, and was traveling between villages, hamlets and different cities, when he was suddenly intercepted by an armed bandit who requested to accompany him during his journey, in order to protect him from the bandits, so the merchant agreed and escorted the two of them. While traveling, the bandit ate and drank at the merchant's expense, and whenever they were looting the goods, he remembered the people's reaction if they heard of his crime. One day, the bandit asked the merchant - in a strange behavior - to curse him. The merchant was astonished by the strangeness of the request, and said: How can I curse you, when you are my companion of my journey and the protector of my trade, and we ate, drank and journeyed together?! The bandit insisted that the merchant curse him, who found himself forced - under threat - to curse his armed companion. Then the bandit attacked the merchant, beating and cursing, while he says: You curse me, and I did well to protect you, you “ungrateful”?! Then he took the "camel with what it carried", and set off, leaving the poor merchant to his inevitable fate.
By Zernouh.abdo4 years ago in The Swamp
Why did you leave the rooster alone?
Should the millions of displaced Ukrainians have stayed in their homeland, resisting the invaders, or else they do not deserve this homeland, which mourns the danger of losing its freedom? I think that the future Ukrainian patriotic poet, now five years old, holding her father's hand at the Polish border, will write in half a century, a poem with implicit blame: Why did you take the dog and leave the rooster alone, Dad?
By Zernouh.abdo4 years ago in The Swamp
Turkey and Qatar... towards a new alliance
Last weekend Turkey witnessed very important international meetings, and leaders from many parts of the world participated in the Antalya Diplomatic Forum, which took place from 11-13 March. The international media focused in particular on covering the meeting of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, headed by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. The Antalya Diplomatic Forum made it clear that the world needs a new diplomatic language. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, "The most important indicator of Turkey's growing power in the region and the world is the diplomatic forum that was held in Antalya and attended by 17 heads of state from all over the world."
By Zernouh.abdo4 years ago in The Swamp
Cancelled Energy
The last major hydrocarbon energy shock occurred because Arab suppliers rug pulled the West. The Gulf States “lived their values” regarding the political situation in Israel at the time. This time the West decided to “live their values” and cancel the world’s largest energy producer. Don’t allow your opinion on the righteousness (or not) of the military action between Russia and Ukraine detract from the fact that this time around the Western energy consumer decided to go on strike.
By Saad Djazairy4 years ago in The Swamp
These "Useful Idiots" Probably Aren't Compromised by Russia.
"Useful idiot" is a term apocryphally coined by Vladimir Lenin to describe Americans who would support communist causes without really understanding them. There seems to be a few useful idiots running around America today, siding with Russia over Ukraine in the current war. It's spurned chatter that maybe Russia is paying some of them off or has blackmail material on them, classic Soviet style kompromat. I don't have proof this is untrue, and I wouldn't be entirely shocked if one of the people below is compromised, but I doubt that's the core issue here. The thing is, when they see an authoritarian launch a war of choice on an peaceful democracy, they side with the authoritarian because that's where their sympathies lie. They are anti-democratic authoritarians.
By Buck Hardcastle4 years ago in The Swamp
