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John wrote:** 19-Apr-2019 World View: Trump appears to endorse Haftar's attack in Libya




This post is interesting as more parallels between Trump and Macron’s interests begin to emerge, mainly relating to Brexit. Although they seem to be coincidental parallels, it could be likely that there is some plan in place to indirectly push France to cut EU ties with the UK.

Trump likely wants Haftar to win in order to secure oil production, therefore lowering production (as Libya seems to be the most controllable variable relating to crude production). As for Macron, I wonder if a Haftar rule can truly provide stability, or he is thinking of another reason to support him (such as limiting an influx of refugees into the EU)

Macron has threatened countless times to veto these unanimous ruling by EU member states to continue extending the Brexit deadline, which if successful will result in a hard Brexit, the best case scenario for Trump. A hard Brexit will result in the EU no longer feeding off UK’s udders, and instead will lead to U.S. striking trade deals with the U.K, who have been long time allies in times of distress.
(I will add Trump has close ties with and supports the efforts of Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson, both Hard Brexiters of whom Steve Bannon also endorses https://news.sky.com/video/steve-bannon ... m-11668449)

I tend to think this tug-of-war between the U.S. and EU/U.K remainers/Soros is vital, as U.S. allegiances with other nations seem to be in an unstable state. Perhaps influence on the highly persuadable Macron can help tilt the odds in the U.S. favor. Would love to hear your thoughts on this, and where my logic could be flawed.

JCP

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I doubt that you'll find a Chinese who knows anything about the Sui dynasty.
The Chinese government might not want the story told, but every Korean knows the story of the Sui Dynasty because they destroyed it. The defeat and destruction of the Sui Empire was one of Korea's greatest victories and a warning to China to be wary of invading Korea. I find it hard to believe the Chinese would be unaware of the Sui Dynasty.

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CH86 wrote:
FishbellykanakaDude wrote: Blah blah blah...

Thanks in advance. :)
I'm referring to the west having generally rejected the legitimacy of Germany's governments when looking back at the period of 1900 to 1945. The very idea of regarding those governments as a positive force in any arena is rejected by the current historiography.
Oh,.. that.

Well, nothing is COMPLETELY devoid of positive attributes, I suppose,.. simply on a statistical basis, so I'll give you that.

So, which bits of those folks' behaviors at that time period do you see as positive that "current historiography" doesn't?

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** 21-Apr-2019 Trump and Macro endorse Haftar in Libya
JM32 wrote: > This post is interesting as more parallels between Trump and
> Macron’s interests begin to emerge, mainly relating to
> Brexit. Although they seem to be coincidental parallels, it could
> be likely that there is some plan in place to indirectly push
> France to cut EU ties with the UK.

> Trump likely wants Haftar to win in order to secure oil
> production, therefore lowering production (as Libya seems to be
> the most controllable variable relating to crude production). As
> for Macron, I wonder if a Haftar rule can truly provide stability,
> or he is thinking of another reason to support him (such as
> limiting an influx of refugees into the EU)

> Macron has threatened countless times to veto these unanimous
> ruling by EU member states to continue extending the Brexit
> deadline, which if successful will result in a hard Brexit, the
> best case scenario for Trump. A hard Brexit will result in the EU
> no longer feeding off UK’s udders, and instead will lead to
> U.S. striking trade deals with the U.K, who have been long time
> allies in times of distress. (I will add Trump has close ties
> with and supports the efforts of Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson,
> both Hard Brexiters of whom Steve Bannon also endorses
> https://news.sky.com/video/steve-bannon ... m-11668449)

> I tend to think this tug-of-war between the U.S. and EU/U.K
> remainers/Soros is vital, as U.S. allegiances with other nations
> seem to be in an unstable state. Perhaps influence on the highly
> persuadable Macron can help tilt the odds in the U.S. favor. Would
> love to hear your thoughts on this, and where my logic could be
> flawed.
I actually don't know what Trump's and Macron's motives are, and I
don't think they know either. A month ago, both were opposed to
Haftar. So the change of heart appears to be opportunistic. The
situation in Libya appears to be chaotic, and really anything could
happen, no matter what anyone wants.

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** 21-Apr-2019 Sui Dynasty (581-618) and Goguryeo empire (37 BC-668 AD)
JCP wrote: > Quote: I doubt that you'll find a Chinese who knows anything about
> the Sui dynasty.

> The Chinese government might not want the story told, but every
> Korean knows the story of the Sui Dynasty because they destroyed
> it. The defeat and destruction of the Sui Empire was one of
> Korea's greatest victories and a warning to China to be
> wary of invading Korea. I find it hard to believe the Chinese
> would be unaware of the Sui Dynasty.
Well, I did some research on this, and as you say the Chinese don't
want to remember it, which is why it didn't come up in my research.
However, it's worth a paragraph in one of the discussions of Korea.

A related issue came up that the Chinese are using an artifact from
Korea's Goguryeo empire (37 BC-668 AD) to claim part of Korea.

https://www.theatlantic.com/china/archi ... ns/274986/

The problem with writing this damn book is that I could put a timeline
of the past three millennia up on the wall and throw a dart at it, and
no matter what year the dart landed on, there would be something
interesting that happened. I really just want to push the "publish"
button and get it done.

JCP

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I'm glad I could help you, John.

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** 21-Apr-2019 World View: Bombings target churches and hotels in Sri Lanka


Eight bomb blasts on Sunday targeted churches and five-star hotels in
Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka. The church explosions took
place in the midst of Easter Sunday services to produce maximum
carnage.

Over 215 people were killed, including dozens of foreigners, 450
injured.

No one has claimed credit for attacks, and Sri Lankan officials are
telling the media not to speculate. So I won't speculate, but I will
list the possibilities:
  • Tamil separatists. The extremely bloody Sri Lanka civil war ended
    in May 2009. It was fought between the Buddhist Sinhalese ruling
    majority versus the Hindu Tamil separatists.
  • Muslim jihadists. They mostly sat out the civil war between the
    Buddhists and Hindus, and actually benefited from it economically,
    since they just did their jobs and weren't trying to kill anyone.
  • Buddhist nationalists. The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS - Forces of
    Buddhist Power) terror group, led by Buddhist monk Galagoda Aththe
    Gnanasara, was formed in 2012 to purify Sri Lanka for the Buddhists by
    exterminating the Christians, Hindus and Muslims. Gnanasara was
    jailed last year for terrorist acts.
The police have arrested 13 suspects, and officials say that they'll
be able to announce the perpetrators on Monday.

---- Sources:


-- LIVE: Death toll in explosions reaches 215 – Curfew declared
https://www.newsfirst.lk/2019/04/21/exp ... kochikade/
(NewsFirst, Sri Lanka)


-- Multiple Blasts In Sri Lanka Kill 207, 13 Arrested Says Defence
Minister: Updates
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/multipl ... es-2026245
(New Delhi TV)


---- Related

** 12-Jun-17 World View -- Sri Lanka targets radical nationalist Buddhists in Bodu Bala Sena (BBS)
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e170612

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** 21-Apr-2019 Seasteading -- Hiding out from World War III

Several people have asked where they could hide out from WW III, and I
completely forgot about this one, from 2016:
John wrote: > By the way, you haven't said in a long time. Are you still making
> plans to survive at sea with your family in a specially designed
> floating home? That would be really amazing.
vincecate wrote: > Still working on it. Got some aluminum and a welder and making a
> boat big enough to ride on this summer. Also getting into 3D
> printing to test out ideas. With either several models like 5
> foot each or several of the ride on size I will test out software
> for a train of boats sometime in the next year. I have a real
> naval architect that will design something we could live on in the
> next year or so. So coming along. My goal is to do it before my
> kids are leaving the nest, which gives me 4 or 5 years still
> probably.

> Stuff should be coming on http://www.islandboys.ai/ this summer.

> Real goal is to make something I can sell, not just for my family.

> -- Vince
Vince lives in Anguilla and claims that he and his family will ride
out the war in the middle of the ocean a specially designed
solar-powered vessel with room for his family, where he can grow food,
and so forth.

If you're interested in pursuing this, just do a search
on the word "seasteading." There are lots of links.

I was reminded of this when I saw a news report last week about a
couple who built a seastead home in Thailand's exclusive economic zone
(EEZ), though not in its territorial waters. According to the story,
Thailand may even threaten them with the death penalty because the
seastead home challenges their sovereignty. However, the couple fled
before the Thai police came to arrest them.

However, the seastead the Vince Cate was talking about would not sit
in one place but would float and move around. If you're trying to
escape WW III in a seastead, I'd suggest some place far away from
land.

---- Source:

-- Seasteading / The “freest person in the world” faces a possible
death penalty in Thailand
https://qz.com/1600609/seasteading-cabi ... h-penalty/
(Quartz)

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Found a great article on the insanity of the boomer globalist policies toward nationalism and their foreign policies toward Russia and China.

https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/03/1 ... in-chains/

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Cynic Hero 86 wrote:Found a great article on the insanity of the boomer globalist policies toward nationalism and their foreign policies toward Russia and China.

https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/03/1 ... in-chains/
This journal defends Serbia against war crimes and loves Putin. It's a crankfest :roll:

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