pp shukla

Diplomatic Adviser to 3 Indian Prime Ministers;; Ambassador Kiev, Singapore, Canberra & Moscow. Impatient with PC and wokeness.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

Reminded me of Orwell: “War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength.”

[SMQ @smqureshi]

@asadnasir2000 It's Unsafe 🪖
#Patriotism #Pakistan #مزاحمت_سے_انقلاب_آئے_گا

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

And on that, she’s right. He job IS to parrot lies. She and cnn have been at it for years.

[Miranda Devine @mirandadevine]

She thinks her job is to keep parroting lies.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

Trump needs to read the story of the boy who cried wolf.

[Robert Spencer @jihadwatchRS]

Trump calls off another Iran offensive, ‘the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to’

How many times will he go through this ridiculous charade? Doesn’t he realize that whenever the rulers of the Islamic Republic need to buy time to gather their strength, they tell Trump they’re ready to negotiate? Doesn’t anyone around him have the sense and honesty to explain to him that the Islamic Republic will never honor any negotiated agreement with the United States?

Read more at the link in the next post.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

https://t.co/JoUUSg4UQo
As Trump calls another pause in the war, it's worth recalling advice from Chanakya: "In war, do not employ peace tactics. In peace, do not neglect war training." The US seems to have fallen foul of both aphorisms.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

Sad about the passing of Gary Sobers. I had the good fortune of seeing him play in Delhi in the 1958-59 tour. He certainly deserves the GOAT title - cricket will not see his like again.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

Thank God for someone who knows a hat from a cap - a hat has an all-round brim, a cap has a peak, intended to be worn facing front, a beret has no brim.
The Fedora Gives Way to the Baseball Cap by Joseph Epstein https://t.co/WmvJtedNQ2 via @WSJopinion

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

2/2hasn’t even been tackled yet, the nuclear weapons programme. Anyhow, one hopes this is the end of Trump’s make-believe phase, that the Iranians are vying for an agreement.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

1/2 Took him time to realise it was still born. The loose talk in the western media about Iran having “won” the war has pumped them up into actually believing that they are the new superpower on the block. And this when the real hard issue

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

BREAKING: Trump says as far as he is concerned, the MOU with Iran is over

https://t.co/R1CINbUZQG

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

Check out this article: https://t.co/VQkLZHutzV
In a sad way, appropriate that he self-immolated at the UN HQ. There are several UN GA resolutions calling for self-determination for Tibet, and none implemented. Will their day ever come?

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

They say a wise man learns from others’ mistakes, a fool learns from his own. What category are those in, who don’t learn even from their own mistakes? Too clever by half.

[Mir Yar Baloch @miryar_baloch]

India talking with the terrorist Pakistan?
Why?

Instead of having track 2 diplomacy with Pakistan, why can't the same be initiated with the leadership of Balochistan, Sindh, Pashtun and Kashmiris.

Pakistan has been badly defeated by the people of the Republic of Balochistan and unofficial meetings via track 2 diplomacy will not send a message to the Indian public and the allies of India.

The republic of Balochistan will never talk to Pakistan, our stance is crystal clear, #PakistanMustVacateBalochistan and surrender its weapons to Baloch freedom fighters and Baloch nation.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

2/2 But the truth is, as this news item shows, that it was Iran that attacked Ras Laffan on 2 March first. Moreover, Qatar had suspended LNG export already then. It’s not as if there’s been any fresh reduction in LNG supply.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

1/2 Gas prices soar as QatarEnergy halts LNG production after Iran attacks | Energy News | Al Jazeera https://t.co/fQR5Gzw2cG via @AJEnglish
All the headlines are screaming that Iran attacked Ras Laffan in retaliation for Israel’s attack on South Pars.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

Your "context" merely repeats what I said, and does not in any way change my position.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

Readers adding context is also becoming misleading . Cure or not, why suppress a promising line of inquiry? We can guess why the medical system would ignore it today, but it might have been taken up when it was suppressed.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

Readers adding context is also becoming misleading . Cure or not, why suppress a promising line of inquiry? We can guess why the medical system would ignore it today, but it might have been taken up when it was suppressed.

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

BREAKING: Hidden CIA document declassified after 60 years with potential cure for cancer, per Daily Mail.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

I've just seen the sad news of the passing of Roy Medvedev at the age of 100. I met him several times during my three assignments in Moscow. He confirmed to me at one of our lunches that he was named after MN Roy. I learned a lot from him. Mir ego prakham.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

Churchill is supposed to have chided Chamberlain after Munich 1938 - you were given a choice between war and dishonour, you chose dishonour. And you shall have war. Replace “war” with “civil war” and you have a perfect fit for today.

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

Today marks the end of the survivor participation for our rape gang inquiry hearings. I simply have no words that describe the bravery and courage of these women who have come forward.

No words.

What they have been through is indescribable.

It has been a life-changing experience for me. I never thought such evil was possible. Never. Not here, in Britain. In our towns, in our communities. It is pure evil. These men are so utterly depraved.

If it were up to me, thousands of them would receive the death penalty.

To do what they did, on such an industrial scale, to innocent young girls - many of whom were already in such an incredibly vulnerable place? There is no redemption possible. The world is a better place without them in it.

I started this inquiry because so many others failed.

Speaking honestly, I did not understand how deep this evil is rooted in our society.

Police, politicians, council officials, the NHS, social workers, children’s homes - it is everywhere.

IS everywhere. Not was. IS.

Meeting these women, and men, listening to how severely they were failed by those tasked to protect them? My views have changed forever. I knew it was bad. I never knew how bad it was.

Every single one who has come forward is a hero in my view.

The courage and grace in how they have conducted themselves is unlike anything I have seen in my life. All because they don’t want others to suffer the same fate. That is an extraordinary sacrifice. They could have just moved on with their lives. Tried to forget. But no, they chose to do this. I am in awe of all of them.

Our hearings will finish tomorrow, following the contribution of three more expert witnesses.

Then the next stage begins. We will produce a report, and then we will seek to put people in prison. There are FAR more testimonies and evidence to release - this will keep coming and coming and coming.

Even with a media blackout, we have reached tens of millions. We have made real progress.

And following such immense demand, we will reopen the portal so that more women can tell their stories.

This is just the beginning.

Politicians from all parties have failed these girls, again and again and again.

I do not intend to join that list.

To everyone who donated, thank you. To our team, thank you. And especially to the survivors, thank you.

I believe that together we can start to make Britain understand what is happening, and then finally do something about it.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

2/2 rumours abound. Interim also because there's more to come - either Xi stabilises the situation, or the PLA reasserts itself. Time is short for Xi: there's the two sessions in early March, and Trump's visit in April. Needs to get his house in order fast.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

1/2 Xi Vs The Generals: Why It Matters To India https://t.co/ezaCAP3ANa
My interim assessment of the recent developments in the ongoing confrontation between President Xi and the PLA Ground Force. Interim because we don't have the full facts yet though

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

3/3 And the nationalists lose focus, gradually regressing towards the globalist agenda. I’ve seen it in the uk, and am seeing it now in India and the US. Almost a pattern.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

1/3 There’s a more general point here: the globalists everywhere have an agenda and know how to exercise power. The nationalists enjoy broader support, but are only able to halt the globalist march for a while, but hardly ever reverse it.

[Eric Matheny @ericmmatheny]

You know what Democrats did when they had congressional majority?

They empaneled the J6 Committee.

What do Republicans do with their majority?

Grill other Republicans under oath.

[pp shukla @ppshukla]

2/3 And when the globalists return to power, as happens ineluctably because the globalists base gets disillusioned with their failure to effect real change, then they push forward with renewed vigour and hatred for their targets.