Pacifista

Geostrategic Analysis. Pragmatic comments.
НАТО — это атакующий альянс. За многополярный, мирный мир.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

The U.S. has been significantly weakened by the war with Iran.

This administration depleted our missile defenses, drained our oil reserves, sacrificed our men & women, inflated the price of consumer goods, increased our debt, and neglected our domestic needs…

all for Israel.

[Pacifista @Prof_Pacifista]

@imetatronink @Ih8imperialism In what respects is or could Iranian missile technology—or parts of it—be superior or more advanced than the Russian equivalent? Overall, I have my doubts about that. That said, an Iranian equivalent to the Oreshnik would certainly be nice.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

My raw milk ages better than this.

[Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 @FmrRepMTG]

Sacrifice?? What the fuck are you talking about??

They did not willingly sacrifice themselves.

They were killed because of the war you, Trump, and the admin, are waging on behalf of a FOREIGN COUNTRY, Israel.

You mean their deaths fuel your bloodlust for a senseless war.

[Pacifista @Prof_Pacifista]

@seper8tor The problem with Novogratz is that, ideologically, he is a staunchly left-wing Democrat. He believes his political views are important to the general public. Unfortunately, he is often simply wrong—not to mention that this does absolutely nothing to help the company's reputation.

[Seyed Mohammad Marandi @s_m_marandi]

In other words, Trump has requested a meeting.

[محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf @mb_ghalibaf]

America falsely claims our unfrozen assets will buy their agriculture. Interesting. The only crop we're harvesting is what you planted: decades of mistrust. It's organic, abundant, and homegrown. But apparently the US only exports GMO soybeans, broken promises and trash talks.

[Pacifista @Prof_Pacifista]

@Partisangirl Check mate, USA!

[Pacifista @Prof_Pacifista]

@joshforprogress I stopped reading after the name: Kaja Kallas.

So dissapointed, Peter ...

LOOOOOL

[محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf @mb_ghalibaf]

Wrong strategies and impulsive decisions will reset the entire board for the worse, explode energy infrastructure and markets and create an endless quagmire that you will be stuck in for years.

You will see a different Iran.

[Seyed Mohammad Marandi @s_m_marandi]

😂

[محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf @mb_ghalibaf]

We prefer the language of diplomacy, but we speak other languages far more fluently. Break your commitments, and we'll switch to what we speak best.

You ride the horse you saddled!

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

@GovMikeHuckabee https://t.co/Xeq5xTkkl5

[Dmitry Medvedev @MedvedevRussiaE]

Citizens of EU countries, You should realize your authorities have unilaterally entered into a war with Russia. So be vigilant and don't be surprised by anything. The peaceful sleep is over. But you know who to ask why!

[Alexander Mercouris @AMercouris]

The XI TRUMP Summit was momentous in ways that no-one is saying. It was the second time TRUMP was given a CEASE AND DESIST Demand, this time backed by an implicit warning of Great Power armed conflict, in a period of just over 2 weeks.

Here is the Chinese Foreign Ministry's official translation of the readout which sets out XI's Demand:

"President Xi stressed that the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations. If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy. “Taiwan independence” and cross-Strait peace are as irreconcilable as fire and water. Safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is the biggest common denominator between China and the U.S. The U.S. side must exercise extra caution in handling the Taiwan question."

It is the word 'must' which stands out. For the first time that I can remember, certainly since the end of the Cold War, the leader of another country is telling the United States what it 'must' do.

The US often talks in this way to other countries. It does not expect to be talked to in that way. The Chinese President has however just done precisely that. Moreover, as the photo attached to the Chinese readout makes clear, this was said by the Chinese President to the US President not in a private conversation, where they were the only ones present with translators, but during the full plenary meeting with the entire US delegation present.

The word 'must' is backed by a clear threat of armed conflict. How else to interpret words like 'clashes and conflicts', which might put the entire relationship in 'great jeopardy'?

XI also made clear that for China Taiwan is the paramount issue, overriding all others. Questions of trade, technology, rare earths, Iran, the Strait of Hormuz etc. are secondary. No doubt it was precisely for this reason that China, so as not to dilute the message, declined to enter into substantive discussions on these secondary issues.

In other words China cannot be bribed or bullied or bought or frightened into changing its stance on Taiwan.

It may be that the words in the Chinese language original are softer. It is the Chinese Foreign Ministry however that translated them in this way. I do not believe that Foreign Ministry's translators do not understand the force and weight these words in English carry.

The Chinese, as they always do, were careful afterwards to soften the pill, hosting TRUMP in a banquet in the Great Hall of the People, and giving him tours of the Temple of Heaven and of Zhongnanhai.

That however does not soften the impact of the words. On the contrary, it makes the warning starker still. The fact the Chinese gave TRUMP nothing on any other matter - Boeings, trade, rare earths, Iran, the Strait of Hormuz etc - underlines the point.

This is the second time a Great Power leader has given the US President a warning of this kind in the space of just over 2 weeks.

The previous such warnings were given by PUTIN on 29th April when he warned TRUMP over the phone not to attack Iran again, and gave TRUMP a further warning of the overwhelming retaliatory action Russia would take against Central Kiev if the Victory Day Parade in Moscow on 9th May were attacked.

The fact TRUMP is now repeatedly getting warnings like this from Great Power leaders shows that China and Russia consider him a reckless leader barely under control who cannot be trusted. Certainly the Chinese, after seeing how he has acted in the last few months against Venezuela, Cuba and Iran, and perhaps against Russia in connection with the Valdai attack, don't trust him on Taiwan. Thus the decision to give him the warning.

It also shows the change which has taken place in the global balance of power. Other Great Powers now feel able to make peremptory demands to the US dictating how it should behave over issues like Taiwan.

Previously it was the US alone which did that.

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[Pacifista @Prof_Pacifista]

@MyLordBebo Same.

[Pacifista @Prof_Pacifista]

@mb_ghalibaf Sir, I applaud your rhetorical acumen. It was high time the American imperialist hegemon was confronted in the manner you are currently demonstrating. Thank you most sincerely.

[محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf @mb_ghalibaf]

3 days in, no well exploded.We could extend to 30 and livestream the well here.
That was the kind of junk advice the US admin gets from people like Bessent who also push the blockade theory and cranked oil up to $120+. Next stop:140. The issue isn't the theory, it's the mindset.

[محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf @mb_ghalibaf]

They brag about the cards.

Let's see:
Supply Cards= Demand Cards

SOH (partly played)+BEM(unplayed)+Pipelines(unplayed)= Inv Release (played)+Demand Destruction (partly played)+⏳More Price Adj (to come)

Add summer vacation to the right unless they want to cancel it for the US!

[Will Schryver @imetatronink]

Bold talk for a man whose navy durst not venture within the Gulf of Oman, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Persian Gulf, nor approach within 1000 km of the Bab el-Mandeb.

Even bolder talk for a man who has no minesweepers in the region. They were all withdrawn before the war began.