Koko: Alert Reader on Near Future — China Rules, US Allies with Russia

Alert Reader, retired senior intelligence officer, writes in: Robert, in my opinion Russia has already established control over the Middle East by defeating ISIS, ISIL, Daesh et al. Putin’s incredible ability to negotiate win/win trade deals and weapons purchases of Russian advanced defensive weapons by so many Mideast nations is expanding the Russian Federation’s economy. All …

Patrick Buchanan: We Cannot Win a War Today for Two Reasons – Our $4 Trillion Gift to China and Our $7 Trillion Quagmire in the Middle East…

Can U.S. fight 2 cold wars at once? Pat Buchanan: ‘We have, for decades, been financing the buildup of a Communist China’ How did the United States, triumphant in the Cold War, find itself beset on so many fronts? First, by intervening militarily and repeatedly in a Mideast where no vital U.S. interest was imperiled, …

R. Evan Ellis: The Impact of China on the Latin American Security Environment

The Impact of China on the Latin American Security Environment To frame the nature of China’s impacts on the Latin America and Caribbean security environment, it is important to understand that the rise of the PRC is simultaneously affecting the region in multiple interdependent ways, often indirect and unintentional. These include altering its economic structure, …

Berto Jongman: CIA Claims It Lost Dozens of Spies in China and Iran to Failed Google Covert Communications (Robert Steele Comments: BULLSHIT — This is a Cover Story for Not Having Any Spies in Those Countries)

Dozens of US spies killed after Iran and China uncovered CIA messaging service using Google One former official claiming that “our biggest insider threat is our own institution”. The CIA’s communications suffered a catastrophic compromise. It started in Iran. Yahoo News’ reporting on this global communications failure is based on conversations with eleven former U.S. …

Yoda: China Develops Saltwater Rice in Dubai, Could Feed 80 Million

China successfully harvests saltwater rice that could feed another 80 million people Chinese scientists have harvested alkali-resistant ‘sea rice’ planted in east China’s Shandong Province, marking initial success of an ambitious plan to boost the country’s rice production and feed an additional 80 million people. Earlier this year, the research team successfully grew and harvested …