Chuck Spinney: Should US Leave Afghanistan? Is BBC Out of Its Mind? Robert Steele Comments

The attached BBC report/video by John Simpson describing Afghan attitudes toward the US/UK exit struck me as bizarre.  The weight of Simpson’s gist is that most Afghans do not want us to leave.  But the report based most of its information on interviews in Kabul and only a short part (the wobbly part) on the …

Berto Jongman: Atrocities Etcetera + Best of Ukraine 1.7

9/11: CIA black operation murders Philip Marshall? (Wayne Madsen) BITCOIN: arrest of operators of two exchanges BOOK: Integrated Peacebuilding: Innovative Approaches to Transforming Conflict CHINA: annual urban exodus tracked by Baida CONGO: ambush of commander CONGO: situation worsening CYBER: cash registers – crime wave

Reference: HSBC South-South Special – What a Globalizing China Means for Latin America + China RECAP

Points to Consider: 01 PRC Rising in Caribbean, Central & South America 02 Banking, Mining, Power, Water… 03 PRC Non-Official Rising Employer and Tax Revenue Power 04 Not Addressed: Export of Chinese Males — Demographic Majority Inevitable Source Snap-Shot: South-South ties between China and LatAm are growing beyond the well-known trade flows. Chinese corporates are …