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Foreign AffairsRe: Muslim World React To Obama's Declaration by Appleyard(m): 1:58am On Nov 21, 2015
Whats the fuse all about?
Foreign AffairsRe: Erdogan Urges United Muslim Front Against Terror by Appleyard(m): 1:50am On Nov 21, 2015
I see. But i don't think erdogan is ready yet to fight extremism and terrorism. You cant be calling for a united front against terrorism and islamic extremism while openly aiding and abeting the same group of people in Syria, under the guise of moderate rebels. You cant eat ur cake and have it. It is either you bend or you break.
Nevertheless, ther is every need for all hands to be on in tackling the menace of islamic extremism.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Strikes ISIL Targets In Syria With 34 Cruise Missiles (VIDEO) by Appleyard(m): 4:04pm On Nov 19, 2015
Lucasbalo:
Good for Russia then. I know right wing politicians in US like George W, Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld, McCain and their enablers shouting the same mantra here. When the terrorists gets to do damages in US cities, people turn against them. I am all for Russia in Syria as long as America gets out of that junk hole.
I see. But America is still involve in the region till date.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Strikes ISIL Targets In Syria With 34 Cruise Missiles (VIDEO) by Appleyard(m): 3:50pm On Nov 19, 2015
NairaMinted:
AMEN!!

What are your thoughts on this video by the way:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=lnAeM73hIpU
Am still trying to load the video. May just be my browser fault.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Strikes ISIL Targets In Syria With 34 Cruise Missiles (VIDEO) by Appleyard(m): 3:02pm On Nov 19, 2015
Lucasbalo:
One thing people don't understand about Middle East is that Russia will eventually regret getting in the middle of civil war between Sunnis and Shiites. Russia don't have the economic power to see this to a conclusion. When bombs start going off in Moscow, St. petersburg and other Russian cities, putin will find out that you break it, you own it. As for me, i want America to withdraw all her troops and bases from the Middle East. I do not want another 911 on American soil. I could care less if they wipe each other out in that part of the world. Putin will soon collapse the struggling economy of Russia with his adventure. I love America out of that hell hole and Russia in that God forgotten hell on earth.
Russia is doing what is necessary, knowing that if it doesnt confront them in Syria now, it will have to fight them back home later. Putin got the backing of his people. Knowing what IS is, and having declare war on Russia. Russia is more than capable to take on isis and i dont see anything keeping it bogged down.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Strikes ISIL Targets In Syria With 34 Cruise Missiles (VIDEO) by Appleyard(m): 3:28pm On Nov 18, 2015
The Russian s have come, the Syrians have seen, and behold they are conquering now and gradually coasting towards victory. No matter how long the journey maybe, the forces of good will eventually prevail over those of evil. Putin and Syria will surely win the battle.

Go Russia! Go Syria!
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran And Saudi Arabia Clash Inside Syria Talks by Appleyard(m): 12:04am On Nov 14, 2015
@scully95. Your wahhabist and takfirist/Zionist theory in connection to the Afghanistan, Yugoslavic wars, the attack on independent and resource rich nations, and the boko haram connection ditto nigeria, is indeed one that falls within reality. But be it known to you that such expositions of the truth are being dubbed as '' conspiracy theory, '' which is only a false tag employed to discredit the integrity of the critical thinker. I just dont have the time to delve into history, but some facts should suffice. We all know what happened to Iraq and Libya-but not quite long ago, a retired US 5star general spill the beans that the US had planned to invade 7nations of which are Libya, Iraq, and Syria. What this meant is that these nations have long been on the hit list of the hegemon and excuses under false pretext and coded colour revolutions have to be created to warrant the invasions.
Today, we now know that Iraq have no WMD. Ghadafi died, and Syria is today bleeding like hell. What was their crimes? For daring the dollar - apart from the greed of the elites. We all know how the US predicted the break up of Nigeria in 2015, ditto the birth of Boko Haram, and how the violence intensified immediately Nigeria announced plans to switch from the dollar to the Chinese Yuan as reserve currency.
The fact that boko haram is a foreign sponsored insurgency tied to wahhabism, was underlined by the attempted visit by one of it's leader from the mideast to Nigeria, and the visa crisis that follows. Coupled with the fact that villagers in the north have seen foreign men on copter dropping cash and weapons for boko haram.

The wahabisim link is real.
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran And Saudi Arabia Clash Inside Syria Talks by Appleyard(m): 3:16pm On Nov 13, 2015
Truthpallbearer:
Appleyard Saudi Arabia doesn't fund terrorism or Support terrorists (an-Nusra, DAESH/ISIL/ISIS). I was on this page before I researched into the truth and differentiated between facts and propaganda. Ideologically, logically and politically the accusation is false because the terrorist groups considered the al-Saud family as apostates which must be toppled as they don't protect the interest of Muslims, they called them friends of kuffar (West and Israel) that assisted in the killing of Muslims in Muslims countries. They accused them of not judging by shariah in some issues and adopt man made laws to judge between people.
The Saudi govt fought terrorists within Saudi Arabia way before the takefeeris went global and offered support to its allies in the region and the West. The terrorists called the scholars of Islam that refuted their falsehoods as scholars of petrodollars and mummified scholars and called those that worked with govt as apostates that must be killed first before others. The Saudi govt have the best counter-terrorism system in the world. Most of the anti-Saudi rhetoric and propaganda emanates from Iran, some liberals and other groups within the Muslim sects that have hatred for Saudi Arabia and what they stand for. The Western media will take such negative propaganda without verifying them and spread it to cause distrust and hatred for the kingdom.
http://realy? Well, i think you are still understanding the foudational history of Saudi Arabia. This link should help.
www.globalresearch.ca/why-does-the-u-s-support-saudi-arabia-a-country-which-hosts-and-finances-islamic-terrorism-on-behalf-of-washington/5398408

i believe you knew what they did in Iraq, and what they are doing now in Syria?
Foreign AffairsRe: Iran And Saudi Arabia Clash Inside Syria Talks by Appleyard(m): 2:17am On Nov 12, 2015
It is ignorance that makes the rat thinks she can bell the cat. Satan-Arabia insisting that Assad must go before any meaningful peaceful accord can be reach, speaks volume of how stupidly audacious and pained they must be feeling towards the Syrian issue, as it relate to the Russian involvement. It is understandable, in that, years of funding and aiding of terrorism to destroy another nation for the soul of " gas, " with billions spent so far, is about going up in flames, as the Syrian regime backed by Russian air-power, is slowly but gradually making gains in retaking of some territories formally under the terrorist. If the house of Sauds thinks it can continue with the increasingly unpopular Assad must go mantra, then they can expect to lose more financial, material and human resources in trying to realize their sick dream. With Russia in Syria, it is only a zombie that would still want Assad out unilaterally!
Foreign AffairsRe: A Meme Thread On America's Hegemony, Hubris & Hypocrisy by Appleyard(m): 1:25am On Nov 12, 2015
CFCfan:
And to prove my point, Republican "insiders" picked Rubio as the winner of yesterday's debate..
Yeah! They are just moving in the right direction as predicted.
Foreign AffairsRe: A Meme Thread On America's Hegemony, Hubris & Hypocrisy by Appleyard(m): 12:44am On Nov 12, 2015
NairaMinted:
Yup! You noticed how CNN and a host of other mainstream media blew Hilary's trumpet as the winner of the last debate despite online polls showing that Bernie had won by an average of at least 70-80%?

The elections is the most elaborate and sophisticated sham ever. The US "democracy" is the best democracy that money can buy. Simple! A complete farce but a lot of people don't see it.
Foreign AffairsRe: A Meme Thread On America's Hegemony, Hubris & Hypocrisy by Appleyard(m): 12:42am On Nov 12, 2015
CFCfan:
And so-called presidential elections are a sham. The Globalists select the nominees of both major parties.
The Economist, a globalist mouth-piece, seems to have revealed that Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio are the anointed ones this time....
You certainly know what you are saying. America's electoral system is a sham.
Foreign AffairsRe: A Meme Thread On America's Hegemony, Hubris & Hypocrisy by Appleyard(m): 12:38am On Nov 12, 2015
NairaMinted:
Oga, this is Foreign Affairs with as little words as possible. Memes are doing all the talking. How on earth is something this serious a joke?
Foreign AffairsRe: A New War Began On October 31st by Appleyard(m): 12:22am On Nov 12, 2015
I think one possible theory of downing the plane is to draw Russia into a a full fledge attack and war on IS in the middle east, for what reasons, i don't know. But i believe Russia won't buy into that idea. But one thing is certain: if Russia secret services are able to establish a connection between Qatar or Satan-Arabia with the terrorist bombing of the plane, then you can expects some high-up heaads to start rolling. But it is not going to be done in the open; expect covert eliminations to follow. Just my thought anyway.
As for the terrorists, no amount of plane downing would help them. The casualties they are taking in Syria is so mush that they now have to resort to propaganda of Russia killing civilians and bombing hospitals. I expect some uptick in activities at the front lines, but Russia wont play into their hands. I believe Putin and his team must have analysed the reasons and scenario very well to take the right path.

Believe me, its just a matter of time, the IS will get its back broken soon. But expect something terrible to happen in either vassals sponsored terrorist states in the mideast. The place is a time bomb as we speak.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia’s Intervention In Syria – A Reality-based Evaluation by Appleyard(m): 12:00am On Nov 12, 2015
major success is been recorded by the Syrian regime as we speak. They have now lifted the IS siege of an airbase, and free the highway to Aleppo. The Russian coordination is paying off big time.
Foreign AffairsRe: Drop Your Condolence Message For FRANCE. by Appleyard(m):
Adieu, God is with you in the afterlife.
Foreign AffairsRe: Putin Working On Weapons To Counter US Anti-missile Shield. by Appleyard(m): 2:04pm On Nov 11, 2015
okosodo:
These guys are no match to NATO
Did you even know why NATO was originally established and still functioning till now?
Foreign AffairsRe: 9/11 BOMBSHELL: METHODICAL DECEPTION -- Rebekah Roth by Appleyard(m): 4:40pm On Nov 10, 2015
Missy89:
Yeah some of her theories makes sense. I just dont like the way she responds do reasonable criticism of her work. The truther community is divided of many events and it is hard to reach one conclusive theory about how the whole thing went down so there are different theories.

I will just pm it to you and lemme know what you think.
Thanks alot Missy, i will do just that.
Foreign AffairsRe: Week Five Of The Russian Intervention In Syria: The Russians Are Digging In by Appleyard(m): 4:37pm On Nov 10, 2015
Victory is not always easy to come by, but on the long run, the Syrians should prevail. Thanks to Putin for standing against those sons of Cain.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Jamming System Blocks All NATO Electronics Over Syria by Appleyard(m): 4:13pm On Nov 10, 2015
Zoharariel:
Ofcourse, US has been firing long range missiles, just like the ones they fired on Kunduz Hospital in Afghanistan on 3rd of October, killing over 22 civilians including multiple children.

My friend, abeg, stop watching CNN. grin

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of-world/2015/10/05/kunduz/

Vladimirovich Mohammadu Putin; Thou fire of my loins, Arise and killuminate all my enemies. grin
gringringrin
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Jamming System Blocks All NATO Electronics Over Syria by Appleyard(m): 4:07pm On Nov 10, 2015
NairaMinted:
Anyone heard these rumours that Russia is planning to use nuclear weapons in Syria?

Is it Western propaganda or there is an element of truth to it?

@Appleyard, @SirShymm3x, @truckpusher @underground @cap28 @ CFCfan


Update: Probably it's nothing as folks like Michael Yon is notoriously anti-Kremlin
I heard it somewhere that Russia have deployed tactical nukes to Syria. I am still trying hard to get the original info from the source. He is an e-pal that lives in St.Petersburg and work for one of the news outlets there. Still trying to get to him.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian Jamming System Blocks All NATO Electronics Over Syria by Appleyard(m): 4:02pm On Nov 10, 2015
jnhmaxxwell:
You need to see this to understand.. TO have an idea of what Russia got. See the Old KRET capabilities here.. https://www.nairaland.com/2706250/video-how-kret-richag-av-russian#39584648

What is the essence of anti-aifract when it can't shoot down a military airplane..Let me even tell you one known fact today. I witness this myself.. If Russian military comes close to your home like say 20-30km.. All the battery or anything that has to do with transmitters will not work for some time. Your car battery will run down. Phone.. just name it.. Communication will be jammed.. Just forget about communication for some time.. This is how to fight war in the 21st century. This is one of the main reasons mcCain delivered Stingers battery are not working. So you can't shoot down any military copter..

The copters are used for the jamming and then SU bombers follows to deliver heavy bombs at ISIL's door step.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=103&v=unrtNOTJd34
Foreign AffairsRe: 9/11 BOMBSHELL: METHODICAL DECEPTION -- Rebekah Roth by Appleyard(m): 3:52pm On Nov 10, 2015
Underground:
The bottom line is 911 is obviously a false flag operation.
Truthers in their quest to piece together the events of that day and the actors behind those events, will undoubtedly be off the mark in some of their analysis. It's easy to point out holes in some analyses such as thermites (or some other material entirely used separately or alongside the termite to bring down the towers in a controlled manner) since it's hard to prove that it was indeed used in light of the debris being carted away.

Will be expecting the links.
I quite agree with you. It was clearly a false flag, and as people try to put the pieces together, mistakes and incorrect assessment and analysis are bound to be made.
Infact, however way you want to look at it, every theory regarding the event sounds probable and seems to fit in one way or the other, though we may never know the real deal that marks the catastrophy of that day.
Foreign AffairsRe: 9/11 BOMBSHELL: METHODICAL DECEPTION -- Rebekah Roth by Appleyard(m): 3:44pm On Nov 10, 2015
Missy89:
The thermite story has been debunked long time ago.

She said when the plane was taken over by remote control, the pilot won't have a way to contact air control that they have been hijacked and when the transponder is turned off, the plane won't show on the radar screen. That wasnt true either. And the claim that the original passengers were gas to death had no substantial evidence to back it up

She even said flight attendants have a code word during hijacking which is also false.

I argued about her book on reddit few months ago. My point is, there are better 911 truthers narrative than Roth. She is no expert because she was a flight attendant.

She only added little information to what we already know.The rest looks like fiction to me. Everybody is claiming to be an expert these days.

Her work was reviewed by Paul Zarembka another Truther and Andrew Johnson. Will send you the links. I dont want to be banned by spambots here again.
I still think her theory sounds plausible, but you will do well to help with the links to review of her work by the said Paul zarembka. You can post the link on your signature, or how do plan to send it? The way this spambots is banning people this days is making one wish to grab the head of one of those Mods dwn here. I posted a simple reply to somebody that contains nothing offensive, and the damn spambots banned me last week. i won't be surprise if i am banned for this post.
PoliticsRe: Russia Can Destroy Us – Top U.S. Army General by Appleyard(m): 6:24pm On Nov 09, 2015
mazeltov:
Lwkmd, Appleyard, you keep recycling the same defective/substandard point and it has long lost its taste and sensitivity and has also plunged my psyche to sustain this back and forth due to your unceasing projection of Vietnam war aberrance and misconception.
Also, your premeditated banality encrusted in form of humoral reposite to engage my antecedent comments holds no modicum of analytical cum appealing positivism to even apostrophize some preponderant fact I have bewrayed which was, Who defeated America? on the same theme was failure to address what led to gradual withdrwal of American's troops.
Also your protracted frivolities to absorb the above ''apothegm'' in question has diaphanously publicized the depth of your knowledge as regards to all-inclusive scenarios in Viet war but I would like to depurate the little profundity of yours for the last time.
Firstly Viet war was bifacial which means, the winner did't achieve its intrisic objective and the loser didn't give up the rope so it's illogical, unreasoned and unprofessional to converge the lines of your prejudiced interests on the American's elementary objective(s) without complementing it with some unimpeachable axioms like
1. What led to gradual exodus of troops in Viet?
2. You failed to assess the 'then' state of war and who was at home, who was invading.
3. Was America on the verge of victory before their ballon was punctured by citizens' protest at home.
Above all, who defeated America?

I thought all these questions would spring to your mind and the potency of your insight/knowledge would be channeled to these cynosures as aforementioned above, but you keep battologizing the same subterguge to beguile the minds fleeceable ones by saying the outcome of a war is not determined by who inflicts most casualties; for God's sake, this is paralytic, unprofessional and out of point.
I never argued about the objective of United state to invade and uphold Viet but this mission wasn't blown away because they lost in the frontline or by the dexterity of the enemies' art of war - but because there was another war at home which had already divided americans. Yes I agree, America couldn't achieve their objective but the question I keep asking is who defeated America?
I pray this closest example will give you a clue of my point
In a fight between Appleyard and Mazeltov, Appleyard's primary objective is to cut off Mazeltov's head and after Appleyard had beaten Mazeltov mercilessly and helplessly, Appleyard was unable to cut off Mazeltov's head due to some prevailing circumstances.
Note: Appleyard's decision or inability to cut off Mazeltov's head doesn't mean that Appleyard lost the fight to Mazeltov and it doesn't mean that Mazeltov defeated Appleyard in the fight. - with this, the burning question is, who won the fight between the two?
chill, your answer is as good as mine.
grin Dancing unclad on the pendulum of apologeism based on ex post facto excuses won't vulcanize the derogatory premise enshrined in your illogical insinuations. There is nothing de novo in this In haec verba of your jingoistic postulation, including mine to a certain degree, as thou keep travelling on the wavelenghts of repititions, only paraphrasing and rephrasing like Joseph's coat of many colours. As plausible as your Appleyard and Mazeltov hypothetical scenario may sound to the shallow minded, coupled with the fact that so far, there appears to be no Aminus Furandi by you, i must say however that it is regretably Culpa Lata on your part as you continue to undermine the inalienable concept of objectivity in relation to success. War is about objectives and achieving defined objectives is why States engages in war. This is the fundamental difference between individual goals and State oriented objectives. Oh Mazeltov, if wars are to be fought and success measured based on you premise, then there would be no need for nations to engage in wars. Then the axis forces during WW2 won the war after inflicting considerable casualties on the allied forces, despite losing out at the end. Then Hitler won the war against Russia after inflicting unimaginable losses against the latter, not withstanding that Moscow eventually occupied Berlin.
Dear brother, war is either success or failure regarding objectives. Every soldier knows this to be true. There are no Oboes here. No two ways around it!

In as much as we have exhibited mush of our intellectual views and perceptions on this issue in a matured and tolerable mannner, it however appears that we can never arrive at a Consensus Ad Idem, based on our profound ideological disagreements. Thus, by virtue of our contineous neologism, it is better if we draw the curtain on this, so we don't give room to idiosyncrasy that would only mar the cordial though divergent views we enjoy.

Is been nice digging with you. Stay bless brother!
PoliticsRe: Russia Can Destroy Us – Top U.S. Army General by Appleyard(m): 1:58am On Nov 09, 2015
mazeltov:
Lolzz, Appleyard, despite the fact that you are wrong from head to toe, you reply sounds more like an excuse than reason to me and I could see how hard you have been trying to jump and recoat facts and records so as to unify them with the ignorance of the gullible ones here - who have little or no knowledge about what pellucidly transpired before, during and after Viet war. It's quite unfortunate that many minds have been scorched with this mutual fallacy that America lost the war but I hope this come-back would unyoke their ignorance and give them bright insight. Yes I perfectly understood your standing point which is - the fundamental objectives of America to occupy Viet was not achieved ; not ''defeated'' yes it wasn't. However I will try as much as possible to down beat the message that I'm trying to relay across so as to enlighten and give you pellucid insight.
Firstly I never argued about the intention of America and their course, aims and Objectives of United state in Viet, this is one thing which I can't debate, another thing which you can't debate is the withdrawal of American's troops despite the fact that they have inflicted severe casualties against the opponent. Let's be more objective here and forget about sentiment.I'm defining victory in terms of the number of casualties suffered in the war not in terms of objective and I will gladly tell you why the objective wasn't achieved. The Opponent lost about 195,000-430,000 civilians while the number of soldiers lost was more than 313,000 which is far greater than what United state suffered. Without presupposing, this is a flawless victory for United state and its ally and a heavy loss for the opponent, ''1'' with this figures, one could easily predict the trend of the war and how it could have ended, and one could boldly say that - had it been United state had not withdrawn their troops, it would have been a convincing victory for them.
''2'' America was wining the war until they left Veit, America was on the verge of victory until the protest started. These alone should tell you that America withdrew not becuase they were losing but because they realized that the war lacked merit of support.
Yes I quite agree with you that their objective wasn't achieved but you find it hard to do some fact-findings as regards to why and what led to the withdrawal. Had it been that there wasn't any protest at home in United states, with the 'then' number of casualties, the opponent would have surrendered sooner or later.
Now when the protest against the war began at home, In United States, the effects of the Vietnam War would linger long after the last troops returned home in 1973. The nation spent more than $120 billion on the war in Vietnam from 1965-73; this massive spending led to widespread inflation, exacerbated by a worldwide oil crisis
Now saying that United state was defeated because they couldn't occupy Viet and their aim wasn't achieved is completetly unresourceful, lame and lack merit. That's why up till today, the Us war Veterans in Pentagon always say ''the war was lost at home I rest my case
Contrition twines me like a snake each time i come upon the wake of staccato signals of constant ballucination of the truth in the face of realism. It is trite that in warfare, realism entails the pinacle of success by the crown achievement of objectives. This is the fundamental principle that underlines any war in relation to victory, particularly to the attacking side. Therefore, stop arguing illogically and presenting unreasonable reasons that lack substance in the face of reality. That America " was winning the war " is not as " America won the war ". This is the reality, and not some jingoistic gibberish epilogue excuses.

The outcome of a war cannot be determined by who inflicts the most casualties or wins the most battles...its about the objectives and the outcome reality on the ground at the end of hostilities. The United States entered the war hoping to contain the spread of communism and Soviet influence. The war ended with Vietnam being united under the North's communist influence and Vietnam quickly put their hold on Laos and
Cambodia. The U.S. withdrawal was always imminent, getting increasingly bogged down, frustrated fighting an enemy using unhinged guerilla system of warfare, the US resorted to commiting war crimes-bombing and massacre of women and and children, even with chemical weapons; and in addition to the human and financial cost of the war, the protest was the last nail on the Undertaker's coffin to the Vietnam wrestlemania. Thus, the Paris Accords was quickly secured and Uncle Sam Cayoteid out of Vietnam.

Well, We can jingoistically rewrite all the history we want...like the Japanese do,,,but who runs the country after then and now? There is the answer. You cannot use numbers alone...if so, Carthage won the 2nd Punic war.
It is just plain wrong, even From a military point of
view, they lost. It doesn't matter how many battles
you won, but what happens thereafter the momentous victorious song. The enemy continued to function
militarily and politically. You pulled out and left with no goal achieved and no feather added to your momentous glory. Every bit of land fought over was relinquished to
the NVA. The government you were supporting collapsed, theirs swept south and seized control. There is no depending on how you look at it. There is the reality. They lost.

The US leadership saw the Vietnam bruhaha as an opportunity to create and preserve a client state and deny the USSR a client, much like a business endeavor - the Viet Cong, on the other hand, new that it was a fight for preservation of their homeland and were fueled by the most basic instinct of survival, not for any convoluted concept of Cold War diplomacy and clientele states.

Uncle Sam completely undermined, if not ignorant of, the prevailing spirit of the strongest form of Nationalism in Vietnam, and the consequence was a colossal loss.
Foreign AffairsRe: Putin’s Associate Found Dead In Washington Hotel by Appleyard(m): 2:32pm On Nov 07, 2015
Anything could have happened. RIP
Foreign AffairsRe: 10 Dirty Secret CIA Operations (A Must Read)!!! by Appleyard(m): 2:29pm On Nov 07, 2015
The one that Mostly interest me was Cuba, In the sense that during the American embargo and crisis, the man Fidel Castro gave a prophecy that today came to pass.

“Richard Nixon had been sworn in for his second term as
president of the United States, the Vietnam War was
coming to an end and, following his return from Southeast
Asia, Fidel offered a press conference with foreign
correspondents. “The British journalist Brian Davis asked him: “When do you believe relations between Cuba and the United States, countries that are quite distant despite their geographical proximity, could be re-established?’ ” “Castro answered in a very loud tone of voice, so that
everyone could hear him:

‘The United States will sit down and talk with us when it has a black president and the world has a Latin American Pope.’ ” “

Prophecy fulfilled!cheesy

Argentinean journalist and writer Pedro Jorge Solans
picked up the anecdote during a recent trip to Cuba, while
doing a report about the re-established relations between
the United States and Cuba. Solans’ source was taxi-
driver Eduardo de la Torre, who was in university in 1973. “De la Torre told Solas he was certain of the veracity of
the anecdote. He also recalled the many times they
announced the Comandante’s death, inviting Solas to
count the number of times the international press
reported his death and the many times he came back to
life.” Of course, it would have been impossible at the time to foresee that the humorous phrase would become reality.
If such a prediction was unlikely, even less realistic were
the words spoken 17 years before at Cinco Palmas, at the
foot of the Sierra Maestra Mountains, when the handful of
survivors of the Granma yacht landing gathered to continue the fight against Batista. Faced with the sorry remnants of his troops, made up of a dozen inexperienced combatants and less rifles, Fidel exclaimed:
“Now we can be certain we’ll win this war,” leaving the rebel’s brother [today’s president]
dumbstruck.
The most recent prediction that came true is perhaps the
one regarding the Cuban Five. Shortly after the trial they were subjected to more than 15 years ago, Castro said “They will return.” It’s true that two (Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez) served out their sentences, but, back then, any kind of negotiation leading to their and the other three Cubans release seemed impossible. The worldwide campaign calling for their release, which
saw the support of personalities from the arts, sciences,
parliaments, governments, political parties and religious
leaders helped bring this about, but none of that existed
when Fidel said: “Have no doubts, they will return.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Eduardo Galeano said that Fidel
travels to the future and comes back to tell us how events
will unfold. I could mention other predictions, having to do with climate change (pronounced at the Rio Summit in 1992), the aid to development that an end to the arms race
would spell, and others…but those have not come true yet…


see www.havanatimes.org


The Cosmic order rules the world.
Foreign AffairsRe: Sick A Joke? Charlie Hebdo Mocks Russian Plane Crash In Egypt by Appleyard(m): 1:58pm On Nov 07, 2015
Missy89:
The valid argument is that it is not illegal but what you choose to do with your free speech is moral and there way no measure or control that since we all have different views
I see. But i won't be surprise if that place goes up in flames again. Those guys are something else.
PoliticsRe: Russia Can Destroy Us – Top U.S. Army General by Appleyard(m): 1:55pm On Nov 07, 2015
Tkester:
Mehn I tell ya appleyard, I can never grow tired of reading your posts, It gives me mental ejaculation. Darn, you write with a kind of literary prose that sets my feet dancing Makossa.

Respect
We can do nothing but for the truth. Thanks for the flattery. Your commendations are my motivation. Keep up the good work Soulja!cheesy
PoliticsRe: Russia Can Destroy Us – Top U.S. Army General by Appleyard(m): 1:50pm On Nov 07, 2015
Tkester:
Appleyard, that girl you responded to is a dimwit, she maliciously wants to misrepresent fact. She's a trained LAIR, next time leave her to her lies.

Your analysis on that topic carried the day. You're a champ!
It is my humble submission that every poster here have the right to his or her views, but there are some people you hold in high esteem and distinquished from others - reason - because they argue logically, called a spade a spade when the facts are there, and above all, don't engaged in childish rants of insults and showmanship. That is why i roll with a host of them here and else where. But it is heart breaking when some of this same people later start bending facts, trying hard to re-write history, distorting facts, and above all, trying to redefine certain conceptual meanings and re-establish a contrary normative order based on self conviction (rather than the underlying truth) and misplaced thematic analysis borne out of a lopsided and microscopic view of certain events - all stemming from a warped Steven Wonder's love for the United States of Amaggedon, or another Nation as the case maybe.

Last month at Quora, one completely brainwashed gentleman told me that it was a combination of Poles, and Ukies, armed by the US and Brits, that actually liberated Stalingrad. When i asked the son of Cain on where he got his books and facts from, guess what: he said that Porochenko's statements to that fact is the real deal. And when another fellow probe him further, the brainwashed troller logged out in anger.

As funny as it is, the underlying realization is that, while there is a brazen attempt to re-write history, distort facts or redefine some conceptual meanings, many a people, even among the intellectuals, are buying into the idea, line, hook and sinker. Just as many now believe there are so-called " moderate rebels " - redefining the concept of terrorism, which the US is practically funding; down to the much acclaimed and widely belief of Hitler's killing of six million Jews in the Holocaust, even never at anytime considering the Jewish population spread in Europe as that time.
You can now understand why Malcom X warned against propaganda - the hall mark of Zombiefication!

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