Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 1:06pm On Jul 02 |
WriteerNg: ⚡Lebanese President Joseph Aoun responded to Hezbollah's criticism of the framework agreement with Israel.
Aoun: "Lebanon made an independent decision to negotiate. We won't let anyone negotiate on our behalf. If you're not interested in a deal, give us another option. There is no other option."
He said Lebanon tried war and it led nowhere, and called on Hezbollah to join the negotiations and present its positions instead of distorting the agreement. He warned: "Argue with me about politics all you want, but don't go near the street." See this rubber-stamp clown of a leader warning hez to stay off the street. Had it not been that hez is the real war machine of Lebanon, by now, you and your cohorts would have been slaves in your own country. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 12:21am On Jul 02 |
LordAdam16: it is also a barefaced lie
he and his ilk of ingr8s are trying to sell the MoU as a divine document that saved iran from impending doom
we know for a fact that iran was exporting oil/gas to china/pakistan via rail we know for a fact that some of their tankers cleared the blockade
why does he have to tell lies to inflate the worth of his useless MoU?
in this same interview the ingr8 was trying to justify buying us agricultural products with frozen funds that aren't even released to iran in the same week of khamenei i funeral
the bast888 has to fall off a building
-Lord Men... When I read that shite from Ghalibaff, ot became dawn on me that, had it not been for the IRGC, the civic political class would have sold out Iran on a platter. Everyone knew Iran was moving crude across the blockade and through other means as well. This daredevil lie is a symptom of corruption and folks like Ghalibaff are the types that could be compromised by the enemy because of their greed to stack up greenbacks even if their mothers lives is required. The IRGC and Iranian intelligence need to keep tabs on him and his cohort. This is a real danger. S |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:52pm On Jun 28 |
SonOfWords: My brother, don't start this conversation. It is triggering, offensive and an outright insult to China.
China as we know it today, is technologically superior to Russia and every other country on the globe.
This is not even supposed to be a debate, but if it ever is, only the US can be argued to be at par with China technologically, but available data puts China ahead.
Acceptably, Russia has made military technological advancements and a chunk of that has been due to the Ukraine impasse since 2022. But even arguing that Russia militarily supercedes China, is a vague assertion that currently cannot be confidently substantiated because China has not been involved in any major military conflicts in recent times. So we don't know what they possess or not, especially as Beijing is known to be very tight-lipped on their military capabilities.
We can debate on other sundry issues, but if you make the mistake of putting Russia ahead of China in technological advancements for any reason, crowd fit gather you beat! That take is too absolute, my brother.  China is very strong technologically, no doubt, but saying it is superior to Russia and virtually every other country in every meaningful area is just not correct. Technology is not one single ladder where one country stands at the top of everything. Different countries lead in different sectors. Russia is not "less advanced" in some blanket sense. In areas like nuclear technology, missile systems, air defense, rocket engines, submarines, hypersonic weapons, and some parts of aerospace engineering, Russia still holds serious depth built over decades. No be joke. That kind of capability is not something you dismiss because another country is doing better in consumer electronics, manufacturing scale, or telecoms. China is ahead in many commercial and industrial areas, especially large-scale manufacturing, batteries, 5G equipment, high-speed rail, and parts of AI deployment. That part is true. But being ahead in those sectors does not mean China has already surpassed Russia and the US in all strategic technologies. In military aviation engines, submarine quieting, certain nuclear weapons expertise, and some advanced propulsion fields, China has spent years trying to close gaps with both Russia and the US. Even now, in some of those areas, Russia and the US still have more mature experience, deeper design history, and more battle-tested or field-tested systems. Make we talk true: experience matters in technology too, especially for defense and aerospace assets. The US also remains ahead of both countries in several critical areas such as top-end semiconductor design, advanced chip tooling, elite research ecosystems, stealth aviation maturity, and some software and computing foundations. Russia, despite economic and industrial limits, still punches far above its weight in a few hard-tech sectors where China is not clearly ahead. So the honest argument is not "China is behind generally" or "Russia is better at everything." The honest argument is that China is powerful, yes, but still behind Russia and the US in some specific high-end technological domains. If person wan argue well, make e avoid sweeping statements, because na there the whole point for weak like dodo. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:23pm On Jun 28 |
WriteerNg: ⚡Ukraine Has Lost 2.4 Million Soldiers Over Four Years of the Special Military Operation, With Over 400,000 in 2026 Alone
Data obtained by hackers who breached Ukrainian Ministry of Defense databases, Territorial Recruitment Center (TCC) records, and morgue registries was published by the Telegram channel Mash.
According to the figures, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had lost approximately 1.7 million personnel by August 2025. Losses then accelerated sharply.
In the first incomplete six months of 2026, Ukraine lost more soldiers than it did throughout all of 2023 — around 400,000 people. The average daily loss rate reached 500 fighters.
The report claims that foreign fighters serving in the Ukrainian forces have been removed from official casualty statistics to avoid damaging the numbers.
Their deaths are recorded under the category of “accidents” or non-combat incidents, allowing Ukrainian authorities to avoid paying compensation to their families. The hackers state that more than 5,000 foreign combatants have been killed in the conflict zone. This is horrible. No wonder the population have shrank that much excluding the figures of persons that fled to neighboring countries. When you look at the ratio of death to death exchanges between Ukraine and Russia, which is mostly at 1000 for less than 50, this statistics becomes even more plausible. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 12:11pm On Jun 28 |
SonOfWords: "We won two world wars", from where to where😂🤡😭?
This one thinks his persistent delusional revisionism is going to change historical facts.
Such a sod. Have t you heard of alternate reality?  |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 2:53pm On Jun 24 |
LordAdam16: apparently, the ongoing rapprochement between iran and france hit a milestone with an entente between the security agencies of both countries two weeks ago details are not public
-Lord This was what I was alluding to in my last post. Iran can actually leverage this moment because Israel per its actions is losing sympathy and friends rapidly across the globe. In geopolitical, there are no permanent enemies. Difficult times makes friends from otherwise strange bedfellows. I ran should pressed on covertly and overtly with the right actors supporting the different factions in Lebanon to unify them under one goal----empower and make the Lebanese government responsive as a sovereign force against any unilateral threat from Israel. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 6:47pm On Jun 20 |
LordAdam16: hasn't been shared here yet, but there is confirmation of the deployment of hts terrorists on the border with lebanon
it is a significant deployment
now many have believed that erdogan will impress on jolani not to invade lebanon but jolani is himself under intense pressure from washington, brussels, and some gulf countries like the uae
there is even talk of a $1,500 sign on bonus for fighters paid by the americans/gulf
in response, iraqi units are deploying to the syrian border and iran has deployed more irgc spec ops to lebanon
-Lord Is high time Iran leverage its control of the strait of hormuz to bring about a change of government in Lebanon by going out in support of the current French sponsored initiative to boost the Lebanese security forces. In return, France and those in support of this backdoor initiative gets a clean pass in the strait, in addition to getting some hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil for free. This is war and anything goes. If the Lebanese government was really a government, this nonsense the genocidal vipers are doing would never have happened. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 2:40pm On Jun 19 |
WriteerNg:
Like I said, the so called peace deal na trick to keep the Iranians hands tied.
They now have to choose between Hezbollah and $300 billion.
Be informed not entertained. Make no mistake about it. Iran will respond very soon. This war isn't over. Its just getting started. But, on this forthcoming round, it would be more like the 12D war---between Iran and Israel primarily. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 2:26pm On Jun 19 |
LordAdam16: we are watching the peak c drama
-Lord I tell you. Missiles will soon start raining between Tehran and Tel Aviv. Bibi never miss an opportunity to demonstrate his reptilian madness. Pedolf will have to chose between ditching satanyahu and getting himself into a quagmire. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 2:06pm On Jun 19 |
aumeehn: Somthing just happened with a friend of mine, and I remember your post About Ukr recruiting Nigerians. There is a woman in my state that started a Company which train graduates for “Remote Jobs” for as low as 50k lol, the woman graduated from a University in Dnipro, and also fluent in Russian, Yesterday my Friend who happened to be her student had an interview with a Ukr company and they are willing to foot all travel his expenses just to work as an IT support staff. 😂😂 Of course, from IT support staff he would be positioned as a stormtrooper where he will likely meet his untimely death. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:43pm On Jun 18 |
LordAdam16: key points of the mou
iran and oman will manage the strait of hormuz (this is huge) no fees for 60 days while iran and oman set up a management mechanism
complete ceasefire on all fronts and withdrawal from lebanon
iran will dilute its highly enriched uranium
all frozen funds will be made available total of over $100b, the mou does not specify a limit while in the past we've heard about two tranches of $12b + $12b during the mou implementation stage
sanctions lifted on oil and derivatives this means that iran can sell to more countries other than china
-Lord That withdrawal from Lebanon is what is spiking the beef between Bibi and pedolf. The child killer will never agree to a withdrawal from the south because it's part of the greater Israel plan. Trump will have to compromise on that or turn a blind eye when Iran decides to rain missiles on Tel Aviv. This thing isn't over yet. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 9:26pm On Jun 18 |
[quote author=WriteerNg post=139749044]) Clown must have a new definition for "neutral".  |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 5:08pm On Jun 18 |
[quote author=WriteerNg post=139742955]⚡Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Iran:
We crippled the Iranian economy, we crippled its industries, we crippled its nuclear program, we crippled so many things. We pushed them back significantly.
We wanted to do much more, and we wanted to continue.
But we have a partner called the President of the United States. He has a small superpower—a small country of 380 million people—that he has to take care of. He has his interests.
As Netanyahu rightly said, he looks after the interests of the United States, and we look after ours.
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Very ungrateful breed.
If not for US sacrifices, Israel would have returned to the stone age.
I don't blame you, I blame the Americans and their superstitious evangelicals that made themselves willing stooges and slaves of Zionism.
US for leave you make Iran beat craze comot your mouth. Bloody child killers. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 5:02pm On Jun 18 |
WriteerNg: ⚡US officials are urging caution about the Iran agreement’s text, describing the 1.5-page MOU as a vague “political document” that omits key back-channel commitments from Tehran.
“People shouldn’t read too much into the language of the MOU,” one official said.
“What’s more important than the actual document is the understandings we have with each other.” Be quiet there! There is no backdoor agreements anywhere. In wars, losers don't dictate the terms of surrender or peace. You launched the war and you lost because you did not achieve any of your goals. So, most, if not everything, was always going to end on Iranian terms and conditions. You have made Iran much more stronger than before, more loved and respected, and more united and richer by the day. The only leverage you have over them right now is the fact that, since you're not agreement capable, things can still go south, especially with an unstable pedolf heading the Whitehouse. Even at that, Iran still hold the aces; Controls the strait-- Maintains the capabilities to target and destroy your assets and allies in the region --- Can continue to disrupt global energy prices even as it's affecting your people right now back home--- Can ruin your party's chances in the midterms if the brouhaha continues --- So, your leverage isn't a leverage at all because it only makes the situation bad for you. In the end, Iran still wins. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 4:33pm On Jun 18 |
WriteerNg: ⚡US officials have now confirmed in a briefing that Iran will get full access to a total of $100 billion in frozen funds and the $300 billion reconstruction fund, both included in the deal with implementation now underway, per WSJ.
More than $150 billion of the fund has already been committed, directly contradicting Trump's claims that the US would not contribute to the $300 billion fund, per Reuters. Pedolf destroyed the JCPOA with Iran and ended up giving more funds and prestige to Iran. What a win for the Epstein clown. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 8:39am On Jun 16 |
WriterrNg: ⚡Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:
"Regarding the negotiations, the resolution of the Supreme National Security Council is the basis of action, and whatever is approved and deemed appropriate by the Supreme Leader will be mandatory for all of us.
Even if my personal opinion differs, I consider myself obliged to follow the final decision of the system; because I believe that they will decide based on foresight and consultation with the wise people of the country, taking into account the interests and benefits of the nation, not under the pressure of specific political currents." Sharap! You bloody sellout. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 11:22am On Jun 14 |
Kobojunkie: Let's stop foaming in the mouth now!
UAE denied attacking Iran back in March 2026, after Iran fired missiles at the nation. Since then, Iran has continued to provoke the UAE and many of the other Gulf states into the war. We are now in June, and things may have changed since then. 
That said, the UAE has, in the last 24 hours, come out to deny all claims that money has changed hands between the UAE and Iran. Guy, use common sense na. The UAE was the largest recipient of Iranian missiles during the thick of the battle. But, during the last skirmishes, not a single missile was fired from Iran upon it. You mean to say Iran just suddenly decided to not bomb them again in out of pity, if a deal hasn't been reached? The recent events only confirms the news that a background deal was reached, and more is still being concluded behind closed door, which also include Saudi, and Qatar. Just give it sometime, the UAE will admit it. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:46am On Jun 14 |
LordAdam16:
not a surprise
the dissatisfaction expressed on this thread certainly burns fervently in the hearts of everyday iranians who have made immense sacrifices
-Lord Pezeskhian should be dragged on the street and flogged publicly. He is the main architect of this looming disaster. Iran holds the aces, but pezekmumu wants to sacrifice them on the alter of appeasement, despite the huge sacrifice thousands of innocent Iranians has paid for US war crimes. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:38am On Jun 14 |
dermmy: This needs to go to FP. Seun will not see this one. Na to push Zionist and Epstein propaganda and criminality to FP e sabi. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:36am On Jun 14 |
WriterrNg: ⚡The U.S. A-327 radar in Bahrain has been destroyed by Iranian strike. Who is updating the list?  America's supposed invincibility and the genocidal vipers self acclaimed regional supremacy has been shredded singlehandedly by Persia. We must give them their flowers. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 10:31am On Jun 14 |
LordAdam16: there are bilateral/multilateral discussions happening in the background about a regional non-aggression pact
these money deals form part of preparatory moves toward that there are ongoing tête-à-tête about how to manage tensions during the war/ceasefire
still, there are thresholds the us will not hit iran's oil/gas infrastructure and iran will refuse to hit uae, qatar, saudi infrastructure because of an "understanding" or a couple of billions
interestingly, the pact will have military and economic components
the firm participants are pakistan, turkey, iran, saudi, oman, and qatar uae is the surprise addition and it is still unclear if they will want to be included in a broad pact or have a separate bilateral understanding with iran egypt is still sorta pissed at iran because the houthis cost them billions in lost revenue from suez canal biz, so they aren't exactly enthusiastic about it nor are they opposed kuwait, bahrain, and jordan have zero agency so they will not be part of the discussions, they'll only sign on after the details are ironed out or have their interests covered/introduced by a third party
-Lord I understand it better now. Thanks for the clarification. At rhe end, Iran will have it it's way. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 4:06pm On Jun 13 |
LordAdam16: iran should still insist on unfreezing their money
this settlement money with the gulf states is separate from the frozen funds
it is funny sha
the epstein 🤡🤡 told the emiratis to deploy their soldiers to seize two iranian islands and they were like f*ck that next thing they did was invite irgc generals to abu dhabi and made a deal
you want mk onlyfans sheikh dey carry ak for wetin people wen dey enjoy soft life
-Lord  Omo. That backdoor deal took the US by surprise. Trump acted like he authorized it to save face.  Now that the UAE, Saudi and Qatar are out, Iran can now have enough breathing space to concentrate its missiles on the rest, especially on the genocidal vipers. But, things can change quickly. What if the US, given their level of treasury, starts relaunching attacks from those countries towards Iran, won't that force Iran to respond by hitting back at them despite the deal that has been struck? Whatever, the US is only delaying the obvious: Iran will have everything end on its terms. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 3:52pm On Jun 13 |
WriteerNg: ⚡The United Arab Emirates is set to unlock billions of dollars for Iran.
At least $10 billion will be released, with the first $3 billion already delivered, and the total could reach $20 billion in exchange for a halt to attacks and renewed economic and intelligence cooperation.
A UAE official said the country seeks de‑escalation and regional stability. Like I said, everything will end on Iranian terms and conditions. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 3:50pm On Jun 13 |
shoodboi2: That guy is a semi-autonomous human drone. Trump didn't even say he was mining Iran's oil out of the ground. What he said was that the US was guiding tankers and ships out of the strait of Hormuz at night, and that Iran couldn't detect them because Iran doesn't have radars and the ships had their lights out.
So, I wonder how this one concluded or got his own information that the US was mining and pumping Iran's oil? Funny enough, Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, stopped short of calling Trump a liar and just said he was unaware of this happening. That guy is lost to reality. I bet he even doubt his own existence. I have blocked him already. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 3:44pm On Jun 13 |
shoodboi2: .
At the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, Russia repeatedly mentioned that the US was running bioweapon labs in Ukraine and planning to use these bioweapons on Russians in Russia and Russian-speaking people in the Donbass.
Ukraine and the US through the CIA and US media lied about this and turned around to claim that it was Russia that was creating a pretext to using bioweapons in Ukraine. Once Russia captured a bioweapons lab in Mariupol, the US media and Ukraine went mute.
And now, this is Tulsi Gabbard, the US Director of National Intelligence, confirming the US really has a bioweapons lab in Ukraine. The technique we saw US and Ukraine use is a well-documented propaganda technique called DARVO, which I have repeatedly mentioned here:
D = Deny - Deny the accusation just as they denied producing bioweapons in Ukraine
A = Attack - Attack the character of the people who accuse them just as they accused Russia of human rights abuses once Russia kept claiming they were producing bioweapons
RVO = Reverse Victim and Offender - Claim the victim is the offender and tag the offender as the victim, just as they tagged Russia, the victim of the would-be bioweapons, as the ones wanting to use bioweapons in Ukraine, while the offenders, Ukraine and the US in this case, were positioned as the would-be victims of these Russian bioweapons They also have these labs in Nigeria. The Russians exposed it. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 1:46pm On Jun 13 |
7 Alamkiir: T So oil is falling to the tanks like waterfall. Where are you taking it from? Even if it's true why not keep enjoying the oil? Why are you informing Iran? Because it never happened. Pedolf just trolling Iran to look tough and smart to its gullible supporters. I like the way Iran is ignoring his bogus claims since it changes nothing on the ground. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 6:43pm On Jun 12 |
WriteerNg: ⚡President Trump announced that the United States has canceled planned strikes against Iran after negotiations were elevated to Iran’s highest levels of leadership and approved by all parties involved.
Trump said the agreement has been endorsed by the U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others, adding that the naval blockade on Iran will remain in effect until the deal is formally finalized.
Details on the signing ceremony are expected to be announced soon. Another classic taco. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 6:17pm On Jun 12 |
FoolishBoy419: Each time I think Trump is not a genius, i look at how he manages to fool supposedly educated people and change my mind It's a real shame seeing how people that called themselves graduates of law and other high and respectable disciplines have been brainwashed on so easily. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 6:02pm On Jun 12 |
Gbadebo19: Trump won't get what he wants 🤣🤣🤣. Millions of Iranian crude are being mined daily under the nose of the so called IRGC in the same Strait of Hormuz they claim they are in control of. As in Iran itself has not sold a tenth of what US has moved from under their nose 🤣🤣 Twitter is agog with mockery of the stupidity of Iran and your likes. Iran called mid strike and begged for the bombing to stop. The same Iran that never spoke directly to US since the ceasefire began and always routed their messages through Pakistan. Trump said nothing other than signature or face total capitulation. There is a reason why folks here blocks you. You think like a robot programmed on and for a specific narrative. The fact that you chose to regulgate what the pedolf said without even the slightest doubt in your mind speaks volumes. Isn't it the same Trump that lies just about anything? Same man that makes bogus claims that only exist in the figment of his Epstein dominated imagination. How do you "mine" millions of barrels of oil in a highly narrow and heavily militarized environment without being spotted? Even if they were using flying saucers, they would have been caught as well, needless to say that moving millions of barrels each day even in the thickest of nights requires massive, continuous fleet of supertankers that are virtually impossible to hide from ordinary human eyes not to mention maritime and satellite trackers. Oboy, get sense!.  Trump is getting nothing. If things are working in his favour, he wouldn't have bribed Iran with $3 billion to stop attacks on its pet project, Israel.  Iran wasn't the one that called for a ceasefire, the US did and will still call for an end to this latest round as well. Right now, Trump is on the same lost ship as Gulliver's travels. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 3:50pm On Jun 12 |
WriteerNg: 😂 🤣 😭 🤣 😂 🤣 😭 🤣
Xi has already left North Korea.
Not gonna lie it was a super boring visit that didn't even get much coverage. Unlike Putin's visit.
Xi is a boring leader. Xi's clumsy, pacifist leadership style is a big, fat geopolitical red flag for any serious minded and clear thinking country that aligns with China and is relying on Beijing's economic and security coverage as a supposed ally to successfully navigate the modern complex, dangerous and extremely competitive geopolitical terrain. The rocket man in Pyongyang is quite aware of this reality and is one of the major drivers that forced NK to enter into a mutual defense pact with Russia. While we cannot and must not brush off the immense economic and military support China has provided for NK all these years, one cannot also in the same vein not be disappointed with China's malaria approach to serious geopolitical matters, even ones that threatens its own economic lifeline. A nation that has attain the status China currently enjoys in both economic, social and military terms, has no excuse to be bullied by other peer or near peer powers. The fact that one of the reasons people are dying today in Iran is as a result of Xi's pacifist leadership style (the absence of which could have prevented or at least, ended this bloodshed earlier) indicates you cannot solely put all your geopolitical eggs in a Chinese basket. Africa has been a test, Venezuela was a test, and now Iran... in all, the results were disappointing. Panda was tried, measured and found wanting on the big club players scale. One armada of Chinese military might sent to the Persian Gulf daring anyone to attack its major source of oil would have installed ACs in the heads of the Epstein crazies in the Whitehouse who are hell bent on acting out in toto Elbridge Colby's Strategy of Denial, a containment policy aimed at China as the prime target. But, panda shows to allow Iran, like Venezuela, to get bombed, and even the little help he provided he cannot openly admit. You don't expect Kim Jong-Un to risk his country security with such indomie leadership style. Well, NK will be forever grateful to China for its help all these years. But, times have changed and the geopolitical realities are accelerating along, hence the pivot towards Russia, something even the brightest geopolitical analyst didn't see coming. China seems to have realized this and is getting rattled by this new NK-Russia relationship, which prompted this Xi's hasty visit in a bid to reasserts its influence. And that begs the question; what is new that Xi brings to the table? Recently, Pyongyang has realized that it can actually get enough economically, and a lot more technologically via the new Russian connections. Well, I leave you to answer that. But, you can use the body language as a prelude to answer that. Xi's visit, though hasty, was long anticipated, and serve as a good pr and confidence boosting for the Korean regime. Aside that, xi does not command that charisma to warrant staying on the news for long. If this was Putin visiting, even mainstream media covens would still be debating it and analyzing every details for long because with the Russians, something new is always on the table. Out of the two, who should be bringing more smiles and grins to Jong un? China remains an indispensable ally to NKorea, but with Russia, things can only get better on all fronts for Pyongyang. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 7:01pm On Jun 10 |
WriterrNg: ⚡Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem stated that Iran notified them any truce with the US must include a full halt to fighting in Gaza (plus Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen). This is a great coordination, the kind that Iran should demand because it holds the aces. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by Appleyard(m): 6:31pm On Jun 10 |
WriterrNg:
Can we stop calling it bribe please.
That's Iran's own hard earned money right there.
The US were forced to return it. Of course, it was from monies due Iran that the shameless west stole in the name of sanctions. But, the fact that Uncle Sam did release a part of it as bribe to prevent further attacks on the genocidal vipers is so shameless on he part of the world supposed sole superpower. |