In case you had not noticed, this is a New York Times headline this morning:
Trump promised the MAGA that he would not engage in foreign wars. But, as Napoleon once noted:
When a leader thinks that his people are going to revolt, he needs to go to war with another country.
Trump must be expecting a serious revolt. One war is not enough for him.
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He is also trying to force Cuba into submission.
Lot of Cuban origin votes in Florida and seats in the electoral college.
CNN report the US is trying to arm Kurds who live in Iran, to break away.
When the western powers drew the borders post World War One, they didn’t give the Kurds a state of their own. They have been divided between Turkey, Iraq and Iran.
There is a long history of the Kurds being let down by the US . In1975, after the Gulf War 1991, and twice by Trump in his first term.
Meanwhile Israel bombs Lebanon. It’s a long standing tradition.
Turkey, a NATO member, doesn’t want a Kurdish state. The US ignores the wishes of it’s NATO allies, again. Even the Kurds in Turkey are rejecting the idea of a US led Kurdish uprising in Iran.
Thank you, Ian.
One should make the distinction between Cuban and other oligarchs* and hangers on in Miami, i.e. Europeans, and the mestizos back at home. *The Bush family owned plantations in Cuba, West Indian Sugar Company. The Vesteys had theirs seized by Hugo Chavez. I met Chavez in London in the summer of 2006.
From 1999 – 2006, I worked for HSBC, including in Latin America. Many, if not most, of these Latin American oligarchs are involved with drugs. Exports from their plantations are often mixed with narcotics. One trafficker is president.
All: Please search online for Rubio’s brother in law. Enjoy!
With regard to Kurdistan, Kurds often do empire’s dirty work. One of them is a leading politician and businessman. I will spare Richard the libel risks by not hinting more and mentioning “previous” that go back more than 30 years.
Thank you, Richard.
Last December, at an early Christmas lunch, I learnt first hand that British forces are deployed in Bolivia and Baluchistan, the region shared by Iran and Pakistan.