Results of the week. “War is not poker! It cannot be announced when it pleases! ”
Yerevan is registered in the Union ... In the Customs
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan announced the decision of the republic to join the Customs Union and take the necessary practical steps for these purposes, and subsequently participate in the formation of the Eurasian Economic Union. The corresponding wording is contained in the official joint statement on the results of the talks between the presidents of the Russian Federation and Armenia. In turn, as stated in the statement, Vladimir Putin supported this decision of the Republic of Armenia and expressed the readiness of the Russian side to “fully facilitate this process.”
Also, the heads of Russia and Armenia emphasized the importance of continuing joint efforts aimed at implementing infrastructure projects, including railway communication, as well as the construction of new logistics and communication routes. And these are not just words - according to information sounded at the talks, it has already been decided that the estimated investments of Russian Railways in the development of the Armenian railway network will be about 15 billion rubles.
It remains to wait that all members of the Customs Union will support the initiative of Armenia and open the door of the CU to this state. Although, by and large, the reasons for not opening the doors, it is difficult to find. Is that in conditions with a new force of "strained friendship" between the authorities of Russia and Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko decides to present a kind of "gift". But at the same time, the Belarusian authorities are well aware of the significance of new markets for themselves. In this regard, it can be expected that there will not be any obstacles for the one who has shown Sargsyan’s desire to line up. Whether this hurts Ilham Aliyev is another question. But here it’s like: if it touches, the problem is easily solved with the help of integration into the Customs Union of Azerbaijan itself. And if you take into account how many citizens of this republic live and work in Russia now, then we can de facto consider that Azerbaijan is already in the CU.
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Stalin looks at Saakashvili
September 1, in the Georgian city of Telavi (Kakheti region), a monument to Joseph Stalin was unveiled. It is installed next to the memorial in honor of those killed in World War II.
The monument to the Soviet leader was created on the initiative of the public organization "Stalinist" and the Union of Georgian Veterans. Money for him was collected from voluntary donations. They opened the monument in a solemn atmosphere - wreaths were laid at the memorial, and veterans read several poems dedicated to Stalin.
It is noteworthy that this event did not occur anywhere, namely in Georgia. Apparently, artificially grafted Western democracy in one of the most democratized republics in the post-Soviet space unexpectedly cracked. Judge for yourself, during the reign of the president, who faithfully served the ideals of the Washington regional committee, a monument suddenly grows in the country historical the person who came to the inhabitants of that same regional committee, and even Mr. Saakashvili himself in nightmares.
Apparently, Mikhail Nikolozovich hoped that the Georgian people would perpetuate his (Saakashvili) light image in bronze, but in Telavi they decided otherwise. To help Saakashvili somehow, someone poured paint on the monument to Stalin. They say that after pouring this someone left a clue: a red classic tie with traces of saliva ...
Now they look at each other on Georgian soil: a monument to Joseph Stalin in stone and a monument to the puppet president in the flesh ...
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An officer of the Moldavian army was sent to graze sheep. The private shepherd and his parents said that they had not imagined serving in the ranks of the national army. However, the Minister of Defense of the Republic says that the case for a small and poor country is completely normal.
"I committed one violation and was sent here from the army to shepherd the sheep. For two or two and a half weeks I was here ... I eat what people bring ... Here we sleep, in the barn with other shepherds I sleep ... see for yourself - everything is dirty here, the lake is not far, sometimes I wash there, when it’s not cold, when it’s cold, I go to bed dirty. "
He committed a violation - went to feed the sheep. Well, what ... Each army has its own system of education. Perhaps the Minister of Defense of Moldova, Mr. Marinuta, decided to hint to the soldier on his conduct in the troops with an unconventional method.
On the other hand, it may be that the soldier was generally sent to fulfill a special super-secret task of the main defense department of Moldova. The task could well be connected with working out the coordination of actions of classified biorobots in sheep's skins. Apparently, the soldier himself cannot inform his relatives, and therefore the scandal in Moldova has flared up.
You look, this Moldavian soldier will also be presented to the state award ...
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The Ministry of Finance remembered saving
On the basis of gushing ideas about major economy, representatives of the main financial department in the country went into a rage so that they sacrificed the sacred ... In this case, the Saints found the central office of the Ministry of Defense, which the Ministry of Finance proposed to cut down on 10% with the motivation performance of duties overlap.
Here is one of the quotations of the representative of the Ministry of Finance on this account:
Statements to the effect that in the Ministry of Defense in order to save budgetary funds it is necessary to reduce the number of officials in the central office, the Ministry of Finance announced already after it announced the need to save on rearmament. They say that only the last idea is postponed in society.
But the first one was postponed ... According to the financial ministry's plans, by the 2020, the rearmament of the Russian army could be not 70%, but 50%. This, as reported by financial experts, who, it turns out, is also well-versed in military affairs, is quite enough for Russia’s high-quality defense capability. It is enough, since 50% of new equipment in the military is the level of various armies in the world, including the "vanguard" of NATO. On the savings associated with the reduction of units of military equipment entering the army before the 2020 year, are going to save about 5,7 trillion rubles.
Saving is, of course, a good thing, only while the Ministry of Finance for some reason does not speak, and on what money saved will be sent. If at all they will ... Save for reserve - with a clogged egg capsule, in case something happened? .. Then, maybe, after all, with the officials and start. Ten or more deputies for almost every minister, plus assistants, plus assistants to assistants and assistants to advisers — you see, you can also get trillions of savings ...
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Russian operational connection of ships in the Mediterranean
In connection with the tense situation in Syria, many are wondering, what do we have there? Many confuse the situation and newswhich sometimes contradict one another. It comes to the fact that in a fresh story from the Star, the operational connection is shown as of June, as relevant:
The flagship of the operational connection BOD "Admiral Panteleev", BDK "Nikolay Filchenkov", SRZK "Priazovie", patrol ship "Fearless", BDK "Admiral Nevelskoy", BDK "Peresvet", BDK "Alexander Shabalin", BDK "Azov", BDK " Minsk ”, Novocherkassk BDK,“ Smetlivy ”SKR, tanker“ Yelnya ”, tugboat MB-304, tugboat“ Yevgeny Khorov ”, floating PM-138, BOD“ Admiral Kulakov ”, missile cruiser“ Moskva ”, RCA“ Ivanovets ” , MRK "Shtil" tanker "Boris Butoma." The plans - the completion of the operational connection with the destroyer "Persistent".
In all this rather impressive operational connection, seven large landing ships are surprising at once. If we take into account the information that they are either already in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, or are moving in this direction, the question arises: will they remain indifferent if a foreign invasion of Syria begins? The likelihood that troops are going to be landed from these ships to support Syrian government forces is negligible, but the fact that these ships are located in the immediate vicinity of the conflict zone is an obvious signal to “someone”. As a deterrent factor looks very good. The main thing is that this large USC of the Russian Navy does not transform itself into a group of extras, quietly observing how American missiles iron Syrian cities.
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Mediterranean sea zpt fleet made in china rc
Despite the fact that the political decision to send ships, apparently, was taken a long time ago, it is only now becoming known about it from unofficial sources. So the Chinese military blog, which specializes in articles on military equipment of the United States, Russia and China, reported that several Chinese ships are already approaching the shores of Syria, citing their sources in the PLA.
At the same time, the authors openly admit that the ships will not participate in any way in a potential conflict, but only observe the actions of NATO and Russian ships.
What kind of ships were sent to the shores of Syria is unknown. Meanwhile, it was reported that the Chinese ship of the Jinggangshan project was seen while passing the Red Sea towards the Suez Canal.
Well, it's up to the Chinese people. And while we together with them only, as a maximum, allowed the UN Security Council to veto itself - under the friendly yelping of a democratic pack, many of whose representatives had long been seated on a short leash in front of a bowl with a “democratic bone”. The veto, as we well remember, was all ignored by the same gang, leaving Moscow and Beijing the lot of retrogrades not taken into account by the “world community”. Now, the Celestial Empire, together with Russia, with the mere fact of its close (in the form of warships) presence to the zone of possible hostilities can make the western "allies", subordinated by Qatar and Saudi Arabia, say, less freely feel in the eastern Mediterranean. Under the Russian-Chinese supervision, the "allies" have not yet openly fought ...
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Leontyev on the G20 summit, Putin and Obama
The St. Petersburg G20 summit has every chance of becoming the most fascinating of all similar, usually fairly routine events. It seemed, still recently promised death boredom. However, all these highly specialized topics were eclipsed by Syria - the upcoming little, unbeatable, but terribly instructive, American punitive action.
Summit can be one of the most awkward and uncomfortable in modern history, - writes the British Independent. - And the theme of the Syrian crisis is likely to prevail in discussions in which two of the most influential people in the world, Putin and Obama, will come face to face.
Here and will not face! Because Obama knows best how and whence came the evidence from Asad’s use of chemical weapons.
Well, it should be noted that Mikhail Leontiev was wrong. Putin and Obama did not just "collide" somewhere in the long palace corridors, but even, as they both said, constructively talked during a private conversation. Another thing is how “constructive” this conversation turned out to be. Apt characteristic of the conversation, which was aimed at discussing the Syrian problem, was given by Putin himself, saying that the conversation was benevolent, only each of the interlocutors remained in his opinion ...
Of course, it is unlikely that someone hatched the idea that during the meeting the same Obama, for example, would take and say: “Damn it, Vladimir, and you’re right! Bad, very bad, we do. Everything! I decided: we will not iron Syria, and even stop supplying weapons to the militants! ”He could have even said, but perhaps the recent presidents of the United States have the right to express their personal point of view ...
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Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Damascus appealed to the UN for protection against American aggression, and the Secretary General of the international organization called on the world community to find not a military, but a political solution to the conflict. But Obama and Congress are not interested in statements by Ban Ki-moon. The president of the United States and congressmen have a loophole: they argue that they do not unleash any war in Syria, but are going to carry out educational work: the one who used chemical weapons should be punished. True, UN inspectors believe that they were used by “oppositionists”, but the US Secretary of State John Kerry has some “hair samples” - something like the Iraqi “test tubes”, and the White House, like most senators, believes that “bloody tyrant” Assad crossed the "red line". Now we need to roughly punish it so that, God forbid, Iran also did not step over a line drawn by Israeli Netanyahu, as everyone remembers.
Bashar Jafari, the Syrian ambassador in New York in a special message to Ban Ki-moon asked the UN to protect Syria from the US military strike. Comrade Jafari found the right words and said that Moon was personally responsible for preventing aggression.
The answer followed — right there, in New York. The UN Secretary-General streamlined: “Any course of action ... should be considered by the Security Council ... Everything should be done within the framework of the UN Charter ...”
Obama also found something to say. However, he did not appeal to Ban Ki-moon, and certainly not to the envoy of Assad, but to his people through congressmen. Mindful of the protracted "operations" in Afghanistan and Iraq, Mr. Obama clarified that Syria is not Iraq. And not Afghanistan. And war is not war. “I want to assure the American people that the military plan developed by our Chiefs of Staff Committee is proportionate. It is limited and does not imply a ground operation. This is not Iraq or Afghanistan. This is a step that will send a clear signal not only to the Assad regime, but also to other countries that may want to check international norms, ”B.H. Obama said at the White House at a meeting with Congress leaders.
And then the US president appealed to the senators for the approval of military intervention - the one that is not a war, but only a "clear signal". The US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee approved the intervention beforehand, limiting it to sixty days (in extreme cases, plus 30 days).
The head of the Pentagon has already repeated several times that he is waiting for Obama's order. Everything will be decided after September 9, when the Congress at a joint meeting of both chambers will vote for the final text of the Syrian - or rather, anti-Syrian - resolution. Obama, this cunning Nobel peacemaker, shifted responsibility for a military decision to senators, and they will be able to tie the resolution to the need to punish chemical aggressors in accordance with the convention banning chemical weapons. This is what explains the American bravado: we will manage, they say, without UN sanction. Assad gasses civilians, while Chip and Dale rush to help ...
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Poker player
The hawk senator John McCain was spotted playing poker during a hearing at the Foreign Affairs Committee, which reviewed the Obama administration’s request to use military force against Syria, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Surzhansky.
A photo with the text appeared in the Washington Post: “Senator McCain plays poker on his iPhone during hearings at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where Secretary of State Kerry, Secretary of Defense Hagel and General Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Chief of Staff, comment on the use of force in Syria. "
After that, McCain made a post on Twitter: “Scandal! Caught playing a game on the iPhone during a three-hour hearing in the Senate. But the worst thing is that I lost. ”
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The Pentagon
In the United States, the number of anonymous protesters is growing, through social networks opposing the anti-Syrian aggression of the White House. The Hashtag #IDidntJoin has become one of Twitter’s “hits” over the past week. Under this tag are posted messages from those US troops who are unhappy that the native government actually stands in Syria on the side of Al-Qaeda. In the photos on the network, you can see the military, who covered their faces with posters with text like this: “I will not fight for Al-Qaida in Syria!” American observers note that officers, soldiers and veterans are closing their faces because of fear of persecution: for in the most democratic state of the world with the freedom of speech is very bad.
New material by publicist Michael Snyder, author of The Beginning of the End, on the website "Activist Post" It is dedicated to the question of public opinion in the United States about a possible Syrian attack by Washington.
As the observer notes, the majority of Americans oppose the war in Syria. The new hashtag (#IDidntJoin) on Twitter spawned a whole wave of messages from military personnel, who expressed in this way dissatisfaction with the fact that they might have to defend the al-Qaeda’s Syrian interests. Of course, there are also servicemen who are in favor of a war with Syria, but they, as the author of the article seems to, are a tiny minority. Hopefully, Snyder says that the Obama administration and members of the US Congress will listen to public opinion.
Below is a translation into Russian of some posters that are being held by American servicemen who have publicly declared that they do not want a war with Syria. (All photos are from Twitter; Americans put on military uniforms, but deliberately covered their faces because of fear of running into “problems”).
Even the State Department admits that entire branches of al-Qaida are fighting in Syria.
But then why did the Pentagon assemble in Syria? The military is obviously insane, the author believes.
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Doublethink in practice
As transmits RIA News", Barack Obama said he intends to take a military strike against Syria for security reasons for the entire international community, which does not go against his receiving the Nobel Peace Prize earlier.
“As president of the United States, I cannot avoid making such decisions,” Obama said at a press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, answering a journalist’s question about how he would explain the duality of the situation in which the Nobel Peace Prize winner ... is preparing to war with Syria.
“I try to promote diplomacy and a peaceful resolution of conflicts. But the question now concerns the entire international community, the entire civil society, not only me, not only politicians - how safe is it for us? We must resist actions that disturb our peace. ”
According to Mr. Obama, the international community has a chance to take steps that can eliminate the problem when peaceful people die from the use of toxic substances. “For me, making such decisions every day is a growing challenge. And I would rather talk about how we need a good education. But sometimes I, as the head of the American state, cannot avoid making a number of decisions that are necessary, but which the whole world condemns. ”
So let us add, Mr. Obama, recognizing that the whole world condemns his militaristic ideas, essentially stated that the war does not contradict the world and that the Nobel Prize in the aggressor’s pocket only confirms this fantastic thesis, extracted from the wells of American doublethink.
If you think about Obama's words, then it becomes clear that Obama is right, and the whole world is mistaken.
Bush Jr. probably thought about the same thing, to whom, according to him, God gave the sanction to the attack of Iraq.
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To the defense of the motherland
As Maria Kuptsova writes ("Russian newspaper"), one of the leaders of the Syrian opposition warned Washington that US military action would be a signal for retaliatory suicide attacks. About this in an interview with FNA (Iran), said the Secretary General of the opposition Syrian party "Al-Shabab" Mahir Mirhij.
He said: “Defense of the Motherland for us is above internal differences in the state. Although at the moment we are in opposition to the government, we believe that protecting the homeland from outside invasion is much more important. Therefore, we have created several battalions of suicide bombers that can conduct operations on American facilities in the Middle East. ”
He then warned the White House that even minor Western interventions would lead to unpredictable consequences and a prompt response from the Damascus armed forces.
Imad Tufaili ("Voice of Russia") interviewed Mirhija. The interviewee first explained that Syria was facing a threat to national security. Syrians against any military invasion. In addition, he noted, neither the Assad regime, nor the internal Syrian opposition used chemical weapons. According to experts, it was used by radical Islamists who penetrated from the territory of Turkey.
At the same time, Mirhij noted that not all armed fighters will change their position. Moderate groups from the internal opposition can go to the government. These people are against the current government, but they will not fight against the Syrians. “When the destruction of the Syrian people is on the agenda, there is no time for disputes,” noted the interviewee. “It's crazy if the world believes that we, the Syrian people, are just waiting for an attack on our own.”
As for the Syrian Free Army, its head, waiting for intervention, showed itself in all its glory:
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At whose expense is the banquet?
As transmits correspondent RIA "Novosti" Alexey Bogdanovsky, the Arab monarchies offered to assume the costs of US force intervention in Syria. This was announced on Wednesday in Congress by John Kerry.
“With regard to the fact that the Arab countries offered to assume the cost and evaluate (her), the answer is yes, indeed. They offered. This proposal is being considered, ”said Kerry.
“In fact, some of them said that if the US is ready to do all this, as we did earlier in other countries, they will take these costs. This is how they are devoted to us. This is not in the plans, and no one talks about it, but they talk about it seriously, ”added the head of the State Department.
Saudi al-Faisal, Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, said: “Arab countries must respond to requests from the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people (opposition) for help from the international community in order to end the bloody massacre.”
At the same time, limited US use of military force in Syria will cost the US budget tens of millions of dollars, said Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel. Together with John Kerry and the Chairman of the Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Martin Dempsey, he spoke at a hearing in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of Congress, reports corr. ITAR-TASS Ivan Lebedev.
True, independent military experts believe that the cost of the operation in Syria will be calculated not in the tens, but in the hundreds of millions of dollars. By the most conservative estimates, its value will exceed 200 million dollars. One Tomahawk cruise missile costs the Pentagon about 1,5 million dollars.
One of the congressmen recalled that the topic of the costs of the operation in Syria had previously been addressed by General Dempsey, who warned of billions of dollars. Some measures proposed by a number of legislators, including “hawk” McCain, seem extremely costly to him. The introduction of a no-fly zone into Syria will require one-time expenses in the amount of 500 million dollars, and the preservation of its regime will require billions of dollars a month.
Well, let us add from ourselves, the Saudis to the general and answered ...
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Brazil hit the tops of world news. The fact is that Dilma Rousseff explained something to Barack Obama. For October, her visit to the USA was scheduled, but now, in connection with the espionage activity of Big Brother, I mean the NSA, the Brazilian president has announced her readiness to cancel the visit. She will agree to fly to Washington only when the White House administration publicly apologizes for electronic surveillance. That's not all: Mrs. Rousseff will punish the USA and financially: cancel the planned trade deals with this country. Among other things, Brazil will not buy F-18 aircraft worth 4 billion dollars. The strike is done at the most appropriate time: the US budget is sequestered, export is required. Well, and get this very cut, spies, aenbeshniki ...
As passed correspondent ITAR-TASS Alan Badov, Brazil is ready to cancel the planned deals with the United States, including the agreement on the purchase of military aircraft "Super Hornet" in the amount of 4 billion from Boeing.
The reason for the possible "cool" decision was that the US National Security Agency, as it turned out, was tracking phone calls and emails from Rousseff, as well as her Mexican colleague Enrique Peña Nieto. The revelations were based on documents transmitted to the press by Edward Snowden. This was announced by the Brazilian TV channel “Globo TV”.
Channel "Euronews" reports that Brazil intends to discuss the issue of espionage of US special services in the United Nations, as well as with the BRICS partners. This was stated by the country's foreign minister Luis Alberto Figueiredo.
“As I stated earlier, we have begun negotiations with different countries, both with developed and developing countries, including the states of the BRICS group. It is necessary to discuss this issue together, because we are sure that it affects the interests of all countries, ”the head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said. He added that a joint action plan should be developed.
Indeed, let us add from ourselves that very few people will like the perusal of mail and telephone interception. Especially not like it to someone who considers peeping and listening to a business partner and is preparing to count billions to a partner.
Thus, Mr. Obama was infringed on all sides. Brazil (and Mexico) will torture his administration with questions about NSA surveillance, the same will be done by Germany and a number of other countries, who previously believed that they have partnerships with the United States and even trust. Russia and China will defend their position on Syria. Britain and many NATO countries refuse to directly participate in the anti-Syrian aggression of Washington. Many American soldiers, officers and veterans spoke out against the war in Syria on the Internet — moreover, they said they did not want to fight on the same side with al-Qaeda. Rumors that Obama is a Muslim and even an Islamist, a fan of the Muslim Brotherhood, have come to life in the network. Finally, V. Putin did not only give temporary refuge to the fugitive Snowden, which earned him a big political point, but did not go towards the American public with respect to some loosening up for the "blue" at the 2014 Olympiad. And this is not to mention the budget sequestration in the United States and the growing US government debt, which has reached fantastic proportions under Obama, so that the operation in Syria will probably not be the White House, but Saudi Arabia.
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Sorry i didn't die
The office of former US President George W. Bush, the other day, reported the death of former South African leader Nelson Mandela, reports RIA News" with reference to Politico.
George Bush Sr. and his wife expressed their condolences to the family of Mandela and the people of South Africa: "Barbara and I regret the departure of one of the greatest defenders of freedom." Bush stressed: “He was a courageous man who influenced the course of history in his country. Barbara and I express our condolences to the family of the highly respected President Mandela. ”
Curiously, Jim McGrath, the Bush spokesman who published this statement, later assessed the message as a mistake — not simple, but “stupid.” He wrote in the Twitter microblog that it was a “stupid mistake.” McGrath apologized and explained that he had misread the headline of the news in the Washington Post.
Meanwhile, N. Mandela was discharged from the hospital and returned to his home in Johannesburg. He is there under the care of doctors.
A representative like McGrath, let us add, is quite suitable for the office of the Bush family.
It is noteworthy that the “funeral” South African history, but of a slightly different kind, happened in 2009 with George W. Bush. As notes RBC, South African television channel "ETV News" launched a message about the death of 43-th US President. The message was intended to test the running line and accidentally went on the air.
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* “War is not poker! It can not be announced when he pleases! "- A phrase from the movie" The very Munchhausen "
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan announced the decision of the republic to join the Customs Union and take the necessary practical steps for these purposes, and subsequently participate in the formation of the Eurasian Economic Union. The corresponding wording is contained in the official joint statement on the results of the talks between the presidents of the Russian Federation and Armenia. In turn, as stated in the statement, Vladimir Putin supported this decision of the Republic of Armenia and expressed the readiness of the Russian side to “fully facilitate this process.”
Also, the heads of Russia and Armenia emphasized the importance of continuing joint efforts aimed at implementing infrastructure projects, including railway communication, as well as the construction of new logistics and communication routes. And these are not just words - according to information sounded at the talks, it has already been decided that the estimated investments of Russian Railways in the development of the Armenian railway network will be about 15 billion rubles.
It remains to wait that all members of the Customs Union will support the initiative of Armenia and open the door of the CU to this state. Although, by and large, the reasons for not opening the doors, it is difficult to find. Is that in conditions with a new force of "strained friendship" between the authorities of Russia and Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko decides to present a kind of "gift". But at the same time, the Belarusian authorities are well aware of the significance of new markets for themselves. In this regard, it can be expected that there will not be any obstacles for the one who has shown Sargsyan’s desire to line up. Whether this hurts Ilham Aliyev is another question. But here it’s like: if it touches, the problem is easily solved with the help of integration into the Customs Union of Azerbaijan itself. And if you take into account how many citizens of this republic live and work in Russia now, then we can de facto consider that Azerbaijan is already in the CU.
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Let's be friends, trade, I build together only for, but excuse me to fight for you, somehow yourself. The reason for all this tinsel is clear from the Russian Federation. Armenia really only needs one thing, namely military assistance within the framework of the CSTO in the event of an aggravation of the situation in NK.
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I am not against this decision, but in my opinion it is imprudent to invest 15 billion from the Russian budget in the Armenian Railway. Tomorrow they will leave the vehicle and go to the EU, sleepers and rails will be dragged to Russia, they will not allow it. In Russia, everything is so good with the railway, with roads, dams ... High salaries and pensions ... What is the desire for "wide gestures"? At one time, the USSR killed its economy by supporting the socialist path of development in countries around the world and where are these countries now and whose allies are they?
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This move was not made by Sargsyan. This move was made by Putin. This is not a political decision of Sargsyan. This is another move of Putin, who played on the fork, which Sargsyan himself set.
Stalin looks at Saakashvili
September 1, in the Georgian city of Telavi (Kakheti region), a monument to Joseph Stalin was unveiled. It is installed next to the memorial in honor of those killed in World War II.
In the city of Telavi in the east of Georgia, unknown persons doused with paint and covered with abusive inscriptions a monument to Stalin just erected by private individuals.
The monument to the Soviet leader was created on the initiative of the public organization "Stalinist" and the Union of Georgian Veterans. Money for him was collected from voluntary donations. They opened the monument in a solemn atmosphere - wreaths were laid at the memorial, and veterans read several poems dedicated to Stalin.
It is noteworthy that this event did not occur anywhere, namely in Georgia. Apparently, artificially grafted Western democracy in one of the most democratized republics in the post-Soviet space unexpectedly cracked. Judge for yourself, during the reign of the president, who faithfully served the ideals of the Washington regional committee, a monument suddenly grows in the country historical the person who came to the inhabitants of that same regional committee, and even Mr. Saakashvili himself in nightmares.
Apparently, Mikhail Nikolozovich hoped that the Georgian people would perpetuate his (Saakashvili) light image in bronze, but in Telavi they decided otherwise. To help Saakashvili somehow, someone poured paint on the monument to Stalin. They say that after pouring this someone left a clue: a red classic tie with traces of saliva ...
Now they look at each other on Georgian soil: a monument to Joseph Stalin in stone and a monument to the puppet president in the flesh ...
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Sheep Service
An officer of the Moldavian army was sent to graze sheep. The private shepherd and his parents said that they had not imagined serving in the ranks of the national army. However, the Minister of Defense of the Republic says that the case for a small and poor country is completely normal.
"I committed one violation and was sent here from the army to shepherd the sheep. For two or two and a half weeks I was here ... I eat what people bring ... Here we sleep, in the barn with other shepherds I sleep ... see for yourself - everything is dirty here, the lake is not far, sometimes I wash there, when it’s not cold, when it’s cold, I go to bed dirty. "
He committed a violation - went to feed the sheep. Well, what ... Each army has its own system of education. Perhaps the Minister of Defense of Moldova, Mr. Marinuta, decided to hint to the soldier on his conduct in the troops with an unconventional method.
On the other hand, it may be that the soldier was generally sent to fulfill a special super-secret task of the main defense department of Moldova. The task could well be connected with working out the coordination of actions of classified biorobots in sheep's skins. Apparently, the soldier himself cannot inform his relatives, and therefore the scandal in Moldova has flared up.
You look, this Moldavian soldier will also be presented to the state award ...
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The funny phrase is “the Moldavian army” ...
The Ministry of Finance remembered saving
On the basis of gushing ideas about major economy, representatives of the main financial department in the country went into a rage so that they sacrificed the sacred ... In this case, the Saints found the central office of the Ministry of Defense, which the Ministry of Finance proposed to cut down on 10% with the motivation performance of duties overlap.
Here is one of the quotations of the representative of the Ministry of Finance on this account:
... it (the structure of the central apparatus of the Ministry of Defense - author's note) testifies to serious problems in the administration of the military department.
Statements to the effect that in the Ministry of Defense in order to save budgetary funds it is necessary to reduce the number of officials in the central office, the Ministry of Finance announced already after it announced the need to save on rearmament. They say that only the last idea is postponed in society.
But the first one was postponed ... According to the financial ministry's plans, by the 2020, the rearmament of the Russian army could be not 70%, but 50%. This, as reported by financial experts, who, it turns out, is also well-versed in military affairs, is quite enough for Russia’s high-quality defense capability. It is enough, since 50% of new equipment in the military is the level of various armies in the world, including the "vanguard" of NATO. On the savings associated with the reduction of units of military equipment entering the army before the 2020 year, are going to save about 5,7 trillion rubles.
Saving is, of course, a good thing, only while the Ministry of Finance for some reason does not speak, and on what money saved will be sent. If at all they will ... Save for reserve - with a clogged egg capsule, in case something happened? .. Then, maybe, after all, with the officials and start. Ten or more deputies for almost every minister, plus assistants, plus assistants to assistants and assistants to advisers — you see, you can also get trillions of savings ...
Comments from our readers:
Andrey312:
Before the Ministry of Finance is not an easy choice. Putin had promised too much before the elections, flooding in the Far East, the Olympiad - a lot of money is needed, and the economy is not growing. And here, unfortunately, a reduction in defense spending seems to be a way out. From a social point of view, this looks less painful than the abolition of maternity capital. But on the other hand, the defense order is industrial production, jobs, and as a result, GDP and taxes. Or maybe it is better to spend more efficiently and stop cutting and plundering? I think, then there will be enough money for all the programs, and there will be more ... But for this, the desire and political will of the country's leadership is needed - and neither one nor the other. And as long as the power structure does not change - nothing will change with any budget revenues.
Irbis:
Send Ministry of Finance officials to Syria right now. In the event that it is not possible to stop the American strike, they will very quickly understand what the rearmament of the army is for. There will be an understanding of the need for modern types of weapons and a well-equipped army.
Ev58:
When the Ministry of Finance declares that there is no money, the natural question arises: "Where are they?" or "Where have they disappeared?" When referring to the poor growth of the economic indicators of the country, the question also arises: "What exactly was done to make this economic growth tangible?" For the development of the country's economy is not enough to deal only with the export of resources of the country. It is necessary to have a developed, modern research, technological and production base. Old technologies limit promising development; outdated production resources limit the possibilities of implementing new technologies; outdated test equipment does not allow to confirm the quality of products that meet modern requirements and NTD; Obsolete thinking, apparently, does not allow the Ministry of Finance to see all this and influence the situation as a whole. Instead of mutual claims and indications of litter in the “alien eye”, it would be better to come up with an initiative and a concrete plan for improving the economic situation.
Russian operational connection of ships in the Mediterranean
In connection with the tense situation in Syria, many are wondering, what do we have there? Many confuse the situation and newswhich sometimes contradict one another. It comes to the fact that in a fresh story from the Star, the operational connection is shown as of June, as relevant:
The flagship of the operational connection BOD "Admiral Panteleev", BDK "Nikolay Filchenkov", SRZK "Priazovie", patrol ship "Fearless", BDK "Admiral Nevelskoy", BDK "Peresvet", BDK "Alexander Shabalin", BDK "Azov", BDK " Minsk ”, Novocherkassk BDK,“ Smetlivy ”SKR, tanker“ Yelnya ”, tugboat MB-304, tugboat“ Yevgeny Khorov ”, floating PM-138, BOD“ Admiral Kulakov ”, missile cruiser“ Moskva ”, RCA“ Ivanovets ” , MRK "Shtil" tanker "Boris Butoma." The plans - the completion of the operational connection with the destroyer "Persistent".
In all this rather impressive operational connection, seven large landing ships are surprising at once. If we take into account the information that they are either already in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, or are moving in this direction, the question arises: will they remain indifferent if a foreign invasion of Syria begins? The likelihood that troops are going to be landed from these ships to support Syrian government forces is negligible, but the fact that these ships are located in the immediate vicinity of the conflict zone is an obvious signal to “someone”. As a deterrent factor looks very good. The main thing is that this large USC of the Russian Navy does not transform itself into a group of extras, quietly observing how American missiles iron Syrian cities.
Comments from our readers:
Artemiy:
BDK is like a truck. I think there are not only marines.
SIBIR38RUS:
They collected everything they could. Well ... waiting for September 9. If the US decides to strike Syria, I really hope that in a couple of days an unexpected “surprise” will be arranged for the Americans and the news around the world will be announced: 11 September The 6 US fleet tragically ceased to exist!
Man:
Guys, maybe enough to feed illusions. Well, as much as you can from Yugoslavia - “we will tear everyone”.
Mediterranean sea zpt fleet made in china rc
Despite the fact that the political decision to send ships, apparently, was taken a long time ago, it is only now becoming known about it from unofficial sources. So the Chinese military blog, which specializes in articles on military equipment of the United States, Russia and China, reported that several Chinese ships are already approaching the shores of Syria, citing their sources in the PLA.
At the same time, the authors openly admit that the ships will not participate in any way in a potential conflict, but only observe the actions of NATO and Russian ships.
What kind of ships were sent to the shores of Syria is unknown. Meanwhile, it was reported that the Chinese ship of the Jinggangshan project was seen while passing the Red Sea towards the Suez Canal.
Well, it's up to the Chinese people. And while we together with them only, as a maximum, allowed the UN Security Council to veto itself - under the friendly yelping of a democratic pack, many of whose representatives had long been seated on a short leash in front of a bowl with a “democratic bone”. The veto, as we well remember, was all ignored by the same gang, leaving Moscow and Beijing the lot of retrogrades not taken into account by the “world community”. Now, the Celestial Empire, together with Russia, with the mere fact of its close (in the form of warships) presence to the zone of possible hostilities can make the western "allies", subordinated by Qatar and Saudi Arabia, say, less freely feel in the eastern Mediterranean. Under the Russian-Chinese supervision, the "allies" have not yet openly fought ...
Comments from our readers:
Sapper:
I’m certainly not a pacifist, but I’m not particularly happy to hear that the Russians with the Chinese will start a war against the United States. You understand that it will be hot even in Antarctica.
123321:
It will be hotter if you don’t want to harbor Syria.
Khokhol MSC:
It may sound pessimistic, but China will not be alarmed. Not in his style. It is more profitable for him to stand aside and get all the profits. And it’s strange that information about navy almost from LJ comes.
Il grand casino:
"While two tigers are fighting, the wise monkey sits and watches." I think China’s position will be just that.
Leontyev on the G20 summit, Putin and Obama
The St. Petersburg G20 summit has every chance of becoming the most fascinating of all similar, usually fairly routine events. It seemed, still recently promised death boredom. However, all these highly specialized topics were eclipsed by Syria - the upcoming little, unbeatable, but terribly instructive, American punitive action.
Summit can be one of the most awkward and uncomfortable in modern history, - writes the British Independent. - And the theme of the Syrian crisis is likely to prevail in discussions in which two of the most influential people in the world, Putin and Obama, will come face to face.
Here and will not face! Because Obama knows best how and whence came the evidence from Asad’s use of chemical weapons.
Well, it should be noted that Mikhail Leontiev was wrong. Putin and Obama did not just "collide" somewhere in the long palace corridors, but even, as they both said, constructively talked during a private conversation. Another thing is how “constructive” this conversation turned out to be. Apt characteristic of the conversation, which was aimed at discussing the Syrian problem, was given by Putin himself, saying that the conversation was benevolent, only each of the interlocutors remained in his opinion ...
Of course, it is unlikely that someone hatched the idea that during the meeting the same Obama, for example, would take and say: “Damn it, Vladimir, and you’re right! Bad, very bad, we do. Everything! I decided: we will not iron Syria, and even stop supplying weapons to the militants! ”He could have even said, but perhaps the recent presidents of the United States have the right to express their personal point of view ...
Comments from our readers:
Mihan:
Obama Putin clearly zashugal. A hunted one ran around the forum (and laughter and sin, but it's nice, damn it).
Kazak bo:
At their level one can speak only on the basis of confirmed facts ... In the presence of live and correct witnesses. Then the arguments have weight and are forced to listen to them ... And when there is nothing besides the BLA-BLA, when apart from the Arab sheikhs paid for by “grandmas” and the desire to simply “spoil” RUSSIA and CHINA, there are no “stop evidence”, then you have to become like a silly cat.
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Damascus appealed to the UN for protection against American aggression, and the Secretary General of the international organization called on the world community to find not a military, but a political solution to the conflict. But Obama and Congress are not interested in statements by Ban Ki-moon. The president of the United States and congressmen have a loophole: they argue that they do not unleash any war in Syria, but are going to carry out educational work: the one who used chemical weapons should be punished. True, UN inspectors believe that they were used by “oppositionists”, but the US Secretary of State John Kerry has some “hair samples” - something like the Iraqi “test tubes”, and the White House, like most senators, believes that “bloody tyrant” Assad crossed the "red line". Now we need to roughly punish it so that, God forbid, Iran also did not step over a line drawn by Israeli Netanyahu, as everyone remembers.
Bashar Jafari, the Syrian ambassador in New York in a special message to Ban Ki-moon asked the UN to protect Syria from the US military strike. Comrade Jafari found the right words and said that Moon was personally responsible for preventing aggression.
The answer followed — right there, in New York. The UN Secretary-General streamlined: “Any course of action ... should be considered by the Security Council ... Everything should be done within the framework of the UN Charter ...”
Obama also found something to say. However, he did not appeal to Ban Ki-moon, and certainly not to the envoy of Assad, but to his people through congressmen. Mindful of the protracted "operations" in Afghanistan and Iraq, Mr. Obama clarified that Syria is not Iraq. And not Afghanistan. And war is not war. “I want to assure the American people that the military plan developed by our Chiefs of Staff Committee is proportionate. It is limited and does not imply a ground operation. This is not Iraq or Afghanistan. This is a step that will send a clear signal not only to the Assad regime, but also to other countries that may want to check international norms, ”B.H. Obama said at the White House at a meeting with Congress leaders.
And then the US president appealed to the senators for the approval of military intervention - the one that is not a war, but only a "clear signal". The US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee approved the intervention beforehand, limiting it to sixty days (in extreme cases, plus 30 days).
The head of the Pentagon has already repeated several times that he is waiting for Obama's order. Everything will be decided after September 9, when the Congress at a joint meeting of both chambers will vote for the final text of the Syrian - or rather, anti-Syrian - resolution. Obama, this cunning Nobel peacemaker, shifted responsibility for a military decision to senators, and they will be able to tie the resolution to the need to punish chemical aggressors in accordance with the convention banning chemical weapons. This is what explains the American bravado: we will manage, they say, without UN sanction. Assad gasses civilians, while Chip and Dale rush to help ...
Comments from our readers:
Bob
Amerikosy brazenly declare that to shoot the country with axes is not a war ...
However, it is precisely rocket technologies that play a decisive role in modern war, the outcome of a battle depends on their quantity, quality, performance characteristics, cover-destruction facilities. Therefore, it is not necessary to harbor the illusion that this is just a walk through the park. The task of amers at this stage is to ignite the Middle East, so that the fire of war will then spread to their sworn enemies - Russia and China.
Only plans sometimes do not come true, and Israel and Europe are closest to the Middle East, and they will not be able to avoid a wave of terrorism on their territory due to the large number of Muslims, including a radical force waiting for their “star” hour. What Hollande is thinking about is difficult to say, probably delirious with the ideas of creating new colonies and plundering their resources. It is a pity that the vaunted Western democracy in the 5 Republic does not imply a broad discussion of the issues of war-peace, with regards to all French.
And they lived happily ever after, until ... Hollande called the people to another killer war, where chemical and, quite possibly, nuclear weapons, which Israel and France have, will be used, as, incidentally, Iran has dirty bombs.
However, it is precisely rocket technologies that play a decisive role in modern war, the outcome of a battle depends on their quantity, quality, performance characteristics, cover-destruction facilities. Therefore, it is not necessary to harbor the illusion that this is just a walk through the park. The task of amers at this stage is to ignite the Middle East, so that the fire of war will then spread to their sworn enemies - Russia and China.
Only plans sometimes do not come true, and Israel and Europe are closest to the Middle East, and they will not be able to avoid a wave of terrorism on their territory due to the large number of Muslims, including a radical force waiting for their “star” hour. What Hollande is thinking about is difficult to say, probably delirious with the ideas of creating new colonies and plundering their resources. It is a pity that the vaunted Western democracy in the 5 Republic does not imply a broad discussion of the issues of war-peace, with regards to all French.
And they lived happily ever after, until ... Hollande called the people to another killer war, where chemical and, quite possibly, nuclear weapons, which Israel and France have, will be used, as, incidentally, Iran has dirty bombs.
Victor Kamenev
The bombardment of Syria is unlikely to weaken B. Assad so much that militants can easily get rid of him further, as in Libya with Gaddafi. It aims to push Turkey to invade Syria, "to restore order." And then the main events will begin to unfold ...
Poker player
The hawk senator John McCain was spotted playing poker during a hearing at the Foreign Affairs Committee, which reviewed the Obama administration’s request to use military force against Syria, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Surzhansky.
A photo with the text appeared in the Washington Post: “Senator McCain plays poker on his iPhone during hearings at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where Secretary of State Kerry, Secretary of Defense Hagel and General Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Chief of Staff, comment on the use of force in Syria. "
After that, McCain made a post on Twitter: “Scandal! Caught playing a game on the iPhone during a three-hour hearing in the Senate. But the worst thing is that I lost. ”
Comments from our readers:
Vadivak
And during the Vietnam War, he fought for us, a little "Forrestal" did not drown, ditched a crew member 134, destroyed a combat aircraft 21, just like "Hero" to give.
IRBIS
Yes, McCain, war is not poker. Are you a little of Vietnamese concussion, which has such a strong effect on the ability to think?
Darth Revan
Then it would be better to play a point!
novobranets
It would be better if he played in the box.
aud13
Darn…
And I did not know that it was McCain.
Toughie…
During 2 World, our pilots for 10 destroyed enemy planes presented themselves to be awarded the “Golden Star”. During the service, the same comrade personally “drove” the plane into the ground of the 4, plus after its shelling, the plane burned down on the 21 deck, and the aircraft carrier was heavily damaged and for a long time failed. Total 25 destroyed aircraft + aircraft carrier (not to mention one and a half hundreds of American warriors).
Maybe, in fact, we will collect signatures for awarding him the title of “Hero of Russia”?
And I did not know that it was McCain.
Toughie…
During 2 World, our pilots for 10 destroyed enemy planes presented themselves to be awarded the “Golden Star”. During the service, the same comrade personally “drove” the plane into the ground of the 4, plus after its shelling, the plane burned down on the 21 deck, and the aircraft carrier was heavily damaged and for a long time failed. Total 25 destroyed aircraft + aircraft carrier (not to mention one and a half hundreds of American warriors).
Maybe, in fact, we will collect signatures for awarding him the title of “Hero of Russia”?
The Pentagon
In the United States, the number of anonymous protesters is growing, through social networks opposing the anti-Syrian aggression of the White House. The Hashtag #IDidntJoin has become one of Twitter’s “hits” over the past week. Under this tag are posted messages from those US troops who are unhappy that the native government actually stands in Syria on the side of Al-Qaeda. In the photos on the network, you can see the military, who covered their faces with posters with text like this: “I will not fight for Al-Qaida in Syria!” American observers note that officers, soldiers and veterans are closing their faces because of fear of persecution: for in the most democratic state of the world with the freedom of speech is very bad.
New material by publicist Michael Snyder, author of The Beginning of the End, on the website "Activist Post" It is dedicated to the question of public opinion in the United States about a possible Syrian attack by Washington.
As the observer notes, the majority of Americans oppose the war in Syria. The new hashtag (#IDidntJoin) on Twitter spawned a whole wave of messages from military personnel, who expressed in this way dissatisfaction with the fact that they might have to defend the al-Qaeda’s Syrian interests. Of course, there are also servicemen who are in favor of a war with Syria, but they, as the author of the article seems to, are a tiny minority. Hopefully, Snyder says that the Obama administration and members of the US Congress will listen to public opinion.
Below is a translation into Russian of some posters that are being held by American servicemen who have publicly declared that they do not want a war with Syria. (All photos are from Twitter; Americans put on military uniforms, but deliberately covered their faces because of fear of running into “problems”).
“I didn’t go to the army to fight for al-Qaeda.”
"I will not fight on the side of al-Qaeda in Syria."
“Stay away from Syria!”
“There is no war with Syria!”
"I did not go to serve in the fleet to fight for al-Qaeda in the Syrian civil war."
"I will not fight on the side of al-Qaeda in Syria."
“Stay away from Syria!”
“There is no war with Syria!”
"I did not go to serve in the fleet to fight for al-Qaeda in the Syrian civil war."
Even the State Department admits that entire branches of al-Qaida are fighting in Syria.
But then why did the Pentagon assemble in Syria? The military is obviously insane, the author believes.
Comments from our readers:
Quiet
The army of any state (except the USA) is created for the defense of its territory.
When for several hundred years no one attacks, the rulers believe that everyone fears them !!! Well, and after that urine begins to hit in the head.
When for several hundred years no one attacks, the rulers believe that everyone fears them !!! Well, and after that urine begins to hit in the head.
smel
I am not bloodthirsty, but I would very much like to see the Americans wash their hands with blood in the attack on Syria. Then the urine will quickly get out of my head.
Recon
Will certainly wash, as soon as they climb overland. Asad has an army, too, that it has long been unshaped: two years of heavy urban fighting is not a joke.
novobranets
Urine leaves the head well, if this head is equipped with additional holes with a diameter of 7,62 or 12,2 mm.
Kushadasov
Yes, even 5,45 will come down.
Orel
“Not for that I went to the army to fight for al-Qaeda in Syria!” Then change the power that makes you do it. Give "Abrams" on the lawn in front of the White House! In the US Constitution, the right of the people is recorded to overthrow the government, which is criminal, in arms. Dare!
Doublethink in practice
War is peace
Orwell, "1984"
Orwell, "1984"
As transmits RIA News", Barack Obama said he intends to take a military strike against Syria for security reasons for the entire international community, which does not go against his receiving the Nobel Peace Prize earlier.
“As president of the United States, I cannot avoid making such decisions,” Obama said at a press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, answering a journalist’s question about how he would explain the duality of the situation in which the Nobel Peace Prize winner ... is preparing to war with Syria.
“I try to promote diplomacy and a peaceful resolution of conflicts. But the question now concerns the entire international community, the entire civil society, not only me, not only politicians - how safe is it for us? We must resist actions that disturb our peace. ”
According to Mr. Obama, the international community has a chance to take steps that can eliminate the problem when peaceful people die from the use of toxic substances. “For me, making such decisions every day is a growing challenge. And I would rather talk about how we need a good education. But sometimes I, as the head of the American state, cannot avoid making a number of decisions that are necessary, but which the whole world condemns. ”
So let us add, Mr. Obama, recognizing that the whole world condemns his militaristic ideas, essentially stated that the war does not contradict the world and that the Nobel Prize in the aggressor’s pocket only confirms this fantastic thesis, extracted from the wells of American doublethink.
If you think about Obama's words, then it becomes clear that Obama is right, and the whole world is mistaken.
Bush Jr. probably thought about the same thing, to whom, according to him, God gave the sanction to the attack of Iraq.
Comments from our readers:
Krsk
Dove you are our Nobel, how do you think, if you were “nibbled” at the meeting for the sake of strengthening the “overload”, will it be normal? And it seems that the UN does not interfere ...
skullcap
Barak practices Orwellian in practice. I think it's time to ask him a question: “When will the“ Ministry of Truth ”sign appear above the White House?”
To the defense of the motherland
As Maria Kuptsova writes ("Russian newspaper"), one of the leaders of the Syrian opposition warned Washington that US military action would be a signal for retaliatory suicide attacks. About this in an interview with FNA (Iran), said the Secretary General of the opposition Syrian party "Al-Shabab" Mahir Mirhij.
He said: “Defense of the Motherland for us is above internal differences in the state. Although at the moment we are in opposition to the government, we believe that protecting the homeland from outside invasion is much more important. Therefore, we have created several battalions of suicide bombers that can conduct operations on American facilities in the Middle East. ”
He then warned the White House that even minor Western interventions would lead to unpredictable consequences and a prompt response from the Damascus armed forces.
Imad Tufaili ("Voice of Russia") interviewed Mirhija. The interviewee first explained that Syria was facing a threat to national security. Syrians against any military invasion. In addition, he noted, neither the Assad regime, nor the internal Syrian opposition used chemical weapons. According to experts, it was used by radical Islamists who penetrated from the territory of Turkey.
“I declare, on behalf of not only all the opposition parties of Syria, but also on behalf of all the Syrian people, that the United States cannot avoid punishment if they launch at least one missile to us. Now it is more important for us not who is in power, but how to protect the Motherland. We did not go over to the side of the government, but we stood up against the blow against our people and our army, which ensures our security. ”
At the same time, Mirhij noted that not all armed fighters will change their position. Moderate groups from the internal opposition can go to the government. These people are against the current government, but they will not fight against the Syrians. “When the destruction of the Syrian people is on the agenda, there is no time for disputes,” noted the interviewee. “It's crazy if the world believes that we, the Syrian people, are just waiting for an attack on our own.”
As for the Syrian Free Army, its head, waiting for intervention, showed itself in all its glory:
“And the head of the SSA revealed his true face. From his recent statements, it became clear who he is and whom he serves. Whoever welcomes a military invasion of his country only out of revenge on the government looks like a son who allowed his mother to be raped only out of revenge on his father. ”
Comments from our readers:
Alexander Romanov
This opposition was not appointed by Washington, which means that it is not legitimate.
LaGlobal
It is necessary to protect the homeland at any time, no matter how difficult it is! But then I have a question: why are you fighting, is it really so difficult to sit at the negotiating table?
At whose expense is the banquet?
As transmits correspondent RIA "Novosti" Alexey Bogdanovsky, the Arab monarchies offered to assume the costs of US force intervention in Syria. This was announced on Wednesday in Congress by John Kerry.
“With regard to the fact that the Arab countries offered to assume the cost and evaluate (her), the answer is yes, indeed. They offered. This proposal is being considered, ”said Kerry.
“In fact, some of them said that if the US is ready to do all this, as we did earlier in other countries, they will take these costs. This is how they are devoted to us. This is not in the plans, and no one talks about it, but they talk about it seriously, ”added the head of the State Department.
Saudi al-Faisal, Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, said: “Arab countries must respond to requests from the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people (opposition) for help from the international community in order to end the bloody massacre.”
At the same time, limited US use of military force in Syria will cost the US budget tens of millions of dollars, said Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel. Together with John Kerry and the Chairman of the Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Martin Dempsey, he spoke at a hearing in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of Congress, reports corr. ITAR-TASS Ivan Lebedev.
True, independent military experts believe that the cost of the operation in Syria will be calculated not in the tens, but in the hundreds of millions of dollars. By the most conservative estimates, its value will exceed 200 million dollars. One Tomahawk cruise missile costs the Pentagon about 1,5 million dollars.
One of the congressmen recalled that the topic of the costs of the operation in Syria had previously been addressed by General Dempsey, who warned of billions of dollars. Some measures proposed by a number of legislators, including “hawk” McCain, seem extremely costly to him. The introduction of a no-fly zone into Syria will require one-time expenses in the amount of 500 million dollars, and the preservation of its regime will require billions of dollars a month.
Well, let us add from ourselves, the Saudis to the general and answered ...
Comments from our readers:
Alexander Romanov
These types of such a new feature in the field of donations.
Feka
Do not understand.
"Paid two wars - the third for free."
“Rent AUG. In a good condition. Bargaining is appropriate. Call the hut, ask Obama. "
Now, so what?
"Paid two wars - the third for free."
“Rent AUG. In a good condition. Bargaining is appropriate. Call the hut, ask Obama. "
Now, so what?
Daughter of the Bulgarian Communist
Brazil hit the tops of world news. The fact is that Dilma Rousseff explained something to Barack Obama. For October, her visit to the USA was scheduled, but now, in connection with the espionage activity of Big Brother, I mean the NSA, the Brazilian president has announced her readiness to cancel the visit. She will agree to fly to Washington only when the White House administration publicly apologizes for electronic surveillance. That's not all: Mrs. Rousseff will punish the USA and financially: cancel the planned trade deals with this country. Among other things, Brazil will not buy F-18 aircraft worth 4 billion dollars. The strike is done at the most appropriate time: the US budget is sequestered, export is required. Well, and get this very cut, spies, aenbeshniki ...
As passed correspondent ITAR-TASS Alan Badov, Brazil is ready to cancel the planned deals with the United States, including the agreement on the purchase of military aircraft "Super Hornet" in the amount of 4 billion from Boeing.
The reason for the possible "cool" decision was that the US National Security Agency, as it turned out, was tracking phone calls and emails from Rousseff, as well as her Mexican colleague Enrique Peña Nieto. The revelations were based on documents transmitted to the press by Edward Snowden. This was announced by the Brazilian TV channel “Globo TV”.
Channel "Euronews" reports that Brazil intends to discuss the issue of espionage of US special services in the United Nations, as well as with the BRICS partners. This was stated by the country's foreign minister Luis Alberto Figueiredo.
“As I stated earlier, we have begun negotiations with different countries, both with developed and developing countries, including the states of the BRICS group. It is necessary to discuss this issue together, because we are sure that it affects the interests of all countries, ”the head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said. He added that a joint action plan should be developed.
Indeed, let us add from ourselves that very few people will like the perusal of mail and telephone interception. Especially not like it to someone who considers peeping and listening to a business partner and is preparing to count billions to a partner.
Thus, Mr. Obama was infringed on all sides. Brazil (and Mexico) will torture his administration with questions about NSA surveillance, the same will be done by Germany and a number of other countries, who previously believed that they have partnerships with the United States and even trust. Russia and China will defend their position on Syria. Britain and many NATO countries refuse to directly participate in the anti-Syrian aggression of Washington. Many American soldiers, officers and veterans spoke out against the war in Syria on the Internet — moreover, they said they did not want to fight on the same side with al-Qaeda. Rumors that Obama is a Muslim and even an Islamist, a fan of the Muslim Brotherhood, have come to life in the network. Finally, V. Putin did not only give temporary refuge to the fugitive Snowden, which earned him a big political point, but did not go towards the American public with respect to some loosening up for the "blue" at the 2014 Olympiad. And this is not to mention the budget sequestration in the United States and the growing US government debt, which has reached fantastic proportions under Obama, so that the operation in Syria will probably not be the White House, but Saudi Arabia.
Comments from our readers:
experienced
I liked the situation at the J20 summit, when it happened by chance, or by a specialist, she was seated next to Obama. The news constantly flashed her pursed lips and how she turned away from Obama, and his somewhat tense look. A lady with an ardent natural temperament: she slashes a slap in the face or she sticks a pencil in her eye, so sit down, smile ...
pensioner
Judging by the photo, it can also put out a bull about the eyes ...
Stiletto
Simple Americans feel sorry. In their life now - the black bar. No, not black - not so politically correct - African American. But what to do - state terrorism, which the States have been practicing for many years, must be punished, with no options.
vyatom
I think that ordinary Americans should make a broad front for the abolition of all sorts of military operations by the forces of the US Army and Navy outside the borders of their country. Repent on their knees for waging wars around the world for over a century. The only way.
Sorry i didn't die
The office of former US President George W. Bush, the other day, reported the death of former South African leader Nelson Mandela, reports RIA News" with reference to Politico.
George Bush Sr. and his wife expressed their condolences to the family of Mandela and the people of South Africa: "Barbara and I regret the departure of one of the greatest defenders of freedom." Bush stressed: “He was a courageous man who influenced the course of history in his country. Barbara and I express our condolences to the family of the highly respected President Mandela. ”
Curiously, Jim McGrath, the Bush spokesman who published this statement, later assessed the message as a mistake — not simple, but “stupid.” He wrote in the Twitter microblog that it was a “stupid mistake.” McGrath apologized and explained that he had misread the headline of the news in the Washington Post.
Meanwhile, N. Mandela was discharged from the hospital and returned to his home in Johannesburg. He is there under the care of doctors.
A representative like McGrath, let us add, is quite suitable for the office of the Bush family.
It is noteworthy that the “funeral” South African history, but of a slightly different kind, happened in 2009 with George W. Bush. As notes RBC, South African television channel "ETV News" launched a message about the death of 43-th US President. The message was intended to test the running line and accidentally went on the air.
Comments from our readers:
Egoza
Well, it means that he (Mandela) will live for a long time. Spite to Bush and K.
* “War is not poker! It can not be announced when he pleases! "- A phrase from the movie" The very Munchhausen "
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