Tuesday, May 19, 2009
http://chinaconfidential.blogspot.com/North Korea Preparing New Provocations
Analysts in Japan and South Korea believe North Korea is preparing a series of new provocative acts aimed at raising international tensions. A border skirmish with South Korea is possible--along with more medium-range missile tests.
China Confidential analysts say the North is moving ahead with plans to conduct its second nuclear weapon test.
Citing North Korean Nuclear Threat, Kissinger Questions Existence of an International System
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger made a powerful point about nuclear proliferation on Fox News Tuesday night.
In an interview with Greta Van Susteren, Kissinger stressed the urgent need to end North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
Referring to the stalled, six-party negotiating forum, he twice asked rhetorically: If the nations involved--the United States, China, Japan, South Korea, and Russia--cannot come up with the right mix of penalties and incentives to persuade "a country the size of North Korea," a country "with no natural resources" that is totally dependent on its neighbors, to give up its nuclear arsenal, then "what is the point of talking about an international system?"
Kissinger also emphasized the importance of stopping the spread of atomic arms to Iran.
Asked about CIA Director Leon Panetta's comment that Pakistan's nuclear arsenal was "pretty secure," Kissinger agreed with his interviewer that "pretty secure" was not good enough.
Sadistic Slaughter of Pigs Spotlights Muslim World's Well Deserved Reputation for Animal Cruelty
It is no accident that Muslim countries are known for cruelty toward animals as well as humans. Islam, which America's first Muslim-born President, Barack Obama, claims has helped to shape America, is inherently cruel--an intolerant creed that naturally lends itself to violence and fanaticism, as shown by the sickening video below.
Egypt--the venue for Obama's upcoming address to "the Muslim world"-- recently ordered the immediate slaughter of all pigs in the country to avoid any outbreak of the deadly swine flu, even though the disease is not spread by pigs.
The Egyptian government said slaughter houses were to begin the culling process on Wednesday at the fastest rate possible.
Egypt’s agriculture ministry says there are 250,000 pigs in the country, belonging to and eaten by the members of the Coptic Christian minority.
China Confidential analysts say the provocative move by the Egyptian Government is actually aimed towards the poor Christian populations. The sole owners of all large farms in the country are the lower end of the Christian minority in Egypt.
By ordering the slaughter of all pigs in Egypt, the government will be depriving an estimated one million poor people from their only source of income. Therefore, the government move is an indirect financial attack on Christian minorities, under the cover of swine flu prevention.
Will Obama speak out for the Coptic Christians?
EDITOR'S NOTE: Atlas Shrugs deserves credit for first publishing the video and for reminding us that Jewish law, in sharp contrast with barbaric Islamic law, forbids any form of animal cruelty. The Jewish religion even requires that pets are fed ahead of humans in order to avoid making the animal feel "jealous." Perhaps Obama will consult one of his Jewish collaborators to gain a better appreciation for the religion, whose birthplace and homeland he is apparently determined to sacrifice to the Islamist sword--in the name of diplomacy.
Egypt--the venue for Obama's upcoming address to "the Muslim world"-- recently ordered the immediate slaughter of all pigs in the country to avoid any outbreak of the deadly swine flu, even though the disease is not spread by pigs.
The Egyptian government said slaughter houses were to begin the culling process on Wednesday at the fastest rate possible.
Egypt’s agriculture ministry says there are 250,000 pigs in the country, belonging to and eaten by the members of the Coptic Christian minority.
China Confidential analysts say the provocative move by the Egyptian Government is actually aimed towards the poor Christian populations. The sole owners of all large farms in the country are the lower end of the Christian minority in Egypt.
By ordering the slaughter of all pigs in Egypt, the government will be depriving an estimated one million poor people from their only source of income. Therefore, the government move is an indirect financial attack on Christian minorities, under the cover of swine flu prevention.
Will Obama speak out for the Coptic Christians?
EDITOR'S NOTE: Atlas Shrugs deserves credit for first publishing the video and for reminding us that Jewish law, in sharp contrast with barbaric Islamic law, forbids any form of animal cruelty. The Jewish religion even requires that pets are fed ahead of humans in order to avoid making the animal feel "jealous." Perhaps Obama will consult one of his Jewish collaborators to gain a better appreciation for the religion, whose birthplace and homeland he is apparently determined to sacrifice to the Islamist sword--in the name of diplomacy.
On the Lunacy of Obama's Linkage
Michael Goodwin says Obama's Middle East policy is consistently "off course" and doomed to fail. Click here for his article.
And click here for his Daily News opinion piece, which demolishes Obama's linkage of the Iranian and Palestinian issues. An excerpt follows:
Linkage is real only in the minds of those who refuse to see three fundamental realities of the Mideast.
The first is that Palestinian culture is still soaked in bloody images of martyrdom, with children's programs, teen music videos and mosque sermons all glorifying death in war against the Jews. Hamas and Fatah have divided their territory into warring and desperate pieces. Who is Israel supposed to make peace with, and how?
The second reality is that Iran has convincingly demonstrated it is in no mood to voluntarily give up its nuke dreams. Its leaders, even the so-called moderates, see the bomb as a ticket to regional dominance and the final victory over Israel. One such moderate called Israel "a one bomb country," meaning one would be enough.
The third reality is that there is simply no linkage between the creation of a Palestinian state and Iran's ambition for nukes. To believe otherwise is to believe Iran embarked on the nuclear quest because the Palestinians lacked a state. Nobody in their right mind believes that.
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