Friday, March 15, 2013
N. Korean Dictator Target of Assassination Attempt: Report
North Korea's dictator is believed to have been the target of a failed assassination attempt. Read more.
North Korea Accuses US of Cyber Sabotage
Nuclear-armed North Korea is accusing the United States of staging cyber-attacks against the North's servers. Read more.
It's only a matter of time before North Korea again attacks a target in South Korea, which has vowed to retaliate forcefully against any aggressive act. Then what?
Thursday, March 14, 2013
US-Backed Islamists Warn Women's Rights Would Ruin Egypt
The clerical fascist Muslim Brotherhood, considered "moderate" by the Obama administration, which assisted the group's takeover of Egypt, says women's rights would destroy the country. Read more.
'Moralists' Ignore Syrian Slaughter, Investigate Israel
Spike in Mideast Tensions Ahead of Obama Visit
Iran tries to down a U.S. drone. Assad threatens air attacks on Lebanese home bases of invading rebels. Russian marines dock in Beirut. Read more.
Obama: Iran More than a Year Away from Developing Nuke
President Barack Obama told an Israeli television interviewer that Iran is more than a year away from becoming a nuclear power. Read more.
US Slaps Sanctions on Secret Iran Oil Shipping Network
LPG Trade Increasing Annually on Strong Asia Demand
Analysts predict LPG exports from the Persian Gulf and the United States will increase about 5% per year through 2016. Read more.
Related: LPG Carrier Size Doubles in Two Years
Foreign Investors Eye Venezuelan Oil
The death of Chavez could lead to an opening for foreign investment and joint ventures in Venezuela's oil sector. Read more.
But don't rush in…. The presumed next president is not likely to cede control of the national oil company and staggering oil reserves.
The Bloomberg article is clearly biased in the favor of foreign investors. But the real question that should be raised is this: Why did the United States foolishly waste all those pre-Chavez years, dating to the first energy crisis and the awful years of President Jimmy Carter, whose administration was irrationally anti-oil, whether it was produced by multinationals or domestic independents? A Western Hemisphere energy alliance could and should have been forged with Canada, Mexico, and Venezuela in order to free the U.S. from OPEC's grip. But Carter would not even consider such a grouping; nor would the worst-ever U.S. President (prior to the disastrous George W. Bush) entertain formation of a U.S. national company to develop domestic resources, such as heavy crude and oil that can only be produced using enhanced recovery methods--resources that big, for-profit oil companies dismiss as not profitable when what they really mean is not profitable enough to satisfy stockholders and analysts.
The U.S. does not now and has never had a rational energy policy--for the American people. True, Chavez was a tropical Mussolini--a dangerous, antisemitic demagogue who aligned his nation with the new Nazi Germany, Islamist Iran, and its partner in nuclear and missile crimes, North Korea. But, unlike America's so-called leaders, one must admit that he at least sought to use his country's awesome energy resources for the benefit of the majority of his country's citizens. Hence, his grassroots popularity and the outpouring of grief over his passing among the lower classes of Venezuelan society.
In contrast, U.S. politicians and policymakers seem hopelessly divided--between greedy supporters and servants of Big Oil (Republicans) and supposedly well-inentioned, green energy elitists (Democrats) who secretly root for higher oil prices in order to rationalize subsidies and incentives for inefficient and non-existent energy alternatives. Either way, ordinary, hard-pressed Americans, who increasingly must struggle to survive in the face of rising fuel (and food) costs, are … well … screwed.
So it goes.
Desperate Karzai Turns Openly Anti-American
Craven, Corrupt Clown Seeks Survival by Any Means
From bad to worse in Afghanistan--click here for the analysis.
Foreign Confidential readers should not be surprised. This blog has been consistently critical of Afghanistan's cowardly and corrupt president, a clownish figure--who is anything but funny.
Fact is, the United States should have never become involved in a land war in Afghanistan. Rather, Al Qaeda and the Taliban should have been obliterated within days of 9/11.
Reuters Reports Iran 'Pouring Weapons' into Syria
Reuters reports that Iran has significantly stepped up its military support of the embattled Syrian regime. The news service says Iranian weapons are flowing into Syria from different directions; and Hezbollah units are increasingly involved in the fighting.
Click here to read the article, a Reuters exclusive.
Related: Iran, Hezbollah Have Built 50,000-Man Syrian Militia
Is Austerity Killing Europe?
Data Shows 'Continent-Wide Experiment' Clearly Failing
Click on the video below. The level of debate and analysis towers above the simplistic drivel that dominates U.S. talk and news programs.
North Korea Deploying Road-Mobile ICBM
North Korea is fielding a new, untested missile that could hit the United States.Read more.
Also, the United States still does not know if North Korea used plutonium or uranium to fuel the nation's last nuclear explosion. Read more.
Also, the United States still does not know if North Korea used plutonium or uranium to fuel the nation's last nuclear explosion. Read more.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Italy's Credit Crunch Killing Companies
US-Backed Muslim Brotherhood Running Syrian Revolt
The Islamist menace, with which the Obama administration has overtly aligned the United States, is running the revolt in Syria. Read more.
The MB's only real rival is Al Qaeda. Groups associated with the terrorist organization have emerged as the most effective fighters against the Assad regime.
Symbolic Escalation by North Korea
North Korea's dictator observed a live artillery exercise near a disputed sea border with South Korea. Read more.
Iran Seeks US Wheat; Food Exempt from Sanctions
Iran is still seeking to import U.S. wheat in spite of the nuclear standoff and sanctions. Read more.
Iran also imports soybeans from the United States. In recent years, in fact, relatively small shipments of soybeans grown and harvested in Vermont have been trucked to the Port of Montreal for export to Iran.
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