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  1. Iraqi forces branded ‘cold blooded killers’ after bodies of civilians are found in Mosul (express, Nov 11, 2016)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/731151/Amnesty-International-ISIS-Mosul-Iraqi-Police-behead-execute-Islamic-State

    “IRAQI forces have been accused of unlawfully killing innocent civilians “in cold blood” during the operation to free Mosul from the depraved Islamic State.

    An Amnesty International report claims “up to six” executed bodies of civilians were found in the besieged city across the last month.

    The human rights organisation also said the victims were “deliberately” murdered by Iraqi forces…”

  2. Migrant sex attacks against children in Sweden could escalate, officials warn (express, Nov 11, 2016)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/731127/Migrant-sex-attacks-increase-Sweden-police-Malmo-Ewa-Gun-Westford-child

    “MIGRANT sex attacks against children in the Swedish city of Malmö could increase following a spate of incidents in broad daylight, police have warned.

    Records show an increasing number of sexual assault cases in the city and Ewa-Gun Westford, a Police spokesman for the region, has warned there could be more.

    She said: “Some cases concern rapes while in other cases it’s sexual molestation, and we think [this situation] could escalate.

    “We do not want to create a rancorous atmosphere among the public but want to tread carefully.”

    She added: “The information we have leads in a certain direction, but it is very sensitive and [these are] difficult issues for the vulnerable.”…”

    • She added: “The information we have leads in a certain direction, but it is very sensitive and [these are] difficult issues for the vulnerable.”

      I sincerely hope that everyone realizes how Police spokesman, Ewa-Gun Westford, is most likely using that term, “the vulnerable”, in reference to those MIGRANTS who are committing all of these “sex attacks against children”.

      Symptomatic of so many Liberals cultures, sensitivity to the criminals’ rights supersede any shown for the victims’. Especially when those criminals belong to whatever category of “protected species” minority. The downstream conclusion for such an abortion of justice has such a horrendous outcome pinned to it that few of these bleeding-heart virtue signalers can even bring themselves to imagine it.

      A second Dark Ages is descending upon Europe with the distinct difference being that the West now possesses technologically mechanized warfare. These intervening 500 years have only served to expand man’s capacity for “inhumanity to his fellow man”. And these mincing little, kumbaya-singing, willkommenskultur wankers continue to pretend that there exists a happy-clappy-Islam and that everything is all hearts and flowers … even as the first fragments of overarching civilization are already beginning to sift down amongst them.

      Rest assured that this Second Dark Age is not likely to not last for 1,000 years. Only Islam can precipitate that sort of supremely dismal consequence, and its ability to do so soon will be meeting the proverbial brick wall of reality.

  3. Southeast Turkey Administration Chief Dies in Hospital Following Attack (sputniknews, Nov 11, 2016)
    https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201611111047323410-administration-chief-attack/

    “The local administration official wounded in a rocket attack in the southeastern Turkish province of Mardin has died in hospital, Turkish media reported Friday.

    ANKARA (Sputnik) – Derik district governor Muhammet Fatih Safiturk, one of at least three wounded in a Thursday attack on the administration building, died from injuries in a Gaziantep hospital where he has been flown, according to the Anadolu news service.

    Safiturk was appointed the district governor after his predecessor was suspended from work following the July coup attempt. Similar attacks are frequent in the southeastern province of Mardin, as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), outlawed in Turkey, is active in the region. Tensions between Ankara and Kurds escalated in July 2015 when a ceasefire between Turkey and the PKK collapsed over a series of terrorist attacks, allegedly committed by PKK members.”

    • Syria: Militants used chemical weapons in Aleppo – Russian MoD

      Russia’s Defence Ministry reported on the use of chemical weapons by anti-government forces against civilians and Syrian soldiers in Aleppo’s 1070 district, Friday.

      Soldiers from Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops discovered unexploded artillery ammunition containing toxic substances. A representative of the division said “When removing mines from the land, white smoke came out of the mines. Presumably white phosphorus.”

      SOT, Representative of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops (Russian): “I am a representative of the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops of Russian Federation, Research Centre. So we arrived in the 1070 district, for sampling at the site. We collected samples from the interior of the mines. When removing mines from the land, white smoke came out of the mines. Presumably white phosphorus. It was also sampled. Now we will carry out examinations of the samples in the laboratory here, and some of the samples will also be sent to a laboratory in Moscow to get expert opinion.”

      • If it were white phosphorus there should have been more smoke, Willie Pete puts out a whole lot of smoke.

  6. Former RAF serviceman died after waiting over 12 HOURS for an ambulance (express, Nov 11, 2016)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/731251/RAF-serviceman-died-waiting-HOURS-ambulance

    “A FORMER RAF serviceman died after waiting more than 12 HOURS for an ambulance – after being told by emergency services they were busy because it was “student night”.

    John Wilce, 86, was forced to wait half-a-day for paramedics to visit his home and was laid unconscious for the last four hours after he fell from his sofa during the wait.

    A doctor had initially checked over Mr Wilce at around 4pm after attending a house call – and signalled for the emergency services to get him to hospital.

    But when it got to 6pm his family rang 999 to say an ambulance had not turned up and they were told John was not a “life threatening” case.

    They were told that the emergency services were busy because it was ‘student night’ and it would not be until midnight when they could get a vehicle to the house.

    At 1am Mr Wilce fell from his sofa and when his family spoke to the ambulance service again they told him to leave him on the floor.

    The ambulance arrived at 5am and tests later showed John was suffering from an aneurysm and, as he was trying to force himself up out of his fall, it had ruptured and he died nine hours later…”

  7. France gripped by TERROR FEARS: More than half terrified of being killed in ISIS attack (express, Nov 11, 2016)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/731242/France-terror-fears-half-terrified-killed-ISIS-attack

    “MORE than half of all French people live with the constant fear of a looming attack, and strongly believe they could become the next victim of terrorism, according to an opinion poll conducted by the Red Cross.

    The news comes in the wake of the one-year anniversary of the November 13, 2015 terrorist attacks on Paris, where a heavily-armed and highly-trained ISIS commando stormed through the lively La République neighbourhood, leaving 130 dead, hundreds injured, and millions mentally scarred.

    The shocking poll, which was carried out by the market research institute, Ifop, shows the terror threat to France has crept its way up to the top of the country’s priority list in recent years: only 38 per cent were worried that a massive terrorist attack would hit France in 2010.

    An Ifop spokesperson said: “Some 70 per cent of French people said that the wave of ISIS- and al-Qaeda-led terrorist attacks – mostly carried out by homegrown jihadists – to have hit France throughout 2015 and 2016 has only served to exacerbate this fear.”

    But, despite being “extremely” worried about the extremist threat, only around one third – 35 per cent – said they would know what to do and how to react in the event of a terror or bomb attack, he continued…”

  8. Sick teenage migrant who raped OAP, 72 in savage attack to be released in MONTHS (express, Nov 11, 2016)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/731257/Migrant-sex-attack-austria-oap

    “A DEVASTATED 72-year-old raped by a teenage asylum seeker when she offered him her hand to pull him out of a canal has lost the will to live.

    She is currently fighting for her life in the intensive care ward at her local hospital after she stopped eating, and is now only being kept alive by machines.

    Her daughter, who until the tragedy was a refugee aid worker, said: “I knew it would eventually end like this.”

    The case has caused a scandal in Austria when it was revealed that the police had attempted to gloss over the crime of the 17-year-old asylum seeker, who when the case finally came to court was only given a 20-month jail sentence and who told them that when he was released, he would not be deported because the punishment was not more than three years.

    After she was attacked in autumn last year, police admitted that they had covered up what had happened because of the sensitivity of the subject…”

  9. The Latest: Migrants Demand EU Access in Belgrade Protest (abcnews, Nov 11, 2016)
    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-migrants-demand-eu-access-belgrade-protest-43464218

    “More than 100 migrants have staged a protest in Serbia to demand access to European Union countries that have closed their doors to them.

    The demonstrators gathered Friday in a Belgrade park carrying banners reading, “Open Borders” and “No More War.”

    Thousands of migrants have been stuck in Serbia for months after the Balkan country’s EU neighbors beefed up border controls to keep migrants out.

    While most migrants in Serbia are staying in asylum centers, hundreds of men have been camping in parks or abandoned warehouses in Belgrade seeking ways to cross illegally into Hungary or Croatia.

    Serbian authorities recently instructed aid groups to stop delivering food outside migrant centers in hopes of getting the men off the streets…”

    • All that remains to be seen is whether or not Western Civilization will shake itself awake soon enough to realize that “Open Borders” is its death knell.

      • “Please open the border.”

        Please open your wallet.

        Please open your checkbook.

        Please open your house.

        Please open your legs.

  10. Anti-Trump protesters take to streets for second night

    Washington (AFP) – Thousands of protesters angry over Donald Trump’s election win took to the streets for a second straight night, with at least one demonstration degenerating into a riot against the tycoon turned president-elect.

    Accusing Trump of racism, sexism and xenophobia, protesters from New York to Los Angeles blocked traffic and chanted slogans like “Not my president” and “We reject the president-elect.”

    The worst violence was in the northwestern city of Portland, where protesters hurled projectiles at officers, vandalized businesses, smashed car windows and attacked drivers.

    Police said they were treating the protests as a “riot” due to what they said was “extensive criminal and dangerous behavior.”

    In his first comments on the unrest, Trump blamed the media.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/fresh-protests-erupt-several-us-states-over-trump-225815861.html

      • “Subway Therapy*”???

        I thought Bernhard Goetz invented that.

        * As opposed to the more traditional “parking lot therapy”.

    • A supreme irony being that the political process which elected Trump is the exact same one that ensconced a limp-d!¢k sack of shite like 0bama in the Oval Office for two consecutive terms. One of only valid things for these monumental crybabies to actually protest is their dismal understanding of how elected representation operates in America.

  11. 1.4 million Obama amnesty applicants on deportation hit list

    Some 1.4 million illegals who followed President Obama’s request to sign up for two controversial amnesty programs could be among the first to face deportation under the new administration.

    The reason: In exchange for getting into the two programs, they handed over their identities, home addresses, and admitted to being in the United States illegally, making them the easiest to find and legally deport.

    “I was surprised anyone would be stupid enough to sign up for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and DAPA (Deferred Action for Parents of Americans). Yet apparently hundreds of thousands of people did so anyway,” said John Miano of the Center for Immigration Studies.

    He said in a blog post that the programs are dead under a Trump administration and those who signed up “created a list of prime candidates for deportation with names, addresses, and an admission of illegal alien status.”

    http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/1.4-million-obama-amnesty-applicants-on-deportation-hit-list/article/2607171

  13. Mayor: Database of undocumented New Yorkers could be deleted

    A database containing the identity of undocumented immigrants living in New York City would not be opened up to a Trump administration without a “real fight,” the city’s mayor said on Thursday.
    Mayor Bill de Blasio, speaking at a news conference the day after President-elect Donald Trump’s stunning electoral victory, also left open the possibility that the database, which holds personal information from the more than 850,000 New Yorkers who have a city municipal identification card, could be scrubbed.

    The IDNYC card was introduced in 2015 as a free and official proof of identification that could be obtained with limited documentation — making it accessible to the nearly half million city residents without legal immigration status.

    http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/11/politics/new-york-undocumented-database/index.html

    Richard: Sounds like de Blasio is planning on seeing if the Donald will really cut off Federal Funding to Sanctuary Cities. Also he needs to think this thru, his ordering the destruction of evidence of a lot of crimes (illegal immigration is a crime) would be conspiracy to destroy evidence. Two felonies at the same time.

  14. 2 Investigators: Water Plant Trespasser Is Released, Then Vanishes

    Clean drinking water is essential for our health, so when a man with a foreign passport is discovered trespassing in a protected Chicago water plant, the FBI and Homeland security are alerted.

    Authorities say Shahroon Augustine entered the Eugene Sawyer Water Purification Plant with a duffle bag, containing a passport from Pakistan.

    He was charged with trespassing, then vanished.

    “If our water supply isn’t vigorously protected, we as a society could have real trouble,” says Richard Schak, a former Chicago Police official who launched the criminal justice program at National Louis University.

    http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/11/10/2-investigators-suspicious-man-caught-at-water-plant-released-then-vanishes/

      • Why this individual wasn’t detained and interrogated relentlessly is something that should show up on the police chief’s desk and the in annual merit review jackets of the officers involved. Just the Pakistani passport alone was sufficient indication of probable cause to have searched, detained, and questioned the suspect.

  15. ‘Professional protesters’ riot over Trump’s election, attacking bystanders and vandalizing cars, property

    Police in Portland, Ore. declared that a once peaceful protest was a riot after demonstrators were seen attacking drivers and committing acts of vandalism during their march against Donald Trump’s election Thursday night.

    Portland police said at least 29 people were arrested in the riot and that more information would be given on the charges Friday morning.

    According to KPTV, one driver had her windshield smashed and someone painted “Capitalism kills” on a nearby convenience store. Police declared the protest a riot at around 8:30 pm. A riot is a Class C felony in Oregon.

    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/11/riot-declared-in-oregon-as-anti-trump-demonstrators-damage-cars-buildings.html

    • ‘Professional protesters’ riot over Trump’s election, attacking bystanders and vandalizing cars, property

      Police in Portland, Ore. declared that a once peaceful protest was a riot after demonstrators were seen attacking drivers and committing acts of vandalism during their march against Donald Trump’s election Thursday night.

      Portland police said at least 29 people were arrested in the riot and that more information would be given on the charges Friday morning.

      According to KPTV, one driver had her windshield smashed and someone painted “Capitalism kills” on a nearby convenience store. Police declared the protest a riot at around 8:30 pm. A riot is a Class C felony in Oregon.

      http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/11/riot-declared-in-oregon-as-anti-trump-demonstrators-damage-cars-buildings.html

  16. Anarchist rioters shatter windows in Portland following once-peaceful protest, 26 arrested

    PORTLAND, Ore. —

    A once-peaceful protest in Portland turned violent Thursday evening as anarchists burned flags, broke store windows and damaged cars.

    Officers arrested at least 26 people, according to Portland Police. No law enforcement officers were hurt in what officials labeled as a riot.

    The third day of the protests against President-elect Donald Trump started around 5 p.m. at Pioneer Courthouse Square. About 4,000 people marched over the Hawthorne Bridge, through the Lloyd Center. At that point, the protest appeared to break apart when some people began using bats to bash in cars at a Honda dealership.

    http://katu.com/news/local/protests-set-to-continue-thursday-meeting-point-set-downtown

  17. After Donald Trump victory, Oregonians submit ballot proposal to secede from the union

    Two days after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, two Portlanders have submitted a petition for a 2018 ballot initiative to have Oregon secede from the United States.

    On Thursday morning, Jennifer Rollins, a lawyer, and Christian Trejbal, a writer, filed the Oregon Secession Act.

    “Oregonian values are no longer the values held by the rest of the United States,” Trejbal said over the phone Thursday.

    Those values? “Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness,” Trejbal said, “plus equality.”

    “Obviously,” he said, the ballot proposal “came about partially in response to the election results on Tuesday.”

    “But,” he added, “it’s been developing over time.”

    http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/11/after_trump_victory_oregonians.html

  18. Silicon Valley’s Secessionist Fever Dream

    Many of the California tech industry’s leaders are unhappy with the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. This being Silicon Valley, they’ve come up with an innovative response: Secede from the union.

    It’s one idea I hope they won’t bring to fruition.

    California supported Hillary Clinton more than any other state, yet the election was called before its votes could even be tallied. The tech industry was particularly disappointed, given Trump’s stance on issues like trade and immigration. As Sam Altman, president of startup incubator Y Combinator, put it in a tweet: “this feels like the worst thing to happen in my life.”

    Silicon Valley won’t take this sitting down. Shervin Pishevar, co-founder of transportation startup Hyperloop One, has promised to fund a campaign for California to become its own nation. Supporters are working on an initiative to put a referendum for California secession on the 2018 ballot. On Wednesday, residents gathered in front of the capitol building in Sacramento to rally for independence.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-11-11/silicon-valley-s-secessionist-fever-dream

    • “California supported Hillary Clinton more than any other state, yet the election was called before its votes could even be tallied.”

      Endemic to this entire election is how regularly the irony has been thick enough to spread on toast.

      I can still recall, on election night, the way that I’d grimace every time I saw how California’s 55 electoral votes could wipe out Trump’s lead.

      … And then, suddenly it couldn’t any more.

      That’s when the party started in earnest at my house.

      • I still want to get an amendment that says the electoral vote for every Congressional District is to be cast the way their district voted. If this had been the way they were counted in 08 Obama would never have been elected. It would also cut down vote fraud since one or two districts couldn’t dominate that entire state.

        • I want to kill partisan gerrymandering. In my district only one party can win a seat for Congress – The Democrat Machine candidate.

          • That would be nice but the Courts keep stopping all attempts to stop gerrymandering, after without out the ability to twist borders around how will any minority person who supports the Dems get elected.

  19. Riot police fill streets as Egypt braces for austerity protests

    Riot police and armored vehicles filled the otherwise empty streets of central Cairo early on Friday as security forces built up a heavy presence in anticipation of popular protests over deteriorating economic conditions.

    A little-known group calling itself Movement of the Poor has called for Egyptians to protest on Nov. 11 against deepening austerity.

    The calls had been made since August, but gained traction on social media last week after Egypt raised fuel prices and floated its currency – a move welcomed by bankers but bemoaned by ordinary people as the latest blow to their diminishing spending power in a country that relies on imports.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-currency-protests-idUSKBN1360U4

  20. Massive cyberattack hit five top Russian banks: Kaspersky

    Moscow (AFP) – A massive cyberattack has hit at least five of Russia’s largest banks, Moscow-based internet security giant Kaspersky said Thursday.

    The country’s largest lender, state-controlled Sberbank, said it had been hacked into on Tuesday but managed to neutralise the attack automatically without disturbing its operations.

    Kaspersky said in a statement that the distribution of denial attacks (DDoS) began Tuesday at 1300 GMT and targeted “the websites of at least five well-known financial institutions in the top 10” in Russia.

    The attacks were still continuing on Thursday. Most lasted around one hour but the longest lasted almost 12 hours, Kaspersky said.

    https://www.yahoo.com/tech/massive-cyberattack-hit-five-top-russian-banks-kaspersky-150738178.html

  21. Iraqi special forces seize Mosul district in fresh push

    KOKJALI/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi special forces said they pushed deeper into Mosul on Friday despite heavy resistance from Islamic State militants using civilians as cover, and were holding half a dozen city neighborhoods seized in the last 10 days.

    The elite Counter Terrorism Service troops broke through Islamic State defense lines to enter the city early last week and have since been embroiled in a brutal, close-quarter combat with waves of suicide bombers and snipers.

    The special forces are the spearhead of a wider coalition of 100,000 fighters seeking to crush a few thousand Islamic State jihadists who have ruled Mosul, the biggest city of their cross-border “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria, for the last two years.

    The campaign, nearly four weeks old, is the most complex military operation in Iraq in the 13 years of turmoil since the U.S. invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

    Security forces and army infantry divisions, backed by a U.S.-led air force, are preparing to move on southern and northern districts of Mosul in coming days, to step up pressure on the militants.

    http://www.oann.com/iraqi-special-forces-seize-mosul-district-in-fresh-push/

  22. Watchdog condemns Syrian government, Islamic State use of banned chemical weapons

    AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The executive body of the global chemical weapons watchdog voted on Friday to condemn the use of banned toxic agents by the Syrian government and by militant group Islamic State, a source who took part in the closed session said.

    Roughly two-thirds of the 41 members on the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), endorsed a U.S.-tabled text, the source told Reuters.

    The OPCW’s Executive Council, which meets behind closed doors, seldom votes on such matters, generally operating through consensus. But this text was supported by 28 members, including Germany, France, the United States and Britain.

    It was opposed by Russia, China, Sudan and Iran. There were nine abstentions. Russia and Iran are Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s main allies against rebels seeking to overthrow him. Western and Gulf Arab states back the rebels.

    http://www.oann.com/watchdog-condemns-syrian-government-islamic-state-use-of-banned-chemical-weapons/

  23. Migrants stranded in Serbia march toward Croatian border

    BELGRADE (Reuters) – Some 150 migrants, trapped in Serbia, set out on Friday to walk about 125 km (80 miles) to the Croatian border, demanding free and secure passage toward Western Europe, police said.

    Police are following the group along the highway connecting Belgrade and the border.

    “We started marching toward the border with Croatia. The camps are full, we sleep in parks, we cannot stand it any more,” said a migrant from Pakistan who gave his name as Habib.

    According to the U.N. refugee agency, around 6,400 migrants from countries such as Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan are currently registered in Serbia, while local non-governmental organizations say their number is close to 10,000. They mostly arrive from Bulgaria and Macedonia.

    http://www.oann.com/migrants-stranded-in-serbia-march-toward-croatian-border/

  24. Sweden seek assurances from Trump regarding defense agreement

    STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden will seek assurances from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump that a recently signed defense cooperation agreement will be honored by the new administration and on his commitment to NATO, Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist said.

    After years of rising tensions with Russia in the Baltic region, Sweden and the United States signed a declaration of intent in June to increase defense cooperation.

    The deal includes joint exercises and adaptation of technologies and practices to a joint NATO-standard.

    “He has through his own actions in the election campaign created a long series of question marks,” Hultqvist, told Reuters.

    “However, we assume that all contracts and agreements that we and other countries have signed with the United States still stand.”

    During his election campaign Trump threatened to abandon U.S. allies in Europe if they do not spend enough on defense and praised Russian leader Vladimir Putin for his leadership.

    http://www.oann.com/sweden-seek-assurances-from-trump-regarding-defense-agreement/

    • All of Europe is going to have to cut welfare and increase defense spending, the left hates doing both.

  25. Ukraine hopes Trump is ‘no Tsar’, will not abandon Kiev

    KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities are laying the groundwork for President Petro Poroshenko to visit Washington early next year, hoping to shore up U.S. support against Russia and allay concerns about what a Donald Trump presidency means for Kiev.

    Ukraine has relied on Western support and economic aid since street protests in 2014 which toppled a Kremlin-backed president and were followed by a war with pro-Russian separatists and Russia’s annexation of the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine.

    Some of Trump’s campaign comments, from appearing to recognize Crimea as part of Russia to contemplating an end to U.S. sanctions on Russia, stoked fears in Kiev that Trump will mend ties with Moscow at Ukraine’s expense.

    Kiev is already wary of losing the backing of the European Union over the bloc’s own sanctions, imposed on Russia over its seizure of Crimea and support for the separatists fighting government forces in eastern Ukraine.

    EU diplomats say the bloc is likely to approve a six-month extension of the sanctions at a summit in December but that it may find it harder to renew them again after Trump is inaugurated in January.

    http://www.oann.com/ukraine-hopes-trump-is-no-tsar-will-not-abandon-kiev/

  26. Don’t forget Crimea and Aleppo, German minister warns Trump

    BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany supports a dialogue between the United States and Russia, but Donald Trump must not ignore Russian actions in Crimea and Aleppo when he sits down with President Vladimir Putin, the German defence minister said on Friday.

    Speaking at an event in Berlin, Ursula von der Leyen also said that NATO would be “dead” if any one of its members refused to come to the defence of another that was under attack.

    Trump, who defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election this week, praised Putin repeatedly during his campaign and questioned whether the United States should defend NATO allies that were not shouldering their fair share of the financial burden in the alliance.

    “It is a good thing when the new American president immediately seeks a dialogue with the Russian president. It is good and it has our full support,” von der Leyen, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, said.

    “What can’t happen is forgetting – forgetting the annexation of Crimea, forgetting the hybrid war in Ukraine which continues, forgetting the bombardment of Aleppo,” she said.

    http://www.oann.com/dont-forget-crimea-and-aleppo-german-minister-warns-trump/

  27. Strong Japan-India ties can help stabilize the world, says Modi

    TOKYO (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday praised the “growing convergence” of views between his nation and Japan, saying strong ties will enable them to play a stabilizing role in Asia.

    Modi is in Japan to sign a landmark nuclear energy pact and strengthen ties as China’s regional influence grows and Donald Trump’s election has thrown U.S. policies across Asia into doubt.

    India, Japan and the United States have been building security ties by holding three-way naval exercises, but Trump’s “America First” campaign promise has stirred concern about a reduced U.S. engagement in the region – an approach that could draw Modi and Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe closer.

    Modi told Japanese business leaders that the 21st century is Asia’s century, urging them to invest in India.

    “The growing convergence of views between Japan and India and our special strategic and global partnership have the capacity to drive the regional economy and development, and stimulate global growth,” he said.

    http://www.oann.com/strong-japan-india-ties-can-help-stabilize-the-world-says-modi/

  28. Can Barack Obama pardon Hillary Clinton? Yes, he can … but will he?

    One of Barack Obama’s last uses of his pen (you know, that one that’s a companion to his phone) could conceivably be to pardon his former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton.

    But, you may be saying, she hasn’t been charged with a crime. Incredibly, she doesn’t have to have been for the president to issue a pardon. According to Samuel T. Morison, an attorney who specializes in pardons, the president has broad executive authority in this area:

    http://libertyunyielding.com/2016/11/10/can-barack-obama-pardon-hillary-clinton-yes-can/

    • No other final gesture by 0bama could do more to permanently tarnish (what few scraps there are left of) his political legacy than being seen to cement-in-place the artificially manufactured legitimacy of the Washington D.C. Democratic Party machine’s recent presumptive figurehead.

      After two purposely derailed FBI investigations into Hillary Clinton—not to mention another currently ongoing one into her foundation—plus numerous other examples of barefaced political and judicial favoritism that explicitly benefited her career trajectory; for 0bama to wipe clean a slate so crowded with the marks of criminal intent would place him firmly in the camp of obvious collaboration.

      It is relatively easy to predict that our sun shall explode eons before Hillary Clinton ever receives another presidential nomination from the Democratic Party. After all these years—and so many other previous Golden Opportunities—her political career is finally aglow with the gamma-ray-level radioactivity that she has struggled so valiantly to achieve. As in, no-fµ¢king-body will back her electioneering horse ever again.

      Even within the Democratic Party itself, there most likely will be a collective sigh of relief when 0bama grows a brain and promptly throws Hillary under the proverbial bus. After all, only when the Clintons have been properly and publicly crucified will there emerge some sort of palatable excuse for having lost an otherwise so thoroughly-rigged election.

      Presidential pardons for Hillary and Bill? I don’t think so…

      • Questions, please. I sincerely doubt that 0bama is going to go out on a limb for this monumental loser. Had Hillary won the election, her pardon probably would have already been signed-sealed-and-delivered by overnight FedX.

        Now (for 0bama, at least), it’s “every man for himself” as he bails out with his golden parachute relatively intact. Pardoning Hillary would be the equivalent of allowing her to track mud across that soon-to-billow aureate canopy.

        Look at it this way: pardoning Hillary just as easily could reduce his post-presidency speaking fees by several percent (if not a lot more), especially if Trump manages to out-perform 0bama in the many different ways he seems likely to.

        A grasping swine like 0bama will not tolerate someone clipping even a tiny corner off of his retirement meal-ticket.

        • Your arguments are well thought out but you missed the fact that a through investigation into Hillary and her private server would document the fact that on several if not on many occasions Obame emailed her at her private server. This means that he also placed national security at risk, Pardoning her might be a desperation move on his part to try and block one last (this time real) investigation that would present the evidence to a Grand Jury and he might end up indicted.

          Of course an independent prosecutor should be appointed to investigate a lot of people who worked in his administration.

          • The libs and some of the moderates seem to believe in the idea of the divine right of Kings. Hopefully The Donald will decide that this is enough to force an massive investigation of the entire Clinton family.

  29. Yet another hoax: Louisiana woman fabricated ‘anti-Trump’ claim she was attacked over her hijab
    By J.E. Dyer

    http://libertyunyielding.com/2016/11/10/yet-another-hoax-louisiana-woman-fabricated-anti-trump-claim-attacked-hijab/

    A Muslim woman who wears a hijab, a student at the University of Louisiana, reported on Wednesday that she had been attacked by two white men, who pulled her hijab off and stole her wallet.

    The mainstream media were quick to pounce on this and two other reports of hijab wearers being harassed (both in California) as evidence that Donald Trump is bad.

    Police have now concluded, after the Louisiana student confessed as much, that her report was a hoax.

  31. Houthis claim to seize villages in Saudi Arabia (memo, Nov 11, 2016)
    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20161111-houthis-claim-to-seize-villages-in-saudi-arabia/?

    “Yemen’s Houthi militia claim to have seized several villages in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern Jizan province, the Houthi-run SABA news agency reported.

    SABA quoted a military source as saying yesterday that Houthi militiamen had taken control of the villages of Al-Kars and Al-Dafiniya – along with other villages – east of Al-Bahtit and south of Al-Qarn.

    The same source also said that Houthi militiamen had captured a bridge linking Jizan’s Qaem Zubaid and Al-Ibadiya areas and the road to the nearby Al-Khubah area.

    According to the source, who was not named, “scores” of Saudi soldiers were killed and injured in what he described as a “large scale” Houthi operation that also saw six Saudi armoured vehicles and two combat tanks destroyed.

    The news agency went on to report that Saudi army helicopters had bombarded the Al-Khubah area in response.

    The claims, however, could not be verified by independent sources, while the Saudi authorities have yet to comment on the reports.

    According to unofficial Saudi accounts on social media, meanwhile, Saudi forces managed to repel a Houthi attack on Al-Khubah.

    Earlier, Saudi authorities said at least 14 people had been injured in the kingdom’s southwestern Dhahran Al-Janoub province by “projectiles” fired from Yemen…”

  32. BUDAPEST Nov 11 2016 – Orbán: We are living times of great transformation!

    A clip of his speech was posted to the Facebook page of the Hungarian government. Here’s what he said:

    Esteemed ladies and gentlemen, this is the second day of that historical event when it appears that Western civilization has successfully liberated itself from the captivity of an ideology. I am convinced that it has always been good for Western culture and the Western economy when it was able to tear itself away from an ideology and return to reality. I believe we are living these times right now.

    We called this liberal non-democracy, and we have been living in this for the past twenty years of our lives. This era is now finished. We can now return to real democracy. We can return to the liberating straight talk from the disabling forcefulness of political correctness. We can return to democracy. We can talk about the realities of problems for what they are, and the solutions of these problems do not have to be based on ideologies, but rather on pragmatic and commonsense creative ideas.

    I am convinced we are experiencing great times. We even view Brexit through this perspective. Brexit is not a tragedy at all. It is not a defeat. It is an attempt by a great nation to make itself successful by means other than those held by everyone earlier. Therefore, I am convinced that all of Europe and the Western world has taken steps toward experiencing a great intellectual transformation in recent months. We must not fear this. We must see the opportunities that rest in this transformation, just as we did in 2010 during the crisis. Hungary did not look at the problems but the opportunities, and seizing on these opportunities, Hungary transformed itself into an economy that we can exchange ideas about here.

    http://budapestbeacon.com/featured-articles/orban-living-times-great-transformation/41950

    https://www.facebook.com/kormanyzat/videos/1236015143137870/

    • Nationalism is once again sweeping the world, this is not a bad thing despite what the left wants us to believe. Nationalism is what pulled us out of the Dark Age and is what fueled the Enlightenment and led to so many of our great advances.

  33. Turkey’s ruling AKP hopes for nationalist support on constitutional change, PM says

    Turkey’s ruling AK Party hopes to make constitutional changes that could give President Tayyip Erdogan more power with the support of the nationalist opposition party, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Friday.

    Yildirim met with the chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahceli, on Thursday to discuss changing the constitution, after which Bahceli made comments on Twitter indicating his party may support constitutional changes that could give Erdogan the stronger presidency he has long sought.

    “MHP leader Mr Bahceli has once again put the future of the nation first with foresight and patriotism, putting aside political goals, and we will carry out the constitutional change with the MHP,” Yildirim said in a speech at a ceremony in the Black Sea town of Rize, broadcast live on television.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-politics-idUSKBN13613B

  34. Pakistani Taliban urge US President Donald Trump to Abandon Anti-Islam Policies (newsgram, Nov 11, 2016)
    http://www.newsgram.com/pakistani-taliban-urge-us-president-donald-trump-to-abandon-anti-islam-policies/

    “The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Friday urged US President-elect Donald Trump to abandon all anti-Islam policies and release Muslim imprisoned in the country.

    “(Donald Trump) should abandon the anti-Islam policy in the name of terrorism and should release all Muslim prisoners, especially Afia Siddique, at the earliest,” said Taliban spokesperson Mohammed Khurasani in a statement.

    Siddiqui, a neuroscientist, who has lived in the US for years, was sentenced to 86 years in prison after being arrested in Afghanistan, accused of trying to kill American soldiers, Efe news reported.

    He also asked TRump to put and end to the military support to Pakistan in the fight against terrorism. “Pakistan came into being in the name of Islam, therefore, we want Islamic law in it. They are killing us massively and destroying our properties for this demand,” Khurasani added in the statement. (IANS)”

    • “Pakistani Taliban urge US President Donald Trump to Abandon Anti-Islam Policies”

      In other news, fox desperately urges farmers not to review his hen-house security contracts.

  35. CLINGING TO POWER ISIS execute 40 civilians in Mosul for ‘treason and collaboration’ – then hang their bodies on electrical poles as chilling warning to others

    Cowardly death cult butchering people in Iraqi stronghold as it so called Caliphate begins to disintegrate

    PARANOID ISIS has slaughtered 40 civilians in Mosul for “treason and collaboration” and used chemical weapons that has left people horribly burned, it has been revealed today.

    Bodies have been hung on electrical poles in the Iraqi city, the UN Human Rights office says.

    They have been left at intersections throughout the areas of the city that the death cult is battling to defend against Iraqi government forces.

    Many of those murdered were said to have been tortured to death by electrocution.

    Iraqi media are also reporting of one incident where an ISIS fighter became so enraged at his brother’s death in battle he stormed into a house and murdered a family of six, including a child.

    ISIS has also said it has beheaded six of its own fighters for deserting the battlefield at Kokjali, near Mosul, the UN revealed.

    And Human Rights Watch has reported that retreating terrorists have carried out three chemical attacks on the Iraqi town of Qayyarah.

    Islamic State fighters are reportedly stockpiling ammonia and sulphur in civilian areas, possibly for use as chemical weapons, U.N. human rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said.

    A mass grave with over 100 bodies found in the town of Hammam al-Alil was one of several ISIS killing grounds, Shamdasani said, citing information gleaned from sources on the ground including a man who played dead during a mass execution.

    The public executions were being carried out for “treason and collaboration” with Iraqi forces trying to recapture the city, or for the use of banned mobile phones or desertion.

    People with explosive belts, possibly teenagers or young boys, were being deployed in the alleys of Old Mosul, while abducted women were being “distributed” to fighters or told they would be used to accompany Islamic State convoys, she said.

    Remains of more than 100 decapitated people were unearthed on Tuesday near Mosul as murderous ISIS troops are chased out of their stronghold.

    Rows of skeletons without heads were found by Iraqi troops in the grounds of the School of Agriculture on the outskirts of Hammam al-Alil.

    Yesterday the terror group issued a hate video showing children executing adults.

    This followed a warped propaganda production showing public crucifixions while pensioners and kids forced to murder prisoners.

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2163676/isis-execute-40-civilians-in-mosul-for-treason-and-collaboration-then-hang-their-bodies-on-electrical-poles-as-chilling-warning-to-others/

  36. Police smash gang accused of smuggling thousands of illegal immigrants into Britain (express, Nov 11, 2016)
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/731331/Police-smash-gang-smuggling-thousands-illegal-immigrants-Britain

    “POLICE have smashed a gang allegedly responsible for smuggling thousands of illegal immigrants into Britain through Ireland.

    More than 100 people including the alleged gang leaders have been arrested as part of the pan-European operation, Spanish police say.

    Officers in Madrid announced the crackdown as they claimed the alleged people smugglers had trafficked around 6,000 Ukranian immigrants using mostly fake Polish travel documents.

    The favoured route into Britain involved a flight to Dublin from Belgium, France or Spain followed by a ferry to the UK, it is believed.

    Around half the 115 arrests took place in Spanish airports including those in Barcelona, Murcia, Bilbao and Malaga.

    The alleged gang leader, said to have been responsible for circulating the fake documents and arranging the illegal immigrants’ travel to the UK, was held in Barcelona where he was living with his partner.

    More than 100 falsified Polish passports and ID documents were seized at his flat.

    A man allegedly responsible for recruiting clients was held in Romania and two suspects were arrested in Poland although a ‘Mr Big’ based in Britain is on the run after evading arrest.

    A spokesman for the the Spanish National Police said: “The documentation obtained during the raids that took place and the statements taken from the detainees facilitated the identification of the head of the trafficking operation in the UK, namely a Ukranian in charge of receiving the immigrants when they reached London.

    “His arrest was not possible and a European Arrest Warrant has been issued for him.“

    As well as the 56 people arrested in Spanish airports – many of whom were intending to enter Britain illegally – 30 were arrested at airports in Belgium, France Portugal and Holland. Dublin is said to have been a key staging post in the operation.

    A statement released by Spain’s National Police along with video footage of the operation said: “The organisation provided the immigrants with visas which enabled them to enter the Schengen area through countries bordering theirs, mainly Poland.

    “Once they were inside the Schengen Area they were given fake documents, normally Polish ID cards and, to a lesser extent, passports from Baltic countries they could travel to without any problems.

    “With those documents they were sent on to other countries like Spain, France and Belgium in which members of the organisation were waiting for them and helped them until they reached their final destination.

    “They arranged flights, mainly to Dublin, where they were met by other members of the organisation who transferred them by ferry to the UK.”

    The statement added: “According to police estimates, the organisation trafficked at least 6,000 people.””

  37. Six Afghans Killed, Scores Injured After Taliban Attack On German Consulate

    A Taliban suicide bomber drove a truck loaded with explosives into the German Consulate in northern Afghanistan, killing at least six people and wounding more than 100.

    The truck exploded at the entrance of the consulate in the city of Mazar-e Sharif, destroying the gate and wall just before midnight on November 10.

    A spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry said on November 11 that all of its two dozen staff escaped the attack “safe and uninjured” and were evacuated, while Afghan security forces and NATO special forces had “repulsed the heavily armed attackers.”

    The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was revenge for U.S. air strikes last week that killed 32 civilians near the northern city of Kunduz.

    President Ashraf Ghani called the attack a “crime against humanity and all international laws.”

    A spokesman for the governor of Balkh Province told RFE/RL’s Afghan Service that the suicide bomb blast made a large hole in the compound wall and other Taliban fighters tried to enter the compound through the gap.

    But he said security forces at the consulate prevented militants from storming inside the compound.

    Local doctor Noor Mohammad Fayez said the city hospitals received six dead bodies, including two killed by bullets.

    He added that at least 128 others were wounded, some of them critically and many with shrapnel injuries.

    Witnesses said many of the injured were Afghans who were sleeping in their homes nearby and were struck by flying glass when their windows were shattered by the massive explosion.

    Many nearby houses and shops were destroyed or damaged in the huge blast.

    The heavily protected German Consulate is located in a large building close to the famous Blue Mosque in the center of Mazar-e Sharif, where the Indian Consulate was also attacked by militants earlier this year.

    The Taliban statement from spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the attack was in retaliation for November 3 air strikes in the Buz-e-Kandahari area of Kunduz that killed dozens of people, the vast majority of them women and children.

    NATO, the United Nations, and the Afghan government are investigating the attack, which prompted angry protests in Kunduz.

    In Berlin, officials said a crisis task-force meeting was called at Germany’s Foreign Ministry to review events surrounding the attack.

    Germany has almost 1,000 soldiers deployed in Afghanistan, most of them in Balkh, of which Mazar-e Sharif is the capital, as part of NATO’s Resolute Support mission.

    In the past several years, attacks have increased in northern Afghanistan, which for years was relatively peaceful.

    Taliban militants have overrun dozens of districts in the region and last year seized Kunduz city, the first major city the group captured since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.

    http://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-taliban-german-consulate-attacked-mazar-i-sharif/28108925.html

  38. Paul Craig Roberts “The People Spoke But We’ll Have Violent Revolution
    If Trump Lets Them Down!”

    • Once again I should have listened to the whole video before posting him, he is coming out as anti-Israel and that is the nation in the Mid East that we must support.

  39. New Orleans Protesters Write ‘Die Whites Die’ On Monuments

    http://constitution.com/new-orleans-protesters-write-die-whites-die-monuments/

    Most of us do not think about the massive racial divide that our parents faced in the ’60 & ‘70. We never suffered such riffs as we grew up and went to school. But, there seems to be an undercurrent of rage left over from that violent and hateful past.

    It is much like a deep scare has been ripped open to reveal that the flesh had not actually healed. Many will talk about the many adverse effects of the Obama administration, but the largest may well be the effect his presidency has had on race relations.

  40. France: Far-right rail against plans for migrant centre near Versailles

    About 1,500 far-right protesters gathered in Versailles, Friday, to protest against a proposal to build a migrant centre in nearby Rocquencourt.

    The protesters gathered at Square d’Armes and marched through the centre of the town, shouting chants against the ruling government and calling for action against refugees.

    Fabien Bougle, organiser of march (French): “This is not our tradition here to burn the houses when we leave them. Here our women don’t have the choice between beiing veiled or raped, here we love wine and pork, here we are standing on Christian land, even if we are not all Christians. Here we want to keep our identity.”

    Christian Piquemal, Former Commander of France’s Foreign Legion (French): “We should not let them enter. The borders have to be closed, because the majority of them are men and who don’t come from the combat area, who normally don’t have right to asylum and who should be at home, defending their country instead of being there in France in bad conditions that are certainly not worthy of receiving them.”

    • reuters – Trump ignorant of Europe, poses risk to relations: EU’s Juncker

      Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president poses risks for the relationship between the European Union and the United States, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Friday.

      The shock winner of Tuesday’s U.S. election was ignorant of the EU and its workings, Juncker told students at a conference in Luxembourg which can be viewed on the EU’s website. ( here http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/video/player.cfm?ref=I128874 )

      “The election of Trump poses the risk of upsetting intercontinental relations in their foundation and in their structure,” said Juncker, who as head of the EU’s executive is one of Europe’s most powerful political figures.

      His blunt remarks reflected widespread shock and concern among Europeans at the election of Trump, who among other statements has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and questioned the principle of collective defense in NATO.

      His comments contrasted with the more diplomatic reactions of European leaders who have said they look forward to working with the next Republican president.

      Juncker warned against the “pernicious” consequences of Trump’s statements on security policy. He also recalled a Trump statement in which he seemed to think that Belgium, the country that hosts the headquarters of the EU and NATO, was a city.

      “We will need to teach the president-elect what Europe is and how it works,” Juncker said, adding that Americans usually had no interest in Europe.

      “I think we will waste two years before Mr Trump tours the world he does not know,” said Juncker, who on Thursday had already raised doubts about Trump’s views on global trade, climate policy and Western security..

      http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-eu-juncker-idUSKBN136250

    • Germany: Juncker calls on Trump to clarify free trade, NATO and climate policies

      President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker called on US President-elect Donald Trump to clarify his positions on several issues such as global trade, future relations with NATO as well as climate change policy, speaking on the occasion of the awarding of the Deutscher Elite-Mittelstandspreis from Berlin on Thursday.

  44. DAILY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: Huma breaks down and weeps openly as she returns to campaign headquarters where she and her aides ran doomed bid to elect Hillary Clinton

    Hillary Clinton’s closest aide Huma Abedin wept in the street as she approached the failed campaign’s headquarters in Brooklyn
    The FBI investigation into her pervert estranged husband Anthony Weiner is being cited as one of the reasons for her boss losing – it led to the Clinton email investigation being re-opened
    It is unclear what Abedin, 40, will do now that her boss’s political career is over; she has never worked for anyone else
    Abedin made the phonecall to Trump’s aide Kellyann Conway in which Clinton conceded to the President-elect – minutes after her cmapaign chairman had suggested there would be no concession
    She declared her marriage to serial sexter Weiner over when he sent sexual picture of himself in bed alongside their son to a woman in her 40s – then DailyMail.com revealed his sexts to a girl, 15
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3928032/Huma-breaks-weeps-openly-returns-campaign-headquarters-aides-ran-doomed-bid-elect-Hillary-Clinton.html

  45. President Trump’s Surprisingly Warm Welcome In The Middle East

    There have been personal calls, public statements, and even tweets from leaders across the Middle East and North Africa calling to “strengthen relations” with the U.S.
    The first world leader to telephone Trump after his victory was Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
    Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir tweeted, “Congratulations to President-Elect Donald Trump, looking forward to strengthening KSA-US historic ties to serve their mutual interests.”

    http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/president-trumps-surprisingly-warm-welcome-in-the-middle-east

    • Egypt wants him to open up the supply line, Saudi wants him on their side even if he won’t take bribes.

  47. The British Army Secretly Sent Israeli Missiles to Iraq and Afghanistan
    The U.K. is still tight-lipped about the “Exactor”

    In 2007, the United Kingdom issued an “urgent operational requirement” for a weapon to deliver counter-battery fire against mortar teams harassing British troops in Iraq. The British Army needed something that could respond swiftly and precisely so as not to cause collateral damage in a densely populated city – and they needed it right away.

    The UK acquired 12 armored personnel carriers fitted with Israel’s Spike Non-Line of Sight missiles and leased two more directly from Israel Defense Forces stocks. Spike-NLOS missiles can strike targets up to 26 km. away. The Israelis call it Tamuz and each missile costs $100,000.

    After launch, the camera in the missile’s nose feeds back to the launcher using a radio link. The crew can manually pilot the weapon right until the moment of impact. A soldier can even abort the attack if civilians enter the target zone. As a result, the missile teams can perform the same role as a precision airstrike, but much faster and cheaper.

    https://warisboring.com/the-british-army-secretly-sent-israeli-missiles-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-3cc1f62437ea#.ox2c51r4j

    • The one thing they can’t do is publicly state that the bought an Israeli designed and produced weapon. Their Moslem semi-masters would object.

  48. The Role of Missiles in Iran’s Military Strategy

    Iran has the largest missile force in the Middle East, consisting of more than a thousand short- and medium-range ballistic missiles, and possibly land-attack cruise missiles. Although its missiles are conventionally armed, many could deliver a nuclear weapon if Iran were to acquire such a capability. The nuclear accord with Iran loosened constraints on Iran’s missile program and included provisions for their lifting in eight years, if not sooner.

    Iran’s missile force could double or triple in size by the time the major limits imposed by the nuclear deal are supposed to be lifted, 15 years from now. By then, Iran’s growing missile and cyber capabilities will pose major challenges to regional missile defenses, military and critical infrastructure targets, and civilian population centers. For this reason, any attempts to improve on the nuclear deal with Iran should address Iran’s missile program as well.

    http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-role-of-missiles-in-irans-military-strategy

    • Anyone who thinks Iran will wait 15 years before they make a move are smoking something illegal.

  49. What the Next President Must Do About the World
    An open letter to the next leader of the free world.
    Dear President-Elect,
    Congratulations on winning the election for the 45th president of the United States, but are you sure you really want this?
    The world is a mess, as it usually is, and taking on this awesome responsibility right now is like trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube that a devious trickster messed with by moving some of the stickers around.
    […]
    Only in an upside-down world does it make any kind of sense to pal around with Recep Tayyip Erdogan and slam Benjamin Netanyahu, as Barack Obama has done. . . .

    You can spend four or eight years trying to force the Israelis to give up more than they already have, but it won’t do an iota of good if the Palestinian side remains rejectionist. It won’t earn you many points with the Arab world, either, and the only way you’ll earn points with the likes of Hamas is by ordering airstrikes on Tel Aviv.

    There can be no peace between Israelis and Palestinians while Hamas still rules Gaza, and one of the reasons Hamas still rules Gaza is because it’s still receiving money and guns from Iran, just as the Assad regime and Hizballah do.

    The Iranian government’s ultimate goal is to become the regional hegemon of the greater Middle East. That emerging reality didn’t disturb President Obama, but it should keep you up at night. . . . You should start twisting the screws again posthaste, and you should make it clear before you’re inaugurated that you’re going to do so. The sooner you adopt these measures, the sooner the Iranians will realize that you are not like your predecessor and shouldn’t be messed with. . . .

    All this advice is based on one simple principle—you reward your friends and punish your enemies. It’s the first rule of foreign policy, one that has been with us since antiquity and will survive until the end of time.

    http://www.thetower.org/article/what-the-next-president-must-do-foreign-policy-russia-kurds-turkey-israel-iran/