Observation/Rant: The Blob

I was listening to Daniel Davis and Ben Hodges, last night. There’s a point where Hodges calls Russians, “animals.” Davis doesn’t even pushback! It’s happened before, when Davis was on a radio show and the host used an ethnic slur when referring to Chinese people. I commented on that one, about the host being racist, as no one else had. This time I didn’t, as others were calling him out on it. That and I really wanted to cuss because it was Hodges. I hate biting my tongue, sometimes, because people like Hodges deserve my wrath!

It shows that despite some people not being fooled by “Russiagate,” they’re still fooled by “Chinagate.” Another thing that it shows is how the foreign policy establishment (AKA The Blob) thinks, including Davis (don’t forget that he’s with Defense Priorities). It all stinks of racism to me!

The racist “Asiatic horde” trope

I still haven’t forgotten the articles like this one during Russiagate (the one that I linked to is by a Ukrainian-born Italian). I had a subscription to either the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal and cancelled it after Alexander of The Duran mentioned a similar article.

Zelensky ruins spiritual basics of the Ukrainian society leading it to degradation

Pressure on the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was a passionate supporter of during his 2019 election campaign, began almost immediately after the outbreak of full-scale war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

Zelensky ruins spiritual basics of the Ukrainian society leading it to degradation

H/T: Union of Orthodox Journalists

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Hierarch: Authorities pretend not to hear about UOC’s patriotic stance

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Government officials ignore numerous pieces of evidence that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has no ties with the Moscow Patriarchate and occupies an unambiguous patriotic position, said the rector of the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary, Archbishop Silvester of Bilohorodka, in an interview with foreign media.

HUGE. In China-Brokered Deal, Iran and Saudi Arabia Restore Diplomatic Ties

HUGE. In China-Brokered Deal, Iran and Saudi Arabia Restore Diplomatic Ties

Regime change for Saudi, or maybe some US-backed terrorist attacks?!

Related:

China brokers Iran-Saudi detente, raising eyebrows in Washington

Though blunting China’s influence in the Middle East and other parts of the world remains a priority for the Biden administration, it is of “two minds” about the latest agreement, said Jon Alterman, a Middle East scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

“It wants the Saudis to take increasing responsibility for their own security,” he said, “but it does not want Saudi Arabia freelancing and undermining U.S. security strategies.”

Iran’s Su-35 Aircraft Procurement Is More Dangerous Than You Think

Iran’s Su-35 Aircraft Procurement Is More Dangerous Than You Think

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The Difficulty of Disrupting Iranian Drones

Russia and Iran Are Building a Trade Route That Defies Sanctions

In all of this, some analysts see echoes of an idea that dates back more than a century and is reckoned to be the foundation of geopolitical thinking. It focused on the struggle between an oceangoing world power—the UK then, the US today—and the land giants of Eurasia. [Heartland Theory]