Tag: UAE

The Time of Troubles in Transcaucasia – Part 1

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Three days into the renewed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh in the Transcaucasian region — also known as South Caucasus — it is becoming clear that the binary narrative dished out by western commentators of this being a Turkish-Russian clash of wills and strategies is either simply naive or purposively deceptive. The point is, Russia and Turkey — and Iran in a somewhat supportive role — are already proactively talking of negotiations involving the warring sides.

The Time of Troubles in Transcaucasia – Part 1

Are You Feeling Safer? ‘War of the Worlds’ Pits U.S. and Israel Against Everyone Else

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Clearly, a huge majority of the world’s governments, to include the closest U.S. allies, no longer buy the American big lie when it claims to be the leader of the free world, a promoter of liberal democracy and a force for good. The vote prompted one observer, John Whitbeck, a former international lawyer based in Paris, to comment how “On almost every significant issue facing mankind and the planet, it is Israel and the United States against mankind and the planet.”

Are You Feeling Safer? ‘War of the Worlds’ Pits U.S. and Israel Against Everyone Else

Cheaper Than Remdesivir: Russia to Supply Anti-COVID Avifavir to 17 Countries

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Avifavir, the world’s first favipiravir-based drug to be approved for the treatment of COVID-19, will now be delivered to Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Serbia, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Kuwait, Panama, Paraguay, Slovakia, South Africa, the UAE and Uruguay.

Cheaper Than Remdesivir: Russia to Supply Anti-COVID Avifavir to 17 Countries

Israel Asks US for $8 Billion in Warplanes for ‘Qualitative’ Edge

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Israel Asks US for $8 Billion in Warplanes for ‘Qualitative’ Edge

Israel offered nothing publicly on why they would expect an arms race, or who would be involved. The reality is that the UAE doesn’t have a lot of military rivals, especially not the sort that would be able to afford an arms race. Though Iran is the catch-all excuse, Iran would never be able to afford a slew of advanced warplanes to counter the F-35s, nor would they be likely to try, given their military doctrine is based on deterrence and retaliatory capabilities.

Meanwhile:

Oregon Can’t Fight Wildfires Because Its Helicopters Were Sent To Afghanistan

Firefighters are having a great deal of trouble dealing with blazes of this size and ferocity, despite receiving support from the rest of the country. A group of Mexican firefighters also arrived in the state yesterday, keen to help their American compatriots. One major reason they are having such difficulties combatting the blazes, the Portland Tribune noted deep in one article, is that many of the state’s largest firefighting aircraft are not available because the Department of Defense has sent them to Afghanistan to fight in a 20-year-old war. Six Chinook helicopters, for example, have been redeployed to the Asian nation, critically undermining both rescue and firefighting missions at home.