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20-Mar-18 World View -- Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board overwhelmed by migrant - John J. Xenakis - 03-19-2018 *** 20-Mar-18 World View -- Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board overwhelmed by migrants crossing border from US This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
**** **** Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board overwhelmed by migrants crossing border from US **** August 2017: Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre greets a busload of Haitian asylum seekers from the United States as it arrives (AFP) Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) has become so overwhelmed by refugees making asylum claims that it's giving up on following regulations dictating requiring refugee hearings to be held within a certain time. Regulations drawn up in 2012 required the IRB to hold hearings with 30-60 days, depending on the country of origin. But the system began breaking down in January 2017, when US president Donald Trump began cracking down on illegal immigration, and also announced that legal immigrants having a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) would have that status expire. In addition, the status of the "dreamers," those who were brought to the country as children years ago by their parents, was in doubt. The US crackdown has created a growing backlog in Canada, as refugees in American have been crossing the border into Canada and applying for asylum. Many refugees and illegal immigrants living in the United States were encouraged to cross the border into Canada when Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau tweeted a welcome and invitation to the refugees on January 28, 2017, shortly after Trump announced his travel ban: <QUOTE>"To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada"<END QUOTE> Since January 2017, the backlog has been growing at a rate of about 2,100 cases per month. the largest increase so far occurred in September 2017, with a backlog increase of 6,200 cases. More than 20,000 people, including thousands from Haiti and Nigeria, and hundreds from Turkey, Syria and Eritrea, have crossed the border into Canada illegally over the past year in search of asylum, many fleeing in fear that Trump would deport them to their home countries. Canada's IRB has given up trying to follow the 2012 regulations, and is simply hearing claims in the order in which they are received. The board will make exceptions for priority claims, such as unaccompanied minors or other vulnerable persons. The backlog has now reached about 43,000 cases with the IRB saying the waiting time for a hearing is almost 2 years. As the weather becomes warmer, it's expected that there will be a large new wave of migrants entering Canada. The Canadian government has dispatched lawmakers to diaspora communities in the United States to persuade people not to come. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has discussed the situation with the Trump administration, but it has been careful not to publicly blame the U.S. president's policies for triggering the migration wave. According to figures published by the Immigration Board, the most asylum requests in 2017 were from migrants from Haiti, with over 8,000 requests, and from Nigeria, with over 5,500 requests. Other countries of origin where the numbers of requests exceeded 1,000 include: China, Colombia, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Syria, Turkey, and Venezuela. Reuters and Radio Canada International (21-Feb) and Montreal Gazette (26-Nov-2017) and National Post (20-Feb) and Immigration Refugee Board Related Articles
**** **** Turkey achieves victory in Afrin, Syria, but Kurds threaten guerilla war **** Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed victory in Afrin, Syria, on Monday, after seizing the center of Afrin city. The objective of Operation Olive Branch, launched on January 20, was to seize control of Afrin from the Kurdish militias, People's Protection Units (YPG), who Erdogan says are branches of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The YPG withdrew on Sunday, rather than risk fighting a conventional war with Turkish-backed forces, including the Free Syrian Army (FSA). However, the YPG claim that the fight for Afrin is far from over. The Kurdish militias are threatening a guerilla insurgency, with hit-and-run attacks on Turkey's troops in Afrin. Such an insurgency could prompt Turkey to respond with harsh attacks on the civilians in Afrin. As things stand, about 200,000 residents of Afrin fled the city in recent days, as Turkey's offensive escalated. Theoretically, they will be allowed to return to their homes now, but there have been reports of looting by Turkish troops. Furthermore, the residents fear that Turkey will move some of the millions of Syrian refugees who have been living in Turkey for years back into Afrin, so that the Kurds will not have a home to come back to. Erdogan seems emboldened by the capture of Afrin, and is threatening to move eastward and attack the YPG in other cities, including Kobani and Manbij. However, the YPG forces in Manbij are backed by US forces, and if Erdogan carries through on his threat, then Turkish forces will be fighting American forces. France 24 and Rudaw (Kurdistan) Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Canada, Immigration and Refugee Board, IRB, Justin Trudeau, Haiti, Nigeria, China, Colombia, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Syria, Turkey, Venezuela, Turkey, Syria, Afrin, Operation Olive Branch, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, People's Protection Units, YPG, Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, Kobani, Manbij Permanent web link to this article Receive daily World View columns by e-mail Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal John J. Xenakis 100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A Cambridge, MA 02142 Phone: 617-864-0010 E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum Subscribe to World View: http://generationaldynamics.com/subscribe 21-Mar-18 World View -- Xi Jinping invokes the 1840s Opium Wars to justify military a - John J. Xenakis - 03-20-2018 *** 21-Mar-18 World View -- Xi Jinping invokes the 1840s Opium Wars to justify military action for China's 'rejuvenation' This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
**** **** Xi Jinping invokes the 1840s Opium Wars to justify military action for China's 'rejuvenation' **** Framed portraits of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping hang above a TV screen showing President Xi Jinping. (Reuters) Analysts are saying that China has entered a new era with the recent meeting of the National People's Congress (NPC), with president Xi Jinping becoming a dictator and the most powerful leader in China's history, possibly even more power than Mao Zedong. The most significant visible change is that the constitutional limit to two terms as president has been removed, essentially making Xi Jinping a dictator for life. Furthermore, the constitution was changed to incorporate "Xi's thoughts." Less visible, but related, is that Xi has been able to purge the government of most of his opposition, by accusing them of corruption. Xi is now in charge of all organs and branches of government, and cannot be challenged. Many people are excited by this development, because they say that Xi has done so much to make China more powerful, and now can continue to do so. However, many other people are pointing out. Absolute dictators are not infallible gods. Hitler was an absolute dictator, but the Holocaust was a disaster for Germany as well as the world. Mao Zedong was an absolute dictator, but Mao's Great Leap Forward resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of peasants from starvation and executions, which was a disaster for China. The problem is that absolute dictators are no different than you and me in the ability to make bad decisions, but when you and I make a bad decision then someone stops us, but no one stops an absolute dictator. Just as Mao could launch the disastrous Great Leap Forward without being questioned, Xi could launch a disastrous war without being questioned. A good example of how delusional Xi is can be shown from this claim in his final speech to the NPC: <QUOTE>"China is a socialist state under the people's democratic dictatorship led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants, noting that all power in the country belongs to the people."<END QUOTE> This doesn't even make sense. China is a "dictatorship," but there is nothing "democratic" about it. All of China's elections are predetermined, and peasants and workers are permitted to vote only for the chosen candidate. Xi talks about the "rejuvenation" of China through "Socialism with Chinese characteristics." He calls this a "New Long March," alluding the Mao Zedong's Long March that began in 1934 and marked the beginning of the extremely bloody 16-year Chinese civil war. According to Xi: <QUOTE>"China has continuously striven for its dream of realizing great national rejuvenation for over 170 years. History has proved and will continue to prove that only socialism can save China. Only by sticking to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics can we achieve the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. ... Turning the grand blueprint for China into reality is new Long March. We need to uphold the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics. China's goal is to build a socialist, modern country by the middle of the 21st century."<END QUOTE> The reference to "170 years" is very interesting, because it reveals the core resentment and bitterness towards the West that guide Xi's thinking. Xi and many Chinese blame China's poverty and backwardness on the Opium Wars with Britain in the 1840s, 170 years ago. According to this view, China would already be a great nation, if it hadn't been forced into submission by Britain at that time. Once again, this is totally delusional on the part of Xi and other Chinese. Since the 1840s, China has had two extremely destructive generational crisis wars -- the Taiping Rebellion and Mao's Communist Revolution -- both of them civil wars, both of them enormously destructive to China, and neither of them the fault of Britain or anybody but the Chinese themselves. But the delusion of blaming everything on a war that occurred 170 years ago is extremely dangerous, because it can be used to justify such things as annexing other countries' regions in the South China Sea. Xi added the following: <QUOTE>"Since ancient times, the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has become the greatest dream of the Chinese nation. The Chinese people are indomitable, and will persevere. They have the courage for bloody fights against their enemies, and they are determined to restore their former glory. Today the Chinese people are more confident and more capable, and closer than ever before of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation."<END QUOTE> This is extremely ominous, since Xi is justifying in advance any pre-emptive military attacks that he may decide to make. And being an absolute dictator means that the decision will be entirely his. South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) and China Daily and South China Morning Post and BBC and National Interest **** **** Xi Jinping stokes China's nationalism with harsh threats to Taiwan and Hong Kong **** According to a new "ethnic identity poll? by Hong Kong University, 68% of the respondents identified themselves as "Hongkongers," while only 31% identified themselves as "Chinese," down 7 points from just six months ago. Among young people aged 18-29, only 0.3% consider themselves "Chinese." In the past, we've described polls that show that support in Taiwan for independence from China is growing each year, as younger generations grow older. Xi Jinping addressed this problem in his speech: <QUOTE>"We will continue to implement 'One Country, Two Systems' principle, Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong, Macao people governing Macao, and high degree of autonomy in the special administrative regions. We should continue to stick to one-China principle, 1992 Consensus and advance the peaceful development of the cross-Straits relations and expand the economic and cultural exchanges between the two sides. Safeguarding sovereignty and territorial integrity, completely uniting China are Chinese people's common goal and the country's fundamental interests. Every inch of the Chinese territory absolutely cannot be separated from China. All acts and tricks to separate the country are doomed to fail and will be condemned by the people and punished by history."<END QUOTE> Of course, these remarks are directed at the United States, especially after president Donald Trump signed the Taiwan Travel Act last week, which allows high-level visits between American and Taiwanese government officials. But Xi's remarks are really directed at Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. Their purpose is to stoke nationalism in the Chinese people in order to prepare them for preemptive military action. In 2005, China passed the Anti-Secession Law, which orders the army to invade Taiwan if any Taiwanese official makes any move toward independence, whether by word or by deed. Since then, Taiwan has made many moves toward independence, and Xi is signaling that he's losing patience. He's aware that time is not on his side, as younger generations in Taiwan are increasingly pro-independence. As I described last year in "24-Oct-17 World View -- Xi Jinping's 'Socialism with Chinese characteristics' is identical to Hitler's National Socialism" , Xi is following the same path to total war that the Nazis followed, with the same inevitable disastrous results. Xi's claim of China's humiliation in the Opium Wars to justify any Chinese action is similar to Hitler's claim of Germany's humiliation in World War I to justify any Nazi action. Xi's use of the Opium Wars to blame Britain for all of China's troubles is the same as Hitler's blaming the Jews in World War I for all of Nazi Germany's troubles. China has been preparing for war with the U.S. in every possible way. They've built large, illegal military bases in the South China Sea, and repeatedly lied about them. They've developed numerous nuclear-tipped ballistic and hypersonic missile systems designed to successfully strike and destroy American aircraft carriers, American cities, and American bases. They've demonstrated a capability to destroy American communications and GPS satellites. They have thousands of missiles ready to launch against Taiwan, and they have large military deployments in western Tibet ready to invade India. Xi's speech advances China's war preparations by providing justifications for future military action, and by stoking nationalism to prepare the Chinese people for war. This war could begin next week, next month, next year, or whenever China wants. As China's dictator, Xi Jinping will decide when this war will begin, and when he decides, there will be no one to stop him. Hong Kong Economic Journal (28-Dec) and Hong Kong University (27-Dec) and South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) and BBC and South China Morning Post Related Articles:
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, China, Xi Jinping, National People's Congress, NPC, Mao Zedong, Great Leap Forward, Opium Wars, Britain, Taiping Rebellion, Communist Revolution, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, University of Hong Kong, Taiwan Travel Act, Anti-Secession Law, Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, National Socialism, Nazi Permanent web link to this article Receive daily World View columns by e-mail Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal John J. Xenakis 100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A Cambridge, MA 02142 Phone: 617-864-0010 E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum Subscribe to World View: http://generationaldynamics.com/subscribe 22-Mar-18 World View -- How China would lose a war with the United States - John J. Xenakis - 03-21-2018 *** 22-Mar-18 World View -- How China would lose a war with the United States This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
**** **** Massive earth fissure suddenly opens up in mid-Kenya, signaling an eventual split in all of Africa **** A portion of the fissure where a gap was opened in a highway (Mwakilishi) A massive crack in the earth suddenly opened up two weeks ago, apparently triggered by large rainstorms that caused dangerous flooding. The fissure is already several miles long and is growing. The fissure opened up a gap in major road, but engineers from the China Communications Construction Company immediately began major repairs of the road, building a bridge across the fissure. There have been no reports of casualties, but one family reported that their house split in two while they were eating dinner, forcing them to flee. Geologists say that Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and half of Ethiopia could separate from the African continent to form a new continent dubbed the Somali Plate in the next 50 million years. Kenya Broadcasting and The Nation (Kenya) and Mwakilishi (Kenya) Related Articles
**** **** How China would lose a war with the United States **** For over ten years I've been writing, based on a Generational Dynamics analysis, that the China and the United States would be opposed to each other in the approaching Clash of Civilizations world war. As I've indicated many times in the past, China is expected to repeat the situation in World War II, when it faced an external enemy (Japan) and also had a major internal rebellion, Mao Zedong's Communist Revolution. Although in the grand scheme of things, there's never a guarantee that the US will survive such a war, in the past few years it's seemed increasingly likely that the US will not only survive, but will actually win this war. This is because China's belligerent actions have turned much of the world against China, and China would be facing multiple enemies besides the US. An analysis by the Indian think tank SAAG has outlined China's strategic vulnerabilities:
I would add one more item to this list: I've been comparing the path that China is following to the path that Nazi Germany followed -- Xi Jinping's "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics" is the same as Hitler's "National Socialism," Xi's blaming Britain and the Opium Wars for humiliating China is the same as Hitler's blaming the Jews and World War I for humiliating Germany. Xi and Hitler both became total dictators after winning elections. Another big similarity is that the Chinese believe that they're superior not only to Americans but to any other group on earth, and that they can defeat any of them quickly in a war. China isn't using the phrase "Master Race" that Hitler used, but reading news stories from China conveys the same feeling. So the item that I would add to the list is vast overconfidence. Friedrich Nietzsche said, "Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule." In 1860, America's southern states started the Civil War, even though they had no chance against the North, which was three times the size. In 1941, Japan started the Pacific war, even though they had no chance against the US, which was five times the size. Overconfidence leads absolute dictators to make catastrophically bad decisions. Assuming that the analysis is correct that China would be likely to lose such a war, that doesn't mean that the war won't occur, or that the war won't be disastrous for the entire world, as well as China, or that billions of people won't die from nuclear weapons, conventional weapons, ground war, famine and disease. China's actions are going to lead to a world war, and historians will look back on the Chinese as being worse than the Nazis. South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG - India) Related Articles:
**** **** ISIS-linked terrorists in Afghanistan kill 32 in bombing of Shia Shrine in Kabul **** A suicide bomber killed at least 32 people on Wednesday by exploding near a historic Shia shrine in Kabul, where worshippers had gathered to mark Ashura, the holiest day in the Shia calendar. The so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL or Daesh) claimed credit. The target was Shia ethnic Hazaras, which have been the target of almost a dozen terror attacks in the last two years. The Taliban, who are mostly ethnic Sunni Pashtuns, fought against Hazaras in the extremely bloody Afghan civil war of the early 1990s, climaxing in 1996. Many of these attacks are revenge attacks from that war. ISIS claimed credit for the attack on the web site of its Amaq public relations agency. With the defeat of ISIS in Syria and Iraq, tens of thousands of ISIS fighters have been returning to their home countries. The perpetrators of Wednesday's attack may have been an existing Taliban group that pledged allegiance to ISIS, or they may have been veteran terrorists returning from ISIS. As I've written many times, from the point of view of Generational Dynamics, there is absolutely no possibility whatsoever that the Afghan will be resolved peacefully. The younger generations that grew up after the Afghan civil war are now coming of age, and are anxious to exact revenge for atrocities that occurred during the war. As more of these youngsters grow older, the violence will only increase and occur more frequently. Tolo News (Afghanistan) and Washington Post Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Africa, Kenya, China Communications Construction Company, Somali Plate, China, Xi Jinping, Mao Zedong, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, Thailand, Cambodia, Pakistan, Narendra Modi, Xinjiang, Tibet, Hitler, National Socialism, Friedrich Nietzsche, Afghanistan, Kabul, Hazaras, Pashtuns, Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh Permanent web link to this article Receive daily World View columns by e-mail Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal John J. Xenakis 100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A Cambridge, MA 02142 Phone: 617-864-0010 E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum Subscribe to World View: http://generationaldynamics.com/subscribe 23-Mar-18 World View -- Turkey's government takes control of last remaining independe - John J. Xenakis - 03-22-2018 *** 23-Mar-18 World View -- Turkey's government takes control of last remaining independent news source This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
**** **** Turkey's government takes control of last remaining independent news source **** Dogan Holding television stations, Kanal D and CNN Turk (AFP) Turkey is joining the ranks of China, Russia, Iran, Cambodia, Egypt, Burundi, Cameroon and others in criminalizing the reporting of news that criticizes the government, and jailing reporters who do so. On Thursday, Turkey's government began the acquisition the last major independent media company, Dogan Holding, which owns well known publications including Hurriyet and CNN Turk. Aydin Dogan, the 81 year old billionaire who founded Dogan Holding in 1979, announced the sale of all the media assets to Demirören Group, a media group with a close relationship with Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Dogan has had a difficult relationship with with Erdogan's AK Party since the party came to party in 2002. The holding face a record $2.5 billion in tax fines in 2009, which Dogan claimed were politically motivated. The fines forced Dogan to sell some assets to Demirören in 2011. Ever since Turkey faced a botched coup attempt in June 2016, Erdogan has used the coup attempt to become increasingly dictatorial and authoritarian at every opportunity. Dozens of journalists have been jailed on phony charges since the coup attempt, but Erdogan started his purge well before the coup attempt, as shown by the actions against Dogan since 2003. In particular, four months before the coup, Turkey and the world were shocked when Erdogan shut down Zaman, the country's major opposition newspaper, the largest newspaper in the country, and jailed some of its reporters. There's almost no independent press remaining in Turkey. Cumhuriyet, a mainstream opposition newspaper much smaller than Dogan, has had a dozen of its employees imprisoned on phony charges, although many have been released after a year in prison for lack of evidence. France 24 and Bloomberg and Guardian (London) and Hurriyet (Ankara) Related Articles
**** **** South Africans furious at Australia for condemning white farmer land confiscation **** Officials in South Africa's government are expressing fury at the so-called "racist" statements by Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton. South Africa recently announced a policy where the government will confiscate land from white-owned farms with no compensation whatsoever and turn it over to black farmers. Dutton was reacting to that policy, as well as to threats of violence targeting white farmers. Dutton has announced that Australia should speed up the visas for white farmers who, he claimed, are being "persecuted" by the confiscation policy. "These people deserve special attention," Sutton said. "From what I've seen they do need help from a civilized country like ours." Supporters of Dutton's policy are calling the land confiscation policy "reverse racism." According to one, "The situation has become so bleak, [that] being a farmer in South Africa is now the world's most dangerous job." South Africa's International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu demanded that Dutton withdraw his comments: "The impression created is that white farmers in South Africa are living under horrific conditions and there is a possibility of death. And all these barbaric things are being put across about us." Gareth Newham, an analyst with the Pretoria-based Institute for Security Studies, said young black men faced a greater risk of being murdered in South Africa than white farmers: <QUOTE>"In fact, young black males living in poor urban areas like Khayelitsha and Lange face a far greater risk of being murdered. The murder rate there is between 200 and 300 murders per 100,000 people."<END QUOTE> As I've described many times, a policy similar to the proposed land confiscation policy was adopted in 1999 by Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe had been an extremely wealthy country, the breadbasket of southern Africa, exporting a great deal of food to other countries. Mugabe threw the white farmers off the farms, and gave the farms to blacks who were his political cronies, but didn't know how to farm. Thanks to Mugabe, Zimbabwe turned from one of the wealthiest countries to one of the poorest countries in the world, with mass starvation, a worthless currency, and a massive million percent inflation rate. EyeWitnessNews (South Africa) and South African Government and In Depth News Related Stories
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Turkey, Dogan Holding, Hurriyet, CNN Turk, Aydin Dogan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Zaman Media, Cumhuriet, Demirören Group, South Africa, Australia, Peter Dutton, Lindiwe Sisulu, Gareth Newham, Institute for Security Studies, Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe Permanent web link to this article Receive daily World View columns by e-mail Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal John J. Xenakis 100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A Cambridge, MA 02142 Phone: 617-864-0010 E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum Subscribe to World View: http://generationaldynamics.com/subscribe RE: Generational Dynamics World View - Cynic Hero '86 - 03-23-2018 I Posted this first on Your Forum John but I decided to post this here too: Nobody is Denying 4T theory. What JohnX refuses to understand is that he refuses to acknowledge basic facts of the current world order. 1.) The US WON the cold war, the Berlin wall fell, the Communist bloc LOST the cold war. Also the Communist Bloc was never a true Compact entity. 2.) The US From 1980 until the recession was generally growing in strength relative to its rivals and enemies. The notion that Late 1970s America was stronger than 2008 America and even 2018 America is nonsense. The US was very weak in the late 1970s, why do you think the Iranian hostage Crisis occurred at all, also we had just lost the Vietnam war. 3.) The Recession has Hurt Europe far worse than the US because of Europeans even greater commitment to globalism. Germany Ironically initially escaped the effects of the recession but was deliberately plunged into systemic Crisis by Merkel's accepting of the refugees without the citizens consent. 4.) Generally, Globalism is the problem, not the solution. 5.) Large-scale conspiracies (involving more than several dozen people) are generally an impossibility. There is a reason why only Bin Laden, his inner circle and about 5 or 6 of the 19 hijackers knew of the full plan for 9/11 (the other hijackers were only told that they might be activated in a suicide attack, but no other details) the reason is that adding any more people to the plot would have exponentially increased the chance of someone spilling the beans. This is also why we know that Bin laden was the ultimate mastermind of 9/11 and that Saddam did not have WMDs in 2003. For Bin laden to have not been the mastermind would mean that 9/11 was initiated from Moscow or Beijing. If Saddam Had WMDs, why would he NOT have used them on the US troops, also to get WMDs out of Iraq meant that 1.) Someone helped Saddam and 2.) Saddam would have trusted anyone enough the let them have access to his WMDs. That is fundamentally out of character for a man who killed anyone who he perceived to be a threat to his power and survival. How do large-scale wars begin then?: Wars begin due to mass panics/hysteria among a population triggering military action. 6.) The US and Russia currently have the most advanced militaries in the world. China is modernizing but in sheer weight of weaponry of both the US and Russia clearly outclasses all other powers. For this reason China, Iran and others are developing asymmetric military tech. North Korea is NOT a large-scale military power, despite their pool of conscripted Manpower. The reason there has been no strike is apparently because the administration doesn't consider them a serious enough threat. If we do strike, we could eliminate their missile program within a matter of hours although we would have to fight a large-scale conventional and chemical war with them afterwards. The US is countering Chinese and Iranian asymmetric Techs and the fact that those nations are trying an asymmetric strategy shows how far behind they are militarily because that means they are unable to win fighting symmetrically. 7.) Asymmetric war means targeting weak points in military kill chains. It does not mean avoiding military forces altogether and focusing on non-military targets. 8.) The Current major Military Powers in strength are as follows: 1. US 2. Russia 3. China 4. India 5. Europe 9.) The Current Major Economic Powers are: 1. US 2. China 3. Japan 4. EU 5. Britain 6. Australia 7. India 8. Brazil 9. Indonesia All of the Above are concrete facts that can be looked up simply by googling them, JohnX has Mostly denied these facts by implying or stating nonsense at times over the past 10 to 15 years such as: 1) That Globalism did not cause the recession and is not the problem and that globalists are somehow the ones who are trying to save the west. (a statement that there is no evidence of) 2) That the US lost the cold war and is weaker now than it was in the late 1970s (another statement that there is no evidence of, in fact the US first undertook a massive buildup under reagan in the 1980s, brought down the USSR in 1989-1992, had an economic renaissance in the 1990s, waged the war on terror after 9/11/2001 until 2011 successfully.) 3.) That there is no deep state (LOL entrenched interests have no interest whatsoever in genuine relations with either Russia or China, or in a strike on North Korea or Iran, OR actual military spending and industrial spending. Trump tried to campaign on changing this but the establishment has put a political gun to his head and told him to stick to existing policy or else). 4.) That boomers are responsible for american prosperity. (LOL boomers poor productivity in the 1970s led employers to begin the importation of foreign labor and led to the decline of American-owned manufacturing because its inefficiency during the time when boomers were the primary workforce. Politically the boomers supported carter, One of the worst presidents we've ever had, they imposed "Vietnam syndrome" on the military resulting in a perception of American weakness leading to 9/11. Boomers dismantled NASA, as a result we now rely on Russian and Chinese Charity for space missions. Boomers refused to allow government spending and took faith in the markets, which is why there has been no real recovery from the recession and finally they have dismantled the anti-predatory lending regulations, which is why the recession occurred in the first place.) 5. That China and Russia have networks of Military bases practically surrounding the US and other nations. (literally the opposite of the Truth, The US has over 5000 military bases overall, over 800 of whom are overseas surrounding Russia, China and Iran: Russia has a base in Syria and China's base in Djibouti and the relay system supporting the base can be easily interdicted in a serious war) 6.) That Russian capabilities are completely decrepit and rusted down. (This was true during most of the 1990s but has since changed due to the development of the Topal-M Nuclear missile in 1999, the Road Moblile Topal Nuclear Missile in the early to mid 2000s, the Yars series nuclear missiles since 2009, the Bulava Series nuclear Missiles during the 2010s and now the Maneuverable stealth Nuclear Missiles unveiled just a few weeks ago.) 24-Mar-18 World View -- Report that Russia is helping the Taliban in Afghanistan cont - John J. Xenakis - 03-23-2018 *** 24-Mar-18 World View -- Report that Russia is helping the Taliban in Afghanistan contains delusional aspects This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
**** **** Report that Russia is helping the Taliban in Afghanistan contains delusional aspects **** US Army General and commander of US forces in Afghanistan John Nicholson (AFP) During the 1980s, the Soviet Union became embroiled in its own version of the Vietnam War -- an asymmetric fight against guerrilla forces in Afghanistan that the Soviets couldn't win. Since the Soviets were American enemies in those days, US forces aided the side opposing the Soviets. The people we supported were the ethnic Pashtuns who later became the Taliban, and their allies, a group of Saudi Wahhabi jihadists, including Osama bin Laden, who later became al-Qaeda. For two or three years, there have been consistent reports that the Russians have been supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan with money and weapons. The reasons stated for the support are that the Russians don't want the Americans to have a permanent foothold in Afghanistan and, by the way, they want to get revenge for helping their opponents in the 1980s. Now General John Nicholson, head of the US forces in Afghanistan, says that the reports are true. According to Nicholson: <QUOTE>"We’ve had stories written by the Taliban that have appeared in the media about financial support provided by the enemy. We’ve had weapons brought to this headquarters and given to us by Afghan leaders and said, ‘This was given by the Russians to the Taliban’. We see a narrative that’s being used that grossly exaggerates the number of Islamic State group fighters here. This narrative then is used as a justification for the Russians to legitimize the actions of Taliban and provide some degree of support to the Taliban."<END QUOTE> Nicholson says that by supplying weapons and money to the Taliban, the Russians are interfering with the attempts to bring peace to Afghanistan through negotiations and peace talks with the Taliban. This whole story raises far more questions than it answers. Apparently the weapons at issue are 1980s vintage, so it's possible that they made their way into Taliban hands by another path. The background story has several delusional elements. The Russians today are blaming the whole 1980s Afghanistan fiasco on the United States. According to the Russians, they were tricked into entering the 1980s Afghanistan war by president Jimmy Carter's national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski. Brzezinski, who died last year, apparently believed the same thing. This is completely delusional on the part of both the Russians and Brzezinski. There's no way that the Soviets committed hundreds of thousands of troops to a ten-year war in Afghanistan on the basis of a trick. However, the delusion has been convenient for both parties. The Russians absolve themselves of the blame for the war by blaming it on the Americans, and Brzezinski can continue to pat himself on the back. And it's true that the US supplied some weapons to the Pashtuns, just as the Russians had supplied weapons to the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam war. But supplying some weapons would not have made a difference in the outcome of either war. Another part of the delusion is that the Russians and the Taliban could be allied in any meaningful way. Russia is allied with Iran, which is allied with the Shia groups that the Taliban keeps trying to kill. Furthermore, by supplying weapons to jihadists in Afghanistan, those jihadist could travel to Russia and use the weapons there. The biggest delusion -- on the part of the American administration -- is that a peace agreement can be reached. I've described in detail the reasons why a peace agreement is impossible many times (see "23-Aug-17 World View -- Trump promises victory in Afghanistan by redefining 'victory'" ), but the one-sentence summary of the reasoning is this: Young Pashtuns are coming of age, and looking for vengeance against the Tajiks, Hazaras and Uzbeks that they fought in the bloody civil war of 1991-96. However, as I've written in the past, the Nato alliance and the US administration appear to have a larger purpose in mind. As war with China and Pakistan approaches, president Trump wants to keep American troops active in Afghanistan, and to continue to maintain several American military bases in Afghanistan, including two air bases in Bagram and Kandahar International Airport. These bases will be valuable in any future war with China. Under these circumstances, having troops in Afghanistan is what matters, whether the Taliban are defeated or not. CBS News and BBC and Russia Today (29-May-2017) Related Articles
**** **** US warship sails near China's illegal artificial island in the South China Sea **** The US Navy on Friday conducted a new "freedom of navigation" operation in the South China Sea. The warship USS Mustin traveled within 12 nautical miles of China's illegal artificial island and military base near Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands, and carried out maneuvering operations. According to Nicole Schwegman, a spokesman for the US Pacific Fleet: <QUOTE>"We conduct routine and regular freedom of navigation operations, as we have done in the past and will continue to do in the future."<END QUOTE> As usual, the Chinese were furious and began emitting nonsense. According to China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying: <QUOTE>"On March 23, USS Mustin entered the neighboring waters of relevant islands and reefs of China’s Nansha Qundao without the permission of the Chinese government. The Chinese navy has identified and verified the US warship and warned it to leave in accordance with the law. The relevant act of the US side has violated the Chinese law and relevant international law, infringed upon China's sovereignty, undermined peace, security and order of the relevant waters and put in jeopardy the facilities and personnel on the Chinese islands, and thus constitutes a serious political and military provocation. China has indisputable sovereignty over Nansha Qundao and its adjacent waters."<END QUOTE> The problem we have with both China and Russia these days is that they lie so often that we have to assume that everything they say is completely worthless. This statement claims "indisputable sovereignty." Is Hua Chunying a complete idiot? Or does she think that the rest of us are so stupid that we'll believe any nonsense that comes out of her mouth. The claim of "indisputable sovereignty" is a lie on its face because much of the world disputes it. The South China Sea are international waters, as declared by the United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague, which eviscerated all of China's claims in the South China Sea, in July, 2013. It's China, not the United States, that's violating international law on a continuing basis. Reuters and China's Foreign Ministry Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Afghanistan, Russia, Taliban, John Nicholson, Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski, USS Mustin, South China Sea, Mischief Reef, Spratly Islands, Nicole Schwegman, Hua Chunying, United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague Permanent web link to this article Receive daily World View columns by e-mail Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal John J. Xenakis 100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A Cambridge, MA 02142 Phone: 617-864-0010 E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum Subscribe to World View: http://generationaldynamics.com/subscribe RE: Generational Dynamics World View - Warren Dew - 03-24-2018 (03-23-2018, 04:50 PM)Cynic Hero Wrote: 9.) The Current Major Economic Powers are: Much of your post is valid but this is not a correct ranking. The US and the EU are approximately tied for first on economic power, China is third at not much more than half of either the US or the EU. I did not check the rest of your list. RE: Generational Dynamics World View - John J. Xenakis - 03-24-2018 (03-23-2018, 04:50 PM)Cynic Hero 86 Wrote: > I Posted this first on Your Forum John but I decided to post this The six "facts" that you attribute to me almost entirely are not my beliefs and not even recognizable to me. Proves what a complete moron and liar you are. (03-23-2018, 04:50 PM)Cynic Hero 86 Wrote: > Nobody is Denying 4T theory. You've denied it many times. You don't even understand it. You don't even know the difference between a crisis era and a non-crisis era. Your brain is a mishmash of nonsense, driven by vitriolic hatred of Boomers, probably because you hate your father. I'm not your father, and if I were, then I would disown you. 25-Mar-18 World View -- The Pivotal Generation (Generation Z) marches for gun control - John J. Xenakis - 03-24-2018 *** 25-Mar-18 World View -- The Pivotal Generation (Generation Z) marches for gun control, tilting at windmills This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
**** **** Florida school shooting causes millions of high school students to rally for gun control **** High-school students and their families in Washington on Saturday for the 'March for our Lives' (ZeroHedge) Saturday's "March for our Lives" rallies were national and international. The current generation of high-school students held a spectacular coming-out part on Saturday, as millions students and their families flooded into Washington, and cities around the world. For many of the kids, this must have been the most exciting and thrilling day of their young lives. So the first thing to understand is that these kids are not Millennials. People born since 1999 are in a new generation, the next generation after Millennials, called the Pivotal Generation (because they're pivoting away from the Millennials), or often called "Generation Z" (a name they hate). The recent school shooting in Florida has triggered a rather spectacular entrance by the Pivotals into national politics, and they're driving politics in several new directions that differ from the Millennials. Democrats completely co-opted Saturdays "March for our Lives" rallies by completely excluding any high school student from speaking who took any position contrary to the positions of the Democratic party leadership. Thus all the political messages were pro-gun control, anti-Republican, anti-National Rifle Association (NRA), and opposed to any solutions proposed by other parties, such as gun violence restraining orders, arming school resource officers, and updating instant criminal background checks. However, the kids in the Pivotal Generation do not by any means hold positions matching those in the Democratic Party. As for getting gun control enacted, they're tilting at windmills. Within a few months, the Pivotals will be on to a new and even more exciting issue, and this issue will be forgotten. NBC News and March for Our Lives web site and Zero Hedge **** **** The rise of the Pivotal Generation (Generation Z) **** The attitudes of the Pivotals are not anti-NRA at their core. The Pivotals are pro-security, especially school security. The rallies were called "March for our Lives," not "March to kill the NRA." Since there's really no solution to the school security problem, they allowed their rally to be co-opted by the anti-NRA stance because it's the only thing they understand. However, the pro-security policy is much more right wing than left wing. Research on the Pivotals during the last year or two has revealed three major themes in their political beliefs:
In generational theory, a "regeneracy event" is an event that regenerates civic unity and unifies the country behind the country's leader for the first time since the end of the preceding generational crisis war (WW II in this case). A regeneracy event today might be, for example, a North Korean nuclear weapon ballistic missile attack on Los Angeles. With their demand for total security and willingness to work for success, the Pivotals in case of war would combine into a powerful patriotic force willing to do whatever is necessary to fight for the nation. They will truly be the next "Greatest Generation." Whatever events unfold in the future, the Pivotal Generation is pivoting away from Millennials and other generations, and is adopting a unique set of attitudes and behaviors that will end up being a surprise to everyone, including both political parties. Barkley US and Barkley US (PDF) and Reno Gazette and Inc **** **** Defining the generations -- Silent, Boomer, Generation-X, Millennial, Pivotal **** According to the US government Census Bureau: <QUOTE>"The term “baby boomer” refers to individuals born in the United States between mid-1946 and mid-1964 (Hogan, Perez, and Bell, 2008). Distinctions between the baby boom cohort and birth cohorts from preceding and subsequent years become apparent when fertility measures are framed within a historical context. The baby boom in the United States was marked by a substantial rise in birth rates post-World War II. Two features of the baby boom differentiate this increase from those previously experienced: the size of the birth cohort and the length of time for which these higher levels of fertility were sustained."<END QUOTE> In other words, many couples held off having children during the Great Depression and World War II, but as soon as the war ended they started having children as quickly as possible. The birth year range 1946-1964 for Boomers makes sense for demographic purposes, which is the business that the Census Bureau is in. But from the point of view of Generational Dynamics, it's not particularly useful. The useful question is NOT "When is the first year that babies were born after World War II?" The useful question is: "When is the first year that babies were born when they were never personally aware of and traumatized by the horrific events of World War II?" Generally speaking, you have to be about four years old to be aware of what's going on in the world, and so for generational theory, the earliest birth year for the Boomers is not 1946, but is 1942. Anyone born earlier (the Silent Generation) would likely have been traumatized by World War II, and anyone born later would likely not have even been aware of World War II. That's why I don't use the phrase "born after WW II" to describe the Boomers. Instead, I use the phrase "growing up after WW II." The Silent Generation is the one preceding the Boomers. They got that name in an interesting way. They were originally called the "Depression Babies," obviously because they were born just before or during the Great Depression of the 1930s. However, during the 1950s, Time Magazine began calling them the "Silent Generation," and the name stuck. The reason that Time called them the Silent Generation is because they never complained about anything. They had grown up during the Depression, they had seen their fathers, brothers and uncles die gruesomely during the war, and by the 1950s they were happy to have families, jobs, and a home with a white picket fence. They did their jobs, and worked patriotically to help rebuild the world after World War II. The period after a crisis war like World War II is called a "Recovery Era," since it's everybody's job to help the nation and the world recover from the war. The Census Bureau says that the last birth year for Boomers was 1964. Once again, that's useful for demographers, but for Generational Theory, we identify the end of the Recovery Era and the beginning of the "Awakening Era" as the beginning of social activism by Boomers, as they come of age. For us, the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is the beginning of the Awakening Era, as the first major activist event by the Boomers. As in the case of the Boomers, we subtract four years, and set 1959 as the last birth year for the Boomers and the first birth year for Generation-X. The children in Generation-X grew up in a world that seemed like total chaos to them. There was rioting in the streets, males were burning their draft cards, girls were burning their bras, there was streaking, there was the Summer of Love in 1967, the riots at the Democratic convention in 1968, the killing of students at Kent State University, and a vast generation gap over the Vietnam war and race and environment issues. Whereas the Boomers were pampered as children in the Baby Boom following WW II, the Gen-Xers were left mostly on their own, and were definitely not pampered. Whereas the Boomers had a stable childhood with families and parents with jobs, the Gen-Xers were surrounded by social unrest and instability. In particular, feminist organizations were telling mothers to dump their husbands, and not let the kids see their fathers, in order to get as much money as possible. So many Gen-Xers grew up with no fathers, with a chaotic personal life, and a great deal of bitterness towards the Boomer generation, whom they blamed for their misfortunes. Without fathers and with no moral compass, they had a high delinquency rate, and are one of the most jailed generation in American history. As I've described many times in the last 15 years, Generation-X got their revenge against their fathers by bringing about the financial crisis. In the 1990s. Gen-Xers got degrees in "Financial Engineering," and used their skills in the 2000s to knowingly create trillions of dollars' worth of fraudulent subprime mortgage backed securities, which they could sell to the parents' generation to get revenge. The result was that millions of people when bankrupt and loss their homes. The Awakening Era began in 1963 and ended in 1983. That was followed by the "Unraveling Era," where all the rules and institutions that had been implement in the 1950s to prevent another Great Depression and another World War were dismantled. This resulted in the "tech bubble" of the late 1990s and the huge "credit bubble" of the mid 2000s decade. The Unraveling Era was a period of opulent wealth in the hands of many people -- mainly because they went deeply into debt, and spent the money on cars, vacations, and other items of conspicuous consumption. The Unraveling Era begin in 1983 and ended in 2003, 58 years after the end of World War II. 2003 was the beginning of the new "Crisis Era." The birth years for the next generation, the Millennial Generation, was thus 1979 to 1999. Millennials grew during this period of opulence provided by astronomical debt, many Millennials developed the attitude that money and success could just be given to them. The financial crisis brought this period of opulence to an abrupt end. The Pivotal Generation, which grew up during this period, pivoted away from the Millennials and adopted that attitude that it's necessary to work had for money and success. Incidentally, the name "Pivotal Generation" is only temporary. Just as the "Depression Babies" became the "Silent Generation," the Pivotal Generation will be given a new name by society at some point in the future, after they've actually accomplished something, rather than just giving press conferences in Washington. US Census Bureau (PDF) and Pew Research Related Articles:
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Pivotal Generation, Generation Z, March for our Lives, Millennials, snowflakes, National Rifle Association, NRA, Silents, Boomers, Recovery Era, Awakening Era, Unraveling Era, Crisis Era, Summer of Love, Kent State University, Financial Engineering Permanent web link to this article Receive daily World View columns by e-mail Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal John J. Xenakis 100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A Cambridge, MA 02142 Phone: 617-864-0010 E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum Subscribe to World View: http://generationaldynamics.com/subscribe RE: Generational Dynamics World View - Warren Dew - 03-24-2018 These teens are still entitled Millenials. RE: Generational Dynamics World View - pbrower2a - 03-25-2018 What is contrary? This: http://www.wilx.com/video?vid=477835893 RE: Generational Dynamics World View - John J. Xenakis - 03-25-2018 (03-25-2018, 01:06 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: > What is contrary? This: As I understand it, 60 people showed up for the pro-gun rally, and close to a million showed up for the anti-gun rally. RE: Generational Dynamics World View - Cynic Hero '86 - 03-25-2018 A sad sight; the Homelanders/New Silents/Pivotals are being taken advantage of by globalists intent on destroying America's freedoms and who are intent on destroying any potential for American Greatness. RE: Generational Dynamics World View - pbrower2a - 03-25-2018 (03-25-2018, 02:17 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote:(03-25-2018, 01:06 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: > What is contrary? This: True. Which means that America may be approaching a tipping point for banning 'massacre weapons'. All that is needed is for the politicians be in place for enacting laws to the effect. If guns bring freedom, then why was the Soviet Union not a free country with all the really-good AK-47 machine guns? RE: Generational Dynamics World View - pbrower2a - 03-25-2018 (03-25-2018, 02:49 PM)Cynic Hero Wrote: A sad sight; the Homelanders/New Silents/Pivotals are being taken advantage of by globalists intent on destroying America's freedoms and who are intent on destroying any potential for American Greatness. Some freedoms are negative -- like the right to not be hit by a drunk driver or being turned into man-burger by a massacre weapon. The prohibition against driving northbound in the southbound lanes of traffic on an Interstate is a small price to pay for safe driving. 26-Mar-18 World View -- Spain's arrests of Catalonia secessionist leaders revive memo - John J. Xenakis - 03-25-2018 *** 26-Mar-18 World View -- Spain's arrests of Catalonia secessionist leaders revive memories of Franco's brutal atrocities This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
**** **** Violent clashes with police in Spain's Catalonia follow arrest of Puigdemont in Germany **** Catalonia protesters clash with police in Barcelona on Sunday (AP) At least 50 people were injured on Sunday when tens of thousands of supporters of Carles Puigdemont, the former leader of Spain's Catalonia region, clashed with Spanish policy in Barcelona, Catalonia's capital city, after Puigdemont was arrested in Germany, based on a European arrest warrant issued by a Spanish court. The story of Puigdemont's arrest is a kind of spy thriller. Puigdemont led a failed attempt at Catalonian independence in September of last year, after which a Spanish court issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of treason and sedition. He fled to Belgium, where authorities refused an extradition request, on condition that Puigdemont not leave Belgium. Spain retracted the arrest warrant earlier this year, leaving Puigdemont free to travel again. He traveled to Finland to give some lectures, but on Friday Spain's government issued new arrest warrants for Puigdemont and for other leaders who had supported the attempt at secession. The new arrest warrant caught Puigdemont by surprise. When Puigdemont got word of the new arrest warrant on Friday, he immediately tried to flee Finland by car, hoping to reach the safety of Belgium undetected. He crossed the border into Sweden, and traveled south into Denmark. From there he crossed the border into Germany, and was recognized and arrested in Germany when he stopped at a filling station. If Germany extradites Puigdemont back to Spain, and he is convicted of the crimes he's charged with, then the punishment will be 25-30 years in prison. However, Puigdemont's lawyers will try to convince Germany's courts that they can't extradite because the arrest is political. This is similar to the reasoning that Belgium's court used when it refused to extradite him. Under EU rules, a court in one EU member state can only extradite a person sought by another member state if they are confident the suspect will face equivalent fair legal procedures and trial. The battles in Germany's courts are expected to continue for weeks. For the time being, Puigdemont is in a German jail. Puigdemont's arrest has infuriated the half of Catalonia's public that support him. The other half of Catalonia's public is against independence, and many of them believe that Puigdemont should be charged and jailed. Irish Times and BBC and AP and CNN **** **** Spain's arrests of Catalonia secessionist leaders revive memories of Franco's brutal atrocities **** As I described last year in "23-Sep-17 World View -- The 1930s Spanish Civil War fault lines explode again over Catalonia independence referendum" , memories of Generalísimo Francisco Franco's fascist nationalism and his brutal atrocities targeting Catalonians in the extremely bloody Spanish Civil War (1936-39) are now being revived. Puigdemont's arrest by the Germans is being compared on social media to the arrest by the German Gestapo of Lluís Companys, the president of Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War. After Franco's victory in the Battle of the Ebro on July 25, 1938, at the climax of the Spanish Civil War, Franco began an offensive against Catalonia, forcing the government of Catalonia to exile itself in France. They were safe in France until France capitulated to the Nazis in June 1940. Companys was arrested by the German Gestapo in Brittany on August 13th 1940 and handed over to the Francoist authorities on August 29th. Companys was held in solitary confinement, tortured and eventually executed by firing squad on October 14, 1940. There are few people alive today who have personal memories of the Spanish Civil War and of the capture and execution of Companys. However, Francisco Franco did not die until 1975, and there are many people alive today, including Puigdemont himself, who have personal memories of Franco and of his severe repression of the Catalan region. That's why many Catalonians today are comparing the German arrest of Puigdemont to the 1940 Gestapo arrest of another Catalan leader, Lluís Companys. If the German courts decide to extradite Puigdemont and turn him over to Spain's government, then the circle of history will be complete. AFP and TeleSur TV and Barcelonas.com Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona, Carles Puigdemont, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Spanish Civil War, Generalísimo Francisco Franco, Lluis Companys, Battle of the Ebro, Gestapo Permanent web link to this article Receive daily World View columns by e-mail Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal John J. Xenakis 100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A Cambridge, MA 02142 Phone: 617-864-0010 E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum Subscribe to World View: http://generationaldynamics.com/subscribe RE: Generational Dynamics World View - John J. Xenakis - 03-26-2018 (03-25-2018, 06:13 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: > True. Which means that America may be approaching a tipping point When Obama was in office, every time he opened his mouth about guns, gun sales surged. Obama was the best gun salesman in the world. Today, gun-maker Remington filed for bankruptcy. Trump can't sell guns the way Obama can. For reduced gun sales, support Trump! RE: Generational Dynamics World View - pbrower2a - 03-26-2018 It is surprising that so venerable a firm as Remington Arms could go under, but according to the Wikipedia article the company has sought bankruptcy protection. I cannot find the links to the back0-up citations, but apparently quality of the weapons went down while the company amassed D-E-B-T. RE: Generational Dynamics World View - John J. Xenakis - 03-26-2018 (03-26-2018, 07:11 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: > It is surprising that so venerable a firm as Remington Arms could According to a couple of reports that I heard, Remington assault guns were involved in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and their sales have been falling ever since. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/26/remington-the-oldest-gun-maker-in-the-united-states-files-for-bankruptcy.html 27-Mar-18 World View -- Al-Houthi missile attack on Saudi cities sharply escalates th - John J. Xenakis - 03-26-2018 *** 27-Mar-18 World View -- Al-Houthi missile attack on Saudi cities sharply escalates the Yemen war This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
**** **** Yemen's Iran-backed al-Houthi rebels launch barrage of missile attacks on Saudi cities **** Light show over Saudi capital city Riyadh, as American-supplied Patriot missiles intercept ballistic missiles launched by al-Houthis in Yemen (CNN) The Yemen war sharply escalated on Monday when the rebel al-Houthis launched a barrage of seven ballistic missiles from Yemen across the Saudi Arabia border. Three of them targeted the capital city Riyadh, while the other four targeted other nearby cities. In all cases, civilian neighborhoods were targeted. The Saudis targeted the incoming missiles with defensive American-supplied Patriot missiles. At least one and possibly two of the Patriot missiles failed to achieve its objective of destroying the incoming missile. One incoming missile hit a residential area, and another exploded in mid-air shortly after launch. An Egyptian woman was killed, though it's not clear whether she was killed by an incoming missile or by falling debris from a missile destroyed in flight. Saudi officials are claiming that the missiles must have been supplied by Iran, since they were too sophisticated to have been developed by the al-Houthis themselves. The missile attack is infuriating the Saudis, who are becoming increasingly belligerent and nationalistic, and the attack raises the possibility that the Saudis might retaliate militarily directly against Iran. Yemen is considered to be the worst humanitarian disaster in the world today. Out of a population of 27.6 million, about 50,000 people have died of starvation, and 8.4 million more are on the verge of starvation. Disease is rampant, where over one million people have contracted cholera. The Saudis have largely blocked the ports, preventing humanitarian food and water from being delivered, leaving the people on their own. Saudi Arabia has been under increasing international pressure to end the Yemen war and end the humanitarian disaster. Both Britain and the US have been supplying weapons to the Saudis, and politicians in both countries have been demanding that the supply of weapons be stopped. The Saudis point out that they're acting on behalf of the UN-recognized government of Yemen, and that they're fighting rebels who have overthrown the legitimate government. They also point out that an Iran-backed Houthi government on the Saudi southern border would present an existential threat. Gulf News (Dubai) and Saudi Gazette and CNN and The National (Abu Dhabi) **** **** Al-Houthi missile attack on Saudi cities sharply escalates the Yemen war **** It's not clear why the al-Houthis launched this attack. Perhaps they believe that by targeting civilian neighborhoods in Saudi Arabia, they can build both international and Saudi domestic opposition to the war, and force the Saudis to withdraw and hand a victory to the al-Houthis. That might have been true in the 1990s during a generational Unraveling era, when the Silent Generation, the last survivors of World War II, were in charge, and there was a great aversion to war. But today, we're in a generational Crisis era, with younger generations in charge, and nationalism and xenophobia are surging around the world. So if the al-Houthis were hoping that this attack would convince the Saudis to back down, there's no chance of that. Instead, increased nationalism will cause the Saudis to take even more drastic steps to win the war, while critics who want Britain and the US to stop supplying weapons will be muted. I would expect the Saudis to sharply escalate their actions in the next few weeks, possibly even taking some action directly targeting Iran. Gulf News (Dubai) and The National (Abu Dhabi) and Business Insider and Foreign Policy Related Articles:
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