Re: the Convoy of Light, the march has not started, the crowds of "Syrians" are massing at Edirne in Turkish Thrace near the Greek border.
To cut to the chase this is a multi-tasking US destabilisation op pure & simple. If the crowd broke through the Greek border and actually reached Germany [despite closed borders in every country along the way] they would immediately be sent back to Greece under the German-resurrected Dublin Treaty as first country of entry. The holes in the media story are laughable: if there are 5% Syrians in this group I'd be surprised. Syrian "doctors & engineers" (which the west media claims organised the march) have long ago been grabbed by the west and given proper employment. Meanwhile the Turkish government would never allow a genuine self-massing of migrants, it would be an internal threat. As for Syrians experiencing racism in next door Turkey, its akin to claiming that Canadians experience racism in the US.
To explain the last 8 years of renewed Greek-Turkish tensions, this goes back to 2016 when US Ambassador Geoff Pyatt was sent directly to Athens from his successful Maidan coup in Ukraine. His job was (1) sever Greece from Russia [check, Done] ; (2) regime change Erdogan [failed]; and (3) woo Turkey back into West / NATO. The 2017 US coup against Erdogan failed due to Russian Intelligence. Plan B was to 'promise' Erdogan (via a wink & a nod a la Kissinger over Cyprus in 1974) Greece's eastern Aegean islands and its southern waters. Turkey returns to this issue every time it needs to 'prove' its fealty to the West....ie when Washington gets antsy. Which Washington is most definitely in the wake of successful Turkish diplomacy re Ukraine, etc.
Greece's job is simply to resist and endure: to insure against revolt the US has filled Greece with new US bases AND Israeli bases.
Finally, Turkey is doomed by geography to this balancing act...just as the Greeks were for 1000 years in the Eastern Roman Empire [Byzantium] : it is the hinge and bulwark between Europe, Asia and the Near East, between the Mediterranean and Black seas with civilizational frenemies pressuring it on all sides. In this respect Erdogan's behaviour is not unusual; he has been a strong man for Turkey against all odds.
I am a regular reader of your blogs and appreciate your work, both on the blogs and on your new house.
I am an anti-vacc'er regarding the Covid -19 mRNA based vaccines and remain silent about it because many of my associates are "true believers". It is hard to have an open discussion these days about Covid-19 and/ or the Ukraine War - one has to tread carefully as most people are not open for discussion.
However, what is your opinion regarding the Novavax vaccine, which protein based and is more like the traditional vaccines given in childhood or for travel to certain tropical countries. Since one needs to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to fly, and given that any vaccine carries an element of risk, do you think Novavax is safe? At least there does not seem to be any negative reports, but then Novavax is relatively new on the scene.
Maybe destroying the Nordstream pipelines in Denmark waters was what happened. Extremely nasty. What is inside us is starting to bubble out.
I Apprecite All The Info you kindly give us. Truth is so scarce if at all anymore.
"No Ships off the California coast" -- Didn't Bribem have them ordered to move further from shore where they couldn't be seen?
Writing from Greece:
Re: the Convoy of Light, the march has not started, the crowds of "Syrians" are massing at Edirne in Turkish Thrace near the Greek border.
To cut to the chase this is a multi-tasking US destabilisation op pure & simple. If the crowd broke through the Greek border and actually reached Germany [despite closed borders in every country along the way] they would immediately be sent back to Greece under the German-resurrected Dublin Treaty as first country of entry. The holes in the media story are laughable: if there are 5% Syrians in this group I'd be surprised. Syrian "doctors & engineers" (which the west media claims organised the march) have long ago been grabbed by the west and given proper employment. Meanwhile the Turkish government would never allow a genuine self-massing of migrants, it would be an internal threat. As for Syrians experiencing racism in next door Turkey, its akin to claiming that Canadians experience racism in the US.
To explain the last 8 years of renewed Greek-Turkish tensions, this goes back to 2016 when US Ambassador Geoff Pyatt was sent directly to Athens from his successful Maidan coup in Ukraine. His job was (1) sever Greece from Russia [check, Done] ; (2) regime change Erdogan [failed]; and (3) woo Turkey back into West / NATO. The 2017 US coup against Erdogan failed due to Russian Intelligence. Plan B was to 'promise' Erdogan (via a wink & a nod a la Kissinger over Cyprus in 1974) Greece's eastern Aegean islands and its southern waters. Turkey returns to this issue every time it needs to 'prove' its fealty to the West....ie when Washington gets antsy. Which Washington is most definitely in the wake of successful Turkish diplomacy re Ukraine, etc.
Greece's job is simply to resist and endure: to insure against revolt the US has filled Greece with new US bases AND Israeli bases.
Finally, Turkey is doomed by geography to this balancing act...just as the Greeks were for 1000 years in the Eastern Roman Empire [Byzantium] : it is the hinge and bulwark between Europe, Asia and the Near East, between the Mediterranean and Black seas with civilizational frenemies pressuring it on all sides. In this respect Erdogan's behaviour is not unusual; he has been a strong man for Turkey against all odds.
Dear John:
I am a regular reader of your blogs and appreciate your work, both on the blogs and on your new house.
I am an anti-vacc'er regarding the Covid -19 mRNA based vaccines and remain silent about it because many of my associates are "true believers". It is hard to have an open discussion these days about Covid-19 and/ or the Ukraine War - one has to tread carefully as most people are not open for discussion.
However, what is your opinion regarding the Novavax vaccine, which protein based and is more like the traditional vaccines given in childhood or for travel to certain tropical countries. Since one needs to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to fly, and given that any vaccine carries an element of risk, do you think Novavax is safe? At least there does not seem to be any negative reports, but then Novavax is relatively new on the scene.
Many thanks for your opinion.