President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy on the troubled Central Asian nation, Zamir Kabulov, told the Echo of Moscow radio station on Sunday that Washington was trying to make the chaotic events look like a deliberate approach. “I think those behind these kinds of notions are trying to justify the failure …
Read More »Its epic Afghan failure shows that America’s naive belief it can cure the world’s ills with democracy, dollars, and M16s is wrong
As the United States hastily withdraws from Afghanistan, warning its citizens there to flee immediately, and washes its hands of the Central Asian country, the Taliban are running riot. In the space of weeks, the militant group has seized dozens of districts and at least 10 cities. US officials have warned …
Read More »Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to CRIMINALIZE failure to wear masks on London Tube
Mayor Khan is pushing for compulsory mask wearing on the Underground, seeking to make it into a by-law, enabling the British Transport Police to enforce it and impose fixed penalties on those daring to board the trains maskless. “We are trying to lobby the Government to allow us to bring …
Read More »Western focus on Russian political dead-enders exposes failure to grasp that real change in Moscow will come from system insiders
Former US presidential candidate Senator Mitt Romney was making news again this week, meeting with Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov, best known for his close association with jailed activist Alexey Navalny. The head-to-head has drawn flak from a range of commenters. Prominent American “Russia-watcher” Kevin Rothrock took to Twitter to …
Read More »‘Seriously shocking failure’: NHS Covid vaccine booking site under review after leaking sensitive medical data, reports say
Using their NHS number or by verifying their identity, vaccine-eligible users can book appointments for their Covid jab. However, it turned out there is currently no safeguard built into the site to protect against a person’s confidential vaccination status being disclosed to anyone with basic personal information about them. This …
Read More »Russia needs liberals in politics, but failure of Navalny movement shows futility of street protests & reliance on foreign backers
Russian liberals should now establish a responsible presence in the political system. This demands replacing revolutionary politics and foreign sponsors with the development of accountable political platforms providing solutions to complex problems. Revolutionary Russia Russia’s turbulent history has largely been defined by revolutionary change. The past millennium has been siloed …
Read More »Woke-ism run amok or long overdue? UK’s apology for failure to honour non-white WWI soldiers triggers ‘structural racism’ debate
Following its own inquiry, the CWGC said on Thursday that “pervasive racism” and “contemporary imperial attitudes” had resulted in hundreds of thousands of soldiers from World War I not being memorialised by name, or at all. In the House of Commons, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace later echoed that sentiment and tendered a …
Read More »Admitting ‘monumental failure’? Obama roasted for saying US achieved ‘all that we can’ in Afghanistan as Biden reveals exit plan
Biden announced on Wednesday that American forces will leave Afghanistan by September. Explaining his decision, he said that he refused to continue the cycle of “extending or expanding” the US military presence in the country, adding that waiting to create “ideal conditions” for a withdrawal was no longer viable. He …
Read More »‘Law is a mess’: UK parliament committee blasts govt over failure to protect ‘right to protest’ after Sarah Everard vigil outrage
The restrictions on gatherings introduced by the government during the pandemic have been “confusing” and ambiguous, the parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights said in a statement on Friday, adding that protests have never been “completely illegal” even during lockdown if held properly. The “confusing” nature of the government regulations …
Read More »Trump calls for breaking up Big Tech, says failure to restore freedom of speech would doom Republican Party
“The time has come to break up Big Tech monopolies and restore fair competition,” Trump said Sunday at the CPAC conference in Orlando. “Republicans, conservatives must open our platforms and repeal section 230 liability protections,” he added. While in the past the public had a chance to hear both sides …
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