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2023-10-13 23:57:31 Iran-backed Hezbollah joining Israel-Hamas conflict would be a 'game changer'

An exchange of fire between Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and the armed forces in northern Israel signal that the conflict in Gaza could spread regionally.

With an Israeli ground incursion potentially imminent in the north of the Gaza Strip, the conflict could grow to involve other regional actors, including Hezbollah and potentially Iran, analysts say.

And if Hezbollah decides to join the conflict in neighboring Israel, "it will be nothing short of a game-changer," Firas Maksad, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, told CNBC on Wednesday.

"Hamas is but the weak underling of Hezbollah, a much more formidable fighting force and widely recognized as the most powerful nonstate military in the world," he added. "This will be a game-changer, not only for Israel, but also for the entire region."

On Friday, Hezbollah's deputy chief, Naim Qassem, said his party was "fully ready" to contribute to the fighting, according to Reuters. "The behind-the-scenes calls with us by great powers, Arab countries, envoys of the United Nations, directly and indirectly telling us not to interfere will have no effect," he said at a rally, according to a translation by the news agency.

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2023-09-04 00:55:24 States which rank highly for 'inclusion' and 'quality of life' are lagging economically Logic may suggest that the parts of America performing well economically would be the first to back the President in office. But in this increasingly bizarre republic… Open / Comment

2023-09-04 00:48:26 Eastern Oregon wants to join Idaho. Eastern Colorado wants to be its own state. Southern Illinois wants to break away from Chicago. You don't hear much about blue counties wanting to secede from red states — instead, you just hear about Democrats moving into… Open / Comment

2023-09-01 07:46:45 Delinquencies on car loans, credit cards and consumer loans have hit their highest levels in a decade.

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2023-09-01 07:35:37 Real estate investors have decreased home purchases in 2023 by a massive 45%. This is, by far, the biggest drop since the 2008 financial crisis. Overall home sales are now down 31% in 2023.

The Kobeissi Letter Open / Comment

2023-07-04 23:53:37 French Interior Minister, Gérald Darmanin, refuses to acknowledge the link between the French race riots to immigration. He says: "90% of the rioters were French".

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2023-07-04 21:41:43 The Sun Sets On Richard N. Haass's CFR Career As mentioned, the CFR is arguably the oldest of American proto-globalist institutions. It partly had its start in the days of WW1 as the brainchild of Woodrow Wilson called ‘The Inquiry’, which was tasked with… Open / Comment

2023-07-04 21:41:32 The Sun Sets On Richard N. Haass's CFR Career

As mentioned, the CFR is arguably the oldest of American proto-globalist institutions. It partly had its start in the days of WW1 as the brainchild of Woodrow Wilson called ‘The Inquiry’, which was tasked with coming up with ways of favorably redrawing the map of post-WW1 Europe and the world. The first members were open “internationalists”—the precursor to globalism—and worked under the stated banner of ‘engineering government policy’.

Richard Haass ruled the roost during the period of the PNAC ideal’s peak efflorescence. It was supposed to be the golden era of American stewardship over the globe after the downfall of its arch nemesis of the USSR—the ‘End of History’ proclaimed by fellow PNAC and CFR faithful, Francis Fukuyama.

https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/the-sun-sets-on-richard-n-haasss Open / Comment

2023-07-04 20:59:24 China’s decision to restrict critical mineral exports will hit critical sectors in the EU’s effort to decarbonize its economy

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-04/china-eu-trade-fight-puts-green-transition-at-risk

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2023-07-04 20:06:45 HotNews | "We need a permanent German garrison on the territory of Romania" said the Romanian PM, Marcel Ciolacu.

"I am aware of Germany's recent decision to station 4000 soldiers in Lithuania and I hope that soon we will see a permanent German military presence in Romania. It has become evidently clear that this conflict is one that will last for years"

"All of us expected Ukraine to put an end to this conflict with this counteroffensive but we knew they couldn't so we have to adapt. While current public data is not looking too promising, maybe things will change for the better in the future"

"Yes, I think that German troops should be stationed permanently on Romanian soil and I hope that, together with the German Chancellor, we can come up with a plan and make this process as fast as possible".

The declarations of the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz:

"If we look at how things evolve, I know that the Ukrainian Army are working efficiently towards their objectives. Until now everything went according to plan in their favor and an organised manner"

"Expecting a great military achievement so quickly is foolish. These things take time (...)"

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Regarding the 2nd statement which might not make sense for the readers, that is a near word for word translation of what the Romanian PM said, he made a pretty embarrassing mistake during his speech.

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