#3

You said it Clownshack.

And the diaper-wearing geriatric pedophile is dangling a nuclear deal with murderous Muhammad Bone Saws if Riyadh would recognize Israel -- a Pariah nation that slaughtered 75,000 of Sunni co-religionists in the Gaza Strip.

But MBS just signed a military alliance with Pakistan and Turkiye, which may be a football end-around play on Dummkopf Trumpf to get nuclear technology without the US. And Canada also signed some deals with MBS, but I'm not sure if they include atomic power issues.

What a world indeed.

Essenzeit!

#5

Good point.

And on the "Middle Eastern street," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan clearly beats out MBS and the Saudi hypocrites as a "defender of the faith." In fact, it was Erdogan's faction of jihadists that won in Syria, not the Saudis.

Note that all three of these allies have Shia minorities and two have Kurdish minorities.

Pakistan: 21.5 million to over 40 million
Saudi Arabia: 10"15% of overall population
Turkiye: 1-2% (negligible)

The Iranians can covertly foment trouble in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, but not so much in Turkiye. And why would they? These two powers continue a robust economic relationship and they cooperate against militant Kurds (PKK and PJAK).

Ankara has been cracking down on ISIS sympathisizers, so Riyadh is acting more prudent.

From a security standpoint, Ankara appears to gain the most from this cynical arrangement.

And there is always nuclear technology dangling like a carrot on a Pakistani stick in front of the noses of Ankara and Riyadh.

#2

All three countries are Sunni-dominated authoritarian states without checks and balances.

Turkiye has the strongest military of the three, with power projection capability in the Middle East and North Africa -- and they have the most experience supported by a capable "CIA" (the MIT).

Saudi Arabia has the most money of the three and will buy armaments. They can also covertly fund jihadist groups to foment trouble in certain countries.

Pakistan is basically "an army with a country" and has nuclear weapons, something Ankara and Riyadh don't have.

Nuclear technology might be the "lure of the Siren" that drew Ankara and Riyadh into this military matrimony with Islamabad.

Iran is not the big loser here, Hindu-led India might be.

Turkiye and Saudi Arabia would be compelled to militarily respond at the next flashpoint between Delhi and Islamabad.

And China may be the biggest winner in this new arrangement, as they seem to have excellent economic relations with all three of these countries.

Hi Corky:

Nice pick. Got to see The Zombies three times and lucky enough to get Colin Blunstone's autograph.

In a nutshell:

Take a good hard look at Laramie County Attorney Larry Voss, the ogre persecuting Ms Rihanna Kelver:

#7

Detestable India purposefully increased oil imports from Russia to fuel their carnage against the Ukrainian people.

And the Kremlin is happily supplying her allies China and North Korea with plenty of oil and natural gas-- no Strait of Hormuz problem for any of them.

The US attacking Iran on Israel's behalf was certainly a well-thought out plan by the historically ignorant and inept Trumpf junta that is bankrupting the US economy while all US and int'l oil companies are making obscene profits at our expense.

......... Natural gas pipelines ............................ Oil pipelines

#3:

I'm now reading Trading with the Enemy (1983, Charles Wigham).

Standard Oil (now Exxon) provided oil (and other critical resources) to the Third Reich, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan during the Second World War using subsidiaries and neutral countries.

The Canary Islands (Spain) processed Standard Oil petroleum from South America which then immediately fueled the Kriegsmarine U-Boats.

The chief American oligarch who frustrated Hans Morgenthau, Howard Ickes, and D/FBI J. Edgar Hoover, and who got away with collaborating with the enemy while making tons of money for Exxon during the Holocaust, along with "the Fraternity" of Ivy League WASP industry magnates, Walter C Teagle.

And ironically, a U-Boat would sink M/V Walter C. Teagle during the war.

*** Luigi Mangione Defense Team Wants Trial Broadcast Live ***

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According to a new court filing, Mangione's legal team is seeking to broadcast the trial live.

The team argued the court should not limit public and media access to the trial by selecting certain members of the press to attend.

Mangione's case has drawn national attention, with some praising the man who is accused of shooting a greedy health care CEO, highlighting UnitedHealthcare's high denial rates which caused the deaths of untold numbers of patients who had paid their premiums promptly for years, enriching one of the worst healthcare insurers on the entire planet."

~snip~

"Nazira Haji Zada, the matriarch of an alien Afghan family, is being removed for her alleged role in a plot to commit an ISIS-inspired mass shooting on Election Day in 2024 for which her son, Abdullah Haji Zada, and son-in-law, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, were previously arrested and convicted. The application to remove Nazira Haji Zada was filed on 15 July and Zada was arrested."

~snip~

If this was Israel, the IDF would completely demolish Nazira Haji Zada's home and seize her title deed, while fanatical Settlers would set fire to her olive groves and steal her sheep.

An arrest or indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.