June 27, 2015
By Maya Vindon-White and Jennifer Collins
PARIS — A day after a man (click here) was decapitated at a gas factory in France's second terror attack in six months, residents questioned whether the nation is doing enough to stop terrorists.
"It feels that these attacks are now happening back to back," said Ilan Cohn, 21, a student in Paris. "I am afraid that there will be more and more, just recently Charlie Hebdo and now this?"
Yaccine Salhi, 35, a man once placed on a "radicalization list" drove his truck into a U.S.-owned gas factory in the southeastern French city Lyon on Friday, triggering an explosion as his boss' severed head was found at the entrance, authorities said....
There is still much to be done to "Daesh Proof" the global societies and their countries. I am sure NATO is appraised of the concerns of France. France is also one of the permanent nuclear countries within the non-proliferation treaty, so it is a target for the radicalized. But, the power of NATO seems more prudent than countries that are not organized into a national/regional security and defense.
If countries within a region have strong national defenses there is far less threat than if they are free lancing. A treaty organization such as NATO really does benefit a greater understanding of sovereign stability. I am sure NATO does not know all the business of each country, but, there is a coalescing around the common understanding of regional security and stability.
I think the Arab League is very important. It will never be NATO because of the strong religious and cultural understandings within group of allies. But, if the countries were working together to reduce alliances of violence they would be making a great deal of progress toward reducing danger to their citizens. I don't recall Tunisia participating in any alliance treaty.
Libya and it's struggle to regain domestic stability should consider an alliance with other countries in Northern Africa. It would bring greater stability and civilized society and the rule of law. Those three goals should be part of any governing authority. The treaty could and should spell out clearly it's alliance. In other words extremists that want to over throw governments simply aren't tolerated.
Convincing Libya they need alliances and stability is not at all easy, but, their lack of a central government or an east and west government is robbing them of quality of life and predictable lives. Such instability is an assault against it's own children. While some children my die all the children of Libya have a dim future. There is no university or job market or a platform to spring board into a secure future for the Libyan children.
June 27, 2015
By AP
...The shootings (click here) in the Tunisian resort of Sousse happened at about the same time as a bombing at a Shiite mosque in Kuwait and an attack on a U.S.-owned factory in France that included a beheading. It was unclear if the violence was linked but it came days after the IS militants urged their followers “to make Ramadan a month of calamities for the nonbelievers.” In all, the assailants killed at least 65 people.
The SITE Intelligence Group reported later that the IS claimed credit for the Tunisia attack on its Twitter account and identified the gunman as Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani....
Kuwait was a surprise. But. It is definitely an attempt to dissolve the sovereignty of Kuwait.
What is terror? It strikes at the heart of the individual. In the USA when terrorist attacks occur, be they domestic or foreign, the people come together to defeat the fear and any attempt at a repeat event(s). However, there are regions in the world predisposed to anarchy and self-reliance due to any divide along religious and/or ethnic differences. Warlord cultures have existed a long time in these regions. So, these regions are not anarchy proof.
To realize Kuwait has a Shi'ite population is to realize Kuwait can be irretrievably dissolved. When ethnic attacks or religious attacks occur it specifically strikes at the heart of sovereignty. It is to cause the idea the governing authority is not benevolent to all the people, but, to a chosen people. That begins a spiral into anarchy and the loss of a cohesive society determined to defeat such acts. That is why this entire region is difficult to call to arms, ie: Iraq.
Kuwait has a very benevolent government and it's people are loyal to their leaders, both religious and government. I reflect on such stability with Jordan a well. They are allies to The West in a way that puts them on a global stage for trade and regional security.
The attack in Kuwait is probably due to Iran's assistance with violence in Yemen. Terrorists are terrorists. They have no loyalty. They have loyalty to a grossly strange strain of their religion. They are hungry for power and if given a chance they will seek to own the power of a sovereign country. It isn't the power of the sovereign country they actually hate, it is that they don't have the power and covet it.
That is the reality this region needs to come to terms with. That is why the alliance of Arab countries now engaged in defeating Daesh is so important. They have to come to terms with very hateful people that are completely ruthless and embrace genocide. Sovereignty has never been more important. The countries leaders understand the people better than anyone else and they need to lead and bring all ethnicity and religions under the protection of their sovereign borders.
If a diverse benevolence is maintained, the terrorists will not succeed. The people have to bring their own knowledge of what is happening to destroy their country to the country's leaders. They cannot cower in fear within their neighborhoods hoping prayer to the 'right god' will end their feared fate. The people have to come together while accepting their differences. That is why any aggression by Iran is such a dangerous option. Iran has to stop placing hate into their diaspora and instead bring strength to their faith and their loyalty to leadership.
Iran is incorrect in seeing the Shia Crescent as it's chance to take over the region and unite it under a specific religious allegiance. In carrying out such a paradigm only a greater disdain of Iran will occur and will validate the hate Daesh wants to spread. Daesh stands as a burgeoning caliphate and Iran is giving the people every reason to believe it.
Iran is wrong in seeing The West as an enemy so much as an alliance on the path to the same sovereign stability other countries want to maintain. This entire mess with Israel is a huge problem. Israel, in it's ranting about hate, is causing far more problems than any Israeli leader wants to admit. Israel wants a reason. Iran currently is working at giving Israel the reason it seeks. Iran is it's own enemy.
ISRAEL'S POLITICS OF HATE is not a benign cultural definition. That culture of hate is causing a great deal of instability. It has to stop. The West, as Israel's ally should receive an apology from Israel as this attitude causes a great many problems. The culture of hate is completely dysfunctional for peace, but, it will bring about fear and a sincere problem for the region. It is very safe to say Israel is seeking to cause problems and end the negotiations with Iran. Israel needs to surrender to the idea The West does not treasure the hate it spews and it will not cause the kind of problems Israel seeks.
The only way the nuclear negotiations will fail is if Iran continues on a path of self-destruction. I am confident the P5 + 1 points this out on a regular basis. It is up to Iran to realize where their best interest lies. It doesn't lie in chronic reaction of Israel.
By Maya Vindon-White and Jennifer Collins
PARIS — A day after a man (click here) was decapitated at a gas factory in France's second terror attack in six months, residents questioned whether the nation is doing enough to stop terrorists.
"It feels that these attacks are now happening back to back," said Ilan Cohn, 21, a student in Paris. "I am afraid that there will be more and more, just recently Charlie Hebdo and now this?"
Yaccine Salhi, 35, a man once placed on a "radicalization list" drove his truck into a U.S.-owned gas factory in the southeastern French city Lyon on Friday, triggering an explosion as his boss' severed head was found at the entrance, authorities said....
There is still much to be done to "Daesh Proof" the global societies and their countries. I am sure NATO is appraised of the concerns of France. France is also one of the permanent nuclear countries within the non-proliferation treaty, so it is a target for the radicalized. But, the power of NATO seems more prudent than countries that are not organized into a national/regional security and defense.
If countries within a region have strong national defenses there is far less threat than if they are free lancing. A treaty organization such as NATO really does benefit a greater understanding of sovereign stability. I am sure NATO does not know all the business of each country, but, there is a coalescing around the common understanding of regional security and stability.
I think the Arab League is very important. It will never be NATO because of the strong religious and cultural understandings within group of allies. But, if the countries were working together to reduce alliances of violence they would be making a great deal of progress toward reducing danger to their citizens. I don't recall Tunisia participating in any alliance treaty.
Libya and it's struggle to regain domestic stability should consider an alliance with other countries in Northern Africa. It would bring greater stability and civilized society and the rule of law. Those three goals should be part of any governing authority. The treaty could and should spell out clearly it's alliance. In other words extremists that want to over throw governments simply aren't tolerated.
Convincing Libya they need alliances and stability is not at all easy, but, their lack of a central government or an east and west government is robbing them of quality of life and predictable lives. Such instability is an assault against it's own children. While some children my die all the children of Libya have a dim future. There is no university or job market or a platform to spring board into a secure future for the Libyan children.
By AP
...The shootings (click here) in the Tunisian resort of Sousse happened at about the same time as a bombing at a Shiite mosque in Kuwait and an attack on a U.S.-owned factory in France that included a beheading. It was unclear if the violence was linked but it came days after the IS militants urged their followers “to make Ramadan a month of calamities for the nonbelievers.” In all, the assailants killed at least 65 people.
The SITE Intelligence Group reported later that the IS claimed credit for the Tunisia attack on its Twitter account and identified the gunman as Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani....
Kuwait was a surprise. But. It is definitely an attempt to dissolve the sovereignty of Kuwait.
What is terror? It strikes at the heart of the individual. In the USA when terrorist attacks occur, be they domestic or foreign, the people come together to defeat the fear and any attempt at a repeat event(s). However, there are regions in the world predisposed to anarchy and self-reliance due to any divide along religious and/or ethnic differences. Warlord cultures have existed a long time in these regions. So, these regions are not anarchy proof.
To realize Kuwait has a Shi'ite population is to realize Kuwait can be irretrievably dissolved. When ethnic attacks or religious attacks occur it specifically strikes at the heart of sovereignty. It is to cause the idea the governing authority is not benevolent to all the people, but, to a chosen people. That begins a spiral into anarchy and the loss of a cohesive society determined to defeat such acts. That is why this entire region is difficult to call to arms, ie: Iraq.
Kuwait has a very benevolent government and it's people are loyal to their leaders, both religious and government. I reflect on such stability with Jordan a well. They are allies to The West in a way that puts them on a global stage for trade and regional security.
The attack in Kuwait is probably due to Iran's assistance with violence in Yemen. Terrorists are terrorists. They have no loyalty. They have loyalty to a grossly strange strain of their religion. They are hungry for power and if given a chance they will seek to own the power of a sovereign country. It isn't the power of the sovereign country they actually hate, it is that they don't have the power and covet it.
That is the reality this region needs to come to terms with. That is why the alliance of Arab countries now engaged in defeating Daesh is so important. They have to come to terms with very hateful people that are completely ruthless and embrace genocide. Sovereignty has never been more important. The countries leaders understand the people better than anyone else and they need to lead and bring all ethnicity and religions under the protection of their sovereign borders.
If a diverse benevolence is maintained, the terrorists will not succeed. The people have to bring their own knowledge of what is happening to destroy their country to the country's leaders. They cannot cower in fear within their neighborhoods hoping prayer to the 'right god' will end their feared fate. The people have to come together while accepting their differences. That is why any aggression by Iran is such a dangerous option. Iran has to stop placing hate into their diaspora and instead bring strength to their faith and their loyalty to leadership.
Iran is incorrect in seeing the Shia Crescent as it's chance to take over the region and unite it under a specific religious allegiance. In carrying out such a paradigm only a greater disdain of Iran will occur and will validate the hate Daesh wants to spread. Daesh stands as a burgeoning caliphate and Iran is giving the people every reason to believe it.
Iran is wrong in seeing The West as an enemy so much as an alliance on the path to the same sovereign stability other countries want to maintain. This entire mess with Israel is a huge problem. Israel, in it's ranting about hate, is causing far more problems than any Israeli leader wants to admit. Israel wants a reason. Iran currently is working at giving Israel the reason it seeks. Iran is it's own enemy.
ISRAEL'S POLITICS OF HATE is not a benign cultural definition. That culture of hate is causing a great deal of instability. It has to stop. The West, as Israel's ally should receive an apology from Israel as this attitude causes a great many problems. The culture of hate is completely dysfunctional for peace, but, it will bring about fear and a sincere problem for the region. It is very safe to say Israel is seeking to cause problems and end the negotiations with Iran. Israel needs to surrender to the idea The West does not treasure the hate it spews and it will not cause the kind of problems Israel seeks.
The only way the nuclear negotiations will fail is if Iran continues on a path of self-destruction. I am confident the P5 + 1 points this out on a regular basis. It is up to Iran to realize where their best interest lies. It doesn't lie in chronic reaction of Israel.
