Category Archives: War in Asia

Are we preparing to invade North Korea?

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Fred Stiening

There is no reason to believe an anonymous caller to talk radio, but it makes sense that with the new leader of North Korea threatening to nuke the US that the US military would be deep in training and logistics … Continue reading →

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Riddle me this

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Fred Stiening

Secretary of State John F’ing Kerry, who fought in the Vietnam war, is wanting to provide $60 million in assistance to the Syrian “opposition”. On February 21st, the Syrian “opposition” exploded a car bomb in Damascus on a busy public … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Instability, War in SW Asia / Middle East | 18 Comments

Neo-Ottoman Empire

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Back when Egypt and Libya suddenly erupted and Turkey broke its military cooperation with Israel, I wondered aloud if we were seeing the rise of a new Ottoman Empire. Turkey is a member of NATO and receives significant military assistance … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, War and not War, War in Africa, War in Europe, War in SW Asia / Middle East | 6 Comments

Turkey wants long range UAVs

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2011/ss_military1151_09_13.asp The Obama administration is looking at providing access to the long range Pedator Drone. The Predators would be monitoring only, not the ones capable of dropping bombs

Posted in Global Instability, Uncategorized, War and not War, War in SW Asia / Middle East | 3 Comments

Kurd leader threatens Turkey with war

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://www.npr.org/templates/text/s.php?sId=135539993&m=1 Not that this probably isn’t done every few days. This is the residue of Europeans drawing country boundaries in order to divide ethnic groups.

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Egypt / Iran announce stronger ties

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Fred Stiening

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4063914,00.html At a press conference held in Qatar, Egypt and Iranian foreign ministers announced they will resume warm relations.    They also announced support for the Hamas Fatah unity agreement to cooperate against the “Zionist enemy”. In unrelated news, the Muslim Brotherhood in … Continue reading →

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War in Asia – Open Thread

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Fred Stiening

Your turn. If you’ve spotted a new war breaking out that doesn’t have it’s own thread or category, this is the place to let us know.

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