Afghanistan Front News

MOD: Reports that a UK Soldier was killed on Sunday in Afghanistan by an IED, the Soldier was from the “ 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (1 PWRR) ”. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 389 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 345 in combat action and 44 due to illness, accidents or other incidents.

Romney and Iowa

The New York Times: Reports that leading Republican Candidate Governor Mitt Romney has increased in Campaign presence in Iowa, the Romney Campaign wants to win the Iowa Caucus. If Romney can win Iowa and New Hampshire the race could be over folks, but this could be the liberal NYT building Romney up for a fall, latest polls out of Iowa show either Gingrich in the lead or tie between Romney, Gingrich and Cain. Lets recall the liberal bloated NYT will do all it can to get Obama re-elected, thus any domestic political reporting has to be suspect, and read very carefully. That’s a problem when a paper becomes so tied to an agenda folks, the once paper of record is now the liberal secular bible. On the other hand its international reporting is straight down the line and objective, just wish they had that for their domestic reporting.
　

Egypt Violence - Part Two - Graphic Images

Mail on Sunday: Reports that two people have been killed and hundreds hurt in a second day of violent protest in Egypt. The flashpoint for the violence is Tahrir Square, the centre of the revolution that bought down Hosni Mubarak, it can be argued up to a point that its in the interest of the West, to be specific, the Obama Administration for the Army to be heavy handed, a Islamic Republic of Egypt that tears up the peace agreement with Israel would be disaster for the Middle East, Israel and the Obama Oval. Lets be clear this blog is not against peaceful protest as long as its not Wall Street or St Paul’s Cathedral, that is different, in this case the good people have the right to peaceful protest, the operational word is peaceful, any use of violence and you can see why the security forces would have to take action, sometimes folks there is a thin line between democracy and anarchy. The Egyptian protesters were never going to get a full democracy, the Army and the Egyptian elites had no plans to give up their privileges, now its down to who is the last man standing, the Army or the protesters.

Egypt Violence

Guardian: Reports on mass protests in Cairo, Alexandria and other Egyptian Cities against the Army ruled Government of Egypt. The Army of Egypt is not going to give up power folks, the fall of President Mubarak was a PR stunt, the Army will not allow the Muslim Brotherhood to take control, the US Government in Presidential Election year does not want to see Egypt become another Islamic Republic and a threat to Israel. After the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak there have been growing tensions between Egypt and Israel, on their shared border and the Israeli Ambassador to Cairo had to flee his Embassy back to Israel. Thus the Obama Administration will not want to have an opinion on this growing violence, they give billions to Egypt, so far no calls for cuts. The Obama Administration could pull the plug on Cairo but they wont, they need the Peace Agreement to carry on, polls in Egypt show that the people don’t support the Agreement, and the Muslim Brotherhood cant be trusted. Thus all politics is local folks, better the Army you know than a Middle East War between Egypt and Israel or Israel and Iran and Egypt.
　

Your Terrorist, Heroic Insurgents ? - Syria

Sunday Telegraph: Reports on insurgent attacks on the Syrian Capital Damascus and President Assad has stated he will fight and die in Syria. President Assad does sound like Colonel Gaddafi, don’t they have CNN or SKY News in Damascus, also as a sidebar it is interesting, the Telegraph describes the attackers as Insurgents, while the view from Damascus Regime would be that they are terrorists. As they attacker want rid of the Assad Regime they are good Insurgents, but they will need back up as did the Libyan rebels, insurgents. Lets be direct here folks, Syria is in a small scale Civil War, the rebels are growing, and they are getting their hands on weapons, they need some heavy ammo and tanks, lets see if they can persuade or blackmail parts of the Syrian Army or Air Force to come over to the rebels, that would be a game changer folks. Lets hope the Israelis are keeping eye on their border, the last time the Syrian Regime was in trouble it sent protesters over the Israeli border to tear down the fence. It would be cheap PR move but it would be effective in changing the story for a while again, lets see what Syria does over the next few days and weeks folks.

Arab League vs. Syria

BBC News: Reports that the Arab League has said a NO to demands from Syria that it change its Monitors plan for Syria. The Syrian Regime is playing games folks, it knows that the UN is divided, that its allies on the UN Security Council Russia and China do not want another UN Resolution 1973 that allowed regime change in Libya. Thus the Damascus Regime can go on killing its own Sunni population while the world watches on, it is also backed Iran, this allows Iran through proxies to attack Israel. The Tehran Regime will not want to see the Assad Regime fall, and it might mean that they are next should there be a real threat to the Tehran Regime. Lot more blood on the Streets of Syria folks.