The Interview TO BE SHOWN - Freedom Speech Wins

Telegraph: Reports " Sony reverses decision to pull The Interview from cinemas..Sony will give film a "limited theatrical release", reversing decision to pull Christmas Day showings following threats from cyber-criminals linked to North Korea "

Lets Get Real:

Today Sony Pictures made a brave decision to place freedom of speech above their private concerns about their information being released.    The no honour leader of North Korea is a Stalinist who wants to be seen as divine by his people.    The release of this film will show that its leader is a fool, when a foreign country tries to suppress free speech then you either appease or fight back, lets be honest here, at first Sony wanted to appease, from the President of the US on down this was called a mistaken decision, thus Sony reversed itself.   It up to people in the West to go and see this movie, make it the most seen movie ever, drive the North Korean Regime NUTS, make it clear that they are nothing to be concerned about, the North Korea Regime are murders and place thousands if not hundred of thousands of its people in jails.  Freedom of speech won today, lets never forget its importance. 

The Taliban are the Viet Cong of today - Afghan War

The New York Times: Reports " Taliban Push Into Afghan Districts That U.S. Had Secured "

Lets Get Real:

The West, this includes  the US and the UK want to end the Afghan War as it can NOT BE WON, this is not new to the British, we have been there during the Empire, it never ends well, the last time we kept a eye on them from then India, now Pakistan, if any problems we would bomb them, and had a troops on the border.    This was a lesson learned by then USSR, now Russia, it was their Vietnam.  It is the Americans who did not learn from history and are learning for themselves the same lessons former Empires had to learn.   Those lessons are are quite simple, the Afghan like to fight between themselves, what does unite them is if a outside power comes in, then on the whole they unite to fight the invader.   A clever invader uses the people of Afghanistan, develops a new government that secures peace for the people and is not corrupt, as never ending corruption will force people to support the opposition.   After creating a new Army and Police the invader should leave, keep a tiny presence, a SMALL Embassy and make sure the Afghan on your side have the weapons they need.   It is a matter of supporting that Government in the early years, that is when a new Kabul regime is under threat, that is the stage we are now, the Taliban want the PR victory of pushing the invader out.   The main street is watching to see who wins the internal fight, the new government or the opposition.    The Country on the whole will the support the winner.   Interesting days ahead for Kabul and Afghanistan. 

That will TEACH the North Koreans - N Korean Crisis

Guardian: Reports " North Korea internet service resumes after shutdown...No indication as to whether a cyber-attack caused outage, and if so who might have been behind it "

Lets Get Real:

This will teach the North Koreans to hack a major US company and threaten and blackmail them not to release the film the Interview.   The Oval Office should make it clear to the North that should it take further action then the US will consider it an ACT OF WAR, you have to be tough with these fools in Pyongyang.   What if the Stalinist Government hits a major financial company or worse a military one, what if tries to cause a nuclear problems via cyberwarfare, you can not play about with these idiots, you have to be tough and hard, even go close to war, free speech has to be defended or what is the point. 

Ukraine for NATO membership - New Cold War

BBC News: Reports " Ukraine's parliament has voted to drop the country's non-aligned status and work towards Nato membership. "

Lets Get Real:

This move by the Parliament of Ukraine will drive Putin's Russia bonkers, the last thing they want is NATO breathing down on them from the Ukraine border.   The West should use this move to place further pressure on Putin, the Oval Office should offer a defence pact for Western Ukraine, leaving out the East, as it is a conflict theatre between Russia and the Kiev Government in the West.    The Russia bear should have its claws clipped for its own good, one can see Putin in the mold of Tsar Nicholas 11, Gorbachev, leaders who in the end failed.   Putin's use of gas power has caused a blowback, as the oil prices goes down, the more the Russian rouble is hit, thus Moscow has to bailout Russian banks with Western currency, can Russia afford it without help from the West, that is a open question, Western sanctions do not help Putin or Russia. 

Russia on the Skids - Economic Cliff for Putin

Telegraph: Reports " Russia starts bailing out banks as economy faces 'full-blown economic crisis'..The Central Bank of Russia has said it will provide £343m of support to one of the country's more troubled banks, as analysts warn of a wave of defaults in the sector "

Lets Get Real:

The oil only approach of President Putin and his failure with the relationship with the West are the two faults that could bring down President Putin.   The fall in the oil price has hurt Russia, and there economy centred on Oil means that there is nothing of a secondary market cope with the economic decline.  This should be a warning to the Oil States, you need a broad economy that can take the shock of low oil prices.  A Country needs a Industrial or IT policy to cover any flaws in the budget.   The sanctions that Russia faces is due to the offensive policy of President Putin, he wants a Greater Russia, that means the old USSR.   The West should make Russia bleed its roubles and Western currency as way to bring Putin to a more Western view, that means he losses and and the West wins. 

North Korea Update 2 - 2nd Term Blues

Guardian: Reports " Pyongyang warns US ‘cesspool’ is a target as it alleges Obama administration was behind fictional Kim Jong-un assassination "

Lets Get Real:

One has to ask why the North Koreans have done this, are they really afraid of a US comedy, or is it the idea that its holds, the end of the North Korea leader ( his name is not worth knowing ) are they afraid that the poor people of North Korea will get the same idea, these Regimes ALL end sooner or later, does the North Korean leadership worry that they will end up like leader of Libya, humiliation and death at the end of a gun.   On the whole this blog does not approve of assassination as a strategy,  nothing to do if its right or wrong, you just  not sure what the result would be, it might be worse.    A case in point Libya.   The North Koreans will not do a thing, they are hot air without the fun bit of a balloon 

North Korea Threatens the US - 2nd Term Blues

BBC News: Reports " Sony hack: North Korea threatens US as row deepens "

Lets Get Real:

The North Koreans are major BS when it comes to making threats, they would have to be out of their mind to attack the US, the US Government even under President Obama would have to take a forceful action should they come under attack.   The North Koreans like to be at the centre of attention, the US and the West should just ignore them, the Country would be a laughing stock if it was not the fact that they have the bomb and a million man army, or says is the view from the West.    The prat leader of North Korea is a joke, his leadership from his grandfather onwards are murderous and thugs, they are without honour.    They should be laughed at,  the poor people of North Korea should have the pity of the West.