UK and US - Al Qaeda Threat for France and Germany

BBC News: Reports that both the UK and the US have warned their citizens of a Al Qaeda threat in France and Germany, the US had added the UK to that list. As stated in previous in post this could be real or just an attempt by Al Qaeda to keep itself in the news, either way the terrorists win, this kind of advice should only be given out if a threat is imminent, otherwise if no attack people will start to ignore them and then Al Qaeda will attack. Also this has been going on for a few weeks now, what are the dots and why haven they been stopped, why not send in the SAS and SBS to the badlands of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan to take out these threats.

Ireland Bankrupt Part Two

Telegraph: Interesting article on why Ireland has gone belly up, at the end of the day the Irish drank to much of the black stuff; good but there is a cost; as the article states the following, “ the Irish know they contributed to their own downfall through greed, recklessness and overindulgence. ”. At the end of the day the middle class and the poor will have to pay for the banks, the bankers will have done a runner our found tax loopholes. The Irish boom was founded on debt, and that debt has to be paid, one can argue that the Irish Banks have not told the whole truth about their debts, that’s goes for all banks, they only own up when they come to the Government and say they need money or will be closed tomorrow. In one way Marx was right, in this Marxist Manifesto he stated that the employer would grind down the worker, in sense the banks have fleeced the people. The bankers have missed the point, they should create wealth for the long term, not quick dollar and then bankrupt the nations, not great strategic thinking by the banks. The Irish Government should have let the banks go under, and used the money to help the customers, otherwise one can guarantee that in time the bailouts will be used as bonuses for the bankers, is the Irish Government still on the good black stuff? Read of the Day.

Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that a UK Soldier was killed on Saturday in Afghanistan, the Soldier was from the “ 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles ”. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 339 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 299 in combat operations and 40 due to illness, accidents or other incidents. When will it be 300 combat deaths, how many more before the UK gets out by 2015.

The Republicans to TAKE House - NYT

The New York Times: Reports on its forecast that the Republicans will retake the House of Representatives. The liberal NYT must think it must play nice with the Republicans or they will get a door slammed in their faces after November if the Republicans take the House. Or the extreme liberal NYT wants to warn liberal voters to get them out to vote, in any event this is an significant development folks.

Trouble from Scotland - Gordon Brown

The Daily Mail: Reports that former Labour PM Gordon Brown is furious with the new Labour Leader “ Red “ Ed “ Brutus ” Miliband for his attack on the economic record of the Blair/Brown Years. Advice to Ed Miliband don’t kick the Blair/Brown Camps to much they can fight back unlike his brother David Miliband. The last thing Ed Miliband needs is for the Blair and Brown Camps to unite and take him down a notch, they can and will if they chose to act. Also the Dark Prince Lord Mandelson has been very quiet. Lets see what the Sunday papers have on Ed Miliband; any attacks from the creators of New Labour; you cross the Blair/Brown/ Mandelson Axis are your political peril. Lets recall that Ed Miliband didn’t win the support the majority of his MPs or Labour Party members. Trouble on the horizon folks?

Terror Threat for Europe ?

Telegraph: Reports that the US might issue a European wide terror alert for US Citizens on Sunday. In a way the terrorists have won, of late all over Europe you have seen EU Governments getting very worried about a Al Qaeda threat to Europe. The questions is what next, is Al Qaeda playing a game, creating a crisis mentality then nothing, is a long term plan to tire the population with threats that never follow through and then one day will Al Qaeda let off a nuclear device or dirty bomb in the heart of Europe. The Obama White House has a problem, if they underplay such threats and it happens they will have seen as caring more about their left wing than US security but if they send in ground troops in to Pakistan the left will go bonkers and Obama will not get the Democratic nomination for President in 2012. In the UK its quiet, no COBRA meetings, no rushed meetings in 10 Downing Street, is that good or bad, does MI6 have better intelligence than CIA, what does the Israeli Mossad think, do they have better info. The hunch of VIEWS is that Al Qaeda is testing Western security, if they can get lucky then they will strike but it could just be an operation to keep the West on heighten alert.

The Middle East Problem

BBC News: Reports that the Palestinians will not carry on Peace talks with the Israel in less Israel stops building Israeli Settlements on the West Bank. When looking at the Middle East you have to deal with the reality on the ground and the idea of peace, in the reality Israel has built on ground that is seen as the foundations of a Palestinian State, the idea of peace is for a modern Palestinian State, the two cant exist together, Israel wants a secure state, the Palestinians as is their right want part of their homeland back, its never going to happen, there is a winner and a loser. Thus the constant failures in the Middle East, Obama cant place to much pressure on Israel, even Speaker Pelosi has made it clear that the Congress will always support Israel no matter Obama’s policy. Thus what next, more endless meetings, sad deaths, more meetings and deaths, that is the Middle East folks.