Putin on the USSR - World View from Moscow

Telegraph: Reports " Vladimir Putin: 'We don't want the USSR back but no one believes us'..West is 'working to prevent the recreation of the USSR', Russian president says in documentary - but claims that is not what Moscow doing "

Lets Get Real:

MR KGB Putin thinks we ARE ALL DAFT as the Russian people, the Russian President wants more than the USSR back, he wants Tsarist Russia back, he wants the glory of a Tsar and the power of the USSR.   If Putin wants ANY respect he will get out of East Ukraine, allow the Crimea to return to the Ukraine and willl behave in Syria.    As Putin is a tyrant this will not happen, if you want to watch political BS then watch the show on Russian TV.   The West has its guard up and we will support Turkey should it come to a fight. 

Obama on Trump - Election 2016

Guardian: Reports " Barack Obama: Donald Trump is 'taking advantage' of GOP voter anxieties..Obama singled out Trump for exacerbating blue-collar workers’ unease over the economy and changing US racial landscape in wide-ranging NPR interview "

Lets Get Real:

When the President talks about race as a problem its the typical left wing rubbish we expect from Obama and for the Guradian to run without question, the reason blue collar workers are not happy is nothing to do with the race of the President, its the fact that the Obama economy has not bounced back to levels that allows a blue collar to make it to the end of the week.   The President's failure when it comes to terrorism has not helped the US population to feel that they are being lead well.    Thus expect more of this rubbish from a failed President, a President who did no learn and allowed his own arrogance to become before reality. 

The Losing War in Afghanistan - War on Terror

BBC News: Reports " Reports from the southern Afghan province of Helmand suggest Taliban militants are close to overrunning the strategically important town of Sangin. "

Lets Get Real:

At least the UK Coalition Government got the UK troops out of Afghanistan, this blog has always opposed sending UK troops to Afghanistan, the wins are not worth the losses, and those wins and now under threat.   This blog supports the use of air power in Iraq and Syria to go after Daesh, and would support the return of troops to Iraq and Syria.   There are only so many special forces that the UK and the US have, at the end of the day ground troops will be need to keep ground and rebuff the Daesh in Syria.   Thus US, UK and Russia could think of a joint force to get rid of Daesh, it might improve the relationship between the West and Russia. 

Who WON the Republican Debate - Election 2016

BBC News:  Reports " What was surprising, however, was how few candidates tried to lay a hand on front-runner Donald Trump.   There was plenty of heat in this fifth Republican debate, but very little of it involved the New York businessman who claims leads in almost every recent presidential preference poll. "

Lets Get Real:

This blog recorded the debate and watched it all the following morning, the winners were Trump, Cruz, Rubio and Bush.   The blog agrees with the above statement, the candidates did not really take on Trump with the exception of Jeb Bush, if only THIS Bush had turned up at the other debates, as he stated to Trump that he could not insult his way to the Oval Office.  One can see why the pundits were impressed with Senator Cruz, he knew his stuff, even if this blog found it did not agree with any of the Cruz Statements, Rubion wanted to take on the terrorists, while he suggested that Cruz was like Obama, and wanted to read them their rights.   Thus overall what does this blog expect in the polls, well, one can see Cruz extending his lead in Iowa, while the Trump brand name should help him other States.  One could almost see a Trump/Cruz ticket, the Republican Establishment would not be happy, as in way the Isolation wing of the Republican Party would have won the fight.   Thus one hopes HRC will win in the end, bad day for democracy, but at least HRC will act on the international front. 

LA Schools Update - Terror threat or Hoax

Telegraph - Live Blog: Reports in its 6.27pm post the following, " Police chief: we believe threat came from "closer to home"..Chief Beck says that while the threat was routed through an IP address in Germany, authorities believe it came from "a lot closer to home". "

Lets Get Real:

Given the present information and the lack of actual terrorist material found this blog would take the risk and say this threat to LA schools was a hoax, of course if terrorist material is found this blog would revoke that estimation, but thus far there seems little risk to say that the terror threat against LA Schools was a hoax, the question is WHO and WHY, it could be a fan of Homeland, or it could be the terrorists checking out to see how the State would react. They day we allow terrorists to win a new cycle, is a bad day, thus the West as stated in this blog has to take down Daesh, they are a threat to the Western secular values of the West. 

When Art becomes Real - LA Schools Update

Guardian - Live Blog: Reports in its 6.05pm post the following, " In dismissing a similar threat made to New York City schools, officials said the threat was sent by someone who “may have been a Homeland fan”.   NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton called the threat a hoax and said that it seemed like it was inspired by a fan of the Showtime series. Bratton said that the threat “mirrors recent episodes” of the Emmy award-winning program.  New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina said in a statement that “there is no reason for alarm”. "

Lets Get Real:

Thus if it turns out to have been a major hoax the TV series Homeland will get it the neck, at least President Obama is fan, so White House get out there and support this US series, of course there is always an outside chance that it is a REAL THREAT, thus the California authorities had no choice but to close down the LA Schools.   One would hope the German authorities will crack down hard should it have been sent by a German resident.   This incident is a warning to the White House, people are afraid, thus the Obama White House has to do something about Daesh, it can not be left to the successor of Obama to deal with, history does not work like that, there is a year and bit left of the Obama Presidency, time is short and the Oval has to act and be seen to act. 

A Terror Threat hits LA Schools, REAL OR HOAX?

BBC News: Reports " Los Angeles schools have been closed as an unspecified threat emailed to the school district is being investigated...New York City officials said they received the same threat that closed LA schools but concluded it was a hoax. "

Lets Get Real:

After the recent terror attack in California it can be understood that local authorities took the drastic step to close all the Schools in Los Angeles, better to be safe than sorry, but then local authorities in New York thought it was a hoax, after 9/11 one suspects that any threat is considered at length before its dismissed.    The aim of terrorists is to cause fear, either this was  real threat that has been closed down or it was hoax, if it was a hoax one hopes the FBI will be all over it, on the 24/7 news channels it is reported that the email came from Germany, lets hope the Germans crack down either way.  A day that terrorists cause fear and panic is a day they win, they are having to much good days, the West, this includes the US, UK and France have to take down Daesh, the Oval Office does not have a year to hand over the issue to his successor, the Obama Oval will have to tackle it, does not matter if he does not want too, reality has a way of pricking a self deluded bubble around the White House.