MORE ISLAMIC STATE TRIUMPHS ...but

For more than two years the Islamic State (IS), with increasingly barbarious aggression, has conquered huge areas of Iraq and Syria.  It has cold bloodedly killed all non believers who were too slow to flee their homelands. 

Everyone has been able to read all the sorry and lurid details in the International and National  newspapers, of what has been happening in the Middle East and Africa for over two years.  The sad abduction of Young Women and Schoolgirls, who are then trained to become the sexual slaves and toys of satisfaction for Muslim Extremists and their foreign Converts and Mercenaries, are now already history.    

What have all the Politicians, Diplomats and other onlookers been doing in the meantime ?   Just looking away and pretending there is no problem in their own country ? That appears to be the    reality for any discerning reader.   

The EU however, has recently acted very rapidly.  Suddenly it has decided that it cannot accept any more of the increasing flow of refugees and displaced persons who have fled from the IS with nothing but the hope, to save their lives and make  a new future in the calm of the EU. 

To stem the flow of desperate but unwanted refugees and to protect itself, the EU has now decided to seek out the "Migrant Smugglers" directly in East Mediterranean ports !  It has also contacted the United Nations Organisation (UNO) with the hope that UNO will take over the relocation of Migrants fleeing from from IS. 

Will this stop the aggression of IS or will it just encourage even more forceful IS aggression ? 

What has UNO decided to do to end the abuse of Human Rights by IS ?  Have any of the Diplomats or and High Representatives even read the Human Rights Declaration ?  The use by countries of their  Security Council Vetoes only for self-centred reasons, has strangled anything anyone in UNO might like to do to curb the IS !

History is repeating itself !  Politicians hesitated for three years before finally Winston Churchill and Britain declared war on Adolph Hitler and his Nazi Germany in September 1939 after Poland was invaded !  With respect to the IS Extremists atrocities, two years have already elapsed !  

Where is the modern day Saviour with the guts to take the fight to the IS ?  Is he in the UNO or in the EU, or perhaps in NATO ?
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DISCREET USA STRIKES IN MIDDLE EAST !

It was reassuring to learn recently of two vital strikes by the USA in the Middle East !  They are an example to the World of how to fight ISIS in its own backyard !

Without going into the details, these strikes, even without many feet on the ground, will help to counter the systematic extermination (not to say genocide) by extremist Muslims of local populations. 

The efforts of the EU of saving the lives of fleeing refugees and other unwanted immigrants, from drowning in the Mediterranean is admirable, but only encourages ISIS to continue its march to conquer the Middle East.

Is it not time for the EU to adopt a more aggressive attitude concerning the ISIS War ?

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MISTRAL : QUE FAIRE DES DEUX NAVIRES DE GUERRE?

L'affaire des navires "Mistral" a inspiré notre caricaturiste MARIN ...

U N : SECURITY COUNCIL VETO RULES MUST BE UPDATED !

Just after the end of the second World War in 1945, the United Nations was created with the intention that there should never again be another war like that.   The Security  Council was formed and the leading countries which defeated Germany and Japan were given a right to veto decisions in the Security Council.  

That was 70 years ago !  The World has changed since then but not the Security Council which granted a Veto to certain countries to ensure Peace or to prevent War.  Alas this same Veto is now used more to further purely national objectives rather than to ensure international peace or to prevent wars or oppression.   

Another weakness is that large areas of the World are not represented with a veto right.  At present Russia and China regularly vote the same way, as do Britain, France and the USA.  This destroys the original objectives for which Vetos were created.  

That raises the question whether Veto rights should not be accorded to leading countries to represent their Regional Geographic area, but only for a renewable period of time.  Should Africa and South America at least,  not be  enfranchised and other Regions as well ?

Should the objectives of the use of a Veto by a Security Council Member not be to promote Peace and to prevent War and Oppression ?

There are several possible options which could form part of the ultimate solution but negotiations will be hard.   If however, the United Nations Organisation does not change now, to modernise itself, it will never attain the  original long term objectives for which it was created !   

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MISTRALS NON-DELIVERY : SHOULD FRANCE COMPENSATE RUSSIA ?

During a lengthy 4 hour "Direct Question Time" meeting with the Press and Public in Moscow, President Putin was relaxed when the non-delivery of the Mistral Vessels and Helicopters was raised !  

Vladimir Putin simply said the order for the Mistral Vessels and Helicopters was made to save the French shipyards.   He also said that France would return  Russian prepayments and pay compensation for non-delivery of the Vessels and Helicopters !  

Putin quite rightly pacified his audiance by saying that this non-delivery did not impact the military might of Russia.  Did the "Whole World" not see this "Might" on May 9, when Russia celebrated the 70th anniversary of its defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 ?  

However, the basic problem remains, which is that Putin violated the Independence of Ukraine by invading and annexing Crimea.  This resulted in Sanctions against Russia by the Western Powers.  Putin's continued interference in Ukraine by supplying armaments to Russian Rebels in Eastern Ukraine has led to further Sanctions, including the non-delivery of the Mistrals by France. 

Should France compensate Russia ?  The answer is "No" !  Everyone in France would be horrified if the cost of this non-delivery would not be borne equitably by all the Western Powers !

The Mistrals are far from being a complete Financial Loss.  There are perhaps some acceptable countries which would like to buy them !  

Alternatively does the EU not need serious Patrol Vessels in the Mediterranean to combat Immigration but also to survey the presence of Russian ships off Syria and in Cyprus ?

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"EU IMMIGRATION" : A TOTAL POLITICAL MESS !

Official "Immigration" statistics and pronouncements by Politicians never clearly identify what type of immigrant is being commented on.

Are they legal or illegal immigrants from outside the EU, or are they Migrants born inside the EU, or are they "Refugees" fleeing from Muslim oppression in the Middle East or in Africa, or from oppression  elsewhere ?

The age of Immigrants is also neglected !  Are they infants, or of working age or elderly and "retired" ?  Are they incapacitated or not ?  Or are they skilled workers with a contract of employment ? 

Some EU countries, like Germany and Britain willingly take Immigrants but perhaps only on a selective basis,    because they lack certain types of workers ! 

EU Treaties have a basic principle which is the "Freedom of Movement of People within the EU".   But what is actively being done to protect EU citizens from uninvited immigrants and visitors ?

Italy and Greece are now facing a massive invasion of refugees, many of which are fleeing Muslim Extremist oppression in the Middle East and Africa.  The EU intention now is to introduce a quota system so that these "immigrants" are spread over all the 29 countries of the EU !   This appears to be a desperate but bad "solution" . 

Is this not just officially accepting all illegal immigrants, which is what has been going on for years ?  Will this not just give more hope to immigrants and encourage more of them to try their luck ?

Real EU born Citizens and Taxpayers want something better !  They want protection from uninvited invaders !

Current EU principles do not protect them because they are badly defined.  Added to this there is no real determination by EU Politicians to want to change any of the basic Treaties adopted decades ago, when this World was happily at Peace after the second World War.

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CRICKET : PIETERSEN COULD HAVE THE LAST LAUGH !

Despite the fact that Kevin Pietersen scored a fast triple century for Surrey yesterday, Andrew Strauss cannot trust Kevin Pietersen and Pietersen will not be selected to play for England !  

Strauss is the Director of Cricket, the Boss and as such he must already be very sure that without Pietersen the performances of the England cricket team will definitely improve.  

Is it not the Surrey County Cricket team which will  benefit most from this decision, because Pietersen will no longer be continuously absent while on duty for England ?  

If Pietersen now hits more centuries for Surrey this summer, perhaps even a double century or another triple century, he really could have the last laugh.   

His bat could speak louder than words !  Go for it, Kevin !

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