Facebook and Twitter have censored both my political and personal accounts on the same day - meaning they know my real identity anyway - and the US embassy in Thailand has responded directly to my work exposing their interference in Thailand's internal political affairs.
It's time for me to come out under my real identity and contribute more directly in speaking up against US foreign policy neither people abroad nor most Americans at home support.
I discuss with Garland Nixon and Dr. Wilmer Leon the shortfall of Western weapons amid Ukraine's ongoing offensive as well as US meddling in Taiwan and Russia and China's growing strategic partnership in the Pacific.
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The Western media claims that Thaksin Shinawatra - while Prime Minister of Thailand - provided opportunities and hope for millions of Thailand’s poor. They claim he was a populist leader who helped usher in modern liberal democratic policies for the country.
This is - however - entirely untrue. I explain who Thaksin Shinawatra really is - how he rose to power - the abuse, suffering, and death that took place while he was in power - and through his proxies - continues to plague Thailand to this day.
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References
Anand outlines ties to group of giants (Thaksin’s role at Carlye):
http://thanong.tripod.com/03072001.htm
Wall Street Journal - Thailand's Privatization Efforts Get Boost From PTT's Offering:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1006352716386833200
Wikileaks - Thailand Scenesetter for the visit of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld (talk of second Thai deployment to Iraq in support of US “Operation Iraqi Freedom”:
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/05BANGKOK3436_a.html
2Bangkok - Thaksin’s Thailand: CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition:
http://2bangkok.com/thaksins-thailand-cia-secret-detention-and-extraordinary-rendition.html
Human Rights Watch - Human Rights Abuses and the War on Drugs:
https://www.hrw.org/reports/2004/thailand0704/4.htm
2Bangkok - 11 Years Ago: The Tak Bai Incident:
http://2bangkok.com/26895.html
Amnesty International - Thailand Human Rights Concerns:
https://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/thailand/
CPJ - Attacks on the Press 2004: Thailand:
https://cpj.org/2005/03/attacks-on-the-press-2004-thailand/
Wikileaks - Thailand's Deal of the Century: Temasek Buys Out PM's Shin Corp:
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06BANGKOK538_a.html
2Bangkok - The USA for Innovation story: Fake lobbying firm headed by Ken Adelman attacks the junta:
http://2bangkok.com/07-news07apr.html
Bangkok Post - Pheu Thai offered Thanathorn nomination for PM's post:
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/1652524/pheu-thai-offered-thanathorn-nomination-for-pms-post
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Update on Russian military operations in and around Ukraine for November 11, 2022.
- Russia completes withdrawal from Kherson city to east bank of the Dnieper River;
- Ukraine has lost its last major opportunity to corner and destroy/capture large numbers of Russian forces/equipment;
- Russia continues stated process of de-militarizing Ukraine;
- US aid to Ukraine becomes increasingly unrealistic - Hawk missiles designed in the 1960s and unused for 2 decades are being "refurbished" for a lack of better options;
- "Avenger" systems to be sent in small numbers (4) which are essentially Stinger missiles attached to a Hummer - after training for Ukrainian operators is completed;
- Dwindling amounts of basic ammunition continue to be sent to Ukraine, prolonging the conflict, but not in quantities to even allow Ukraine to hold what it has;
- As Russian forces withdrew from Kherson city, they advanced elsewhere in southern and northern Donbass.
References:
US Department of Defense - $400 Million in Additional Assistance for Ukraine (November 10, 2022):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3216287/400-million-in-additional-assistance-for-ukraine/
US DoD - Sabrina Singh, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary, Holds a Press Briefing
Nov. 10, 2022:
https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3216785/sabrina-singh-deputy-pentagon-press-secretary-holds-a-press-briefing/
CSIS - Missile Defense Project, Pantsir S-1:
https://missilethreat.csis.org/defsys/pantsir-s-1/
CSIS - Can the United States Do More for Ukrainian Air Defense?:
https://www.csis.org/analysis/can-united-states-do-more-ukrainian-air-defense
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AP’s recent trip to Xinjiang, China has revealed not only zero evidence of “cultural genocide” but has exposed the lies the Western media (including AP) have told international audiences for years about the conditions in Xijinang and the treatment of the Uyghur people.
Depending on the public’s ignorance and providing links AP is confident readers will not click on, explore, and discover the contradictions they present to their narrative, AP attempts to backpedal Western narratives to depict the peace and progress they witnessed in Xinjiang as an artificial facade for “invisible” oppression.
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References:
AP - Terror & Tourism: Xinjiang eases its grip, but fear remains:
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-lifestyle-china-health-travel-7a6967f335f97ca868cc618ea84b98b9
National Endowment for Democracy - Xinjiang/East Turkestan (2020):
https://www.ned.org/region/asia/xinjiang-east-turkestan-china-2020/
Campaign for Uyghurs - About Us:
https://campaignforuyghurs.org/about-us/
World Uyghur Congress - About:
https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/introducing-the-world-uyghur-congress/
Uyghur Human Rights Projects - About:
https://uhrp.org/about/
BBC - Why is there tension between China and the Uighurs? (2014):
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-26414014
AP - AP Exclusive: Uighurs fighting in Syria take aim at China (2017):
https://apnews.com/article/syria-ap-top-news-riots-international-news-china-79d6a427b26f4eeab226571956dd256e
LA Times - In China, rise of Salafism fosters suspicion and division among Muslims (2016):
https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-saudi-arabia-20160201-story.html
Yahoo News - In leaked email, Clinton claims Saudi and Qatari governments fund ISIS (2016):
https://news.yahoo.com/in-leaked-email-clinton-claims-saudi-and-qatari-governments-fund-isis-221758254.html
FP - Meet China’s Salman Rushdie:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/10/01/china-xinjiang-islam-salman-rushdie-uighur/
AP - Room for 10,000: Inside China’s largest detention center (2021):
https://apnews.com/article/business-religion-china-only-on-ap-f89c20645e69208a416c64d229c072de
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists - Read the China Cables Documents:
https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-cables/read-the-china-cables-documents/
ICIJ - China Cables (operation manual):
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6558510-China-Cables-Telegram-English.html
ICIJ - China Cables (court case):
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6558499-China-Cables-Court-Case-Enligsh.html
US State Department, Office of the Historian -
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The US has been backing not only armed militants and fake “human rights” groups in Myanmar for decades - in some cases, those leading these fronts are the exact same people.
I explore the British colonial roots of Myanmar’s current ethnic armed groups, the futility of their struggle, how it serves the same divide and rule methodology used by the British generations ago, and how this constitutes modern day imperialism.
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Much of this research came from Sameera Khan - please find and follow her work on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/SameeraKhan
References:
Land Destroyer - Militants Threaten China's OBOR Initiative in Myanmar (2018):
https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2018/07/militants-threaten-chinas-obor.html
The Irrawaddy - Memories of WWII Run Deep for KIO:
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/memories-of-wwii-run-deep-for-kio.html
Kachinland News - The Biography of Du Kaba Lahpai Naw Seng (Part III):
https://www.kachinlandnews.com/?p=27940
CNF/A Documentary by Salai Tialbawiling| Maryland USA (YouTube):
https://youtu.be/uv424t4cAys
UNPO - About:
https://unpo.org/section/2
UNPO - Members:
https://unpo.org/nations-peoples
Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) - Homepage:
https://www.chinhumanrights.org/
CHRO - Partners:
https://www.chinhumanrights.org/partners/
CHRO (Facebook) - UN News Conference:
https://www.facebook.com/ChinHumanRightsOrganization/photos/2996986310352894/
CHRO (Facebook) - FCCT:
https://www.facebook.com/ChinHumanRightsOrganization/photos/2996945893690269
Salai Bawi Lian Mang (Facebook) - Meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219499135294199&set=pb.1388330068.-2207520000..
Salai Bawi Lian Mang (Facebook) - CHRO Head Handling War Weapons:
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10219689986105350&set=pb.1388330068.-2207520000..
CHRO (Facebook) - Staff Participating in YSEALI:
https://www.facebook.com/ChinHumanRightsOrganization/photos/1854690191249184/
CHRO (Facebook) - Head in Washington at US State Department Organized Event:
https://www.facebook.com/ChinHumanRightsOrganization/photos/taking-the-stage-chro-executive-director-salai-bawi-lian-mang-takes-a-podium-at-/2494493410602189/
Chinland News - Salai Bawi Lian Mang’s Meeting with Secretary Blinken:
https://www.facebook.com/keysknowledge/posts/974413903344702
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- Ukraine is suffering from a growing military manpower crisis in addition to a lack of arms and ammunition;
- Trained military manpower takes up to half a year to produce, new brigade-sized units can take up to 30 months to stand up;
- Ukraine and its Western sponsors simply cannot produce trained military manpower faster than Russia is removing it from the battlefield;
- This leaves the collective West with the choice of either accepting it has lost its proxy war with Russia, or attempting to intervene more directly;
References:
NEO - Ukraine’s Manpower Crisis: No Amount of Money or Aid Can Solve It (March 5, 2024):
https://journal-neo.su/2024/03/05/ukraines-manpower-crisis-no-amount-of-money-or-aid-can-solve-it/
The Kyiv Independent - Ukraine struggles to ramp up mobilization as Russia's war enters 3rd year (March 3, 2024):
https://kyivindependent.com/move-to-expand-mobilization-brings-ukrainian-society-face-to-face-with-immense-pressure-of-war/
The Washington Post - Front-line Ukrainian infantry units report acute shortage of soldiers (February 8, 2024):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/08/ukraine-soldiers-shortage-infantry-russia/
US Department of Defense - The National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS) (2023-2024):
https://www.businessdefense.gov/NDIS.html
NEO - Fatal Flaws Undermine America’s Defense Industrial Base (February 15, 2024):
https://journal-neo.su/2024/02/15/fatal-flaws-undermine-americas-defense-industrial-base/
US Department of Defense - Press Release: Evaluation of Sustainment Strategies for the Patriot Air Defense Systems Transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces (DODIG-2024-056) and Evaluation of the DoD's Sustainment Plan for Bradley, Stryker, and Abrams Armored Weapon Systems (February 20, 2024):
https://www.dodig.mil/In-the-Spotlight/Article/3681630/press-release-evaluation-of-sustainment-strategies-for-the-patriot-air-defense/
Reuters - Ukraine considers proposal by army to mobilise another 500,000 for war (December 2023):
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-military-asks-additional-450000-500000-people-be-mobilised-zelenskiy-2023-12-19/
Reuters - Who are the forces involved in Ukraine's counteroffensive? (June 2023):
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/who-are-forces-involved-ukraines-counteroffensive-2023-06-19/
US DoD - Defense Officials Hold Media Brief on the Training of Ukrainian Military (March 2022):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3020390/defense-officials-hold-media-brief-on-the-training-of-ukrainian-military/
The US Army War College Quarterly - Expanding Brigade Combat Teams: IS the Training Base Adequate? (2017):
https://press.armywarcollege.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2875&context=parameters
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US Meddling Along SE Asia’s Mekong River
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References for Today’s Review:
NEO - US Struggles for Relevance in Southeast Asia:
https://journal-neo.org/2020/12/02/us-struggles-for-relevance-in-southeast-asia/
AltThaiNews - Why is Chula Professor Thitinan Pongsudhirak Lying about Thai Protests?:
https://altthainews.blogspot.com/2020/08/why-is-chula-professor-thitinan.html
Coalition for Democratic Renewal:
https://www.cadal.org/statements/?id=10246
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Russian operations in Ukraine - Update for April 19, 2022
- US to send 18 howitzers to Ukraine;
- training for artillery & counter battery radar will take weeks for Ukrainians to use it effectively;
- US admits Russia - not Ukraine - is “shaping” the battlefield in Donbas;
- Russian ops for Donbas appear to have begun;
- Russia DID NOT attempt to take Kiev, it fixed troops defending Kiev in place to take other cities;
- Azov fighters in Mariupol continue to fight under genuine belief they can still escape.
References:
*** Pentagon Briefings ***
US Department of Defense - Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing (April 18, 2022):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3002920/pentagon-press-secretary-john-f-kirby-holds-a-press-briefing/
US Department of Defense - Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing, April 18, 2022:
https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3002867/senior-defense-official-holds-a-background-briefing-april-18-2022/
US Army National Guard - Field Artillery Firefinder Radar Operator:
https://www.nationalguard.com/13r-field-artillery-firefinder-radar-operator
*** Myth of Russia’s “Attempt to Take Kiev” ***
Strategic Studies Institute & US Army War College Press - The US Army in the Iraq War (2019):
https://publications.armywarcollege.edu/pubs/3667.pdf
TIME - The Grim Calculations of Retaking Fallujah (Archived, 2004):
https://web.archive.org/web/20041111011053/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,768590,00.html
Economist - Hundreds of thousands face catastrophe in Mariupol:
https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/03/21/hundreds-of-thousands-face-catastrophe-in-mariupol
Guardian - Russia has enough troops ready to take Kyiv, says former Ukraine defence chief (claims 30,000 Russian troops are prepared to take Kiev);
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/06/russian-troops-ready-to-seize-ukrainian-capital-says-former-defence-chief
France 24 - Defending Kyiv: ‘I’m 100 percent sure the Russians won’t get through’ (confirms presence of Ukraine’s 72nd Brigade in Kiev);
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220318-with-state-of-the-art-arms-ukrainian-troops-stall-russian-offensive-on-kyiv
CNN - Kyiv has transformed into a fortress, with its residents determined to defend it (claims 18,000 armed volunteers);
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/08/europe/kyiv-defense-ukraine-russia-intl-cmd/index.html
Forbes - A Single Ukrainian Tank Brigade Stands Between The Russian Army And Kyiv (claims 1,200 of 1st Tank Brigade was present);
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/02/11/a-single-ukrainian-tank-brigade-stands-between-a-russian-army-and-kyiv/?sh=3141f0a11dde
The Times - Azov Battalion: “We are patriots – we’re fighting
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