The U.S. special envoy for Iraq, named by U.S. President Donald Trump in October, is no longer in that role, sources say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/01/world/politics/us-iraq-al-maliki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iraq #middleeast #nourialmaliki #us #donaldtrump
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I also have been thinking about this connection, it is so damn obvious, but no one in the media is talking about it.
The rise of authoritarianism, and the deep connection to the oil industry.
It has been obvious to anyone willing to stop for a moment and think... but #TheAmericanFascist, in his infinite wisdom and/or senility, has thrown down the veil.
#Venezuela is about access to #Oil in South America.
#Greenland is about access to Oil and Minerals in the #Arctic.
#Alberta Separatism is about access to Oil and Gas in #Canada.
Deposing the Iranian Regime is access to Oil and Gas in the Middle East. (Get #Iran, and you might get #Iraq too)
And lets not forget #Russia... fighting the #RussiaUkraineWar funded by their oil reserves and all about returning to an old empire in oil-rich Central Asia and Eastern Europe.
So is the fight to end fossil fuel use in order to preserve a liveable, recognizable planet, also a fight against authoritarianism and fascism?
You're damn right it is.
#Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #USA #USPoli #Alberta #Separatism #Fascism #FarRight #ABPoli #BCPoli #EndFossilFuels #climatechange
I also have been thinking about this connection, it is so damn obvious, but no one in the media is talking about it.
The rise of authoritarianism, and the deep connection to the oil industry.
It has been obvious to anyone willing to stop for a moment and think... but #TheAmericanFascist, in his infinite wisdom and/or senility, has thrown down the veil.
#Venezuela is about access to #Oil in South America.
#Greenland is about access to Oil and Minerals in the #Arctic.
#Alberta Separatism is about access to Oil and Gas in #Canada.
Deposing the Iranian Regime is access to Oil and Gas in the Middle East. (Get #Iran, and you might get #Iraq too)
And lets not forget #Russia... fighting the #RussiaUkraineWar funded by their oil reserves and all about returning to an old empire in oil-rich Central Asia and Eastern Europe.
So is the fight to end fossil fuel use in order to preserve a liveable, recognizable planet, also a fight against authoritarianism and fascism?
You're damn right it is.
#Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #USA #USPoli #Alberta #Separatism #Fascism #FarRight #ABPoli #BCPoli #EndFossilFuels #climatechange
U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Iraq’s largest political bloc against tapping former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to return to office, saying the U.S. would “no longer help” the nation if he returns to power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/28/world/politics/trump-us-iraq-al-maliki/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #nourialmaliki #iraq #middleeast #us #donaldtrump
https://theconversation.com/we-ran-from-monsters-once-welcomed-by-germany-after-is-genocide-yazidis-are-now-deported-to-a-life-of-limbo-in-refugee-camps-272533. Why is #Germany deporting the #Yazidis, who fled #IslamicState #genocide in #Iraq, back to that country? Yet another example of #European #racism, & #Refugees no longer being welcome, it seems.
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‘We ran from monsters’: Once welcomed by Germany after IS genocide, Yazidis are now deported to a life of limbo in refugee camps
In January 2023, the German parliament formally recognised Yazidi genocide. Yet, the recognition remains largely symbolic and has no influence on asylum decisions.
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To sidetrack The United Nation, Trump launches international Board of Peace led by Donald Trump, where member states will have to pay $1 billion into a bank account controlled by Trump, to participate.
Apparantly, Brittain’s Tony Blair is on board and will be flanked by Jared Kushner.
I predict most democratic countries will just laugh at this blatantly corrupt initiative.
1. ho conosciuto uno degli oppositori di punta del regime di Saddam,Hussain al-Sharistani: 22 giorni di tortura con la tecnica #PalestinianHanging,10 anni in isolamento a Abu Ghraib.
Nel 2005 mi disse: temevo che le vostre proteste pacifiste fermassero attacco USA(invasione 2003)
If #Trump attacks #Iran,will
#Meloni allow him using US military bases in #Italy?
This is what happened w/ #Iraq: Italy's #pacifist #Constitution (Art. 11)was totally bypassed:"the largest air drop since WWII",US diplomats wrote,"we got what we asked for"
https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/03ROME2045_a.html
Se #Trump attaccherà #Iran, chiederà uso delle basi in Italia?
Questo è ciò che accadde con invasione #Iraq: un drammatico aggiramento dell'articolo 11 della #Costituzione. E diplomazia USA che si vantava con una sfacciataggine senza eguali:
In ousting and arresting Nicolas Maduro, U.S., President Donald Trump wants the political gains of fighting a war without actually having to fight one. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/11/world/venezuela-coup-precedents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #venezuela #oil #nicolasmaduro #us #donaldtrump #mariacorinamachado #latinamerica #colonialism #iraq
Jürgen Hubert
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btw: when Bush & Cheney were getting ready to invade #Iraq, i started translating news from EU & Latin America that were not being reprinted or followed up by USA media.
BBC, El Pais, they would block americans from their sites. L’Express never did; neither news sites from Canada, México, Brasil. so i was a one-woman RSS feed, circumventing geoblocks, quote posting (yes, they existed before twitter) what caught my eye or blogging full translations.
USA media has never been trustworthy.
Beardy Star Stuff 🏴🌹🇵🇸
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#Venezuela #LatinAmerica #NOBODYSBACKYARD
Shithole #peace #president #Trump #billionaires #government
#CLASSWAR @ home & abroad
https://x.com/AsaWinstanley/status/2008101007922811117
#Iran #Lebanon #Palestine #Iraq #Colombia #Cuba #Nicaragua #Haiti #Africa #Sudan #Somalia #Nigeria #Yemen #Syria #Asia #China #Russia #politics #geopolitics #blackmastodon @democracy @politics @blackvoices @indigenouspeoples @environment @workersrights @povertyandinequality @humanities #immigration #economy @womensvoices #tariffs #tradewar
#Trump propone #SpesaMilitare USA a 1.500 miliardi $ nel 2027, scrive oggi #MarcoPalombi su #FattoQuotidiano
possono portarla anche a 5000 miliardi,ma tanto dal #Vietnam a oggi NON hanno vinto una guerra e buscano botte da orbi da civiltà medioevali
possono spendere anche il 100% del budget federale per #armi e #guerre, ma gli #StatiUniti continueranno a perdere guerre con *civiltà* medioevali come i Talebani,con insurgency come quelle in #Iraq: la loro incapacità o mancanza di volontà di capire le altre culture è drammatica
it was absolute hell when i was writing academic papers, 30 years ago, quoting sources in 2-3 different languages.
in proper academic writing, if you translate the text, you include the original in a footnote or vice-versa.
Microsoft Office, with their insistence that autocorrect can only happen one language at a time, has kneecapped plurilingual literacy.
we could be using language anchors to deal with dictionary switching, but nooo because illiterate techbros rule the world.
btw: when Bush & Cheney were getting ready to invade #Iraq, i started translating news from EU & Latin America that were not being reprinted or followed up by USA media.
BBC, El Pais, they would block americans from their sites. L’Express never did; neither news sites from Canada, México, Brasil. so i was a one-woman RSS feed, circumventing geoblocks, quote posting (yes, they existed before twitter) what caught my eye or blogging full translations.
USA media has never been trustworthy.
#Venezuela #LatinAmerica #NOBODYSBACKYARD
Shithole #peace #president #Trump #billionaires #government
#CLASSWAR @ home & abroad
https://x.com/AsaWinstanley/status/2008101007922811117
#Iran #Lebanon #Palestine #Iraq #Colombia #Cuba #Nicaragua #Haiti #Africa #Sudan #Somalia #Nigeria #Yemen #Syria #Asia #China #Russia #politics #geopolitics #blackmastodon @democracy @politics @blackvoices @indigenouspeoples @environment @workersrights @povertyandinequality @humanities #immigration #economy @womensvoices #tariffs #tradewar
Regarding the recent actions of the Orange Gangster and his supporters, he openly kidnapped the president of a country with a stronger military than Brazil. He seemingly struck a deal with the new leadership and publicly declared his intention to steal another country’s oil, which ultimately ended up flowing to China.
Contrast this with the narrative around Iraq, the talk of weapons of mass destruction, the coalition of allies, and the supposed delivery of justice, and it was always clear just how much political theater was involved.
The difference now is not in the substance but in the style. The orange man was unusually explicit about intentions that are normally carried out quietly and wrapped in propaganda and moral justifications and legitimized by dependent allies.
Don't expect leaders of the #EuropeanUnion to protest much when the #USA invades a sovereign country like #Venezuela .
I mean, remember how many European nations actively assisted in the invasion of #Iraq ?
8. nel film #CoverUp,l'editor di #SeymourHersh racconta la telefonata che Hersh le fece prima che l'amministrazione Bush invadesse l'Iraq:
"Hersh era in incazzato con il mondo",racconta l'editor trasmettendo l'urgenza bruciante che sentiva Hersh nel fermare quel bagno di sangue
9. Hersh-racconta il suo editor al New Yorker - sentiva che impedire quel bagno di sangue dell'invasione dell' #Iraq era la battaglia di un'intera generazione.
E' quello che penso del #genocidio di #Israele contro #Gaza
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#Israel Moved Gaza’s Yellow Line And Then Shelled #Palestinians For Being On The Wrong Side
They just keep finding new ways to carve off more pieces of #Gaza & murder more Palestinians.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11t-sNxy0vA
#Palestine #MiddleEast #Genocide #Palestinian #Politics #Egypt #Lebanon #Syria #Iraq #Iran #SaudiArabia #Qatar #Yemen #Zionism #BDS #Ceasefire #ArmsEmbargo #Netanyahu #FreeGaza #FreePalestine #Democrats #Republicans #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #Democracy #Musk #Fascism #Fascist