Change is coming......

[Team Sergeant]

Gorbachev Calls for Putin to Resign Amid Unrest

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/12/24/russian-opposition-protesters-mass-for-second-moscow-rally/?test=latestnews

After U.S. Withdrawal, Iraqi Political Standoff Raises Concern of 'Unraveling'

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/24/after-us-withdrawal-sectarian-tensions-raise-concerns-iraq-unraveling/?test=latestnews#ixzz1hZ4KJcw7

Troops Open Fire on Protesters in Yemeni Capital

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/12/24/troops-open-fire-on-protesters-in-yemeni-capital/?test=latestnews#ixzz1hZ4cOZ6w

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/12/24/troops-open-fire-on-protesters-in-yemeni-capital/?test=latestnews

Syria and Africa is now heating up......2012 the year of the "civil wars"?

[Ambush Master]

I also hear at the end of last week that China had put it's Naval Forces on FULL ALERT!!

[lindy]

We're lucky we have the right man standing by to answer that 3 am phone call. :eek:

[Lions8]

I also hear at the end of last week that China had put it's Naval Forces on FULL ALERT!!


Do you have a link for that information? I couldn't find anything about it on a quick Google search.....

Lions8

[ZonieDiver]

We're lucky we have the right man standing by to answer that 3 am phone call. :eek:

I hear that before he goes to bed each night, he forwards his phone to Hillary's house.

[Buffalobob]

he forwards his phone to Hillary's house.

I hear that Al Queda has got a necromancer working full time to raise Osama up as a Zombie and that Quadaffi was not actually killed but that they actually killed Khaddaffi. Bad time to find out about that mistake .
Midway is having a special buy one and get one free sale on silver zombie bullets and we better all stock up.

I'd be happy to vote for Hillary, AGAIN!!!! :D

I hear Newt and Rick the Texas wonderboy Perry didn't make it onto the Virginia primary ballot but Newt's campaign manager said they would wage a write in campaign which is illegal by Virgina law but then ethics violations are nothing new to Newt.

Actually, as far a death and destruction on the international front, 2011 was and is a very strange year. Hard to imagine 2012 being more exciting.

[Ambush Master]

Do you have a link for that information? I couldn't find anything about it on a quick Google search.....

Lions8

Your Google-Fu is weak!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-16063607

[Paslode]

You might add this to the dysfunctional mix

http://money.msn.com/investing/watch-out-1-percent-the-kids-will-be-back-marketwatch.aspx

[mojaveman]

You might add this to the dysfunctional mix

http://money.msn.com/investing/watch-out-1-percent-the-kids-will-be-back-marketwatch.aspx

Interesting read.

Hang on to your seats everyone because it sounds like 2012 is going to be a fun ride.

[Ret10Echo]

We're lucky we have the right man standing by to answer that 3 am phone call. :eek:

Papa John?



Last few editions of The Economist have provided a pretty decent overview of the multi-crisis events across the globe from the "Supreme Commander" to "Homo sovieticus" As the saying goes "Somethin's gotta give".

[Wiseman]

My grandfather actually saw Putin practicing Judo as a young kid. He told me that had he known what Putin would become, he would have choked him out right then and there.

[mojaveman]

Vladimir Putin was the director of the KGB in Dresden for a number of years and throughly hated by the East Germans. Got that sentiment straight from the horses mouth. Never did like what I see in his eyes either.

[Paslode]

I ran across this earlier today.....The Anonymous Survival Guide


http://www.scribd.com/doc/56546855/Anonymous-Survival-Guide-for-Citizens-in-a-Revolution

[Pericles]

I'm getting the feeling that a number of members lack confidence in the abilities of the Dear Reader.:p

[spherojon]

Hey look Iran might help US/China relations! /endsarcasm

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/oil-price-skyrocket-iran-closed-142205272.html

[spherojon]

Now hear this, a group of scientists have moved the doomsday clock to 5 mins to midnight
http://news.yahoo.com/doomsday-clock-moves-1-minute-closer-midnight-230621633.html

Russia is now concerend with Iran's uranium enrichment facility.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia expressed regret and concern Tuesday about Iran's launch of an underground uranium enrichment facility, but urged all parties involved in the nuclear standoff with Tehran to avoid hasty moves.

The Russian Foreign Ministry's statement mixed cautious criticism of Iran, an important trading partner, with a call for more talks — a fine line Moscow has walked in the past.

The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the launch of the facility near Iran's holy city of Qom demonstrated that Tehran was continuing to ignore international concerns about its nuclear program. It added, however, that Iran had notified the International Atomic Energy Agency in due time of the launch of the bunker facility.

"We hope that Tehran will listen to our opinion about the need for a further close cooperation with the agency and a quick start of serious six-way talks on the Iranian nuclear program without any preconditions," it said.

The ministry said Russia was urging all parties involved in the Iranian nuclear standoff to avoid "ill-considered and abrupt moves," which could undermine prospects for talks with Iran, an important trading partner.

"We confirm that all problems linked with the Iranian nuclear program must be solved exclusively through talks and dialogue based on mutual respect, gradual movement and reciprocity," it said, adding that Russia is ready to help the negotiations.

Russia had treaded a similar path over recent years, alternating criticism of Iran's intransigence with praise for some of its moves and readiness to continue the dialogue. Iran has insisted that its uranium enrichment program is aimed at civilian power generation and research, but Western nations suspect it of serving as a cover for a nuclear weapons bid.

Moscow backed some of the previous U.N. sanctions against Iran, but in recent months has firmly rejected imposing any new sanctions and called for dialogue.

Russia built Iran's first nuclear power plant in the southern port of Bushehr, which began producing electricity in September. Russia's nuclear chief said last November that Iran would like more Russian-built reactors.

Britain's Middle East minister Alistair Burt on Tuesday called on nations opposed to Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons to increase pressure against Tehran.

"A few weeks ago the British government imposed tough new financial restrictions against Iran. These new sanctions make it illegal for any financial institution in the U.K. to have any dealings with any institution in Iran, including the Central Bank of Iran," Burt said, in a speech to the Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel.

"They are the toughest of their kind. And we will build on them, getting others to follow suit. We are working with the EU on sanctions against Iranian oil," he said.

Italy's foreign minister on Tuesday said his country would support a gradually imposed embargo on Iranian oil.

Guilio Terzi di Sant'Agata met with his French counterpart, Alain Juppe, in Paris. Afterward, Terzi said his government favors an embargo imposed gradually, "over several months."

President Barack Obama approved new sanctions against Iran a week ago, targeting the central bank and its ability to sell petroleum abroad. The U.S. has delayed implementing the sanctions for at least six months, worried about sending the price of oil higher at a time when the global economy is struggling.

Iran has responded to the Western pressure with threats and military posturing. A senior commander of the Revolutionary Guard force was recently quoted as saying Tehran's leadership has decided to order the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic oil route, if the country's petroleum exports are blocked.

Looks like the world is on the brink...again. I'll pray for the troops and hope to God that diplomacy works out, otherwise, let the dog off the chain.