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>>The Decline of the West: Why America Must Prepare for the End of Dominance<<

China and S. Korea have recently agreed in principle for a free trade agreement (FTA). S. Korea is China’s second largest trading partner where trade between the two countries amount to $230 billion. The announcement came on the sidelines of the 2014 Asia Pacific Economic Conference in Beijing.  What is most interesting between the economies of the two giants is the share of the economic structures in terms of agriculture, industries and services. The US agriculture, industries and services comprises 1.2%, 19.1% and 79.7% respectively while that of China is 10.1%, 45.3% and 44.6%.  THE STRATEGIES FOR ECONOMIC DOMINANCE  ~ China has clearly locked in upon strategic economic partnership with Asian countries, Australia and Canada similar to what the US has with its G-7 partners. Currently the G-7 countries dominate the global trade along with their respective global convertible currencies- the US$, C$, Yen and Euro.  In closing, I reiterate that Chinese currency manipulation and the clandestine gold purchases by China (and now Russia) are likely to aggravate the currency war looming on the horizon. This will certainly lead to the decay of the US economic and political domination and the emergence of new economies dominated by a basket of international currencies to purchase oil replacing the dominance of the Petrodollar. The combined policies of US Federal Reserve and the US Treasury are leading the nation towards an economic and national security precipice. Jim Rickards said in a US Treasury meeting that “The Fed and the Treasury are the greatest threats to national security, not Al- Qaeda.” Jim Rickards in his book The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System published in April 2014 wrote that: “our biggest economic competitors—China, Russia, and the oil producing nations of the Middle East—are doing everything possible to end U.S. monetary hegemony.”  

>>The New Global Economy: Rise of China, Decline of the United States?<<

Armed people in uniform speaking fluent English with no accent have been spotted in Mariupol in the aftermath of the rocket hit, fuelling allegations that foreign private military contractors are serving among Ukrainian troops.  The port city in eastern Ukraine, under Kiev’s control, saw a surge of violence on Saturday, when several rockets hit a residential area in the east of the city, reportedly killing 30 civilians. Numerous videos from the scene showed destruction in the aftermath of the attack, for which local militia and Ukrainian troops blamed each other.  But among footage shot in Mariupol, there are some videos showing armed men in military uniform, who speak English fluently.  One video uploaded on YouTube is apparently raw footage of a local news channel MSN (Mariupol News Service). One episode shows a man passing resolutely by the camera.

>>Ukraine: Military-Clad English-speakers Caught on Camera in Mariupol Shelling Aftermath. Who Are They?<<

As China takes it currency global, Zurich is set to become a center for yuan trading in Europe with Chinese and Swiss officials poised to sign a financial deal on Wednesday.

“A memorandum of understanding will be signed between the central banks of the two countries during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to Switzerland. It is an important step in the internationalization of the RMB, especially in Europe,” a government official was quoted by Chinese news agency Xinhua.

Switzerland is basing its push for the offshore yuan business on the country’s close ties with China, one of the nation’s biggest trading partner. Switzerland is the first country among the world’s top 20 to have a free trade agreement with China.

>>China, Switzerland to Announce Offshore Yuan Trading Center in Zurich<<

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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Panic in Kiev?

The following article appeared briefly at this URL on censor.net.ua and was quickly pulled down. Ironic? It would seem so. My translation. I bring it to you because it succinctly lays out the situation as I've been able to piece it together from multiple Russian- and Ukrainian-language sources, and because you are unlikely to come across anything this truthful from cough Western media cough.

“Panic in Kiev: Ukrainian forces surrender Donbass”

International observers report of growing panic in Kiev in connection with the successful counteroffensive of the separatists near Donbass.

Over a week of fighting the partisans have delivered a heavy blow to the Ukrainian forces. The group of Ukrainian fighters in Donbas suffered huge losses, the soldiers are demoralized, the officers are confused and unable to control the situation.

Ukrainian military leadership is seriously concerned of a new encirclement near Debaltsevo, as well as in other areas.

The situation is made worse by the fact that army and national guard reserves are almost completely depleted, and plugging the gaps in defense using small formations canoot stabilize the front. Besides, the Ukrainian forces are running low on ordnance, food and medical supplies.

In turn, the partisan field commanders report 752 killed Ukrainian military personnel, 59 destroyed tanks and a large number of people taken prisoner. In view of their combat successes, the partisans are refusing to take part in any further negotiations in the format of the Minsk agreements and threaten to continue the counterattack.

Local authorities in Ukrainian-controlled districts near the front report that Ukrainian soldiers are deserting with their weapons and taking to looting the countryside in increasing numbers.

In this critical situation the military is afraid to report to president Poroshenko the real situation in the southeast of the country, hiding from him the full scale of the catastrophe.

The head of state is still convinced that the situation is under control, and hopes that in case of a real threat he will still have the chance to ask the West for help.

And then there is this video evidence: American “boots on the ground” have invaded Eastern Ukraine. How do you say “Get out of my face, please!” in Ukrainian? I guess the grunts aren't taught that in Basic Training... are they too busy learning how to shell civilians and then blame the other side?

>>ClubOrlov<<

January 25, 2015
Anti-Maidan Kharkov - Facebook page
Translated from Russian by Kristina Rus

We will not name the author of this material, as he is an active officer of the armed forces of Russia, but he perfectly described the situation - What would happen if the Ukrainian military faced the Russian army?

The titles of some complexes we have SPECIFICALLY designated with the letters of the Latin alphabet not to write their name, as mentioning some of them is undesirable for the author. However, I think that military people will understand what are the systems in question:

"According to our Ukrainian partners, commenting on the latest ATO news, and referring to the "intercepted data from reports of the Russian army", today another division of the Russian army was destroyed near Lugansk...
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I want to briefly explain to the Ukrainian colleagues, what is the modern Russian army, and what would happen, if it would come to visit them in reality, and not in their wet dreams.

Firstly, today we use digital radio communication with local encryption. You can intercept it, but you cannot decipher it. The code changes in 50 minutes, an hour, an hour and twenty-two minutes - on arbitrary unpredictable schedule. Ukrainian military and the armed forces of Novorossia are using an old analog model, which you can listen to. And the Russian army now has communications which was previously only on secure communication lines, - you can only hear the crackling and a characteristic murmur.

Secondly, if the Russian army appears in front of UAF, it will be easy to determine.

The first sign - failure of all means of communication, full discharging of batteries in vehicles, tanks and other equipment, at the same time, discharge of batteries in mobile phones, the targets, and radio stations. Then, there is a rapture of electric circuits throughout all the equipment - all of it. This is EMP. All engines stall, no way to restart. This is how the system "X" works (in order to protect the author we do not specify the name), with a range of up to 20 km.

Second - complete failure of all systems using LCD monitors, the failure of all target-locating devices of the air defense system. This is how the complex "Altair" works (this is a known complex in the world, we can name it).

Third - a failure to deploy any kinds of guided missile weapons - from MANPADS to PTURS [anti-tank guided reactive missile]. Upon launching, the ammunition liquidates itself.

This is a  battalion complex "Z" - on the basis of MTLB [multi-target light armored transporter]. Range - 15 kilometers.

Fourth - it is impossible to use a drone and low-flying aircraft. Their on board electronics will fail. This is system "Y". Then there is a complex "Avtobaza", which can forcibly land a drone.

What will happen next? Dozens (hundreds, if necessary) of the latest combat helicopters, flying over all the roads, start hunting for single armored vehicles, trains, cars. Railroad is paralyzed, bridges blown up. The  lights go out on the home front - electric stations are out of service. Civil and military headquarters on the home front and separate leaders simultaneously are liquidated by the recon-subversive groups.

This is roughly how the Russian army would conduct military operations today. Therefore, the wet dreams about the "hero-cyborgs", spitting flame on hundreds of Russian tanks, are better left to science fiction writers."

>>XYZ: What would happen if the Russian army really invaded Ukraine<<

[SIDEBAR:

WHAT DOES THE INSATIABLE GREED OF CRASSUS THE ROMAN GENERAL LOOK LIKE ONCE "IT" DECIDES TO OWN SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SYRIA?

CRASSUS WAS SENT HOME FROM SYRIA WITH HIS HEAD DETACHED FROM HIS BODY AND MELTED GOLD IN HIS MOUTH.  HE WAS THE FIRST TO GET HOW TO BE THE WORST OF OUR SPECIES, IN THAT PERIOD OF WHAT IT WAS.  IE, CRASSUS WAS THE FIRE BRIGADE AND OTHER SUCH WORKS OF VILE EVIL INSATIABLE GREED, THE GOLDEN ROMAN ARMY DESCENDED INTO HELL ON EARTH >>http://theartof12.blogspot.com/2013/04/rome-pompey-jews-golden-army-empire.html<<

HEINZ KISSINGER, FRITZ KRAEMER, AND NAME AN "AMERICAN" CRIMINALLY INSANE AND WE'VE GOT WHAT WE HAVE HERE NOW.

WHAT DO WE HAVE?  FAILED NATION STATE.

Earth is a home.  The home is a planet in a system that is actually a complete mystery.  Certainly humans do the job that humans were co-created in the universe to do:  emulate the universal law of co-creation that life is.

America the so-called country of a Constitutional Republic got controlled by a separation of humans from the whole collective of the human "American" people, and the name of the religious faction that destroyed the Constitutional Republic is ZIONIST "JEW".  The Jew was used as though a mark of sorts, to bring the worst beast into the nightmare of UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

The Federal Reserve System's CENTRAL BANK insatiable greed is now in check-mate.

The true tragedy?  Those, they, them, the THAT$ that were and are almost 100% about "MONEY", got brains to pick the worst possible idea - CRIMINAL FRAUD.

Those that actually thought they were smarter than all the people all the time simply because the certain SCHOLARS (ah hem) went and paid a lot of money to know truly - absolutely zero about money contract.

HUBRIS.  Those that are MEMBERS OF THE B.A.R. in the U.S.A.:  HUBRIS.

Read and write what the COLOR OF LAW gets to RAPE-PILLAGE-PLUNDER, and then what?

Well all those so-called ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, not getting what money contract was-is, can't pretend anymore that smart was an "Esquire" member to be part of what destroyed the Constitutional Republic.  HISTORY HAS ALREADY RECORDED THE TRUTH.

Science of Jurisprudence?  NOT Passing the Constitutional Muster.  .. to be continued?]