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As brutal as it sounds, when the USA is no longer part of the equation in the near future, all of these nations will fold because they foolishly attracted the ire of both China and Russia and the do have resources that quite frankly no neighbour is going to raise a finger to help them when China forces them to the negotiating table and if they (australia in particular) try to act funny, China will use what is learned In Ukraine today to bring down the Australian leadership and considering that Ukraine at least had some fighting ability to put up some kind of a fight (although one that they are rapidly losing), australia wouldn’t last even remotely as long because they have never fought a foe that can fight back and especially one that they have repeatedly wronged and is willing to wait for the right moment. Scomo has no idea what is going to hit him and no, the USA wouldn’t be around to save them. They had better get Paul Keating to the diplomatic table soon, or else the government is going to be in a world of hurt
I am sure that the Chinese ambassadors in the Asia-Pacific are talking to each country's elites about how they "regret" that such a beautiful country is being destroyed and risks becoming Afghanistan 2.0. And how they should all stick together so this thing doesnt happen here
Especially in Japan, I bet that the Chinese ambassador must be having his time of his life talking about the lessons from Ukraine lol
M.K. Bhadrakumar:
Russia is not at war with Ukraine, but is locked in an existential struggle to avoid the fate of Yugoslavia. Period.
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The US is setting a ‘bear trap’ for Russia using the neo-Nazi forces. It calculates that if the Russian forces get bogged down, the door opens for a NATO intervention — 175000 NATO troops are positioned already on Russia’s borders with massive firepower and air and naval formations surrounding Russia from all sides.
A NATO intervention will be tantamount to US-Russia war — that is, a world war with nuclear weapons. On Thursday, Putin explicitly warned Biden to back off. But Biden has since indicated that the NATO will continue to pump weapons into Ukraine.
A summarily excerpt at The Moon of Alabama:
the best way to de nuclear North Korea is to drop all its nukes over japan, happy ending for everyone.
it is essential to #StandWithRussia because it is #Russia today, it will be #China and all the nations along its peripheries tomorrow.
also the best way to #standwithUkraine, the vast majority never wanted the US-installed 2014 putsch regime in power in the first place.
Russia was encroached upon since the fall of the Soviet Union. At various points Russia faced US-sponsored militancy WITHIN its borders (Chechen Wars). If successful in isolating Russia during this conflict, the US will take all it gained/learned and dump it on China next.
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also the best way to #standwithUkraine, the vast majority never wanted the US-installed 2014 putsch regime in power in the first place.
Russia was encroached upon since the fall of the Soviet Union. At various points Russia faced US-sponsored militancy WITHIN its borders (Chechen Wars). If successful in isolating Russia during this conflict, the US will take all it gained/learned and dump it on China next.
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Nepal Parliament begins deliberations on MCC compact
Ruling coalition has agreed to ratify the US grant agreement with ‘interpretative declaration’ attached.
Nepal’s Parliament started on the Millennium Challenge Corporation-Nepal Compact on Sunday after two key coalition partners in the Sher Bahadur Deuba government agreed to ratify the American grant agreement with an “interpretative declaration” attached.
Amid the main opposition CPN-UML’s obstructions, Speaker Agni Sapkota allowed lawmakers to start theoretical discussions on the compact.
Earlier on Sunday, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) and the CPN (Unified Socialist) decided to vote in favor of the grant agreement with the “interpretative declaration.”
The interpretative declaration will seek to clarify the provisions that the parties opposing the MCC compact have been saying are against the interest of the country. The declaration will be presented together as a supplementary proposal to the MCC compact in the House to be enforced together with the American grant agreement, according to leaders and legal experts involved in drafting of the declaration document.
The declaration will interpret that the MCC compact won’t be part of any military strategy of the United States government under the Indo-Pacific Strategy.
It will also specify that Nepal’s constitution would be above the MCC. Similarly, it will also have specific clarification that Nepal’s Office of the Auditor General will be the final agency to audit financial transactions made under the Millennium Challenge Account-Nepal.
It also has the provision that Nepal can terminate the MCC compact within 30 days if it finds it against the interest of the country. Ensuring that the ownership of the intellectual property produced during the MCC implementation belongs to Nepal is also another provision on it.
“The interpretative declaration has 14 points including the preamble,” a leader involved in its drafting told the Post on the condition of anonymity. “It will be endorsed together with the MCC compact.”
The interpretative declaration has basically included all those points that the Financial Ministry in September had sent to the MCC headquarters, which then had provided point-wise clarifications, including that the compact is not above the constitution of Nepal.
After the Maoist Centre agreed to compact ratification with the interpretative declaration, a meeting of the ruling coalition had decided to ratify the compact.
A late night meeting of some leaders of the Nepal Congress, Maoist Centre and CPN (Unified Socialist) on Saturday of the “interpretative declaration”, which would mean the parties would attach their concerns regarding the compact.
The Maoist Centre and the Unified Socialist, two key partners in the current Sher Bahadur Deuba coalition government, ratification of the compact without amendments to some of the provisions. Deuba then had started exploring options including seeking the main opposition CPN-UML’s support to ratify the compact. This, however, would have led to breakdown of the coalition, something the Maoist Centre and Unified Socialist desperately wanted to avoid.
Signed in September 2015, the MCC compact which is meant for building electricity transmission lines and improving roads in Nepal, was registered in Parliament in July 2019. However, the grant agreement had run into controversy with some political parties saying its implementation undermined Nepal’s sovereignty.
Under pressure from the United States following continued delays, the government on February 20 tabled the compact in Parliament even as the communist coalition partners opposed it.
That's a good compromise between the two parties which ensures that Nepal wont become a battleground between US and ChinaNepal Parliament begins deliberations on MCC compact
Ruling coalition has agreed to ratify the US grant agreement with ‘interpretative declaration’ attached.
Nepal’s Parliament started on the Millennium Challenge Corporation-Nepal Compact on Sunday after two key coalition partners in the Sher Bahadur Deuba government agreed to ratify the American grant agreement with an “interpretative declaration” attached.
Amid the main opposition CPN-UML’s obstructions, Speaker Agni Sapkota allowed lawmakers to start theoretical discussions on the compact.
Earlier on Sunday, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) and the CPN (Unified Socialist) decided to vote in favor of the grant agreement with the “interpretative declaration.”
The interpretative declaration will seek to clarify the provisions that the parties opposing the MCC compact have been saying are against the interest of the country. The declaration will be presented together as a supplementary proposal to the MCC compact in the House to be enforced together with the American grant agreement, according to leaders and legal experts involved in drafting of the declaration document.
The declaration will interpret that the MCC compact won’t be part of any military strategy of the United States government under the Indo-Pacific Strategy.
It will also specify that Nepal’s constitution would be above the MCC. Similarly, it will also have specific clarification that Nepal’s Office of the Auditor General will be the final agency to audit financial transactions made under the Millennium Challenge Account-Nepal.
It also has the provision that Nepal can terminate the MCC compact within 30 days if it finds it against the interest of the country. Ensuring that the ownership of the intellectual property produced during the MCC implementation belongs to Nepal is also another provision on it.
“The interpretative declaration has 14 points including the preamble,” a leader involved in its drafting told the Post on the condition of anonymity. “It will be endorsed together with the MCC compact.”
The interpretative declaration has basically included all those points that the Financial Ministry in September had sent to the MCC headquarters, which then had provided point-wise clarifications, including that the compact is not above the constitution of Nepal.
After the Maoist Centre agreed to compact ratification with the interpretative declaration, a meeting of the ruling coalition had decided to ratify the compact.
A late night meeting of some leaders of the Nepal Congress, Maoist Centre and CPN (Unified Socialist) on Saturday of the “interpretative declaration”, which would mean the parties would attach their concerns regarding the compact.
The Maoist Centre and the Unified Socialist, two key partners in the current Sher Bahadur Deuba coalition government, ratification of the compact without amendments to some of the provisions. Deuba then had started exploring options including seeking the main opposition CPN-UML’s support to ratify the compact. This, however, would have led to breakdown of the coalition, something the Maoist Centre and Unified Socialist desperately wanted to avoid.
Signed in September 2015, the MCC compact which is meant for building electricity transmission lines and improving roads in Nepal, was registered in Parliament in July 2019. However, the grant agreement had run into controversy with some political parties saying its implementation undermined Nepal’s sovereignty.
Under pressure from the United States following continued delays, the government on February 20 tabled the compact in Parliament even as the communist coalition partners opposed it.
I hope you are right.