L’Alliance occidentale s’effrite: l’Union Européenne abandonne les Etats-Unis dans leur tentative de renversement d’Assa

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L’Alliance occidentale s’effrite: l’Union Européenne abandonne les Etats-Unis dans leur tentative de renversement d’Assad

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Dans cet éditorial, Eric Zuesse nous informe que l’exploitation du monde par Washington rencontre de l’opposition. Un parlementaire irakien demande à Washington « de laisser tomber son hypocrisie ». Le Secrétaire d’Etat français aux Affaires Européennes rejette le Partenariat Transatlantique de Commerce et d’Investissement (PTCI ou en anglais TTIP) pour tenter de placer les multinationales américaines aux commandes de la France et les mettre hors d’atteinte du droit français. Le PTCI, comme le ministre l’affirme avec raison, élimine la souveraineté des pays signataires. 

Obama ne peut vaincre Assad (Syrie) sans l’aide de l’UE. L’UE rejette également les exigences d’Obama concernant le PTCI et l’ACS (Accord sur le commerce des Services – en anglais TISA). L’héritage de la présidence d’Obama semble voué à l’échec. 

L’Europe est envahie de réfugiés provenant des campagnes de bombardement en Libye et en Syrie, qui ont créé un état fantoche en Libye, et qui menacent de provoquer la même chose en Syrie. L’Europe est de ce fait obligée de se désolidariser de la campagne de bombardement américaine qui vise les forces gouvernementales syriennes du président chiite Bachar el-Assad, au lieu de ses opposants sunnites des groupes djihadistes (tous sunnites) de l’EIIL (Etat Islamique) et d’Al Qaida en Syrie (al Nusra).

Un membre du parlement irakien a déclaré :

« La pression exercée sur le régime syrien qui combat l’Etat Islamique doit être éliminée. Ils ne devraient pas essayer de renforcer la petite Armée syrienne libre (ASL). Il n’y a pas d’ASL.

Il y a un Etat Islamique en Syrie et en Irak. Vous ne pouvez pas combattre l’EI en Irak, et le soutenir en Syrie. Il n’y a qu’une seule guerre et un seul ennemi. Les Etats-Unis devraient abandonner leur position hypocrite. Les gens ne sont pas bêtes ».

Le public européen est opposé aux frappes américaines, qui ont provoqué l’exode de réfugiés vers l’Europe. Les dirigeants européens commencent à se désolidariser de leur alliance avec les Etats-Unis. 

Le Sénateur américain John McCain, qui, depuis qu’il était pilote de bombardier au Vietnam, a toujours détesté la Russie bien plus que le Président américain Barack Obama (qui les déteste pour d’autres raisons), pousse Obama à une guerre contre la Russie en Syrie ; il déclare : « Nous devons créer une zone d’interdiction aérienne », où nous empêcherons les avions russes de bombarder des zones qui sont contrôlées par des djihadistes soutenus par les Américains (que le gouvernement américain appelle par euphémisme « l’Armée syrienne libre »).

En fait, comme l’a annoncé l’Agence France Presse le 12 septembre 2014, « les rebelles syriens et les djihadistes de l’Etat Islamique ont conclu pour la première fois un pacte de non-agression dans une  banlieue de la capitale Damas, a déclaré un groupe de surveillance vendredi dernier. « L’Etat Islamique et l’ASL ont toujours été proches ; mais maintenant ils sont essentiellement une seule et même entité ; c’est juste que ce n’est pas relayé par la presse américaine. 

Les distinctions subtiles du gouvernement américain sont de ce fait trompeuses ; le but essentiel d’Obama en Syrie est évidemment de remplacer l’allié de la Russie, Assad, et non de vaincre l’Etat Islamique (avec les vestiges de l’Armée syrienne libre). McCain veut juste qu’Obama aille jusqu’au bout de la logique de guerre nucléaire avec la Russie, pour renverser Assad.

 (Peut-être pense-t-il qu’Obama va « reculer » pour ensuite l’accuser d’abandonner à son sort le peuple syrien, qui a tellement bénéficié des bombardements américains qu’il a fui la Syrie par millions. McCain et d’autres Républicains sont tellement « pro pour la vie» –  des zygotes de toute façon. Lorsque le parlementaire irakien a déclaré que les gens n’étaient pas bêtes il ne pensait pas à des gens comme eux).

Le 1^er octobre, NPR (National Public Radio) présentait McCain disant : « Je peux vous confirmer avec une absolue certitude qu’ils (les bombardements aériens russes) ont visé Notre Armée Syrienne libre ou des groupes qui ont été armés et entraînés par la CIA parce que nous sommes en communication avec ces gens-là. » (Oh, donc il en reste même après qu’ils aient été absorbés par le mouvement de la Guerre Sainte ? Et la CIA continue à les financer ? Vraiment ? Ouah !)

La Russie a annoncé le 2 octobre que leur série de bombardements contre les alliés de l’Amérique en Syrie visant l’Etat Islamique et Al Nusra (ce dernier étant Al Qaïda en Syrie) – allait s’intensifier et durera « trois ou quatre mois ».

 Le Président américain Barack Obama insiste pour exclure la Russie de toutes les négociations de paix sur la Syrie ; les Etats-Unis n’avanceront pas sur les pourparlers de paix avant que le Président syrien Bachar el-Assad ne démissionne. Mais la Russie est la seule puissance militaire qui s’oppose aux djihadistes qui tentent de vaincre Assad, et la Russie se propose également de fournir au Liban des armes pour lutter contre les djihadistes, qui sont également les alliés de l’Amérique au Liban.

Les Etats-Unis prétendent que le renversement d’Assad profiterait à la « démocratie ». Mais lorsque le régime du Qatar, qui finance al Nusra, a demandé une étude à un institut de sondage pour interroger les Syriens en 2012, le résultat a indiqué que 55% des Syriens voulaient qu’il reste Président.

Puis, comme je l’ai mentionné le 18 septembre 2015, « les sondages montrent que les Syriens tiennent en majorité les Américains pour responsables pour leur soutien de l’Etat Islamique », et ces récents sondages émanent d’un Institut Britannique qui est liée à Gallup.

 Il n’y a pas eu de question à propos du maintien au pouvoir d’Assad ; mais il est clair qu’il bénéficie d’un soutien qui s’est renforcé entre 2012 et 2015, car le peuple Syrien perçoit maintenant avec plus de clarté qu’auparavant que le régime des Etats-Unis est pour lui un ennemi, non un ami. Les prétentions d’apparences d’Obama et des Républicains, souhaitant favoriser la démocratie sont un mensonge flagrant.

Ce n’est pas le seul problème de succession de la politique Obama : sa guerre contre la Russie, en renversant Kadhafi, puis Ianoukovytch, puis sa tentative de renversement d’Assad – provoque maintenant la rupture de l’Alliance Occidentale, à propos de la crise des réfugiés qui en découle. Un conflit plus important au sein de l’Alliance s’annonce avec la proposition du traité soumis aux pays européens par Obama : le PTCI, qui donnerait aux sociétés multinationales le droit de poursuivre en justice des gouvernements nationaux devant des tribunaux arbitraux privés non susceptibles de recours en appel, et dont les décisions superviseraient des lois de tous les états signataires. 

Les dirigeants des gouvernements élus n’auraient aucun contrôle sur elles. Cette tentative de créer une entité multinationale privée supranationale fait partie d’un plan similaire à celui proposé aux nations asiatiques avec le traité du PTP en Asie (Partenariat Trans-Pacifique), tous deux étant accessoirement destinés à isoler du commerce international non seulement la Russie, mais également la Chine, ce qui permettrait aux grandes multinationales américaines de contrôler potentiellement le monde entier.

Telles que les choses se présentent actuellement concernant ces « accords » commerciaux, Obama devra soit renoncer à certaines de ses exigences, ou la Commission européenne sera dans l’incapacité d’obtenir l’accord de suffisamment de membres pour soutenir le traité qu’Obama propose à l’UE, le PTCI (Partenariat Transatlantique de Commerce et d’Investissement). Certaines nations européennes importantes, pourraient également rejeter le traité proposé par Obama sur la réglementation des services financiers et divers : l’ACS (Accord sur le Commerce des Services). 

Les trois accords « commerciaux » proposés par Obama, y compris le PTP (Partenariat Trans-Pacifique) entre les Etats-Unis et les pays asiatiques sont l’apothéose de la présidence d’Obama, et leurs prérogatives vont tous bien au-delà du commerce et de l’économie. Le principal accord proposé à l’Europe pourrait bien être mort et enterré à présent.

Le 27 septembre, le journal français Sud-Ouest publiait une interview exclusive avec Matthias Fekl, Secrétaire d’état français chargé du commerce, dans laquelle il déclarait que « la France examinait toutes les options, y compris la rupture définitive des négociations » à propos du PTCI. Il expliquait que, depuis le début des négociations en 2013, « ces pourparlers ont été menés dans un manque de transparence total » et que la France n’avait, à ce jour, reçu « aucune proposition sérieuse des Américains ».

Les raisons de cet étonnant rejet public avaient probablement déjà été définies avec précision il y a plus d’un an. Après tout, la France n’a, au cours de toutes ces négociations, reçu « aucune proposition sérieuse des Américains » ; ni maintenant, ni depuis le début des négociations en 2013.

Les Etats-Unis sont restés fermes. Jean Arthuis, un membre du Parlement Européen, et ancien Ministre français de l’Economie et des Finances, annonçait à la une du Figaro le 10 avril 2014 : « 7 bonnes raisons pour s’opposer au traité transatlantique ».

Il n’y a rien qui laisse à penser que la situation pourrait avoir changé depuis, sur les exigences fondamentales exprimées par le Président Obama. Arthuis déclarait à l’époque :

Premièrement, je m’oppose à un arbitrage privé des litiges entre les Etats et les entreprises. (Cela instaurerait une cour d’arbitrage indépendante bien établie au dessus du droit national ne permettant pas de recourir à une cour d’appel dans le cas où une grande entreprise lésée poursuivrait une nation où des dommages et intérêts devraient être versés à une entreprise multinationale et, dans le cadre d’une violation de ses droits nationaux, reliant ce traité au commerce). Ce genre de procédure est rigoureusement contraire à l’idée que je me fais de la souveraineté des Etats.

Deuxièmement, je m’oppose à toute remise en cause du système européen des appellations d’origine contrôlée. Demain, suivant la proposition des Etats-Unis, il n’y aurait plus qu’un registre non contraignant, et uniquement pour les vins et spiritueux. Une telle réforme tuerait nombre de productions locales européennes dont la valeur repose sur leur authenticité d’origine contrôlée.

Troisièmement, je m’oppose à la signature d’un accord avec une puissance (étrangère) qui espionne massivement et systématiquement mes concitoyens européens, ainsi que les entreprises européennes. Les révélations d’Edward Snowden sont à cet égard édifiantes. Aussi longtemps que l’accord ne protège pas les données personnelles des citoyens européens et américains, il ne saurait être signé.

Quatrièmement, les Etats-Unis proposent un espace financier commun transatlantique, mais ils refusent catégoriquement une réglementation commune de la finance, de même qu’ils refusent d’abolir les discriminations systématiques par les places financières américaines à l’encontre des services financiers européens. C’est vouloir le beurre et l’argent du beurre: je m’oppose à cette idée d’un espace commun sans règles communes et qui maintiendrait des discriminations commerciales.

Cinquièmement, je m’oppose à la remise en cause de la protection de la santé sanitaire européenne. Washington doit comprendre une fois pour toutes que nonobstant son insistance, nous ne voulons dans nos assiettes ni des animaux traités aux hormones de croissance, ni de produits dérivées d’OGM, ni de la viande décontaminée chimiquement, ni de semences génétiquement modifiées, ni d’antibiotiques non thérapeutiques contenus dans l’alimentation animale.

Sixièmement, je m’oppose à la signature d’un accord s’il n’inclut pas la fin du dumping monétaire américain. Depuis la suppression de la convertibilité-or sur le dollar US et le passage au système des changes flottants, le dollar est à la fois monnaie nationale étasunienne, et l’unité principale de réserve et d’échanges dans le monde.

La Banque de la Réserve Fédérale pratique donc sans cesse le dumping monétaire, en agissant sur l’émission de dollars disponible pour favoriser ses exportations. La suppression de cet avantage déloyal suppose, comme l’a indiqué la Chine, de faire des «Droits de Tirage Spéciaux» du FMI, une nouvelle monnaie mondiale de référence plus représentative. En termes de compétitivité, l’arme monétaire (la devise) a le même impact que les droits de douane contre toutes les autres nations. (Et nous ne le signerons pas tant que cette disposition ne sera pas supprimée).

Septièmement, au-delà du seul secteur audiovisuel, étendard de l’actuel gouvernement qui sert de cache-sexe à sa lâcheté sur tous les autres intérêts européens dans le cadre de la négociation, je veux que toute l’exception culturelle soit défendue. Notamment, il est inacceptable de laisser les services numériques naissants d’Europe se faire balayer par les géants américains tels que Google, Amazon ou Netflix. Des géants, et maîtres absolus de l’optimisation fiscale, (et de l’évasion fiscale pour certains) qui font de l’Europe une «colonie numérique».

Le négociateur du Président Obama est son ami personnel, Michael Froman, un homme qui tente même de forcer l’Europe à abaisser ses normes écologiques de carburant contre le réchauffement climatique mondial et dont les agissements en arrière plan, vont exactement à l’encontre de la rhétorique publique d’Obama. 

 Froman et Obama sont copains depuis qu’ils ont collaboré tous deux comme rédacteurs à la Harvard Law Review. Il connaît les objectifs réels d’Obama. « Froman a également présenté M. Obama à Robert E. Rubin, l’ancien Secrétaire d’Etat au Trésor » qui avait fait entrer dans l’Administration Clinton Timothy Geithner et Larry Summers, et s’était fait le champion (avec eux) de la fin de la réglementation des banques (Glass Steagall Act voté en 1933) que l’ancien Président Démocrate Franklin D. Roosevelt, avait mise en place.

 (Le Président Clinton a signé une loi juste avant de quitter ses fonctions le 12/11/1999, et cela a permis de commencer le long processus menant aux Titres adossés à des créances hypothécaires et aux produits dérivés spéculatifs CDS SWAP) dont le point culminant a été le crack des marchés en 2008, et cette même législation a également permis aux méga-banques d’être sauvées de la faillite par les contribuables américains via TAARP– exactement sur le fondement que la loi de Roosevelt avait rendue illégale. (pour séparer la banque de dépôt, et la banque d’investissement Ndt).

Froman a toujours été un partisan des grosses multinationales, un champion des méga-banques, qui ne favorise que la réglementation qui bénéficie aux très riches américains, pas celle qui profite au grand public. 

La présentation du roi de Wall Street Robert Rubin au Sénateur (à l’époque) Obama, a été cruciale pour permettre à Obama d’être en position de gagner la course à la Présidence des Etats-Unis ; les contacts de Robert Rubin parmi les très riches étaient essentiels pour que Obama ait une réelle chance de remporter les présidentielles.

Cela a permis à Obama de gagner la compétition contre la candidate Hillary Clinton. Autrement, il n’aurait pas pu y arriver. Le fait qu’il ait bénéficié du soutien de Robert Rubin était crucial pour devenir Président.

Les chances que le Président Obama soit maintenant apte à obtenir le soutien d’une quelconque entité politique, hormis le Congrès américain, pour sa proposition de traité PTCI, se réduisent de jour en jour. Après tout, l’Europe semble être moins corrompue que les Etats-Unis.

La seule analyse économique indépendante qui ait été faite sur la proposition du PTCI conclut que les seuls bénéficiaires seraient les grandes entreprises multinationales, particulièrement celles qui sont basées aux Etats-Unis. Les employés, les consommateurs, et tous les autres, seraient les perdants, s’il était signé.

Apparemment, il y a suffisamment de dirigeants européens qui s’en préoccupent, pour être capables de le bloquer. Ou alors, Obama va céder sur le fond, à tous les sept points qui font que l’Europe dit non. A ce stade, cela semble extrêmement improbable.

A propos de l’auteur :

L’historien-chercheur Eric Zuesse est l’auteur, récemment, de They’re Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010 (Elles sont loin d’être proches: les annales économiques des Démocrates et des Républicains, 1910-2010) et de CHRIST’S VENTRILOQUISTS: The Event that Created Christianity (LES VENTRILOQUES DU CHRIST: L’Evènement qui a créé la Chrétienté)..

Par Eric Zuesse

Source: Paul Graig Roberts Translations

Original: Global Research

Traduction: Patrick Trev Isabelle

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Wealth Inequality in America

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there's a chart SR recently that I can't get out of my head

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Harvard Business professor and economist ass more than 5,000 Americans

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how they thought well was distributed in the United States

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this is what they said they thought it was dividing the country into five rough

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group at the top bottom

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and middle 3 20 percent group they asked people

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how they thought the wealth in this country was divided NES them

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what they thought was the ideal distribution and ninety-two percent

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that at least nine outta 10 a.m. said it should be more like this

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in other words more equitable than they think it is

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now that fact is telling admittedly the notion that most Americans know that the

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system is

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already skewed unfairly to what's most interesting to me

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is the reality compared to our perception the ideal

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is as far removed from our perception is reality

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as the actual distribution is from what we think

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exists in this country so ignore the ideal for a moment

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here's what we think it is again and here

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is the actual distributional shockingly skewed

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not only to the bottom 20 percent and the next 20 percent

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the bottom forty percent of Americans barely have

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any the wealth I mean it's hard even see them on the chart

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but the top one percent has more of the country's wealth

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then nine out of 10 Americans believe the entire top 20 percent should have

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mind-blowing but let's look at it another way because

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I find this chart kinda difficult to wrap my head around instead let's reduce

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the 311 million Americans to

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just a representative 100 people make it simple

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here they are teachers coaches firefighters construction workers

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engineers doctors lawyers some investment bankers the CEO

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may be a celebrity culture now let's line him up according to their wealth

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poorest people on the left wealthiest on the right just a steady row folks based

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on their net worth

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color coding like we did before based on which 20 percent quintile they volunteer

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now let's reduce the total wealth the United States

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which was roughly fifty four trillion dollars in 2009

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to this symbolic pi love cash and let's distributed

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among our 100 Americans well appear socialism

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all the wealth of the country distributed equally we all know that

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will work

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we need to encourage people to work can work hard to achieve that goal American

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Dream and keep our country moving forward

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so hears that night deal

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we asked everyone about something like this occur

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this isn't to bed we've got some incentive as the wealthiest folks are

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now about

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10 to 20 times better off in the poorest Americans

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but hey even the poor folks aren't actually poor

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since the poverty line is stated almost entirely off the chart

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we have a super healthy middle-class with a smooth transition into wealth

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and yes Republicans and Democrats alike chose this curve nine out of 10 people

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ninety-two percent said this was a nice ideal distribution of America's wealth

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the let's move on this is what people think

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America's wealth distribution actually looks like not as equitable clearly

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but for me even this still looks pretty great

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yes the poorest 20 to 30 percent are starting to suffer quite a lot compared

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to the ideal

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in the middle class is certainly struggling more than they were

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while the rich in wealthier making roughly a hundred times that of the

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poorest Americans

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in about ten times that if the still healthy middle-class

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sadly this isn't even close to the reality

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here is the actual distribution of wealth in America

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the poorest Americans don't even register

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they're down to pocket change and the middle class

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is barely distinguishable from the poor in fact

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even the rich between the top 10 in 20 percentile

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are worse off only the top 10 percent or better off

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and how much better off so much better off the top

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to 25 percent were actually of the chart

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at this scale and the top one percent

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this can were his stack of money stretch is ten times higher than we can show

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here's his stack of cash re stacked all by itself

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this is the top one percent we've been hearing so much about

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so much green in his pockets that I have to give him a whole new column his own

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because he won't fit on my chart 1 percent of America has

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forty percent of all the nation's wealth

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the bottom eighty percent 8 out of every 10 people

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work a Dr these 100 only has

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seven-percent between them in this

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only gotten worse in the last twenty to thirty years

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while the richest 1 percent take home almost a quarter

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the national income today in 1976

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they took home only nine percent meaning their share of income has nearly tripled

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in the last thirty years

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the top one percent own half the country stocks bonds and mutual funds

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the bottom 50 percent of Americans only

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half a percent these investments which means

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P aren't investing they're just scraping by I'm sure many of these wealthy people

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have worked very hard for their money

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but do you really believe that the CEO was working

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380 times harder his average

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employees not as lowest-paid employees not the janitor

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but the average earner in his company the average worker needs to work more

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than a month

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turn with the CEO makes in one our

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we certainly don't have to go all the way to socialism to find something that

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is fair

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for hard-working Americans we don't even have to achieve what most of us consider

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might be

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ideal all we need to do is wake up

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in reliance that the reality in this country

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is not it all what we think it is

 

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USS Carney reaches the naval base Rota, in the South of Spain

TRANSCRIPT 

Station Rota, in the south of Spain,
is the new home for the USS Carney, the fourth

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US destroyer to be stationed in Europe. The
naval group makes an important contribution

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to NATO missile defence in Europe but will
also perform a variety of other tasks including

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security operations, search & rescue, multinational
training and exercises, and NATO operations

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and deployments.

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The USS Carney joins the Ross, the Donald
Cook and the USS Porter as part of the US

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ballistic missile commitment to Europe.
They will primarily perform ballistic missile

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defence, linked with our stations in Deveselu,
Romania, and soon to be stationed in Romania.

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In addition, they will be able to do exercises
in air defence, anti-submarine warfare and

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other missions like humanitarian missions
with our NATO allies and partners across the

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region.

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After a long voyage, USS Carney’s 340 sailors
were welcomed by Spanish and US naval authorities,

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along with families which await them in what
will be their new home in Europe.

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This collaboration between allied countries
goes further than just military cooperation

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and generates other mutual benefits.
The arrival of the destroyers here, the four

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destroyers here in Rota, make an enormous
impact on the local economy here. Rota and

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Morón, the two bases where US forces are
tenants on Spanish soil, produce some 3,500

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permanent full-time positions in Spain so
some 3,500 Spaniards have positions as a result

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of the troops being here in Spain
The important part for the United States is

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that these four ships here are equivalent
to twelve ships in the United States that

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would deploy, operate, go home, train, deploy
again. I would need twelve to make up for

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these four, so their presence is a force multiplier
for us because they’re here.

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When asked if this deployment in Europe is
prompted by the Russian crisis the answer

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is a clear No
The plans for ballistic missile defence in

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Europe, the positioning of the ships and all
the investments were made before Crimea, before

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this period of increased tensions with Russia.
They are focused on a missile defence threat

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from the south, they are not targeting Russia
and they in no way affect the Russian nation’s

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strategic deterrence that they deploy.

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The four destroyers will mostly patrol the
Mediterranean, the Atlantic and the Black

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Sea.
I think these four ships are multi mission

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ships and therefore they can address a full
range of security challenges. They can perform

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humanitarian assistance. They can project
power ashore with their missiles or their

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guns as you can see, and they can provide
a defensive umbrella of ballistic missile

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defence for Europe.

 

NO CLASS Обама проигнорировал, не чокнулся и махнул рукой на Путина

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Google translate Obama ignored not clinked
glasses and waved Putin during breakfast. With motherfuckers do
not clink, a bad omen.

At one of the dinners to mark the next session
of the General Assembly, at the
same table were many world
leaders. Journalists interested
in one very interesting episode.

At breakfast the
leaders of the participating countries jubilee 70th session of
the UN General Assembly, Obama
went nuts

CHINA SECURITY: Xi Jinping’s Tech Conference in Seattle is China’s Latest Cyber Gambit

CHINA SECURITY:  Xi Jinping’s Tech Conference in Seattle is China’s Latest Cyber Gambit                          10450                     

Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, China on Sept. 14, 2015 (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

The leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, is scheduled to meet with President Barack Obama on Sept. 24, and Obama is expected to raise the issue of Chinese state-run cyberattacks against U.S. businesses. It’s no coincidence that the day after Xi arrives in the United States on Sept. 22, he’ll join a technology conference hosted by Microsoft and Chinese officials in Seattle, which they’ve asked large U.S. technology companies to attend. Initial leaks from Washington said that ahead of the meeting, Obama would announce sanctions against Chinese businesses that have profited from state-run cyberattacks. After last minute meetings in Washington by top Chinese officials, that is now off the table. The current rumor is that Obama will announce a “cyberarms agreement” about military-level cyberattacks, which bypasses the issue of for-profit cybertheft. The CCP’s technology conference could have something to do with this muted reaction from the Obama administration. Ahead of Xi’s meeting with Obama, the CCP has been reaching out to U.S. tech companies directly, and it looks like U.S. businesses are ready to work with Chinese leaders. Bureaucracy and business interest can forever delay political action—and when facing sanctions in the current dilemma, Chinese leaders seem to have bypassed political debate and went straight to U.S. businesses. Chinese leaders know the United States would have a tough time announcing sanctions against Chinese companies without the support of U.S. businesses that have been victims of cyberattacks. And if Chinese leaders can get U.S. businesses on their side, they can be used as leverage to negotiate with U.S. leaders. At the end of the day, the key victims of Chinese state-run cyberattacks are U.S. businesses, and if these victims tell the U.S. government not to sanction Chinese companies because it will impact their markets—and even more so, if they say China is lightening up, and open for businesses dialogue—then it’s likely U.S. leaders will back off. It looks like the CCP has pulled out an old communist tactic, where they manufacture a harsh crackdown, then later alleviate some of this harshness in order to make the target feel gratitude—even though the problem still remains. An analogy of this strategy would be if a communist government announced that food rations would be cut 50 percent, then two weeks later, the grand leader announces that out of mercy he’s only cutting rations by 25 percent. The common reaction among the populace—even though they’ve still had rations cut by a quarter—is to feel gratitude. The Chinese regime seems to have used this strategy on U.S. businesses. Back in February, the Chinese regime banned state purchases from U.S. companies including Apple, Cisco, and Intel. Many other companies, including Apple and Facebook, were already banned from the Chinese market. The Chinese culling of U.S. tech companies—which they accompanied with spy and security accusations—culminated around July when the CCP created a new “national security law” that requires tech companies to give their source codes and encryption keys to Chinese authorities, and to make their systems “secure and controllable.” In other words, if U.S. technology businesses wanted to stay in China, they would need to hand the heart of their products to the Chinese regime, and grant Chinese authorities ongoing access to their systems. These businesses were at first thrown aback, and Obama even publicly criticized the new requirements. But now things seem to have changed. Ahead of Xi’s visit, the CCP has extended a strategic olive branch—and U.S. tech companies are being invited back with new state requirements, yet with open arms. From here, it’s very likely we’ll see a reduction in Chinese cyberattacks, but the core problems won’t go away. If U.S. companies agree to the CCP’s terms, they’ll be forced to hand Chinese authorities the same information that its military hackers were previously stealing with cyberattacks. In other words, if they agree to the CCP’s new rules, the Chinese regime won’t need to use cybertheft since U.S. tech companies will be handing over all their data willingly. The rate of cyberattacks will thus likely drop, but the CCP’s theft and spying won’t end. The types of cybertheft that will likely continue, however, are the kind that are tolerated in the international community—mainly spy operations targeting personal information on federal employees, targeted foreign citizens, and military data. Obama outlined this in a Sept. 16 speech, stating “We have repeatedly said to the Chinese government that we understand traditional intelligence gathering functions that all states, including us, engage in.” “But that is fundamentally different from your government or its proxies engaging directly in industrial espionage and stealing trade secrets, stealing proprietary information from companies,” he said. When it comes to basic spying on governments, businesses, and foreign individuals targeted by the CCP, things will go on as usual—the CCP has a justification when it comes to these types of operations, since they can call it tit-for-tat with U.S. spy programs. If the United States does decide to forgo sanctions against Chinese companies, and instead make deals with the CCP for better behavior in cyberspace, not only will Chinese theft and spying not come to an end, but the new form it takes will happen on Chinese turf, on Chinese terms, and with almost no way for the world to find out. —Joshua Philipp

NATO Military Committee Conference - Joint press point

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good evening ladies and gentlemen thank you for coming to the press conference

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of the Military Committee conference first the chairman of the NATO military

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committee to know better but we'll update you on the discussions that took

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place during the conference after that general who has a car

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Chief of the General Staff of Turkish Armed Forces will deliver his statement

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after the statements there will be an opportunity for questions and answers

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once again I'd like my life

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major points from our conference today in Istanbul opening today's meeting we

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have paid tribute tribute to our fallen soldiers operations around the world we

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also all the nations who participate in our operations around the world we

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started our deliberations with a briefing by Turkey on regional security

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with a focus on nato's southern flank and terrorism terrorism poses a direct

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threat to the security of NATO and to international stability and prosperity

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more broadly and will remain a threat to force it for foreseeable future the

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security of the Alliance is indivisible and we stand in solidarity against

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terrorism of any kind

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its root causes and its wider consequences in this first issue than 80

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chiefs of Defence took stock of progress in the implementation of revenues action

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plan adopted in Wales is on track and on time

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the conditions are said

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for other ever to be delivered in time for a summit the chiefs of Defense also

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stressed the need to ensure that nato forces and equipment can move rapidly

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across the alliance as nato's greatest responsibility is to protect and defend

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our allies the 28 member states against any threat nato continues to adapt and

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respond to the challenges in both eastern and southern flanks keeping all

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countries say in the second session of the day the chiefs of Defence focused on

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nato's future posture and the nato so long term strategy and adaptation the

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chiefs of Defence

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emphasized the need to ensure a NATO command structure remains robust and

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able to counter any threat or challenge we discuss the necessity for NATO forces

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to maintain an adequate readiness and needed to conduct nato's full range of

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missions including aggression against the nato allies and defending nato

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territory aim is to have the right horses in the right place and at the

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right time during the results support session the chiefs of Defence reiterated

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their commitment to the mission and their confidence in the Afghan Defense

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Forces who continue to rise to the challenge of protecting their own

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population results support is still our largest mission and it shows are

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determined determination to preserve the gains we have achieved two gether

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guns nato's prisons post resolute support also featured in our

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deliberations the chiefs of Defence underlined that a successful transition

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from Resolute support into the civilian presence needs to be conditioned place

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in the Western balkanization NATO chief of Defense received a briefing by Greece

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which served as the basis for a discussion on ways of enhancing nato's

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partnerships

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in this strategically important region we stressed our continued commitment to

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regional stability including through kforce presents corporation and

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euro-atlantic integration finally the chiefs of Defence have elected the next

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director general of the International Military Staff elected with Dutch

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general young groups and he will take his position next summer in some it has

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been a very productive meeting and we look forward to presenting the

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conclusions of our discussion to the nato defense ministers next month in

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conclusion let me thank to general a car for hosting this military committee

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conference in Istanbul Turkey is a lie and committed ally we have always

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appreciated the generosity of your people and the chance to discover

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Istanbul thank you for your hospitality and I will pass the Florida

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first I would say in English in Turkish for the members of the national press

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and media

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assimilation distinguished members of the press before I pass on to nato

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issues I would like to draw your attention to one particular topic as you

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all know our security forces are shoulder-to-shoulder fighting against

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terrorism in and out of our country in a resolute Manish from our many journeys

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to the highest ranking officers Turkish Armed Forces will continue to think its

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commitments its tasks with great sacrifice heroism and perseverance night

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n day and under all weather conditions on altering and will continue to do so

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on this occasion I would like to express may God bless their souls of those who

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have fallen during our fight against terrorism soldiers police officers

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religious cards and are innocent citizens and I hope that our brave

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veterans get well soon

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distinguished members of the press military comedy conferences organized

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every year in a NATO member country and is not being held in our country as

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previously planned during this conference nato supports two turkeys

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fight against terrorism has once more been the Internet to be obscene Alliance

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solidarity and support for our fight against terrorism I personally believe

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that today's fruitful discussions and was again

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crude thats nato's it's committed itself to deal with emerging risks and threats

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today nato has been facing serious challenges emanating from the southern

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and eastern flanks in the eastern flank instability in Ukraine adversely effects

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to regional and global security as for the southern flank crises in Iraq and

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Syria had become Georgia's turns hosting more than two million Syrians and iraqis

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and has spent more than six million dollars to refugee problem is constantly

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escalating and has adverse implications not just for the region but also for the

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whole world

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furthermore the pkk MPU idea terrorist organizations have been posing a grave

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threat to the security in the region

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ladies and gentlemen emerging threats in nato's eastern and southern flanks

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demand result and solidarity of the Allies more than ever

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discussions we have advanced our understanding of the challenges and

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opportunities

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lying ahead thank you very much

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there are any questions from the press corps if you could please state your

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name and your media affiliation Ryan asking your question

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the gentleman and great figure out turkeys support from NATO to create a

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hundred and nine kilometres see-saw its border with Syria is that a concerted

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plan for need to to help turkey driving a day of the year

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emphasizing his support

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fighting against their terrorist activities and the border security again

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within this

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conferences as a conference as you hold the american mediator in the discussions

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and more than that you lived in the bilateral discussions and they've got a

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similar similar

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intentions as you know your dividend this year the within the efforts there

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is no ordinary are planning on the whole plan against you in the equities

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activities do we have another question gentlemen over there is police

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and distinct things really section plane was initiated in Wales due to a Russian

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dancer in Ukraine and it was created as a reaction that you need for assurances

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for Eastern European countries members of nato threatened him I and

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unpredictable behavior is close to their borders so this plan consists of two

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major sites of measures once it is assurance measures aimed at ensuring

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global population that they do is ready and willing to assist if necessary the

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other part of our nation measures which have in mind

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long-term adaptation of nato to new security environment in terms of russian

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military deployment to Syria nato is of course very carefully the development

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and the point nato as an institution is not involved in anti I saw there is no

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measure taken by nato

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this new development I think we will have to wait which will be a concrete

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intention of russia in the region lady in the front row

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information to use chemical weapons do you have any information reports

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indications of use of chemical weapons provided through a different sources

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including open sources of media and organizations presented organizations

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present in Syria these are not concerned at this point we cannot take any measure

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of course as with the case of other events in the region we are monitoring

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the situation we have the centre of excellence for chemical heir ideological

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and biological weapons they are assessing the possible impacts of such a

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user once confirmed so that nato is ready and can offer adequate solutions

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gentleman in the back behind the camera

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the course of action and defense capabilities are they going to be again

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deployed it as you wish is being translated so whatever language you the

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very beginning Nov are fighting against the advertiser to terrorist

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organizations because they are what they are doing

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similarly do the same against your day so far we did it the security issues but

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additionally until recently we participate in their coalition forces

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and the open space and a basis as well

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acting by operating activities coalition against them and the other from the very

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beginning of the country without making any changes with India fundamental India

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palace of Turkey you continue to fight against every cause of the terrorist

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organizations

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yes

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countries might get contribution support to show the audience solidarity between

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the turkey and NATO and then the civilian identity as some changes in the

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upcoming months but arrived after that also keeping the contact with our in

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daylight countries so the year depending on the negotiations or contacts and they

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will support us in any way a defense missile defense we will take another

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question do you have any plan of the land of variation in northern Iraq guest

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ticket again fighting against the secretary constantin nations and then

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the VRU taken the necessary precautions depending on the conditions

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the letter in the situation for the safe and secure environment for our country

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the Carey Hart initial reactions we will take a last question an additional

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question to be expecting to a key to open up more bases in the future as well

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at the moment I would like to thank the media for the person the generalists

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will not depart and I'm going to stay behind should you have any additional

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questions or need for clarification thank you very much again for coming to

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this press conference

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