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Abdoulah, Abdullah, Afghanistan, foreign news coverage, Hamid Karzai, human rights, Pakistan, Pakistan military intelligence (ISI), Taliban, television August 30, 2021

The situation in Afghanistan today, August 30, 2021

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1) Jacques Follorou, “En Afghanistan, les talibans seuls aux commandes; Après le départ des Américains, mardi 31 août, les fondamentalistes islamistes, dont les principaux dirigeants se sont réunis à Kandahar, vont devoir gérer une économie à l’arrêt,” Le Monde, le 30 août 2021 (à 10h05, mis à jour à 15h33).

Taliban leaders are gathered in Kandahar for a meeting to define the contours of the new government, and in doing so to sort out ideological and personnel issues related to internal divisions.

Jacques Follorou describes the three main factions within the Taliban .

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authoritarian regimes, Belarus, coronavirus, demonstrations, Deutschland, Donald Trump, elections, Fascism, Germany, History, Nazism, Neo-Nazis, propaganda, Rule of Law, Russia, sanctions, television, Trump and Putin, U.S. Constitution, Vladimir Putin August 29, 2020

Biden’s Challenge: How do you campaign against a lying, neofascist cult leader?

    On lies and Truth, see 1) Margaret Sullivan, “Fact-checking Trump’s lies is essential; It’s also increasingly fruitless,” Washington Post, August 29, 2020 (7:00…

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Donald Trump, elections, History, House Democrats, Impeachment, propaganda, Rule of Law, Russia, Soviet Union, television, U.S. Congress, U.S. Constitution, Ukraine January 25, 2020

House Democrats can resume impeachment inquiry into obstruction of justice

Trump is a man of cunning media intelligence, the fruit of a lifetime of obsession and immersion. That he knows little else is disappointing, but after the 2016 campaign should not come as a surprise.

He is at the same time a master of the greatest Nazi, Soviet, and Russian propaganda techniques, and a highly skillful and engaging TV performer.

He is indeed a world historical figure, with incredible power to shape national values, the ability of Americans to appreciate the truth, and their capacity to adopt policies based on science and ascertainable facts. With his successful defiance of the Constitution and Congressional oversight, he has acquired unprecedented power, in the U.S. at least, to affect the course of both domestic and world events.

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Afghanistan, CIA, Culture and Communication, electronic curtain, foreign news coverage, freedom of speech, History, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Iraq, NSA, public diplomacy, religious belief, State Department, syria, Taliban, targeted killings, television, Torture, U.N. Charter, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, U.S. news coverage, United States, use of force June 12, 2015

The missing elements in the war against ISIS — Taking down their websites and engaging in robust public diplomacy

UPDATE June 23, 2015 Europe is setting up a special police unit to monitor jihadist sites and content, andd to remove it. See Richard Spencer,…

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coverage of foreign events, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Culture and Communication, Dictatorship, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, elections, foreign correspondents, foreign news coverage, freedom of speech, human rights, Russia, Spain, television, U.S. news coverage, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin March 14, 2015

Russian propaganda and Western reporters who can’t think: Putin’s great rise in popularity, as revealed by polls

They say that robots or software robots can prepare news to be distributed much like a newspaper does. Evidence is mounting that robots or robot-like…

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Crimea, Deutschland, electronic curtain, freedom of speech, Germany, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Russia, sanctions, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, television, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, use of force May 14, 2014

OSCE report details serious human rights violations against pro-Kiev Ukrainians in the Crimea and the eastern Ukraine

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has published a report based on the work and findings of its Observer Missions in the Ukraine…

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Barack Obama, Crimea, Dictatorship, electronic curtain, Google, Intelligence, International Law, public diplomacy, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, television, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, Ukraine, United States, use of force April 27, 2014

Russia’s propaganda and empty justifications for aggression in the Ukraine; the urgent need for the West to broadcast accurate news into eastern Ukraine

See Nik Afanasjew, “RUSSISCHE PROPAGANDA: Senden, um zu siegen; Im Krieg der Worte ist die Ukraine zum Schlachtfeld geworden; Die russische Propaganda ist Putins schärfste…