Five questions, five answers

25 February 2022
UN Security Council

UN Security Council, New York / Neptuul, Wikimedia Commons 

This from a chat group today: Five questions I have been asking myself that I cannot seem to find addressed by the Media and its plethora of Investigative Journalists:

1)  Has Russia forfeited its place on the UN Security Council, and Putin as its current President?

2)  What are the calculations of Beijing?

3)  What is the end limit of Putin's strategic ambition?

4)  What will be the human impact of economic sanctions (food, fuel) and are the moral implications more important than political rhetoric?

5)  Isn't Joe Biden about to sign a new nuclear deal with Iran that was brokered by… Russia?

Bonus question: 24 hours into this invasion, what does Amnesty International's lead Human RIghts concern still seem to be?

My answers:

1. The  five permanent members of the Security Council  are US, UK, France, China, Russia. Each has a veto. So, no. 

2.  Leaked communications  show they are Team Putin.

3. Unification of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus is what he has hinted at.  He believes they are the same people  historically.

4.  See my detailed piece  linked earlier.

5. Iran is holding back because  they want more than last time .

Bonus answer: Amnesty is  part funded by Soros . I don’t know Soros’s game plan yet.

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