one afternoon, watso was flicking through the tv channels ......

watso cannot recall if it was this show ..

Is Australia 'sleepwalking' to war with China?
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/is-australia-sleepwalking-to-war-with-china-/14100456
or
paul keating's address to the national press club ..

anyway comment was made that powers have Spheres of influence .. and if india started to get a bit uppity by wanting a sphere of influence in their part of the world .. then america would have another enemy

one afternoon, watso was flicking through the tv channels ... and maybe half watched the last part of a 4 corners repeat ..

as watso recalls, but according to the show - st poots/russia were not serious about the minsk agreements .. but that was before angela merkel and the french prez , at the time.. eventually admitted that the minsk agreements were not taken seriously - and were only for the ukrainians to buy time
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anyway, we all know the mantra... but a country should be free to determine its own destiny .. blah blah blah blah .. and blah blah blah blah ..

anyway, here is a vid of the american ambassador warning the indians

and relevant news links here

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/un-ambassador-eric-garcetti-speaks-on-india-us-relationship-pm-modi-visit-to-russia-2565609-2024-07-12



oh and for what it is worth, but washington is not happy with an india/iran port deal.. threatens sanctions mmm mmm the american way .. SANCTIONS SANCTIONS SANCTIONS ..

Chabahar Port: US says sanctions possible after India-Iran port deal

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-68988190

lol lol a country is free to determine its own destiny .. so long as it is agreeable with the american rules based order ..

america is a scum bully boy country - and the sooner it is told to copulate and travel to a far distant place.. the better the world will be ..

and australia being a meek vassal american state - is nothing to be proud about