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Former Green Beret Joe Kent: Joe Biden Hasn’t Found Country He Doesn’t ‘Want to Give Trillions to or Invade’

March 5, 2021 by www.breitbart.com Leave a Comment

Former Green Beret and Gold Star husband Joe Kent told Breitbart News there is a sharp divide between America First principles and the actions of the Joe Biden administration.

Kent is challenging incumbent U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) in a primary after Beutler joined 9 other Republicans and the Democrats in impeaching former President Donald Trump in January.

Kent said after nearly two decades of “almost continuous combat” and the loss of his wife, Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, to a suicide bomber while she was deployed in 2019 to Syria fighting ISIS, President Trump appealed to him because Trump contrasted the “rhetoric of both parties on why we needed to stay deeply involved in the Middle East and in these wars that never seem to benefit us.”

He argued the U.S. was involved in wars because “our elected leaders had too much hubris to say that they had gotten it wrong and they continued to double and triple down” on failure.

“President Trump’s foreign policy ties directly into his domestic policy getting us to a point where we are energy independent here makes it so that we don’t need to be involved in these endless wars in the Middle East,” Kent said.

“Everything that President Trump did was putting the American people first,” he said.

He told Breitbart News that President Joe Biden’s strategy is “completely different” from Trump’s strategy.

“President Trump was using the full scope of American power, so President Trump was using military strikes only when necessary,” Kent said, citing the drone attack against Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.

“He didn’t escalated any further and he took efforts to get us out of Iraq while using diplomacy against the Iraqi government,” he argued.

Kent also complimented Trump’s strategy of pulling countries together with Israel in the Abraham Accords to isolate Iran.

“Joe Biden and the neocons, the neoliberals, they have a much different vision. They believe that we can use consistent military force as a means of diplomacy and that we need to be deeply invested in the stability and the affairs of the Middle East,” he said.

“Joe Biden and his ilk in the neocons, the neoliberals, they haven’t found a country yet they don’t want to give trillions of dollars to or invade,” Kent said.

Kent said voters in Washington’s Third Congressional District are “furious” over Beutler’s vote to impeach Trump.

“This district benefited greatly from President Trump’s America First policies and overwhelmingly supported President Trump in 2016 and again in 2020,” he said.

Kyle Olson is a reporter for Breitbart News. He is also host of “The Kyle Olson Show,” syndicated on Michigan radio stations on Saturdays–download full podcast episodes . Follow him on Parler .

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Rahul Gandhi slams govt, says nails laid for those whose sons risk their lives at country’s borders

March 6, 2021 by www.thehindu.com Leave a Comment

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on March 6 attacked the Centre over the farmers’ protest and said nails were laid at Delhi’s borders for those whose sons risk their lives at the country’s borders.

Also read: Farmers in Haryana block highway in protest against farm laws

Mr. Gandhi’s attack came after the farmers’ agitation entered its 100th day, with protesting union leaders asserting that their movement is far from over and they are “going strong”.

In a tweet in Hindi, Mr. Gandhi said, “Whose sons risk their lives on the country’s borders, for them nails have been laid at the borders of Delhi. Annadaatas demand their rights, government commits atrocities.” The Congress leader has been supporting the farmers’ protest against the three Central farm laws and has attacked the government over the legislations on several occasions.

Farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at several Delhi border points, including Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur, since November 28, demanding a complete repeal of the three farm laws and a legal guarantee on the minimum support price (MSP) for their crops.

Also read: Farmers’ protests | Samyukt Kisan Morcha leader hints at nuanced stand on demands

The government has denied allegations that it was trying to put an end to the MSP and the mandi system. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also assured farmers that the MSP would continue.

Farmer leaders have already made it clear that they would not settle for anything less than the repeal of the new farm laws.

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Biden’s Would-be CIA Chief Burns Tells Lawmakers ‘Buckle Up for Long Haul’ on China, Russia, Iran

February 24, 2021 by sputniknews.com Leave a Comment

Burns, who has been nominated to run the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by US President Joe Biden, told lawmakers at an open session of his confirmation hearings on Wednesday that Washington requires comprehensive strategies to enforce its will on China, Russia and Iran.

Burns told the Senate Intelligence Committee that China is at the top of his list of concerns because of its “aggressive undisguised ambition and assertiveness” over the last seven years, but he warned that a “declining power” like Russia could still be dangerous, too.

Fighting China’s ‘Wolf Warrior Diplomacy’

“The challenge, therefore, is: how do you build a long-term – and I would emphasize the term ‘long term’ because we have to buckle up for the long haul with China. This is not like the competition with the Soviet Union in the Cold War, which was primarily in security and ideological terms. This is an adversary that is extraordinarily ambitious in technology, in capable and economic terms as well, and so it’s buckling up for the long term and developing a very clear-eyed bipartisan strategy,” Burns told lawmakers, saying China’s so-called “Wolf Warrior diplomacy” was isolating it from regional partners.

Indeed, Burns’ approach, and that outlined by the Biden administration thus far, does not significantly deviate from that laid out by his predecessor, Donald Trump. In November 2020, Trump’s State Department published a document advocating an approach to China akin to that pushed by US diplomat George F. Kennan in the late 1940s vis-a-vis the Soviet Union. The document urged that the US adopt a long-term approach to China that focused on isolating China from productive relationships with other nations abroad, and inculcating an anti-China sentiment among academics and civil servants at home as well as in the education system.

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) told Burns, a former undersecretary of state under US President Barack Obama, that he expected Chinese President Xi Jinping to “lie” about the country’s plans and accomplishments in combating climate change, and asked how he thought that would influence the efforts of climate czar John Kerry to organize international summits on fighting climate change.

“A lot of us are worried about the climate lies that are going to come from China as a way around this,” Sasse said. Burns replied that Chinese climate actions are in the self-interest of China, not a gift to the United States.

Forthcoming Report on ‘Consequences’ for Russia

Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) also asked Burns about his approach to Russia, which she characterized as a “profound challenge” and cited unproven allegations that Russia influenced the US 2020 election, that the Kremlin was behind the poisoning of opposition politician Alexei Navalny , and that Russia was behind the Solarwinds hacking attack .

“It’s a huge mistake not to underestimate the challenge and the threat that Vladimir Putin’s Russia can pose to the United States,” he said. “There’s no substitute for firmness and consistency in dealing with Putin’s Russia and working as closely as we can with allies and partners who share those same concerns.”

Burns added that the Biden administration would soon issue an “assessment” of those issues that will “not only provide not only the best intelligence that we’re capable of on exactly what happened in those instances, but also a sense of the consequences for them as well.”

“The reality is that, I think, in terms of American policy of US-Russian relations, that as long as Vladimir Putin is the leader of Russia, we’re going to be operating in a pretty narrow band of possibilities from the very sharply competitive to the very nastily adversarial,” he told Gillibrand.

‘Strategy that Pushes Back’ on Iran

Gillibrand also asked Burns about his and the Biden administration’s approach to Iran. Burns said that the key is a comprehensive “strategy that pushes back against threatening Iranian actions,” including its nuclear program, but also its ballistic missile program, as well as allegedly “subverting other governments” in the region or committing human rights abuses.

“I think in all those areas, we have to be mindful of the fact that even if Iran returns to full compliance with the comprehensive nuclear agreement and the United States does as well – as President Biden says he is prepared to do – that then needs to be a platform – Secretary Blinken has emphasized this – a platform for building longer and stronger nuclear constraints and also for dealing with those other areas of threatening Iranian actions that I mentioned before,” Burns said.

Trump pulled the US out of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018, claiming without proof that Iran was violating the deal and reimposing sanctions against its economy. In turn, Iran began reducing its commitments to the deal, which includes strict limits on its quality and quantity of refined uranium. Iran has indicated its willingness to immediately return to the confines of the deal if Washington does, but the US and allies such as France have pushed for renegotiating and expanding the JCPOA, two things Tehran has rejected out of hand.

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Carbon goals reaffirm nation’s green commitment

March 6, 2021 by www.chinadaily.com.cn Leave a Comment

The energy efficiency and carbon intensity targets set by China reaffirm the country’s strong green commitment and indicate the affirmative steps taken to achieve carbon neutrality within the stipulated time, experts said.

China plans to reduce energy consumption per unit of GDP by 13.5 percent and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 18 percent during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday in the Government Work Report submitted at the fourth session of the 13th National People’s Congress.

“We will ensure that China meets the targets for its intended nationally determined contributions (post-2020 climate actions) in response to climate change by 2030. We will expedite the transition of China’s growth model to one of green development, and promote both high-quality economic growth and high-standard environmental protection,” the premier said.

The country will draw up an action plan for peaking carbon emissions by 2030. “As a member of the global village, China will continue to take concrete steps to play its part in the global response to climate change,” he said.

Despite development risks and challenges, the country expects to see a drop of around 3 percent in energy consumption per unit of GDP this year, as well as a continued reduction in the discharge of major pollutants, he said.

China had earlier said it would reduce energy consumption per unit of GDP and carbon intensity by 15 percent and 18 percent, respectively, from 2015 to 2020.

Yao Tandong, a national political adviser and noted glaciologist, said the energy efficiency and carbon intensity targets for the 14th Five-Year Plan period are “reasonable”.

“The targets can not only help China realize its target of peaking carbon dioxide emissions but have also taken into account the country’s development,” said Yao, who is also an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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One dead in rocket attack on Iraq base hosting U.S. troops

March 3, 2021 by www.thehindu.com Leave a Comment

At least 10 rockets slammed into a military base in western Iraq hosting U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, security sources said, leaving one civilian contractor dead.

The attack on the sprawling Ain al-Assad base in Iraq’s western desert comes after several weeks of escalating U.S.-Iran tensions on Iraqi soil.

It also comes just two days before the first-ever papal visit to the country by Pope Francis, who said he would still make the visit so as not to “disappoint” the Iraqi people.

Ain al-Assad hosts both Iraqi forces and U.S.-led coalition troops helping fight the Islamic State group, as well as the unmanned drones the coalition uses to surveil jihadist sleeper cells.

Coalition spokesman Colonel Wayne Marotto confirmed that 10 rockets hit the base at 7:20 a.m. (9.50 a.m, IST) while Iraqi security forces said they had found the platform from which 10 “Grad-type rockets” hit the Ain al-Assad base.

Western security sources told AFP the rockets were Iranian-made Arash models, which are 122 mm artillery rockets and heavier than those seen in similar attacks.

“One civilian contractor died of a heart attack during the attack,” a high-level security source told AFP , adding that he could not confirm the contractor’s nationality.

The death marks the third fatality in rocket attacks in recent weeks, after rockets targeting U.S.-led troops in the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil left two people dead.

Days later, more rockets hit a U.S. military contracting company working north of the capital and the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, but only injuries were reported.

Boiling tensions

In response, the U.S. carried out an air strike on February 26 against Kataeb Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary force stationed along the Iraqi-Syrian border.

Washington says it struck on the Syrian side of the border but Kataeb claims one of its fighters who was killed in the bombardment was protecting “Iraqi territory”.

Analysts have pointed to both domestic and international reasons for the sudden rise in tensions.

Hardline Iraqi groups have an interest in ramping up the pressure on Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi following his pledges to rein in rogue militias.

They may also carry a message from Tehran to Washington, which under U.S. President Joe Biden is offering to revive the Iran nuclear deal abandoned by his predecessor Donald Trump in 2018.

Iran is demanding the U.S. lift sanctions immediately, while the U.S. wants Iran to move first by returning to previous nuclear commitments.

Tensions between the two rivals peaked in January 2020, following a U.S. drone strike on Baghdad airport that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and top Iraqi paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

In response, Iran launched ballistic missiles on Ain al-Assad and Arbil, wounding dozens.

Iraq ‘waiting for us’

Over the next 10 months, dozens of rockets and roadside bombs targeted Western security, military and diplomatic sites across Iraq — some of them deadly.

Iraqi and Western officials have blamed hardline pro-Iran factions, some of which have established “front groups” to avoid being directly accused of violence.

Last year’s attacks came to a near-complete halt in October following a truce with the hardliners, but they have resumed at a quickening pace over the past three weeks.

Despite the recent escalation, Pope Francis is determined to go ahead on Friday with the first-ever papal visit to the country.

“The day after tomorrow, God willing, I will go to Iraq for a three-day pilgrimage. For a long time I have wanted to meet these people who have suffered so much,” the 84-year-old Francis said in his Wednesday address.

He added: “The Iraqi people are waiting for us, they were waiting for Saint John Paul II, who was forbidden to go. One cannot disappoint a people for the second time. Let us pray that this journey will be successful.”

While he is not scheduled to visit western Iraq, Francis will spend time in Baghdad and Arbil, both hit by rocket attacks last month.

Iraq is simultaneously gripped by a second wave of the coronavirus, which is seeing more than 4,500 new cases a day in the country of 40 million.

To stem the spread and control the crowds during the Pope’s visit, Iraq is set to extend its weekend lockdowns to include the entirety of the papal visit from March 5-8.

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