A new world is born with Trump’s foreign policy and the UK is left behind

Written on November 11th, 2016 in comment, politics Comments Off

Published on The Independent.co.uk, by Kim Sengupta, Nov 9, 2016.

On some areas of geopolitics the UK is now out of step with the new White House, particularly when it comes to Russia’s role in Syria.

It has been a paradox of the US election that Donald Trump, the right-wing populist, was seen as a dove on foreign and defence policy while Hillary Clinton, the liberal sophisticate, was regarded as a hawk … (no, it’s not a paradox, this chaos is wanted, so people may be better misleaded … and the UK goes it’s own way with Brexit, but mainstream media and the establishment are unable to recognize it … because it’s the people who decide (called populism) and not the elites – Heidi).

There has been alarm at Mr Trump’s seeming incomprehension about nuclear deterrence and threat to carpet bomb “terrorists”, but the Republican candidate had also proposed to defuse international tension over Syria and Ukraine by holding talks and pledged that there will not be any more military missions like Iraq and Afghanistan. “We are” he declared “getting out of the business of nation building.

Ms Clinton backed the Iraq invasion and has advocated military action in Syria ranging from arming the rebels against the Assad regime to setting up a “no-fly zone”. President Barack Obama had dismissed both plans and General Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned “for us to control all of the air space in Syria would require us to go to war against Syria and Russia … //

… So far, the most immediate international effect from the extraordinary triumph of Donald Trump is being felt by one of America’s closest neighbours.

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Links:

The limitations of randomised controlled trials *, on VOCeu.org, by Angus Deaton and Nancy Cartwright, Nov 9, 2016;
* used here in economic researches, as mentionned in the german wikipedia only (see below);

  • on en.wikipedia: Randomized controlled trial RCT is a type of scientific (often medical) experiment which aims to reduce bias when testing a new treatment. The people participating in the trial are randomly allocated to either the group receiving the treatment under investigation or to a group receiving standard treatment (or placebo treatment) as the control …;
  • auf de.wikipedia: die randomisierte kontrollierte Studie, RCT englisch: randomized controlled trial, ist in der medizinischen Forschung das nachgewiesen beste Studiendesign, um bei einer eindeutigen Fragestellung eine eindeutige Aussage zu erhalten und die Kausalität zu belegen … Daneben werden RCTs unter anderem auch in der psychologischen und ökonomischen Forschung eingesetzt …;
  • dans fr.wikipedia: un essai randomisé contrôlé ERC (randomized controlled trial (RCT) en anglais) est un type d’étude scientifique utilisé en médecine et plus récemment en sciences sociales (économie). C’est le gold standard, ou pour le dire en français, le mètre étalon, en ce qui concerne les essais cliniques …;

How Trump won the White House, key moments of #Election2016, on RT, Nov 9, 2016: The race is over. Donald Trump is president-elect, defeating HIllary Clinton and putting a Republican back in the White House. The 2016 election campaign wasn’t pretty, but it was entertaining …;

U.S. Election’s November Chaos, What You’re Not Being Told, 13.05 min, uploaded by GlobalResearchTV, Nov 4, 2016;

Anonymous US Elections, You Are Being Distracted, 15.50 min, uploaded by History Repeats Itself, Oct 29, 2016;

Die großen Mythen: 1, Zeus und die Macht Doku, 26.15 min, von Daniel’s Legend, 2. Okt 2016 … auf arte … mit 11 anderen vidos;

… and this:

… und noch dies:

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