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The United Nations is urging nations to pay attention  to the unfolding economic crisis of Afghanistan, which could hurt the majority of Afghanis under Taliban rule.  The world organization is pushing for the country controlled by radical mountain Islamists that are openly engaged in activities commonly characterized by multiple nation-states, and even by the UN, as being terroristic in nature.

America could find it in the unenviable position of funding the same people that were just recently attempting to kill its own soldiers.  The reputation of the American state on the world stage, which has already taken several hits recently, most notably in this same Afghanistan, could continue to diminish, leading many of our current ‘allies’ to consider maybe joining factions with stronger, more reliable allies like, perhaps, Russia, or China.

Whether these nation-states prove to be any more reliable than the US or not is not as important as the immediate perception that, compared to America’s last 10 years or so, almost anyone looks better as a source for protection from local threats than the US does right now.  I predict the nation-states further outside of the central orbit of America, Australia, and the UK, might very well, at minimum, invite more presence by both Russia and China in a bid to hedge their bets should the US fail them like they did their allies in Afghanistan.

U.N. warns Afghanistan needs money to prevent total breakdown

From www.reuters.com
2021-09-09 21:48:00

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Deborah Lyons, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Afghanistan makes a statement during the 2020 Afghanistan Conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 9 (Reuters) – The United Nations warned on Thursday that the freezing of billions of dollars in Afghan assets to keep them out of Taliban hands would inevitably spark “a severe economic downturn” and could push millions more Afghans into poverty and hunger.

U.N. special envoy on Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, said a way needed to be found to get money quickly flowing to the country “to prevent a total breakdown of the economy and social order” and with safeguards to ensure it is not misused by the Taliban.

Lyons told the U.N. Security Council that Afghanistan could be set “back for generations.”

“The economy must be allowed to breathe for a few more months, giving the Taliban a chance to demonstrate flexibility and a genuine…

 

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Apparently, President Joe Biden had a long talk with Chairman Xi in a call that his team itself would characterize as being about setting the parameters for the new relationship between the US and China Post-Trump and assuring that there were no untintended conflicts because China misinterpreted an action from the US.

This is a call of weakness and begging and, for China, was propaganda gold that was used richly in its media, characterizing the call as a demonstration of the strength of Xi and China contrasted with the weakness of Biden.  In his fist talk to Xi in 7 months, he came to him with shield down and sword offered, begging China not to do anything harmful to the US because they might misinterpret American action.

What really happened on this call, well, perhaps we will never know, but by the White House’s own stated goal and ‘accomplishment’ of the call, you cannot help but interpret this as a significant PR win for Xi and a nothingburger for Biden here at home, as this call will get little coverage that reaches rank and file Americans.

From an analyst’s perspective, the signalling from the White House’s own version of this call is that they are prepared to negotiate new terms and they are going in already giving China the starting advantage, most likely, I would surmise, because the DNC corpostate alliance requires they at least TRY to loosen up China’s markets to give our American companies their long-anticipated goal of tapping in to a giant Chinese market.

This weakness on the US is a reflection of the party in power’s dependence on billionaires to enforce and fund their new moral supremacist program for America, one that promises to finally fell the roadblock to central control in America, the Bill of Rights as an assumption of enititled rights by Americans who are willing to use those constructs to justifty opting out of your programs altogether, by any means necessary.

This weakness is only contigent on these companies not finding a viable alternative to China’s market prize, which might very well turn out to be India, a nation-state far more aligned with American individual rights as a concept than China ever could be so long as they follow Socialism with Chinese characteristics.  After all, one of the founding principles of our nation, unity and diversity, is also one of the central tenets of India’s civilization since long before the time of Christ.

Biden, Xi discuss avoiding US-China ‘conflict’ in first call in seven months

From www.france24.com
2021-09-10 03:34:07
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US President Joe Biden talked with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time in seven months Thursday, urging they ensure that “competition” between the two powers does not become “conflict,” the White House said.

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