tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post7310513907970687124..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Robert Parry — Spoiling for a Wider War in Syriamike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-24183959819804699892017-06-21T10:20:55.388-04:002017-06-21T10:20:55.388-04:00Tshering Tobgay of Bhutan a top guy. Buddhists sho...<i>Tshering Tobgay of Bhutan a top guy. Buddhists should rule the world.</i><br /><br />The ironic thing is that so-called Christians do run the world, but they don't understand or practice the teaching of the master.<br /><br />So-called Buddhist do rule other countries and they are not all good rulers that follow the teaching the master either.<br /><br />It's the level of universality of consciousness. Love is the great unifier.<br /><br />In Christianity Satan is the tempter and in Buddhism it is Mara. Both signify the limited ego and its selfish, narrow desires.<br /><br />The Mt 4:5-8, Satan tempts Jesus with worldly power and riches if Jesus will worship him, and Jesus says, "Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve."<br /><br />Who are the so-called Christian leaders listening to, their master or their egos?<br /><br />There is a similar stories about the demon <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara_(demon)" rel="nofollow">Mara</a> tempting Buddha with seductive women.<br /><br />In the West, Buddhists are often idealized as all being virtuous, but where Buddhism is strong, there are many types of Buddhists just as in other traditions. Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-90294168101353590452017-06-21T01:27:04.300-04:002017-06-21T01:27:04.300-04:00Tshering Tobgay of Bhutan a top guy. Buddhists sho...Tshering Tobgay of Bhutan a top guy. Buddhists should rule the world. Kaiveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04195639305785321786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-25442008934859474282017-06-21T01:22:43.146-04:002017-06-21T01:22:43.146-04:00The diamond wars in Africa. It's all horrendou...The diamond wars in Africa. It's all horrendous.Kaiveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04195639305785321786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-7661629174215401322017-06-21T01:20:41.326-04:002017-06-21T01:20:41.326-04:00Crikey! And some of those Popes did murder a lot o...Crikey! And some of those Popes did murder a lot of people. Kaiveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04195639305785321786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-17882474437965560592017-06-20T19:06:56.043-04:002017-06-20T19:06:56.043-04:00Belize would be my choice.Belize would be my choice.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-89180257817837413972017-06-20T19:03:28.814-04:002017-06-20T19:03:28.814-04:00NZ is a US vassal and a member of Five Eyes, the i...NZ is a US vassal and a member of Five Eyes, the intel services of the US, UK, Canada, Australia a dm NZ that run the world under the direction of the US. All key players in the thuggery. <br /><br />Belize and Bhutan are tiny and just blips on the screen so power projection is not a big issue there. <br /><br />Costa Rica voted some time ago to forego a military in favor education.<br /><br />Belize, Bhutan, and Costa Rica are somewhat enlightened countries, and provide exceptions to the rule.<br /><br />Moreover, they are not cursed with resources that others covet, so they can live and let live.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-24903836061339730962017-06-20T18:55:08.525-04:002017-06-20T18:55:08.525-04:00Iceland is an exception to the rule. Bhutan, Costa...Iceland is an exception to the rule. Bhutan, Costa Rica, Belize, New Zealand may be candidates for the soft touch awards.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-43699906769624612762017-06-20T16:30:07.131-04:002017-06-20T16:30:07.131-04:00You don't stay in power in the ME by being a &...<i> You don't stay in power in the ME by being a 'soft touch'.<br /></i><br /><br />You don't stay in power anywhere, even at the Vatican, by being a soft touch.<br /><br />They are all thugs of one sort or another. It goes with the territory.Tom Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08454222098667643650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-11262036575630778112017-06-20T14:37:42.150-04:002017-06-20T14:37:42.150-04:00I might consider myself gullible as Assad seems ok...I might consider myself gullible as Assad seems okay do me. I think he would have made a good understanding British doctor. And Paul Craig said the same thing about Assad in an interview he gave some while back. Assad's regime is tough, which he inherited. Like you say, you don't stay in power long in the ME if your nice. Kaiveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04195639305785321786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-73096550520347188702017-06-20T13:58:54.837-04:002017-06-20T13:58:54.837-04:00Trump said there would be lots of "winning&qu...Trump said there would be lots of "winning", this must be it.<br /><br />Assad ain't no sweetie, nor was his dad. You don't stay in power in the ME by being a 'soft touch'.Peter Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473311771939167712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-45912409970515403982017-06-20T13:55:57.981-04:002017-06-20T13:55:57.981-04:00It's totally depressing. People stay calm beca...It's totally depressing. People stay calm because they think the good guys are in charge, but we here know the 'good guys' are the bad guys which means no hope. Apart from George Galloway and Ron Paul no politician is speaking up. No wonder the public are asleep. <br /><br /><br />The Western public think that Assad is a brutal dictator and there is a civil war going on in Syria. Little do they know that the rebels are various jihad militia armies backed by the US through its proxies. On Veterans Today they had US manuals that were used to train the Mujahedeen. The US had been backing these terrorists ever since. <br /><br />Why are some politicians speaking. Maybe because no one is going to believe a conspiracy this big. Surely many of these politicians know what's going on. And there is hardly anyone in MDM informing people too, apart from Robert Fisk. I tried to get Robert Fisk's email address but I couldn't find it. Kaiveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04195639305785321786noreply@blogger.com