Tag Archives: Iran

Contradicting Intelligence

Posted on December 23, 2025 by borderslynn

Michael D Sellers, Substack noted As Reuters put it, intelligence agencies continue to warn that Putin “has not abandoned his aims of capturing all of Ukraine and reclaiming parts of Europe that belonged to the former Soviet empire.” That stands in stark contrast to … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Arctic, Atlantic, Denmark, fossil fuels, fuelling war, Greenland, international security, Iran, NATO alliance, oil, Reuters, Russia, shadow fleet, spy crews, Tulsi Gabbard, US intelligence, venezuela, wealth | Leave a comment

Shadow Fleet Expansion: sanction busting

Posted on December 21, 2025 by borderslynn

Putin and Venezuela’s Maduro sign strategic partnership agreement in Moscow By Reuters May 7, 2025 5:50 PM GMT+1Updated May 7, 2025 https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/putin-maduro-sign-strategic-partnership-agreement-2025-05-07/ Global energy markets are deeply interconnected, and oil remains the lifeblood of modern economies. However, when geopolitical tensions lead … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged alliances, america, Bank of England, Black Sea, Caribbean, ecosystem harm, ineffective sanctions, Iran, Latin America, London, more harm than good, oil resources, OPEC, pollution, Russia, sanctions, venezuela, Venezuelan assets | Leave a comment

Iraq and Seduction by Delusions

Posted on July 5, 2025 by borderslynn

I was watching an old, rare archive piece of film, introduced by Christopher Hitchens, which appeared to show Saddam Hussein asserting his control over the Ba’ath Party, sorting loyalists from covert opposition at a conference. Hitchens was referring to a … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged americanisation, British rule in Iraq, conflict, corruption, culture, intervention, Iran, Iraq, Iraqi Jews, mandates, middle east, muslim, nationalism, oil, regime change, Saddam Hussein, shia, sunni, war, wealth | Leave a comment

Iran’s dream of democracy once oil was discovered

Posted on June 27, 2025 by borderslynn

This was the ceremonial and spiritual capital of a vast empire, built by Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes, titans whose names still echo through history. Giant statues of winged bulls guard the Gate of All Nations, through which princes from vassal … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC), Democrats, diplomacy v use of force, dominance, early oil exploration, geopolitics, greed, Iran, Iraq, middle east, October Surprise, oil rich, Persia, politics, power, Republicans, USA, wealth | Leave a comment

The Human Meteorite

Posted on November 18, 2023 by borderslynn

Back in 2010, this article about Sudan explained the different viewpoints of nomadic herders and Arab farmers, their belief systems about land use brought them into conflict. Of the five mass extinctions we described in Chapter 2, probably the most … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africans, Anthropocene theory, arabs, climate change, conflict, Darfur, diamonds, drought, egypt, elites, farmers, fertile land, fresh water, genocide, human harm, human sabotage, impact of human activity, Iran, mining, nomads, proxy wars, Russia, UAE, ukraine, Wagner, war crimes | Leave a comment