German Chancellor Olaf Scholz steps up to the plate on Russia's invasion of Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the Democratic Socialist Party addressed an extraordinary session of Parliament on Sunday and made it very clear that Germany supports Ukraine in its fight against Russia after it invaded Ukraine's borders and has escalated a war against that nation. 

First of all, he made it clear that he and Germany support Ukraine. He said that this war is "Putin's war," not the Russian people. 

Next, he discussed sanctions and cutting the ability of some Russian banks to deal with SWIFT, as well as imposing sanctions directly on Russian President Putin and those close to him. It's all on the table, but one can imagine that it will not have much of a positive effect.

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More importantly, Scholz is going to increase funding for the military by 100 billion Euros. "We must invest more to defend liberty," he said. This translates to more than a 2% increase in GDP for military spending regarding such things as "technical resilience in cyber security." He also calls for an increase in production of fighter jets and wants the EU, especially France, as a partner in this.

Also, he called for energy independence from Russia. He said that Germany will not refuse to speak with Russia, but they will not be naive and said Germany's greatest strength is their alliances.

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Another London terror attack

Terror attacks are "part and parcel of living in a big city." said Sadiq Khan. And with a name like that, and being mayor of London, he should know.

A man in a car went on a ramming jihad on Tuesday outside Parliament, British authorities say. The driver, a man in his 20s was arrested for suspicion of terror offenses, but we don't want to jump the gun and be called 'Islamophobic' because that would be racist, in spite of the fact that Islam isn't a race.

The British counter-terrorism command is leading the investigation. Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said that two infidels were hospitalized and one was released. A woman was also being treated for serious, but non-life threatening injuries.

Basu said the man was driving a silver Ford Fiesta and collided with cyclists and pedestrians before crashing into the barriers during the morning commute. He is now in custody but was not cooperating with police and was not immediately identified.

Prime Minister Theresa May and Khan thanked emergency responders for being on the scene so quickly.

"My thoughts are with those injured in the incident in Westminster and my thanks to the emergency services for their immediate and courageous response," May tweeted without explaining how a thought can be someplace other than in someone's head.

Khan got into the act: "I'm in close contact with @MetPoliceUK Commissioner about the incident at Parliament Square this morning. Thank you to the first responders who were on the scene so quickly. Enquiries are continuing."

President Trump, never far from his Twitter account, nor to pull punches commented: "Another terrorist attack in London...These animals are crazy and must be dealt with through toughness and strength."

Ewalina Ochab witnessed the event and told the Associated Press that the collision appeared to be deliberate.

"I was walking on the other side [of the street], I heard some noise and someone screamed. I turned around and I saw a silver car driving very fast close to the railings, maybe even on the pavement," she said.

The area where this latest event took place was the site of an Islamic jihad attack in March 2017 when Khalid Masood rammed a car into crowds of infidels on Westminster Bridge, killing four innocent people. Masood ran out of the car then stabbed and killed a police officer [British police usually don't carry guns, which would have saved him] before being shot by a police officer who was assigned a weapon other than a stick.

In June of last year, a van with three Islamic jihadis drove into unbelievers on London Bridge. They got out of the van and began stabbing people nearby before being shot and killed by police with guns. At least eight people plus the three scumcrumpets were killed.

A few weeks later, another van drove into a group of people walking near Finsbury Park Mosque in London. One person was killed and 11 were injured.

Then two bobbies were injured in August last year when a "suspect" reached for a sword while being confronted. The man was charged with intent to commit an act of terrorism.

Then in September, a homemade bomb was partially detonated on a train in Parsons Green Station. At least 22 people were injured in the incident.

Mayor Khan believes that Londoners should just get over the fact that this kind of stuff happens in large cities.

But at least his heart goes out to the victims in all these "inexplicable" attacks.

What does that even mean?


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LATEST--UK Parliament attack: with Photo of "Asian" attacker

London -- Four people, including a London police officer and the attacker, are dead and more than 20 others injured by a car driven over the Westminster Bridge, outside of the Parliament building Wednesday.

The vehicle mowed down pedestrians on the bridge which left more than a dozen with serious, even catastrophic injuries.

At approximately the same time, an attacker stabbed a police officer and was shot on the grounds outside the British Parliament. The attacker has since been hospitalized and the compound has been put on lockdown.

There has been no immediate claim of responsibility but the chances are pretty good that it's Muslim-related.

The terrorist, possibly in his 30s or 40s, weilded a seven or eight-inch knife, according to witnesses.

At this time, it isn't clear if the person shot by police and the driver of the car are the same person.

Sources told Sky News that as many as three police officers were injured.

Attacker the UK says is "Asian"

It is now known that the attacker has also died.

The Prime Minister Theresa May was rushed immediately to safety when the incident first began.

London police received the call at 2:40 p.m. local time (10:40 EDST) after they received reports about the vehicle crashing into a crowd on the Westminster Bridge. 

London Ambulance Service treated ten people for injuries on the bridge.

Scotland Yard Commander BJ Harrington told reporters there were multiple injuries, including police officers, but "cannot confirm numbers or the nature of these injuries."

A full counter-terrorism investigation is ongoing. The threat level for international terrorism in the U.K. was already listed as severe and the attack fell on the anniversary of the suicide bombings in the Brussels airport and subway that killed 32 people.

French high school students were among the injured, according to the French prime minister. 

Colleen Anderson, a spokeswoman for St. Thomas Hospital, said a woman died after a vehicle died after a vehicle hit pedestrians on Westminster Bridge. "There were people across the bridge. There were some with minor injuries, some catastrophic. Some had injuries they could walk away from or who have life-changing injuries," she said.

Sky News also reported a woman was pulled alive from River Thames.

It seems the media wants to see if this is connected to ISIS, rather than seeing if it's connected to Islamic extremism.



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London protesters want Syria to be left alone

"Can't you just leave Syria alone?"

Hundreds of anti-war-against ISIS protesters demonstrated their support Saturday of not stopping ISIS as they gathered in London (aka Londonstahn). They want the UK to stop trying to kill ISIS  religious freedom fighters. In other words, stop bombing in Syria, they shout.

One protester screamed out: "They need love and some soap, not bombs!"

The demonstrators marched from the BBC Broadcasting House to PM David Cameron's Downing Street building where he writes his speeches about Islam being a religion of peace.

Britain's Parliament voted to sanction airstrikes as part of a U.S.-led coalition of 65 invisible nations. Cameron said that the airstrikes will strengthen Britain's security by degrading the IS forces responsible for the Paris attacks, Fox News reported.

Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy-the-Commie-Corbyn said Cameron is rushing to war, but 66 sensible Labour lawmakers voted with Cameron, leaving Corbyn looking like a scum-sucking pond-dweller who is known for his campaign to overturn the convictions of Jawad Botmeh and Samar Alami for the 1994 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in London.

After the Paris terrorist attack by ISIS this past November, Corbyn, sounding as naive as Obama, claimed that the only way to deal with the threats ISIS poses would be to reach a political settlement aimed at resolving the Syrian Civil War.

As London and much of Europe becomes insidiously infested with "no-go" zones, where only Muslims are permitted easy access, and demands for Sharia law become louder, it's no wonder people like Donald Trump have become increasingly popular. People may not say it out loud, but they don't feel safe, and they know that Muslim extremists are to blame.

War is never a good thing, but neither is sticking your head in the sand, pretending nothing is wrong.



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Obama at High Noon

America's greatest ally for the last hundred years, the country that stood behind us in Iraq, has just voted in Parliament to let the United States go it alone in Syria. England just finished the vote and they refuse to attack Syria--shot across the bow, or not. 

And if Obama has no intention of changing the regime, what is the point of attacking Syria anyway? As I said in my previous post, it serves no practical purpose and will only speed up Iran's nuclear program.