The Contrarian Progressive

I know what I know. Somehow, what I see is different from what other people see.

13 October 2019

Brexit: What is Boris Doing?

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Boris had a simple plan. (I will call him Boris from now on as this is the persona he created, his family apparently calls him Al, short f...
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03 September 2019

Boris Johnson's Real Game of Chicken

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After my last contrarian post where I maintained that the UK will stay in the European Union because it faces a binary choice between no-de...
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17 August 2019

Why Trump is Reluctant to Sanction Turkey for S-400?

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Unless you are a news junkie or live in Turkey, you are unlikely to have heard of the S-400 saga . By itself it's not a remarkable sto...
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28 July 2019

Brexit: Will The UK Leave The EU?

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As the resident contrarian my short answer is no, Britain is highly unlikely to leave the EU. I resisted the urge to write about Brexit be...
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18 June 2019

Is War With Iran Imminent?

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It is beginning to feel like a recurring nightmare. You know it is not real. You know it will end badly. Yet you are unable to stop it. ...
04 June 2019

Hemedti Crackdown: "People Power Takes a Big Hit"

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In my recent post on Sudan , I expressed my dismay with the disinformation element in the "People Power" or the Arab Spring II nar...
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02 June 2019

Why Was There a Coup in Sudan After 30 Years?

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My oldest readers might remember that I started this blog because of my massive frustration with mainstream media platitudes about the Arab ...
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