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Two years ago, and the world is now going to hold 'em or fold 'em with a deck of wild cards. BRICS nations will soon include Turkey, the Saudis, Syria and possibly Palestine. France is kicked out of its African colonies, Britain's juggled several ineffectual prime ministers, the US has a demented 80 yr old president, Russia and China have the fasted growing economies in the world and Zionists want to blast Lebanon back to the stone age, while eating Gazan babies for breakfast. More? Of course Uncle Sam is sending nuclear warheads to Sweden, one of the new NATO members while cluster-bombing Sevastopol beaches via proxy Ukraine. There is beauty in the world, Vanessa, and your reports have opened new vistas to my cloistered swamp life. I never knew of Homs or Maaloula - the ancient histories housed in their ruins, until I did further reading. It seems these ancient treasures are corrupted by Western cash and greed, but the sun is setting on hegemony. Let's hope sanity returns, Turkey prospers under BRICS and the West acknowledges its sins...or am I dreaming? Impressive article and I look forward to more as time permits.

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