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JUNE 12, 2015
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Chaos Reigns in St. Paul SchoolsS
S. P, M,
become madhouses. Sudens atack eachers. Sudens
atack each oher. Teachers are hrea-
ened. One eacher has a secre signal or
her “good” sudens o use, or ear o le-
ing in hese ou-o-conrol monsers.
And sadly, his chaos is sel-induced—
and oally avoidable.
Wha happened in S. Paul? The
Federal Jusice Deparmen says he
schools in Minneapolis and S. Paul are
racist. This is because black sudens are disciplined and sus-
pended a higher raes han Caucasians and Asians. The Jusice
Deparmen has accused he 2,300 majoriy whie eachers in
Minneapolis o sysemic racism and has hreaened prosecuion
unless he raes o suspension equal he proporion o sudens
in he schools.
Because hese school disrics don’ have he money o figh
he ederally unded Jusice Deparmen, hey are submiting
and doing wha he Jusice Deparmen says. In S. Paul’s case,
ha means adoping he educaional and discipline sandards o
an organizaion called Pacific Educaional Group (). I is based
ou o San Francisco, Caliornia, which probably gives you a good
idea wha his group is all abou.
’s main purpose seems o be o sell he concep o vicim
izaion. I claims ha he American educaion sysem—which
radiionally has been run by whies (alhough ha is no he case
oday)—is racis oward black sudens.
To solve his supposed “racism” and help black sudens
achieve, believes ha school curricula should be cusomized
o mee he culural specificaions o black sudens. This basi
cally means lowering academic sandards. also rejecs he
concep o using suspensions or expulsions o discipline black
sudens.
Afer Pacific Educaional Group ook over, i sared radically
changing he ways schools are run. Special-needs sudens (vio
len sudens and ones wih oher behavioral issues) were pu
back ino regular classrooms. Suden suspensions were replaced
by “ime ous.” School officials sared orgiving or ignoring vio
lence and oher unaccepable behavior.
ROBERT MORLEY
G E T T Y M A G E S
Hundreds of demonstrators march towardthe Baltimore Police Western District on
April 22 in Baltimore, Maryland
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So you can imagine he resul.
Wihou law, wihou discipline, wihou consequences, S.
Paul classrooms descended ino pandemonium. A big baskeball
player head-locked a emale eacher and hip-ossed her o he
ground. He was given a wo-day vacaion. She, poenially a spi-
nal injury.
And, oh—axpayers orked ou $3 million o o urn heir
classrooms ino World Wresling Federaion arenas.
Advocaes say ha i sudens ge suspended, hey will urn ocrime and end up in jail. Bu does doing away wih suspensions
and dumbing down curriculum change ha? I seems prety
ridiculous o believe ha by sopping penalies, sudens will
become less likely o commi inracions.
On he conrary, keeping desrucive sudens in school is sim-
ilar o purposely puting roten apples back in he box. The su-
dens who wan an educaion lose heir opporuniy—and ofen
ge bullied and bea up—while he borderline sudens, who
quickly realize here are no penalies or heir acions, join he
roublemakers.
Back in November, ormer Minneapolis Superinenden Ber-
nadeia Johnson announced ha black sudens would no lon-
ger be suspended or expelled or he same violaions as whiesand Asians. Because black sudens in Minneapolis schools are
10 imes more likely han whie and Asian sudens o be sus-
pended, any proposed suspension would be personally reviewed
by Johnson and she would decide i he suden really should
be expelled—which mean ha unless ha suden pracically
killed someone, hey would say in he classroom.
As I asked a he ime in “Minneapolis Principals No Allowed
o Suspend Black Sudens, Only Whie Ones”: “Does remov
ing sudens rom he consequences o heir acions make hem
more or less likely o hink hey are special and ha he law
doesn’ apply o hem? Would i make hem more or less likely
o reuse o ge ou o he road and walk on he sidewalk when
asked by an officer? Would i make hem more or less likely o
hink hey can rob a convenience sore wihou consequences?
Tha hey can shoplif and hen accuse law enorcemen officerso rying o ‘Michael Brown’ hem when simply asked o produce
a receip.
“Boh Michael Brown and Eric Garner would be alive oday i
hey jus complied wih police officers’ direcions. Had hey no
el ha he law didn’ apply o hem (by robbing a sore and reus
ing o sop sree-vending cigaretes) hey would boh be alive. All
hey had o say was ‘Yes, sir’ and ollow insrucions.”
Where here is no law, chaos reigns. There is no reedom
Wha we are seeing in he schools o Minneapolis and S. Paul is
he same hing we saw in Ferguson and Balimore. Everyone is a
victim—and it’s enforcing the law that is the problem.
Turning a blind eye o crime doesn’ make i go away. As Trum
pet edior in chie Gerald Flurry wroe in No Freedom WithoutLaw , “God’s law brings us he ulimae, mos wonderul reedom
o all. I proecs our amilies. I proecs our children. I proecs
us rom all he evil in his world.” Read he bookle o find ou
more abou he beauy o law and how i can solve he social prob
lems we are acing oday.
Follow Rober Morley
MIDDLE EAST
Iran Nuclear Stockpile GrowsCallum Wood | June 7
T
ions beween Iran and he P5+1 naions. Ye according o
a Unied Naions Inernaional Aomic Energy Agency ()
repor, over he same ime period Iran’s enriched uranium sock-
pile has also undergone an increase.
The repor claims ha in he las year and a hal Iran’s sock-
pile o enriched uranium has grown by 20 percen.
The repor flies in he ace o Washingon’s claim ha he
sockpile had been reduced or desroyed. In early March, Whie
House Press Secreary Josh Earnes saed, “[W]e’ve acually suc-
ceeded in no jus haling Iran’s progress as i relaes o heir
nuclear program bu acually rolling i back in several key areas,
including reducing and eliminaing heir sockpile o highly
enriched uranium.”
Ye, i anyhing, Iran has rolled forward. When he Whie
House said he sockpile was gone, i merely mean ha a prom-
ise o eliminae he uranium exised. Bu ime and ime again,
Iran has proven ha is word is worhless.
Iran hasn’ sopped is enrichmen, nor has i any plans o
remove i i a deal is signed. And in all likelihood, Iran has no
inenion o haling is nuclear program—no oday, omorrow
or afer a deal is signed.
In Trumpet managing edior Joel Hilliker and conribuor
Aaron Hudson’s laes aricle, “Presiden Obama’s Remarkable
Deense o he Iran Nuclear Deal,” hey wroe: “Fifeen years o
ailed negoiaions ell us ha while one side seeks a peaceul ou
come, he oher seeks he bomb. Iran is no ineresed in negoi
aions, peace deals or living alongside Israel. I i were, negoia
ions would have concluded years ago and Weserners would be
sipping piña coladas in ouris resors along he Persian Gul.”
Iran’s expanding nuclear sockpile is jus one more proo o is
conemp or negoiaions. Keep waching. Deal or no deal, noh
ing good will come o he June 30 deadline. J E W E L S A M A D / A F P / G E T T Y M A G E S
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
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Look Out—Iran and Saudi Arabia Are Shifting Toward the HardlineWar Is Boring | June 5
A , [I S
Leader] Ayaollah Ali Khamenei … old army commanders o
closely ollow Islamic religious regulaions. …
Tha doesn’ sound unusual … or an Islamic heocracy. Bu
i’s slighly odd, because deending he revoluion is normally he
job o he Islamic Revoluionary Guards Corps, or . I’s no somuch a job or he — which is Iran’s regular army. …
[I is] ineresing ha Khamenei is urging he regular army o
ake on a more Islamic philosophy. …
In addiion o arguing ha he army mus commi o Islam’s
miliary regulaions, Khamenei pressed ha he army should ol-
low he Surat Al’Anfal, Quran 8:60. …
“In effect, Khamenei is announcing that not only the , but
also the regular army should be considered forces for the defense,
if not propagation of religion,” [said he U.S. Army’s Foreign Mili-
ary Sudies Office].
Laer in April, Khamenei spoke o commanders o Iran’s para-
miliary Basij and police orces. He warned agains un-Islamic
aciviies spreading in he counry, such as wealhy young peopledriving around in ashionable cars and atending illegal paries. …
Khamenei’s speeches could mark he beginning o a shif back
oward more hardline policies—or an ideological hardening o
he miliary as Iran fighs proxy wars in Iraq and Syria.
A similar process seems o already be underway in Saudi Ara
bia. King Salman … has embarked on a war in Yemen. I’s a radical
deparure or Saudi Arabia’s oreign policy, which has ofen aken
a backsea o larger players such as he Unied Saes.No any more.
A home, repors rom Riyadh suges a hardening o social
and culural laws — such as new resricions on colored gowns or
women. Shops ha sold gowns in colors oher han black have
recenly seen heir goods seized by he religious police.
There’s a logic o hese new resricions in a eudal monarchy
in he middle o an exploding region. Hardline policies are ofen
a reacion o uncertainty. …
Then here’s he poenial rapprochemen beween he Unied
Saes and Iran — a large, highly populaed and educaed sae by
regional sandards. Saudi elies ear ha Tehran may use cooling
relaions wih Washingon o expand is influence more broadly.
Bu Saudi Arabia is playing he same game. In Syria, Riyadhhas backed and armed he rebel Islamic Fron, who is fighing o
overhrow he Iran-backed dicaor Bashar Assad. …
Tehran’s Siamese TwinsNOW | June 10
“[I] ,
wha we and he Syrian miliary leadership are cur-
renly preparing,” Qassem Suleimani, commander o he IranianRevoluionary Guards’ Quds Force, reporedly saed rom Syria
las week. Suleimani’s commens were par o an Iranian pro-
paganda bliz, which included saemens by oher Iranian offi-
cials affirming commimen o he Assad regime, and a flurry o
repors abou Iran’s inenion o send Iraqi Shiie fighers, and
possibly Iranian roops, o figh in Syria.
The Iranian move comes in response o severe losses ha he
Assad regime has recenly suffered on he batlefield. Analyss
are spli over wha o make o hese losses. On one side sand
hose who are predicing he nearing end o he Assad regime. On
he oher are hose who are more opimisic abou he regime’s
chances. The ruh lies beween hese wo. The Iranians are pur-
suing Plan B: securing a proecorae in wesern Syria, an area
coniguous wih he erriory in Lebanon conrolled by Tehran’s
clien, Hezbollah.
Suleimani’s grandiose claims o an imminen “surprise” aside,
he Iranians’ primary objecive is no o reverse he losses su-
ered by Assad. Raher, i is abou rerenchmen. Repors o he
Assad regime’s manpower problems are now as numerous as hey
are credible. Publicizing he imminen arrival o housands o
soldiers and miliiamen rom ouside Syria only underscores he
acue manpower problem in he Iranian camp. …
Despie he calls by Hassan Nasrallah, he leader o Hezbollah,
or oal mobilizaion o he Lebanese Shiies, here has been no
sugesion ha he new orce will conain a Hezbollah conin
gen. Clearly, he organizaion is already sreched oo hin. …[Wha is] ar more imporan o Tehran han he inclusion o
say, Aleppo, is he mainenance o erriorial coniguiy wih Hez
bollah-conrolled Lebanon.
In he eyes o Tehran, Hezbollah and he Assad regime are
Siamese wins sharing vial organs. Separaing hem rom each
oher will resul in he deah o boh. …
Wha his means, in sum, is ha he deense o he capial and
he criical poins o he regime enclave is now almos enirely in
he hands o he Iranians and heir miliias—who are also under
severe pressure in Iraq, where even wih he aid o he U.S. Air
Force hey are hard pressed o roll back he Islamic Sae. Their
abiliy o expand much more beyond he enclave’s perimeer is
dubious.
All o his raises an acue quesion abou American oreign
policy. Is his really he righ momen o provide Iran wih a mas
sive cash inusion? The Iranian sysem is under srain. Wouldn’
i make more sense or he Unied Saes o exacerbae he srain
raher han relieve i?
Insead, he Obama adminisraion is helping susain he Ira
nian regional projec.
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U.S. Military Chief: Iran Will Increase Funds to Proxies After Nuclear DealYNet | June 10
U.S. C J C M D
Israel on Tuesday, when he said ha sancions relie in he
wake o a nuclear deal wih Iran will lead o increased unding or
he Islamic Republic’s proxies in he Middle Eas. “I hink hey
will inves in heir surrogaes; I hink hey will inves in addi-
ional miliary capabiliy.”The general said he undersands why Israelis believe a nuclear
deal will give Iran room o accelerae is unding o surrogae Shi-
ie groups like Hezbollah and o pu more resources ino is own
miliary.
“I share heir concern,” he said. “I he deal is reached and
resuls in sancions relie, which resuls in more economic power
and more purchasing power or he Iranian regime, i’s my expec-
aion ha i’s no all going o flow ino he economy o improve
he lo o he average Iranian ciizen.” …
One o he major concerns in Israel is ha regional saes will
seek nuclear weapons in order o have a deerren in case Iran
coninues he race o a nuclear weapon in he wake o a deal.
Tuesday saw he Saudi ambassador o he UK sae ha “all he
opions are on he able,” including he possibiliy ha he king
dom will ake possession o nuclear weapons rom Pakisan. …
Dempsey said he U.S. inends o coninue helping Israel
improve is air and missile deenses and will be alking o he
Israelis abou ways o improve heir cyberdeenses, heir mariime securiy and heir means o counering he miliary use o
unnels such as hose rom Gaza.
The chairman also said he hinks a nuclear deal, aken as a
whole, could be beneficial in he region.
“[I]s here more o i han mere failure o discern Iran’s under-
lying moives? Again, we mus judge by fruis. The curren U.S.
adminisraion has esablished a patern of acions ha align
wih he ineress of he leaders in Tehran and ha run coun-
er o he ineress of Israel and even of he Unied Saes iself.”
theTrumpet.com, June 3
Report: CIA Head Was in Israel to Argue for Closure of IAEA Nuclear Probe of Iran
Jerusalem Post | June 11
C D J B I
week o ell Israeli officials ha a final nuclear deal wih Iran
does no have o include a commimen by Tehran o provide
access o miliary bases, or Iranian consen o inerview is scien-
iss, a new repor by he Middle Eas Media Research Insiue
() said.According o he repor, … Iranian Supreme Leader Ayaol-
lah Khamenei seems o have orpedoed an arrangemen under
which (Inernaional Aomic Energy Agency) inspecors
would be allowed symbolic supervision a Iranian miliary sies
where suspeced work has been carried ou on miliary dimen-
sions o he nuclear program.
Khamenei reporedly also rejeced proposals ha would have
enabled Iranian scieniss o be quesioned by he . …
Khamenei’s rejecion has led o an impasse in negoiaions
beween he P5+1 counries, according o he repor, wih
European Union saes reusing o conclude a deal in he absence
o an arrangemen ha would saisy he ’s invesigaion ino
Possible Miliary Dimensions () o Iran’s nuclear program.
“The Iranian rerea rom is agreemen o allow a symbolic
visi in miliary sies and he quesioning o scieniss and mil
iary personnel, in exchange or closing he Possible MiliaryDimensions case [in he ] places Presiden Obama in a prob-
lemaic siuaion, and he alks a an impasse, since alongside he
Iranian rejecion, he EU and he Direcor General [Yukiya
Amano] reuse o shu he case,” he repor said.
“Under hese circumsances, i seems he head o he , John
Brennan, was sen o Israel o convince i—and hrough i, he
European Union—ha inelligence monioring o every sus
peced insance o a miliary dimension in he Iranian nuclear
program is a sufficien soluion, and ha he [’s] invesi
gaion can be lef aside,” [he repor said]. …
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EUROPE
Billions for European WarsGerman Foreign Policy | June 10
T G
lion euro armamen projecs aimed a Germany’s and he
EU’s greaer independence rom he U.S.A. Ursula von der Leyenannounced yeserday ha he Bundeswehr would purchase he
Medium Exended Air Deense Sysem “” o replace he
Pario air deense sysem.
Whereas he Pario sysem had o be impored enirely rom
he Unied Saes, a consorium wih significan German paric-
ipaion will manuacure . I is esimaed o cos abou €4
billion ($449.3 billion), wih anoher €4 billion having been
already invesed. Wih , Germany would achieve more
“auonomy in securiy policy,” according o a Pary miliary
policy specialis. The German Navy will also receive our
180 mulirole warships worh around €4 billion, beter suied
or waging disan wars more effecively and over more exended
periods. Oher armamen projecs, such as a German-French ba-le ank, serve he consolidaion o he EU’s arms indusries or—
as wih he “euro-drone”—are aimed a achieving more indepen-
dence rom he U.S. arms indusry ….
Wih is decision in avor o , Berlin is pursuing is
effors o srenghen he German-European arms indusry in
relaionship o is U.S. counerpar. A U.S. company, Lockheed
Marin, is involved in he projec. Expers considered years ago
ha , he only large-scale ransalanic projec, “offers Ger-
man companies a rare opporuniy … o benefi rom he ech-
nology ranser wih he U.S.A. in ha domain.” In comparison
o purchasing modernized U.S. Pario bateries, offers
Berlin he chance o produce and urher develop modern sen-
sor echnology in Germany. Las year, Deense Miniser von derLeyen declared his o be he “key echnology.” The German gov-
ernmen is aking considerable risks in expanding German-Eu-
ropean auonomy vis-à-vis he U.S.A. in he arms indusry. Ray-
heon’s Pario has been field-esed, while ’ developmen
remains quie risky. I guaranees, however, an “auonomous
securiy policy,” according o deense exper Florian Hahn, .
The effors o creae an arms indusry ha is as indepen-
den as possible rom he U.S.A., is anoher reason or he recen
decision o produce a sricly European drone. [On] May 18, Ger-
man Deense Miniser von der Leyen and her counerpars rom
France and Ialy signed a declaraion o inen o his effec. A
sudy is now o be commissioned—or approximaely €60 million
($67.4 million)—o deermine, by he end o 2017, which capabil
iies he euro-drone should have. Officially, i is supposed o be
“weapons capable.” The Bundeswehr specifically demands hacomba drones be procured …. “Europe’s” perspecive mus be o
have is own drones—independenly rom he Unied Saes, von
der Leyen declared. … Two more EU naions, Spain and Poland
have already joined he projec.
While Berlin is expanding is miliary-echnological auonomy
vis-à-vis he Unied Saes, i is simulaneously reinorcing he con
solidaion o he European arms indusries. For example, he ank
manuacurer Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann is considering signing a
usion agreemen in mid-July wih Nexer, is French counerpar
… [N]ow he deal has been approved, no leas o all, because France
is “much more generous han Germany wih arms deliveries o or
eign counries beyond he borders o he EU and ,” according o
he business press. Once unied, Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann and Nexer would begin developing a new batle ank, which will replace he
German Leopard 2. One o he objecives is o keep pace agains he
newly developed Russian ank, now in he process o realizaion
Recenly, miliary expers called or procuring depleed uranium
rounds o couner he new model o Russian ank.
Berlin also seeks o cooperae miliarily wih Paris in ouer
space. As was confirmed by he Deense Minisry, he German gov
ernmen plans o inves €210 million ($235.9 million) in financing
he French Composante Spatiale Optique () saellie surveil
lance sysem. Two o hese saellies are already in consrucion;
one will go ino operaion nex year. A hird has been planned. … I
remains o be seen wheher also he our 180s mulirole war
ships, von der Leyen announced yeserday, will also be included inhe German-French cooperaion. These 180s will cos €4 bil
lion …. The warship should have he capabiliy o effecively engag
ing enemy aerial, mariime, and underwaer arges, providing
aerial proecion o oher vessels wihin a range o 20 kilomeers (12
miles), be capable o atacking land arges, and engage in amphib
ious operaions. According o he Deense Minisry, his provides
“space or several crews, making i possible o significanly prolong
he missions’ duraion and raise perseverance capabiliies.” …
The uure capabiliy o waging wars auonomously, wihou
he Unied Saes, is considered essenial. The magniude hese
European wars o he uure will have can be seen in he magni-
ude o hese curren arms projecs.
NATO Fatigue
Times Editorial | June 11
I , O U
moion ha i would “in no circumsances figh or is king and
counry.” The Nazis duly concluded ha Briain was going o be a
pushover. Vladimir Puin, visiing Ialy yeserday o pursue his
sraegy o spliting Europe, will have been similarly encouraged
by he findings o he Pew Research Cener. Is survey pains a
dismal saisical picure o ’s resolve: a majoriy o respon
dens in France, Ialy and Germany said heir counry should
no use miliary orce o deend an ally rom an atack by Russia
Only 38 percen o Germans are ready, i seems, o figh o proec
’s easern flank.
Tha makes worrying reading or Poland, he Balic republics
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and Romania, who joined on he assumpion ha hey
would be proeced rom Russian muscle-flexing. … The Pew sur-
vey shows how litle figh here is in he dog.
A he roo o he problem is a ailure in European leadership.
Poliicians rom across he specrum need o persuade ciizens
ha hey canno simply be passive consumers o American secu-
riy. …
A second, more selecive poll was carried ou his week among 50
U.S. and European decision-makers. I ound overwhelming agree-men ha he biges danger o peace emanaed rom Presiden
Puin’s acions. Ye his consensus has no been communicaed o
he public. has o explain isel, make and win he argumens.
One definiion o decadence is he reusal o assume respon-
sibiliy. I is his corrosive weakness ha Mr. Puin has smelled
and i has reed him o embark on he pas 15 monhs o mili-
ary advenurism. Benio Mussolini, afer reading o he Oxord
king and counry debae, decided ha Briain was a “righened
flabby old woman.” He was ulimaely proved wrong, bu or a
decade el emboldened o run amok.
The Kremlin, run by a small paranoid clique around Mr. Puin
believes ha i has he edge. From Moscow i seems as i he pos
war Wesern order is ragmening. Since populaions no
longer have he somach or comba, since Wes Europeans seeno compelling reason o deend heir allies arher eas, Russia
eels ree o gnaw away a he credibiliy o Aricle Five. Will he
alliance’s adherence o collecive deense survive a major Russian
cyberassaul on a member’s naional power grid? Mr. Puin
may soon be ready o pu his o he es. …
Hungary Signs Up to Silk Road Project
Peter Teffer, EU Observer | June 8
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o sign up o China’s flagship rade iniiaive, which aims o
revialize he hisoric silk roue ha or cenuries connecedEurope and he Far Eas.
The Chinese projec is “one o he mos significan conceps
in world rade,” said Hungarian Foreign Miniser Peer Szijjaro
during a visi o Budapes by his Chinese colleague Wang Yi. …
To increase rade, China wans o improve ranspor possibil-
iies rom China hrough cenral and wes Asia, he Middle Eas
and Europe by invesing in inrasrucure.
I has already sared financing a high-speed railway beween
Budapes and he Serbian capial, Belgrade.
I is also seting up a developmen bank, which is aimed a
unding projecs in he “bel.”
Jus over wo monhs ago, Hungary signed up as a ounding
member o he Asian Inrasrucure Invesmen Bank, as have
many oher European counries.Germany, France and he UK are among EU saes which have
joined he Chinese-led invesmen bank, despie calls by he
Unied Saes no o do so.
A an even in Brussels las week, China’s ambassador Yang
Yanyi old an audience he Chinese silk road iniiaive can coexis
wih EU projecs, like he soon-o-be up-and-running European
invesmen und.
“Our respecive agenda’s complemen and reinorce each oher,
said Yang, adding ha he wo iniiaives will creae a “win-win
siuaion which will include he possibiliy o “rade new producs
new services, new secors, and [will creae] new job opporuniies.
Germany to Be AIIB’s Fourth-Largest Shareholder
Deutsche Welle | June 10
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Inrasrucure and Invesmen Bank (), which would
make i he ourh-larges sakeholder afer China, India and
Russia. …
Relevan documens said he would have a capial base o
$100 billion. …
The ounding charer is scheduled o be signed on June 29 in
Beijing.
The U.S., Japan and Canada have remained skepical o he
lender, assuming ha China could misuse is dominan role in
he bank or pushing is own geopoliical agenda.
Washingon also ears he will pose a significan challenge
or he Inernaional Moneary Fund () and he World Bank
where i wields huge influence.
The Wall Street Journal repored Tuesday ha China would
ulimaely have veo power over major decisions o he afer
providing almos a hird o he lender’s overall capial base, giving
Beijing an esimaed 25 o 30 percen o oal voes.
RELATED: “DEATH BLOW TO THE DOLLAR”
T W IN BR IE F
Pope meets with Putin: Russian Presiden Vladimir Puin me
wih he pope yeserday in he Vaican. The second mee-
ing beween he wo figures ollows on he heels o G-7 alks
where leaders reaffirmed sancions on Russia over is acions in
Ukraine. Prior o he meeing, Unied Saes ambassador o he
Vaican, Kenneh Hacket, called on he pope o use he oppor
uniy o voice his concern over Russia’s belligerence in Ukraine
As ye, he pope has no publicly placed any blame on Russia in
an apparen bid o no upse Vaican relaions wih he Orhodox
Church.
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UK debates EU referendum bill: Briish lawmakers on Tues-
day held heir firs debae on a bill esablishing a voe on Euro-
pean Union membership. Prime Miniser David Cameron gained
suppor rom Labor opposiion. The six-hour session highlighed
unres wihin Conservaive ranks abou some o he more ech-
nical deails. Mr. Cameron’s criics, such as Owen Paerson, ear
ha he pro-EU side could be given an unair advanage. Paer-
son saed, “I he Briish people sense ha here’s no airness,
ha his is being riged agains hem, ha he deluge o local gov-ernmen, o naional governmen and above all European govern-
men money and propaganda can be dropped on hem, ha will be
unaccepable. Tha will go down exremely badly wih he Briish
people and wha really worries me, his exraordinary momen in
our hisory, his incredibly imporan momen could be seen o be
illegiimae.” The bill, i passed, calls or a reerendum by he end
o 2017. Briish Foreign Secreary Philip Hammond said i could
be held sooner i negoiaions go quickly.
Germany hosts G-7: A wo-day summi o he G-7 leading
indusrial naions concluded June 8. Leaders o he Unied
Saes, Germany, Briain, Japan, France, Ialy and Canada me in
he Bavarian Alps o souhern Germany, along wih leaders romIraq, Nigeria and Tunisia. Afer meeings oday, U.S. Presiden
Barack Obama said atendees agreed ha economic sancions
agains Russia should remain in place unil Moscow ully imple-
mens a ceasefire wih Ukraine, which i has violaed repeaedly.
He saed, “Wih respec o securiy, he G-7 remains srongly
unied in suppor or Ukraine. … As we’ve seen again in recen
days, Russian orces coninue o operae in easern Ukraine, vio-
laing Ukraine’s sovereigny and erriorial inegriy. This is now
he second year in a row he G-7 has me wihou Russia. Anoher
example o Russia’s isolaion and every member o he G-7 con
inues o mainain sancions on Russia or is agression agains
Ukraine.” Oher issues Presiden Obama said he G-7 agree on
include he need o approve a srong global climae agreemen
laer his year in Paris—he need o help Greece carry ou key
reorms o avoid economic deaul—and he need o preven Iran
rom developing nuclear weapons.
IMF gives up on Greek bailout: The Inernaional Moneary
Fund gave up on negoiaions wih Greece on Thursday—is
represenaives qui negoiaions wih Greek and EU officials, and
wen back o Washingon. The said no progress had been made
and ha Greece and is crediors were ar away rom an agreemen
Greece needs an agreemen by he end o monh, a which ime i
will have o repay $1.8 billion o he . A ailure o mee his pay-
men could plunge he eurozone back ino economic crisis.
Germany’s anti-Islam Pegida group gains in Dresden may
oral elections: Germany’s ani-Islam movemen
came in ourh place in Dresden’s mayoral elecions on Sunday
In a surprise urnou, ook nearly 10 percen o he voeThis is he group’s firs appearance in an elecion since gaining
nooriey in lae 2014 or holding ani-Islamic proess. Some
proess saw up o 25,000 people gaher in he srees o Dres
den. However, suppor or he group was hough o have dwin
dled. The only poll published beore he elecion prediced he
movemen would win only 1 or 2 percen o he voe. The larg
er-han-expeced urnou in he Dresden elecions shows ha
he group is sill popular among many in Eas Germany.
SYRIA’S FUTURE, CRIMINAL IMMIGRANTS AND HOW YOU CAN ENJOY
MUSIC MORE | June 10
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RELEASES 3,700 THREAT LEVEL 1 CRIMINALS |
June 10
ASIA
China and Russia Step Up Cooperation in Central AsiaEast Asia Forum | June 9
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he Wesern policy o isolaing Russia has ailed. The policy
has only served o push Russia deeper ino Chinese arms. Russia
and China are planning o increase heir engagemen in Cenral
Asia and will coordinae heir policies in he ormer Sovie erri-
ories in Eurasia. …
China has expressed suppor or he Eurasian Economic
Union () being pushed by Russia. The wo counries have
decided o creae a dialogue mechanism or inegraing Chi-
na’s One Bel, One Road iniiaive and he . The Shanghai
Cooperaion Organizaion has been designaed as he body o
coordinae beween he wo iniiaives.
China has agreed o sar alks or an economic and rade
cooperaion deal wih he and o “sudy he long-erm objec
ive o esablishing a ree rade zone” wih i. Beijing and Moscow
will cooperae in he sable developmen and regional economic
inegraion o he Eurasian region as a whole. They will endeavor
o “saeguard peace and sabiliy on he Eurasian landmass.” …
While Russia will ge access o resources rom he Silk Road
Consrucion Fund o develop is agriculure, China will ge a
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reliable ransi poin o Europe.
The agreemen marks an end o Russia’s hesiaion abou
China’s One Bel, One Road Iniiaive. I is now on board China’s
ambiious Silk Road Iniiaive ha will connec China o Europe
via Eurasia. …
Coming on board he Silk Road Iniiaive is a big sep or Rus-
sia. I is an acknowledgemen ha China’s economic influence in
Cenral Asia has ranslaed ino poliical influence. Russia now
realizes ha i canno mach China’s financial resources and isslowly becoming a secondary player in Cenral Asia. I he agree-
mens are implemened, here will soon be a condominium in
Cenral Asia; Russia will play he securiy guaranor and China
will be he larges economic player. …
“All he Cenral Asian counries besides Afghanisan were once
a par of he old Sovie Union; for years now, Russia has been
on a mission o haul hose saes and is oher Sovie-era sa-
ellies back under is umbrella of influence. Along wih China,
i has worked hard o dislodge America’s presence from he
region enirely.”
Trumpet, May-June 2010
China Is Building the Most Extensive Global Commercial-Military Empire in History
Quartz | June 9
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he Briish Empire. A commanding navy enorced is will, ye all
would have been los i i were no or pors, roads and railroads.
The inrasrucure ha he Briish buil everywhere hey wen
embedded and enabled heir power like bones and veins in a body. …
Much has been made o Beijing’s “resource grab” in Arica andelsewhere, is consrucion o miliarized arificial islands in he
Souh China Sea and, mos recenly, is new sraegy o projec
naval power broadly in he open seas.
Ye hese profiles o an allegedly grasping and reacherous
China end o consider is ambiions in disconneced pieces.
Wha hese pieces add up o is a whole laticework o inrasruc-
ure maerializing around he world. Combined wih he ambi-
ious aciviies o Chinese companies, hey are quickly growing
ino hisory’s mos exensive global commercial empire.
The sory sars wih a reimagined Silk Road … exends ino
Souh America … and also across Arica. The new Chinese empire
is enveloping is neighbors … and naions urher afield in he
Pacific. Pakisan is pivoal o China’s Silk Road … as is Cenral
Asia … and Russia.
Two years ago, Russia announced a pivo owards China. The
cenerpiece o he shif is wo naural-gas pipelines hrough
which a fifh o China’s gas impors would flow. …
Some o he mos modern ransporaion inrasrucure goingup no only in China bu around he developing world is deliber
aely linked o China. I is mean o make he global economy a
riendly place or Chinese commerce.
Tha does no make China’s ambiions necessarily menacing
or pernicious. Bu i does make hem China-cenric. …
“Lain American and African counries may be poor, bu hey
are rich in resources, and China wans hose asses. Righ now
Beijing is sysemaically planing is fee in hose regions. A
he same ime, he U.S. is being pushed ou of Lain America …
U.S. power is fading, and he Chinese are grabbing as much of
ha power as hey can.” Trumpet, April 2006
The War of the Green Men
PJ Media | June 5
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an idea seems preposerous. Shouldn’ we know i we were
in one? …
Since he abiliy o atack wihou acually rigering a response
coners a disinc advanage, Russia has acually designed a orm o
warare o evade he hreshold o culural psychology and avoid he
deecion o legalisic minds like Presiden Obama’s. The approach
is called hybrid warare. ”Hybrid warare is a miliary sraegy ha
blends convenional warare, irregular warare and cyberwarare.
… By combining kineic operaions wih subversive effors, he
agressor inends o avoid atribuion or reribuion.”
The Kremlin has already employed his mode o conflic in
he Ukraine. Recenly, Lihuanian Presiden Dalia Grybauskaie
warned he Wes o be on he lookou or “litle green men.” …
Once he World War high pass filer is removed, a plehora o
evens will readily jump ou a he observer. Chinese governmen
hackers, or example, have solen he personal deails o 4 mil-
lion curren and ormer ederal employees, possibly in order o
ideniy individuals who can be corruped, blackmailed or pres
sured ino working or Beijing. …
The archiecs o hybrid warare knew paper would be heir
riend. They undersood ha he liberal Wes was conrolled
by lawyers operaing under he concep o a “rules-based iner
naional order.” This legalisic sysem could only “see” cerain
acs and was blind o he ohers. In May 2013, Presiden Obama
demonsraed his selecive vision by claiming vicory in he “war
on error” (which he soon declared a an end) based on he belie
he had degraded “core al Qaeda.” …
The adminisraion’s visual limis are painully obvious: i can
only “see” convenional war. When Al Arabiya asked Presiden
Obama why he has been so passive in prevening he Syrian civil
war, Obama answered like a lawyer. To ac would have been in
violaion o “inernaional law.” …
None o his has escaped Russian, Chinese or radical Islamic
noice. …
The adminisraion’s inabiliy o perceive hybrid warare
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coupled wih is penchan or secrecy has creaed an exraordi-
narily impoen oreign policy. The world sands, according o
securiy pundi Bruce Schneier, on he brink o a global cyber-
war, o which China’s atacks are bu he opening salvos. …
In he meanime, Puin’s “litle green men” are poised o go
on he offensive or a second sraigh year. Michael Weiss asks,
“Can anyone sop Puin’s new Bliz? A shaky ceasefire in Ukraine
was shatered Wednesday morning wih a new offensive by Rus
sian-backed roops. How will he Whie House respond?”
How will hey respond? Simple. By doing nohing. By giving a
speech. By increasing domesic surveillance. By denying here’s
anyhing o respond o, ha’s wha. Beware he combo o litle
green men rom he Kremlin and he small-minded men rom
Chicago. I’s he perec sorm.
Russia Wants to Boost Gold Reserves to $500 BillionRussia Insider | June 5
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inends o boos is gold reserves o $500 billion, which is
more han double is curren reserves.
Elvira Nabiullina, head o he Cenral Bank, old Rossiyskaya
Gazeta ha Russia will ry o boos is gold reserves o $500 bil-
lion, even hough $188 billion is deemed sufficien or he coun-
ry.
Currenly, Russia possesses some $360.5 billion worh o gold
reserves, an amoun ha covers over hree monhs o impors
he counry’s shor-erm oreign deb, and 20 percen o Russia’s
enire money supply.
According o Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Russia’s gold reserves
exceeded he $500 billion mark rom 2012-2013, when global
oil prices were a heir peak. However, righ now due o low oil
prices, he Russian budge will receive $150-170 billion a year
compared o a ew years ago beore he crisis. …
China Military Conducts Drills Near Taiwan, PhilippinesReuters | June 10
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hrough he Bashi Channel beween Taiwan and he Philip-
pines o hold rouine planned exercises in he Wesern Pacific,
China’s Deense Minisry said. …
Wednesday’s drills could cause alarm because o heir locaion.
China claims sel-ruled and democraic Taiwan as is own and
has never renounced he use o orce o gain conrol, while China
and he Philippines have one o he mos biter dispues over he
Souh China Sea o all he claimans.
The join drills esed and pereced batle sraegies and
“achieved heir expeced aims,” Navy spokesman Liang Yang said
in a minisry saemen.
The exercises, in he waers eas o he Bashi Channel, were
rouine annual drills, no aimed a any specific counry or region
and accorded wih inernaional law and pracices, Liang said. …
“Going orward, similar drills and exercises will keep aking
place,” Liang said. …
T W I N B R IE F
China looks to strengthen economic ties with foreign cor-
porations: China is pushing o open up economically o he
ouside world, he Chinese premier said on Tuesday. Premier Li
Keqiang old delegaes a he hird Global Council rounda-
ble ha he naional economy has inegraed globally; oreign
corporaions are now welcome o assis in he counry’s mod
ernizaion campaign. Keqiang said China’s doors o he ouside
world will open wider or help wih economic globalizaion and
rade liberalizaion. He also promised a air-play business envi
ronmen or boh Chinese and oreign corporaions.
LATIN AMERICA/AFRICA
Europe Tries to Compete With China’s Influence in Latin AmericaReuters | June 11
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men in Lain America, he EU sough ways on Thursday o
avoid being marginalized in he region, offering new rade deals,
visa-ree ravel and deeper ies.
A a wo-day summi wih Lain American leaders in Brus-
sels, European leaders briefly pu aside concerns abou Greece,
Ukraine and Briain’s uure in Europe o sress hey had no or
goten ormer colonies.
“We have seen ha China has buil up very inensive rade rela
ions,” said German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
“Europe and Lain America should also increase heir rade.” …
Srugling wih he impac o a deb crisis ha nearly broke
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up he eurozone, Europe has litle resh cash o inves.
Insead i is oping o use is influence as he world’s larges
rade bloc, gradually creaing a pachwork o deals. EU officials
said ha, as China’s demand or Lain America’s commodiies
lessens, Europe has a chance o reasser isel. …
“A presen, he lack of cohesion among European naions pre-
vens Germany and he EU from doing much o reverse China’s
deepening inroads ino Lain America. Bu Asia’s drive ino he
Lain region will acually ac as a caalys for EU uniy.”
He Was Right
ANGLOAMERICA
Times of the GentilesGerald Flurry,
The Key of David | June 12
Revelaion 11 calls his age he imes o he Geniles.
Paul Volcker Warns on Health of U.S. State Finances
Financial Times | June 8
P V, F R,
has warned ha U.S. saes rely on auly pracices o balance
heir budges, masking he rue naure o heir finances and lead-
ing o poor policymaking.
While saes have reurned o beter healh afer he dephs o
he financial crisis and recession o he las decade, many remain
under “heavy pressure,” wih overall ax revenues, adjused or
inflaion, barely recovered rom heir pre-recession peaks.
“The coninued fiscal sress is emping saes o coninue, and
even inensiy, budgeing and accouning pracices ha obscureheir rue financial posiion, shif curren coss on o uure gen-
eraions, and push off he need o make hard choices on spend-
ing prioriies and revenue pracices,” Mr. Volcker said in a repor
released on Monday by he Volcker Alliance, a governmen
reorm group he ounded in 2013.
Mouning fiscal sress in Illinois, Deroi’s bankrupcy and he
financial roubles coming o a head in Puero Rico demonsrae he
imporance o developing beter financial policies, he repor said.
“There are problems hidden by a lack o ruh and inegriy” in
sae budgeing, Mr. Volcker said. …
A issue is ha all bu one sae—Vermon—are required o
balance heir budges annually, bu no common definiion o a
balanced budge exis.
Tha lef room or shor-erm “sleigh o hand”—o creae he
appearance ha spending did no exceed revenue, he repor
said. …
The hope is ha by shining a ligh on hese pracices, i willmake i harder or saes o engage in hese “shenanigans” and
“ess up o he problem,” Mr Volcker said.
The municipal bond marke where saes and local govern
mens raise money does no ully reflec shoddy sae budgeing
Mr. Volcker said.
“There is a hidden agreemen beween issuer and buyer—nei
her has had an ineres in exposing i,” he said. …
Russia Gets Very Serious on De-dollarizing
William F. Engdahl, New Eastern Outlook | June 6
R
aing he ruble rom he dollar sysem. Is Finance Minisry
jus revealed i is considering issuing Russian sae deb in Chi-
nese yuan. Tha would be an elegan way o decouple rom he
dependence and blackmail pressures rom he U.S. Treasury
financial errorism operaions while a he same ime srengh-
ening he bonds beween China and Russia—Washingon’s wors
geopoliical nighmare.
Russian Depuy Miniser o Finance, Sergei Sorchak,
announced ha his minisry is making a careul sudy o wha
would be required o issue Russian bonds denominaed in Chinese
yuan. The laes news is par o a long-erm sraegy beween Rus
sia and China ha goes a he hear o American hegemony—he
role o he dollar as he leading world cenral bank reserve currency
The dollar is used in some 60 percen o cenral bank reserves
oday. The second larges is he euro. Now clearly China is careully
moving, as he world’s larges rading naion, o creae is renminbi
or Chinese yuan as anoher major reserve currency. Tha has huge
geopoliical implicaions. So long as he U.S. dollar is he leading
reserve currency, he world mus de aco buy U.S. dollar Trea
sury bonds or is reserves. Tha has allowed Washingon o have
budge deficis since 1971 when he dollar lef he gold exchange
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sandard. In effec, China, Japan, Russia, Germany—all rade sur-
plus counries, finance Washingon’s deficis …. I is a paradox ha
Russia and China a leas, are deermined o end as soon as possi-
ble.
Las year Russia and China signed enormous 30-year energy
deals or delivery o Russian oil and gas o China. The paymens
will be in local currencies no in dollars. Already in 2014 setle-
men in naional currencies beween China and Russia in bila-
eral rade increased nine imes over 2013. Lin Zhi, head o he
Europe and Cenral Asia Deparmen o he Chinese Minisry oEconomic Developmen announced las November ha “Abou
100 Russian commercial banks are now opening corresponding
accouns or setlemens in yuan. The lis o commercial banks
where ordinary deposiors can open an accoun in yuan is also
growing.” Las November 18, Russia’s larges bank, Sberbank,
became he firs Russian bank o begin financing leters o credi
in Chinese yuan.
Wha all his indicaes is ha Russia and China are careully
planning a long-erm sraegy o geting ou rom dependence on
he U.S. currency, somehing ha, as he U.S. sancions las year
revealed, make boh counries vulnerable o U.S. currency wars
o devasaing impac.
China has jus been acceped “in principle” by he Group o 7
finance minisers o have is yuan included in he Inernaional
Moneary Fund baske o currencies making up Special
Drawing Righs. Today only U.S. dollar, euro and Japanese yen
are included in he baske. Including he yuan would be a huge
sep owards making he yuan a recognized inernaional reserve
currency, and a he same ime would weaken he dollar share. …
China has also agreed wih Russia o uniy he new Silk Road
high-speed rail projec wih Russia and Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union. …
I is expeced China mus reveal is gold reserves on being or
mally acceped ino he baske perhaps laer his year. …
“China is openly challenging America. … The infrasrucure is
being buil for a world wihou he Unied Saes. I is a sign
ha alhough he U.S. dollar may appear srong righ now,
is long-erm fundamenals are swiftly eroding. And wih i,
American power and prosperiy.”
Trumpet, July 2015
Video Eme rges of Violen ce at ‘Innocent Pool Party’ in McKin ney, Texas
Breitbart, June 7
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response o a pool pary a a McKinney, Texas, subdivision.
Now a video is emerging showing why police were called o he
scene o begin wih—violence.
Residens in a McKinney subdivision were hosing an end-o-
school pary in heir privae communiy pool. Many eens who
were no residens o he subdivision began showing up. Some
had been invied by residens, some had no. An ad or he even
had been placed on social media sies.
Teens who were no invied began climbing he ence o ge in,according o repors rom residens o he area. Trouble began
when hey were asked o leave by residens and pool managemen.
Now, a leas one video … shows a figh ha broke ou beween
a eenage girl and wo aduls.
Police were called o he scene and atemped o ge some o
he respassers o si down while hey invesigaed. Many o he
eens fled and police chased some o hem down. This is when he
video o he inciden wih police began. There does no appear o
be any video o he iniial police conac wih he eens.
One residen, Bene Embry, a black man, posed on Facebook
abou he evens leading up o he police call. “Look, I in his
communiy and his inciden is racial a all,” Embry
wroe. “A ew spoiled a even by fighing,
jumping over ences ino a pool, harassing and damaging
propery. No is abou . WE have oher issues
ha our atenion oher flighs o made-up make-believe
causes.”
In anoher pos he is criical o media coverage o he inciden
“I’ve never seen such irresponsible reporing and miss manage
men o media resources in my lie,” he said.
Anoher McKinney residen, Bryan Gesner, posed on Face
book, “This was a Twiter pary ha urned ino a mob even
Jumping pool ence. Assauling 2 securiy guards, atacking a
moher wih hree litle girls. The video doesn’ show everyhing.He coninued saying he kids were drinking and “smoking weed
and hey would no lisen o any o he aduls around he pool.
“This isn’ abou race,” he coninued. “This is abou ouside
kids invading our neighborhood and had no respec or auhoriy
or he residens here. I have a arge on my back now and I have
been hreaened by hese punks ha hey are gonna shoo up
my house when all I did was ry o conrol he mob and acually
ended o he girl and he boy ha had a bloody lip.”
“Y’all don’ know he whole sory,” Gesner coninued. “I com
mend he officer or handling his siuaion.”
Gesner wrapped up his pos alleging ha hese same kids came
back ino he neighborhood Saurday nigh. They were “kicking in
people’s ron door, sole a ruck and crashed i ino many vehicles
They vandalized dozens o cars and were sealing hings.”
Transgender Surgery Isn’t the Solution
Paul McHugh, Wall Street Journal | June 12, 2014
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gender cause has gone ino overdrive in recen weeks. On
May 30, a U.S. Deparmen o Healh and Human Services review
board ruled ha Medicare can pay or he “reassignmen” surgery
sough by he ransgendered—hose who say ha hey don’ iden
iy wih heir biological sex. Earlier las monh Deense Secre
ary Chuck Hagel said ha he was “open” o lifing a ban on rans
gender individuals serving in he miliary. Time magazine, seeing
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he rend, ran a cover sory or is June 9 issue called “The Trans-
gender Tipping Poin: America’s nex civil righs ronier.”
Ye policymakers and he media are doing no avors eiher o
he public or he ransgendered by reaing heir conusions as a
righ in need o deending raher han as a menal disorder ha
deserves undersanding, reamen and prevenion.
This inensely el sense o being ransgendered consiues a
menal disorder in wo respecs. The firs is ha he idea o sex
misalignmen is simply misaken—i does no correspond wih
physical realiy. The second is ha i can lead o grim psycholog-ical oucomes.
The ransgendered suffer a disorder o “assumpion” like hose
in oher disorders amiliar o psychiariss. … Oher kinds o dis-
ordered assumpions are held by hose who suffer rom anorexia
and bulimia nervosa, where he assumpion ha depars rom
physical realiy is he belie by he dangerously hin ha hey are
overweigh. …
For he ransgendered, his argumen holds ha one’s eeling
o “gender” is a conscious, subjecive sense ha, being in one’s
mind, canno be quesioned by ohers. … Wih his argumen,
advocaes or he ransgendered have persuaded several saes—
including Caliornia, New Jersey and Massachusets—o pass
laws barring psychiariss, even wih parenal permission, romsriving o resore naural gender eelings o a ransgender minor.
Tha governmen can inrude ino parens’ righs o seek help in
guiding heir children indicaes how powerul hese advocaes
have become. …
You won’ hear i rom hose championing ransgender equal-
iy, bu conrolled and ollow-up sudies reveal undamenal prob-
lems wih his movemen. When children who repored ransgen-
der eelings were racked wihou medical or surgical reamen
a boh Vanderbil Universiy and London’s Porman Clinic, 70 o
80 percen o hem sponaneously los hose eelings. …
We a Johns Hopkins Universiy—which in he 1960s was
he firs American medical cener o venure ino “sex-reassign-
men surgery”—launched a sudy in he 1970s comparing heoucomes o ransgendered people who had he surgery wih he
oucomes o hose who did no. Mos o he surgically reaed
paiens described hemselves as “saisfied” by he resuls, bu
heir subsequen psycho-social adjusmens were no beter han
hose who didn’ have he surgery. And so a Hopkins we sopped
doing sex-reassignmen surgery, since producing a “saisfied” bu
sill roubled paien seemed an inadequae reason or surgically
ampuaing normal organs.
I now appears ha our long-ago decision was a wise one. A
2011 sudy a he Karolinska Insiue in Sweden produced he
mos illuminaing resuls ye regarding he ransgendered, evi
dence ha should give advocaes pause. The long-erm sudy—up
o 30 years—ollowed 324 people who had sex-reassignmen sur
gery. The sudy revealed ha beginning abou 10 years afer hav-
ing he surgery, he ransgendered began o experience increas
ing menal difficulies. Mos shockingly, heir suicide moraliy
rose almos 20-old above he comparable nonransgender pop
ulaion. This disurbing resul has as ye no explanaion …. Thehigh suicide rae cerainly challenges he surgery prescripion. …
Anoher subgroup consiss o young men and women suscep
ible o sugesion rom “everyhing is normal” sex educaion
amplified by Inerne cha groups. These are he ransgender
subjecs mos like anorexia nervosa paiens: They become per
suaded ha seeking a drasic physical change will banish heir
psycho-social problems. “Diversiy” counselors in heir schools
raher like cul leaders, may encourage hese young people o dis
ance hemselves rom heir amilies and offer advice on rebu
ing argumens agains having ransgender surgery.
Treamens here mus begin wih removing he young person
rom he sugesive environmen and offering a counermessage
in amily herapy.Then here is he subgroup o very young, ofen prepubescen
children who noice disinc sex roles in he culure and, exploring
how hey fi in, begin imiaing he opposie sex. Misguided doc
ors a medical ceners including Boson’s Children’s Hospial have
begun rying o rea his behavior by adminisering pubery-de
laying hormones o render laer sex-change surgeries less oner
ous—even hough he drugs sun he children’s growh and risk
causing seriliy. Given ha close o 80 percen o such children
would abandon heir conusion and grow naurally ino adul lie i
unreaed, hese medical inervenions come close o child abuse
A beter way o help hese children: wih devoed parening.
A he hear o he problem is conusion over he naure o he
ransgendered. “Sex change” is biologically impossible. Peoplewho undergo sex-reassignmen surgery do no change rom men
o women or vice versa. Raher, hey become eminized men or
masculinized women.
Claiming ha his is a civil-righs mater and encouraging sur
gical inervenion is in realiy o collaborae wih and promoe a
menal disorder.
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