Thursday, August 14, 2014

BREAKING: Obama to Leave Vacation and Head Back to White House

Something appears to be developing at the White House.

The president is expected to return to the White House on Sunday (The Hill), but officials won't say why Obama is making the unusual trip back to Washington. He's expected to return to Martha's Vineyard, where he's been vacationing, on Tuesday.

The last time Obama broke out of a scheduled event was when he cut short his golf outing on the day he sent U.S. Navy SEALs into Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Pethaps this time Obama may announce that he has authorized ground troops to deploy in Iraq to establish a corridor that provides a safe haven off of Mount Sinjar for trapped Yazidis.

U.S. military personnel have just returned from the mountain (FOX), after scouting the area to asses the situation.

-RW

1 comment:

  1. Putin Says The Petrodollar Must Die, "The Dollar Monopoly In Energy Trade Is Damaging Russia's Economy"


    On the other, Putin just said the following, which no matter how one spins it, shows precisely how Russia is inclined vis-a-vis future (un-de-counter) escalations.

    PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA SHOULD AIM TO SELL OIL AND GAS FOR ROUBLES GLOBALLY, AS DOLLAR MONOPOLY IN ENERGY TRADE IS DAMAGING ECONOMY

    Reuters adds:

    President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia should aim to sell its oil and gas for roubles globally because the dollar monopoly in energy trade was damaging Russia's economy.



    "We should act carefully. At the moment we are trying to agree with some countries to trade in national currencies," Putin said during a visit to the Crimea region, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine earlier this year.

    Countries such as China, India, Iran, Brazil, and virtually every other non-insolvent, that is to say "developed, Western" country.

    And now, bring on the Russian "isolation" (which is about to push Europe, not Russia, into a triple-dip recession) and further de-escalation.


    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-14/putin-says-petrodollar-must-die-dollar-monopoly-energy-trade-damaging-russias-econom


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