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By Theodore Shoebat
The United Nations is purposefully denying Christians visas to enter the US. There are evil in the American government who don’t want to allow Christians in the US, and yet they want to bring in multitudes of Islamic invaders into the US. I did a whole video on this with lots of interesting commentary:
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According to <a href="http://www.christianpost.com/news/christians-are-being-denied-us-visas-while-cradle-of-christianity-is-wiped-off-the-map-evangelicals-warn-145641/page1.html" target="_blank">one report:</a>
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A faith-based global ministry has initiated a “Fostering Families” program in which it’s calling on over 1,000 churches in America to take in persecuted refugees from the ongoing crisis. Rev. Kevin Jessip, president of Global Strategic Alliance, said Christians are being wiped out from the Middle East, while at the same time being denied visas in the United States, and it’s an urgent time for the rest of the Christian body to wake up and help.
“It’s inappropriate for the Untied States of America to discriminate against a minority religion who is in dire need of asylum. These are proven cases at the UNHCR that we’ve seen of people who have been denied, and are in jeopardy of losing their lives,” Jessip told The Christian Post in a phone interview on Thursday.
“Not only have they ran and lost everything, but now, in many cases, we are seeing people facing another impending threat, and that is starvation,” he said, noting that most of the Christian refugees don’t even have basic resources to provide food for themselves.
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Here at Rescue Christians we are working hard every day to help bring Christians from Islamic persecution in Pakistan into other countries. It is these types of anti-Christian, pro-Islamic forces that strive to hinder us from our mission, and make visas difficult to obtain. So we know this from our own experience to be true.
We ask you to please help us save more Christian lives from Islamic persecution in Pakistan. We have rescued thousands.
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Russian And Chinese Marines Advancing In Syria Sounding Alarm Bells Of Armageddon

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By Walid Shoebat 
<a href="http://shoebat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/putin_north_pole.jpg"><img alt="putin_north_pole" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-85797" height="410" src="http://shoebat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/putin_north_pole.jpg" width="620" /></a>The recent arrival of the Russian Marines and Air Force to the Syrian port-city of Tartous has generated a significant amount of interest around the world, as the possibility of Russia’s direct military intervention becomes the focal point of the war on ISIS. To add to Russia piling up its military strength in Syria, on tuesday morning, a <a href="http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/chinese-military-personnel-expected-to-arrive-in-syria/">Chinese naval vessel</a> traveled through Egypt’s Suez Canal to enter the Mediterranean Sea scheduled to arrive in the coming weeks (6 weeks) to the port-city of Tartous in Syria that will join the Russian presence in Syria. And to add more salt to Obama’s injury, Russia is now getting militarily involved not jut in Syria, but also <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/24/russians-syrians-and-iranians-setting-up-military-coordination-cell-in-baghdad/">in Iraq</a> as it moved without radar detection, 24 attack jets from bases in Russia through Iran before traveling into Iraq.
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Putin to show he means business the air strikes on ISIS began earlier this week which were also accompanied by ground attacks near the Kweiris air base in the east of Aleppo province, where government troops have long been surrounded by ISIS, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Vladimir Putin’s explicit promise to go ahead with airstrikes against terrorist targets in Syria with or without the help of the US effectively marks the end of Washington’s years-old effort to destabilize and ultimately remove the Assad regime.
To send the clear message to Washington, Putin appears to have a contingency that involves another world power that was absent from the U.S. led Anti-ISIS Coalition: China.
Russia has made it abundantly clear that they are taking an active role in this conflict, but the news of the Chinese military to Syria provides more insight into their contingency.
Many are excited about more force coming to Syria to destroy ISIS and ask since Russia is beginning military operations: will Russia begin to coordinate with the U.S. to destroy ISIS?
Such cooperation or intent to destroy ISIS is food for the sheep. If Russia or the U.S. are bent on destroying ISIS why then is Russia not joining U.S. led Coalition and why is Russia not seeking the assistance of the neighboring Arab countries to combat ISIS? If the idea is to destroy ISIS, why would the United States which is also waging its own aerial campaign against ISIS reject help? While the media argues on the strategy of both sides to combat ISIS, everyone knows that the U.S. is able to squash ISIS in few weeks. Why then the U.S. had minimal success in obstructing ISIS growth in Syria and Iraq?
Obviously, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf would object on Russia’s involvement since their main goal is to destroy Shiite expansion represented by Iran which Bashar Al-Assad is their stronghold in the Levant.
So as it seems, the evidence is clear, the military buildup has nothing to do with fighting ISIS. Simply put, the two major military superpowers, Russia and the U.S. appear to be at it again; both are actively flexing their muscles through their proxies where the U.S. supports the rebels while Russia supports the Syrian Army. With Russia moving its chips, dare any Sunni extremists and/or CIA-trained “freedom fighters” or Turkey intent on seizing control of the country will now need to go through Russia and Iran.
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The third players, Turkey, Saudi Arabia including the Gulf states fear Iran’s encroachments and the loss of their sphere of influence on the Sunni Muslim world. This is what will become the crux of the whole matter.
So to answer our original question is that all the players have a use for ISIS. To completely destroy ISIS would prevent all the excuses for one party or the other to wield its global dominance.
The sooner the sheep put this equation in their head, the sooner they will begin to understand Armageddon which is a world conflict centered in the Middle East.
ISIS is useful for the U.S. as well as for Russia and Turkey even as far as <a href="http://shoebat.com/2015/02/02/japanese-government-turkey-currently-using-isis-order-revive-empires-preparation-world-war-iii/">Japan which has major use for ISIS</a> where ISIS is the excuse for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s re-interpretation of the Japanese constitution in regards to weapons  allowing Japan to also play a stronger role in global affairs.
Again, Armageddon is a global affair where global powers arise in a showdown that is centered on the Middle East.
The crucial issue to understand is that the strong Russian military commitment to redress the military balance on the ground would jeopardize Turkey’s calculations concerning Syria.
During Erdogan’s latest visit to Moscow, which came on the heels of Russia’s latest military buildup in Syria, Putin shunned Erdogan. Turkey’s quest to create a safe zone within <a href="http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/09/turkey-russia-deepening-syrian-impasse-military-support.html" target="_blank">Syrian territory</a> is hampered by Russia’s involvement. To add more problems not only for Washington, but for Turkey as <a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-24/chinese-military-personnel-aerial-assets-allegedly-en-route-syria">China (the biblical “armies from the east”) showed up</a>. Beijing made a concerted effort this year to project the growing power and influence of the PLA navy. That effort has so far involved an unprecedented land reclamation effort in the Spratlys, a “rescue” operation in the Yemeni port of Aden, and a surprise appearance off the coast of Alaska.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke on Sept. 22 said of his then-upcoming trip to Moscow, regarding “The <a href="http://www.trtturk.com/haber/erdogan-cozum-surecini-yikan-onlardir-152072.html" target="_blank">Syria question</a>” now that Russia (North to Turkey) and China (east of Turkey) have Erdogan’s plans in check. What Erdogan said sounded right from Daniel 11:44 “But then unpleasant news from the east and the north will alarm him” (Daniel 11:44):
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“The first topic of my visit that will take place tomorrow is about the inauguration of a magnificent mosque built in Moscow. It is a gigantic mosque that can accommodate around 10,000 people. After that, we will have talks with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. Naturally, the Syria question will be at the heart of our talks. … The news we receive [from Moscow] is not pleasant. We do have a special relationship with Russia and having such a relationship and then hearing the unpleasant news naturally made us unhappy. I hope to leave Moscow after reaching an agreement with Putin.”
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The media <a href="http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/09/turkey-russia-putin-not-supports-erdogan-in-syria.html">commented</a>:
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“Erdogan sounded hurt when he mentioned the “unpleasant news” from Russia.
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As we have been stating all along, Daniel says it also, Russia and Turkey will end up at odds when it comes to the power play in the region. Even after Erdogan’s visit. The two leaders, accompanied by their delegations, Turkey and Russia talked before leaving disappointed as darkness fell over Moscow and the Turkish president left Russia’s capital. There was nothing tangible offered in terms of Turkey’s foreign policy objectives in Syria.
The <a href="http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/09/turkey-russia-putin-not-supports-erdogan-in-syria.html#ixzz3mnGpRAdD">media</a> covered this story like this:
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No joint statement was issued. In the tradition of Turkish-Russian relations — including during the Soviet period — there have always been joint statements or communiques following top-level meetings. In very rare cases when they were not issued, it signified that the parties <a href="http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/06/putin-erdogan-angry-azerbaijan.html" target="_blank">respectfully disagreed</a> on the issue at hand.
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The power struggle between Putin and Erdogan is beginning to show Erdogan envies Putin. Only a few days ago, a Foreign Policy article on Erdogan contained the following lines:
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“Erdogan’s ambition is nothing less than to be a modern-day Sultan, a near-absolute executive whose power and authority cannot be challenged or checked. Think an <a href="http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/09/21/erdogans-deadly-ambitions-turkey-elections-president/" target="_blank">Anatolian version</a> of Russian President Vladimir Putin and you’ll begin to get the idea.”
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Russia does want to combat ISIS, but only to protect Assad’s regime from Turkey and the U.S. The plan is similar to the U.S.’ idea of a “coalition” of air forces, but unlike the U.S. Russia is far more involved on the ground; this is something the U.S. and their allies have avoided since the inception of their war against ISIS. As it seems, we are getting closer to seeing the Middle East situation escalate where world powers play the game of chess dreaming that the winner keep all. What they are unaware of is that the chess game is being played from above, where the devil moves Obama and Erdogan while God does His move and has them all in check. In the end, the devil will lose and is cast out forever.
 
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Russia’s Putin Just Sent Fighter Jets To Iraq To Destroy ISIS Sending Obama A Message That In The Middle East “PUTIN IS ...

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By Walid Shoebat
The Iranian-Russian alliance, which wants total control of Iraq and Syria will push Russian hegemony over the Middle East as Russia sent military forces now to Iraq. “They are popping up everywhere” says one senior U.S. official describing the arrival of Russian military personnel in Baghdad, Iraq.
The situation is heating up as Russia is now getting militarily involved not jut in Syria, but also <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/24/russians-syrians-and-iranians-setting-up-military-coordination-cell-in-baghdad/">in Iraq</a>.
Undetected by radar, the Russians were able to move 24 attack jets (12 Sukhoi Su-25 “Frogfoot” and a dozen Sukhoi Su-24 “Fencer” attack aircraft) in “tight formations” under the “steady stream” of the large Russian An-124 cargo planes that have been ferrying supplies from bases in Russia through Iran before traveling into Iraq.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin did his move just prior to the planned meeting between him and President Obama in New York Monday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. Obama administration has voiced concern regarding Russia’s involvement, at least in Syria.
Putin as it seems has President Obama in check since he is thwarting Obama’s plans as the United States has publicly expressed alarm since Russia-supported Syrian loyalists could clash with U.S.-backed rebel groups. Direct Russian intervention in Syria will help break Russia out of isolation and will force Washington to begin direct military-to-military talks with the Russians on Syria.
Putin as it seems is challenging President Obama and has fostered ties with the governments in both Syria and Iraq and now has moved his chips in both nations sending a message to Obama that Putin is boss.  The situation sends a blow to President Obama’s plan since four years after President Barack Obama’s August 2011 <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-08-18/obama-is-said-to-be-ready-to-urge-assad-to-step-down-after-syria-bloodshed">ultimatum</a> that the Syrian president must go, now Russia’s involvement and world leaders descending on New York for the United Nations General Assembly will send the message that Assad can stay.
But the situation is not only an alarm bell to the U.S., besides challenging the U.S., the interference of Russia in Syria and Iraq what is now a recognized fighting force will provoke the Muslim world, and bring back memories of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
To understand more on Russia’s involvement read <a href="http://shoebat.com/2015/09/17/are-gog-and-magog-marching-on-israel-as-we-see-russia-deploying-its-military-might-in-syria/">Are Gog And Magog Marching On Israel As We See Russia Deploying Its Military Might In Syria?</a>
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Norway Pays Brazil $1bn For Slowing Amazon Deforestation

The incentive is part of an initiative called the Amazon Fund, which encourages developing countries to protect the environment
<a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/norway-pays-brazil-1bn-for-slowing-amazon-deforestation/ericpheterson1/" rel="attachment wp-att-41148"><img alt="ericpheterson1" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-41148" height="219" src="http://cdn9.trueactivist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ericpheterson1-400x219.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/police-in-norway-havent-killed-anyone-in-nearly-a-decade/" target="_blank">Norway</a> will soon pay <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/architects-plan-to-turn-brazils-empty-stadiums-into-housing-for-homeless/" target="_blank">Brazil</a> the final installment of a $1bn payment for slowing the rate at which the Amazon rainforest is cut down, giving a massive incentive to the country’s government to protect the ‘lungs of the world’.
As part of an agreement called The Amazon Fund, the Scandinavian country promised to pay Brazil $1bn between 2008 and 2015, in exchange for its commitment to slow down <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/heres-how-starbucks-is-destroying-the-rainforest-and-what-you-can-do-to-help/" target="_blank">deforestation</a>. The Amazon Fund is administered by the <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/250000-people-forcibly-removed-from-their-homes-for-world-cup-in-brazil/" target="_blank">Brazilian</a> Development Bank BNDES, which uses the money to pay for sustainable and innovative ways to develop the <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/gab_gallery/uncontacted-amazon-tribe-first-ever-aerial-footage/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> region.
The UN Secretary General said that the <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/brazil-government-says-amazon-is-improving-vastly-but-independent-researchers-disagree/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> fund was “an outstanding example of the kind of international collaboration we need to ensure the future sustainability of the planet”.
<a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/how-these-brazilian-students-learn-english-is-amazing/" target="_blank">Brazil</a> vowed to cut the rate of deforestation by 75 percent over the past seven years, and has achieved its goal. Between 1996 and 2005, <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/brazilian-artist-is-transforming-womens-scars-from-abuse-into-art-for-free/" target="_blank">Brazil</a> cut down 20,500 km squared, an area the size of Clark County in Nevada, or the entire state of Israel. By the year from August 2013 to July 2014, that had fallen to 4,800km squared. In 2012 the rate of deforestation fell to its lowest in 24 years.
But activists say the rate of <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/watch-over-500000-ants-joined-in-protest-against-deforestation/" target="_blank">deforestation</a> is not slowing down enough, and that Brazil- whose policy of <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/the-world-must-know-what-is-happening-here-the-story-behind-those-shocking-viral-images/" target="_blank">evicting</a> native <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/indigenous-protesters-occupy-oil-field-in-the-amazon-and-threaten-to-shut-it-down-if-they-are-ignored/" target="_blank">people</a> from their ancestral land has proven very <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/the-militarization-of-conservation-and-the-dark-side-of-the-wwf-exposed/" target="_blank">controversial</a>– should be doing much more to prevent the loss of diverse habitats. In July 2014, <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/brazilian-wasp-venom-found-to-kill-cancer-cells-without-harming-healthy-cells/" target="_blank">Brazilian</a> President Dilma Rousseff made it easier for logging companies to clear the rainforest, resulting in a <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/worlds-oldest-tree-accidentally-cut-down-by-loggers-in-amazon/" target="_blank">deforestation</a> spike: 402km squared was cleared in September last year alone.
Norway has put an impressive $670 million into the Amazon Fund so far and is one of the most charitable nations on the planet, with over 1% of its GDP spent on international aid. The country also has a deal with Indonesia, offering it the same $180m installments in exchange for a vow from the country to protect its tropical <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/mind-blowing-what-the-people-of-the-amazon-know-that-you-dont/" target="_blank">rainforests</a>. However, it warned the Indonesian government earlier this year that its progress in reforming its forestry sector will not be sufficient to meet its pledge to reduce carbon emissions by 26% in 2020.
Norwegian environment minister Baard Vegar Solhjell announced on Monday that the government would make the $100m payment to Brazil before the global <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/this-15-year-old-is-leading-a-global-revolution-for-climate-change/" target="_blank">climate</a> summit in December, praising the country’s conservation work: “These efforts have tremendous positive effects for biodiversity, the livelihoods of local communities and indigenous peoples, and local and global rainfall patterns,” he <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/06/us-norway-brazil-aid-idUSBRE8B50WA20121206" target="_blank">sai</a>d. “The importance of what Brazil has achieved on deforestation over the last few years can hardly be overestimated.”
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Finally, Court Rules Whales To Be Protected From Navy Sonar!

It's fantastic news for these majestic creatures, whose mysterious mass deaths have caused many to lay the blame on the US Navy
<a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/finally-court-rules-whales-to-be-protected-from-navy-sonar/whales2a/" rel="attachment wp-att-41137"><img alt="whales2a" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-41137" height="219" src="http://cdn11.trueactivist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/whales2a-400x219.jpg" width="400" /></a>Earthjustice, Greenpeace and the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have won a battle to challenge the US Navy’s training and testing activities off the coasts of <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/hawaii-plans-to-transform-its-old-buses-into-homeless-shelters-with-showers/" target="_blank">Hawaii</a> and Southern <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/california-has-only-one-year-of-water-left/" target="_blank">California</a>, including its highly controversial use of sonar.
Military sonar causes chaos to marine animals’ migration patterns, breeding and feeding ground, and their ability to communicate and hear. We’ve all read stories of dead <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/gab_gallery/two-humpback-whales-attempt-to-save-grey-whale-calf-from-a-pod-of-killer-whales/" target="_blank">whales</a> washing up on the beach, and the navy has now <a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/2002/01/navy-admits-sonar-killed-whales" target="_blank">admitted</a> that its use of  sonar testing activities is helping to kill off these beautiful <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/australia-wins-whaling-case-against-japan/" target="_blank">creatures</a>. As Tim Donaghy, a senior research specialist with Greenpeace <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/14/stranded-whales-ocean-navy-sonars" target="_blank">told</a> the Guardian in June last year,  “a deaf whale is a dead whale.” Take into account that many injured and dead <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/how-whales-change-climate/" target="_blank">whales</a> and <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/india-declares-dolphins-non-human-persons-dolphin-shows-banned/" target="_blank">dolphins</a> do not end up stranded on a beach, and it’s easy to see how difficult it is to accurately assess how many marine animals are affected by sonar use in our oceans.
In March, a US district court in <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/hawaii-just-banned-plastic-bags-at-grocery-checkouts/" target="_blank">Hawaii</a> found that the National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) improperly gave approval to the navy’s use of sonar in the Pacific, a cause for celebration for environmental groups. This month, a federal court went one step further by ruling that when the US Navy’s current contract expires in 2018, certain regulations to its activities will apply:
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<li>The deal will prohibit the navy “from using mid-frequency active sonar for training and testing activities in important habitat for beaked whales between Santa Catalina Island and San Nicolas Island” and</li>
<li>“from using mid-frequency active sonar for training and testing activities in important habitat for blue whales feeding near San Diego”.</li>
<li>It also requires that “surface vessels must use ‘extreme caution’ and travel at a safe speed to minimize the risk of ship strikes in blue whale feeding habitat and migratory corridors for blue, fin, and gray whales.”</li>
<li>Special prohibitions already in place in <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/hawaiian-natives-fight-to-keep-telescope-off-sacred-mountain/" target="_blank">Hawaii</a> restrict speed in order to protect humpback whales.</li>
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Women Of The First Nations Shut Down Tar Sands Pipeline Hearing

<a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/women-of-the-first-nations-shut-down-tar-sands-pipeline-hearing/native-protest-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-41125"><img alt="native protest" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-41125" height="300" src="http://cdn9.trueactivist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/native-protest-400x300.jpg" width="400" /></a>This week, women representing the First Nations shut down a pipeline meeting in Montreal. The meeting was on the controversial TransCanada Pipeline which could potentially displace tens of thousands of people and create untold environmental pollution. Native communities will be some of the most hard hit by the <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/?s=pipeline" target="_blank">pipeline</a>, as the oil companies are planning on building directly through their ancestral homelands, the land that was promised to them through very early government treaties.
Amanda Lickers of the Seneca-Haudenosaunee community was one of the women who joined the protest. She told reporters on the scene that she was determined to protect her homeland and the environment surrounding it.
“What we want TransCanada to understand is that no means no. This is Kanien’ke, this is Mohawk Land, and we are tired of occupation, we are tired of environmental disaster. This is our land and we are going to protect it,” she said.
During the protest, four <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/?s=native" target="_blank">native</a> women held a banner that said “No consent, no pipelines” as the meeting was being canceled.
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“The NEB doesn’t even make the call. All they do is put a recommendation to the federal government. We wanted to push home that this is a process of futility, and if we are going to stop pipelines, we need to move forward with direct action. We have a responsibility to future generations to assert our sovereignty,” <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/09/24/no-consent-first-nations-women-shut-down-tar-sands-pipeline-hearing" target="_blank">Lickers told Common Dreams.</a>
The police were called to the protest, but luckily no arrests were made.
Earlier this year, <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/sioux-tribal-president-declares-keystone-xl-pipeline-an-act-of-war/" target="_blank">in Rosebud South Dakota</a>, the Rosebud Sioux Tribal President made an official announcement, stating that the Rosebud Sioux Tribe considers the laying of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline through their lands to be an “act of war.”
One of the most effective propaganda campaigns that the government has going for them is the idea that it is somehow their job to protect the environment.
This is said to be accomplished by punishing those who damage the environment. However, situations like this give a much clearer view of reality.
In this case and in most others, individual private property holders are actually personally invested in the land, thus they have a greater incentive to actually take care of the property and be conscious of the environment.
With the Tar Sands pipeline, we see how the government is actually taking property away from people who would treat it well and then selling it to people who will undoubtedly disrespect it.
Without the strong arm of the government to expropriate the property, the companies that are building this pipeline would be forced to directly negotiate with these property holders themselves or offer them fair deals in return for their property.
Beings that most of these people have so much personal history invested in this land, the majority of them would refuse to negotiate, making the construction of this pipeline completely impossible.
Sadly, politicians have no problem negotiating with other people’s property, so they can be lobbied to use the guns of government to expropriate land on behalf of a third party, making projects that no one wants in their “own back yard” a reality.
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/jgvibes" target="_blank">John Vibes</a> writes for True Activist and is an author, researcher and investigative journalist who takes a special interest in the counter culture and the drug war.
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This week, women representing the First Nations shut down a pipeline meeting in Montreal. The meeting was on the controversial TransCanada P...