DRAGONFLY GLOBAL PRODUCTIONS, LTD., Blog
Friday, August 20:
ISRAEL DICTATING U.S.MILITARY SALES ABROAD.
Israel has won a battle to severly restrict the sales of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) to Jordan.
U.S. F-16 Firing AIM-120 AMRAAM.
Israel has lobbied, through Israel Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, and won the restriction of the sale of AIM-120 AMRAAMs only to Jordan.
The Israeli govenment forced the Bush administration through these efforts to forbid Jordan from selling these missiles to third party countries, in particular Egypt. Even without the fact that both Jordan and Egypt have peace treaties with Israel, it demonstrates the Israeli ability to influence U.S. policy as well as hurt the sale of U.S. made arms abroad.
Israel's unfounded fear is that this sale could undermine Israel's claim of military superiority in the Middle East.
President Bush has vowed to keep Israel's military superiority in statements made earlier this month.
This is the first time Israel has used its influence in the U.S. to prevent Jordan from buying U.S. made arms since their peace treaty was signed in 1994.
A New Stage In U.S.-Israeli Relations.
Regards,
Charlie
Charles B. // 8:53 AM
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Tuesday, August 10:
AL-QAEDA ATTACK CAN MAKE YOU VERY, VERY, WEALTHY.
The expected terrorist attack on the United States is an opportune time for the quick investor to profit from disaster. This is what Halliburton has historically done and is currently doing in Iraq. They make money from human disaster.
The way to profit on the coming attack is through oil futures. In particular: Sweet,Light Crude. The chart below shows what happened to oil during 2001.
Crude Oil Prices During 2001.
The time line clearly shows the spike in oil prices immediately after September 11, 2001. But by the end of November the price had dropped to under $17/barrel, nearly a 50% drop in the price per barrel.
The smart investor takes into account the terrorism emotional factor currently driving up oil prices to historical highs, waits for an attack, and within two days after an attack goes short crude oil futures out roughly two months. This trade gives one a quick, highly leveraged profit on the tail of a disaster.
This is a cold hearted approach to human misery, but one that the people dictating world policy relish in whenever they can. This edge makes them able to beat the market.
And beating the market is easy in today's fear filled climate.
Read the article below to understand the oil trader's rationale written by Fiona Maharg-Bravo. She deftly explains why terrorists are not interested in disrupting the oil supply. They are only interested in instilling constant fear in the world which drives up the price of oil on the unfounded idea that the supply will be disrupted. The terrorists are using what is called Military Deception Planning.
Fear Factor Bumps Oil Price.
Regards,
Charlie
Charles B. // 11:55 AM
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Sunday, August 1:
U.S. CONGRESS OKs ONE YEAR DELAY FOR BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS.
Finally, something to report that will save many, many travelers to the U.S. lost time standing in line to get visas to come to America
The U.S. Congress voted in 2002 to require all visa-waived countries, 27 in all, to have biometric passports by October 26, 2004.
Now, a biometric passport is not a simple feat to accomplish. It involves the embedding of a computer chip in these tamperproof passports that gives biometric data including facial and iris scans, as well as electronic fingerprint scans.
All the countries involved have had major problems in resolving durability and entry software problems with the passports. Each visa-waived traveler arriving at ports of entry into the United States was to have this passport by the deadline.
Seeing that none would be able to meet the requirements on time, Congress wisely delayed the implementation by a voice vote in the Senate just before taking off for their Summer break.
If Congress had allowed the deadline to stand, the 10 million travelers from visa-waived countries that enter the U.S. every year would have had to been issued visas at each American Embassy for entry into the U.S. A bureaucratic nightmare, to say the least.
One country, though, has been in the forefront of tamperproof passports: Australia. Not exactly biometric, but they do have a glass laminated Kangaroo in the passport that seems to be hopping. Clever, those Aussie's.
Australian Kangaroo Hopping Passport.
This could start a trend. Ireland could have a leprechaun with a shimmering pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
The U.S., who also will have biometric passports, could have Paul Revere galloping through the countryside warning, "The British are coming." As for the British, perhaps a picture of the Queen waving with her trademark unscrewing of the lightbulb flick of the wrist.
Congress Delays Biometric Passports.
Regards,
Charlie
Charles B. // 3:41 PM
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