In anticipating any such regional changes, it is important to distinguish actual interests and likely post-agreement behavior from what regimes may say disingenuously for effect today.
This is most obviously the case with Israel, where smart people concerned about a possible Iranian nuclear weapon realize that the object of their concern is much less likely to materialize with an agreement than without one, but where the right-wing government is doing everything it can to kill a deal in order to keep Iran in the international doghouse, suppress it as a competitor for regional influence and U.S. attention, and retain it as an all-purpose bogeyman to distract attention from things the Israeli government would rather not talk about.

American and European hypocrisy so stark undermines the legitimacy of both their governments and institutions as well as their agenda domestically and abroad. Condemning and leveling sanctions against Russia for allegedly doing in Ukraine what the West is openly doing in Syria and Iraq with its own immense proxy army leaves the global audience to decide between Russia managing a crisis on its borders and a West meddling thousands of miles from its borders.

One of three policemen who was killed in an explosion in Cairo earlier Sunday was a prosecution witness in the trial of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and dozens others charged with breaking out of jail in 2011, a judicial source said.

Tag für Tag ereignen sich in den U.S.A. Übergriffe mit Rollkommandos ohne angeordnete richterliche Durchsuchungsbefehle gegen die Zivilbevölkerung. Die Tendenz steigt, dabei von den Polizeibehörden ohne Anlass erschossen zu werden.

Nun, dabei ging es darum, die „Antifa-Sportgruppe“ zu finden, die angeblich heimlich still und leise Jagd auf Neonazis macht.

Jetzt hat sich herausgestellt: Die gab es nie.

That is the gist of a story today at CNN by Sally Kohn titled:

Survivors of German victims of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 downed over Ukraine plan to sue the country and its president for manslaughter by negligence in 298 cases, the lawyer representing them said on Sunday.

„We have no interest in humiliating the French,“ said one German official who requested anonymity.

Police also took criminal action against 397 people in terms of the law on misdemeanors, and against 1,432 drivers for traffic crimes.

Seven stolen cars were also seized, while 281 drivers were disqualified from driving.

Administrative sanctions were also issued on 162 workplaces, and fines worth a total of 657,891 Turkish Liras were handed out during the operation.

A group of inspectors will begin a monitoring flight by observation aircraft Tu-154M Lk-1 over the United States under the International Open Skies Treaty, the acting head of the Russian National Centre for Reduction of Nuclear Danger told Itar-Tass.

“An observation flight at a maximum distance of up to 4,900 kilometres will be made from September 21 to 29 from the Open Skies airfield Wright-Patterson, Ohio,” Ruslan Shishin said.

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Learning about how to manipulate the media after a police officer shoots someone can be a blast, according to a flier produced by the academy promoting the course.”The training is also highly entertaining,” the flier says, “You will learn a lot, and you’ll have fun doing it!”