Polygraph
Monday 21 August 2023
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"Today, the IRGC is the largest anti-terrorist organization in the world."
Through direct actions and via a network of proxy forces, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has engaged in global terrorism for decades. -
“[T]he two countries' military relations have set a model in non-alignment, non-confrontational cooperation that does not target any third party.”
China and Russia are aligning their foreign policies and military strategies to undermine the Western-led liberal-democratic world order. That alignment is confrontational in nature, given that Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 and China is eyeing Taiwan. -
"Al-Harir base in Erbil, Iraq is overcrowded after the arrival of a new batch of troops from the US"
The video shows the August 2021 airlift at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan. -
“I am confident it should not be a worry as our intended legislation is NOT different from American laws in states like Florida and Kentucky. I believe the US Supreme Court agrees largely with Ghana's position.”
Proposed bill in Ghana would essentially criminalize living as an LGTBQ+ person. It bears no resemblance to controversial laws in U.S. states. -
"Now, criticism over the government’s lack of precautions and lack of rescue efforts might not be based on facts. For the most part, people are just venting."
Chinese netizens’ criticism is focused on the government’s decision to deliberately open flood gates and spillways causing devastation in seven low-lying flood control zones in Hebei province to prevent rivers in Beijing from overflowing. -
"The silence of European leaders over the burning of copies of the Quran is surprising, which amounts to their complicity in the crime."
European leaders have strongly condemned the Quran burnings while stressing that in democracies citizens have a constitutional right to free expression. -
“The trident, as a mark of slavery and a symbol of the conquest of Ukraine, was hoisted on the shield of the Motherland.”
The trident is an ancient universal symbol that has no history of slavery symbolism in Ukraine or beyond. -
"Converting the island of Taiwan into a ‘porcupine’ is a plan that benefits only the US, and selling such amounts of outdated yet overpriced weapons also brings huge profits to the US' military-industrial complex."
The U.S. has sent top-of-the-line equipment to Taiwan for many years, including new F-16s, HIMARS rockets and others. The Foreign Military Sales (FMS) system through which Taiwan obtains most of its U.S.-made weapons treats all foreign customer countries the same, including pricing. -
“You know those actually inflated stories about child abduction. We explain it simply: there was no kidnapping; there was an attempt and specific actions aimed at saving the children, who were taken out of the war zone.”
The Russian government is involved in forcibly deporting thousands of Ukrainian children, submitting them to Russification programs and preventing their return to Ukraine. -
“Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley opened up during a Pentagon news conference saying that Western curators had carefully planned the counter-offensive operation by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”
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“According to estimation, the average annual emission of carbon dioxide caused by forest fires in China from 2000-2021 was approximately 15 million tons, only account for 0.2 percent of the global forest fire emissions, demonstrating China's responsible role as a major country. "
China is responsible for more than a quarter of global pollution and is the world’s biggest emitter of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. The low emission from wildfires is not indicative of China’s role in climate change, as wildfires pose the lowest environmental risk in the country. -
“The voting process exemplified a genuine political pluralism, offering Cambodian citizens and their respective political parties with an equal and fair opportunity to engage in political contests within the confines of the law.”
By banning opposition, shuttering independent media and persecuting political opponents, Cambodian strongman Hun Sen made the transfer of power to his son a foregone conclusion.