WHY PRESIDENT BIDEN LOOKED AT HIS WATCH DURING THE BURIAL OF 13 AMERICAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE LATEST TERRORIST ATTACK IN KABUL 

The wrist watch in the wrist of the most powerful man in the world, the President of The US, marches at the normal pace, 60 seconds per minute, 60 minutes per hour, from 00:00 midnight to 23.59 and then all over again , but time progresses in much of a formidable way in President Biden's watch because he is the leader of the most powerful nation on earth.

The watch was marching on while the funeral of 13 American soldiers took place in a very lamentable day for their families, friends and all who share their pain for the loss of their loved ones. 

However, the watch stopped when President Biden looked at it to check the time, during a tirade of insults thrown against him by  a family member of one of the victims of the Kabul airport bombing. 

The family member expected what we all expected, that all American soldiers would not be put in danger after the Taliban and the American Authorities had issued warnings about the risk of imminent bombing of the Kabul airport by ISIS . 

The public expected that no British and American troops would be killed as the bombing was imminent, predictable and preventable. However, this was not the case and the family members of the American victims were left with a void regarding who is responsible for this negligence which cost their loved one's lives.

The family member of one of the victims insulted President Biden because wanted answers there and now, and the seconds which followed progressed in Mr Biden's eyes not because he was checking how long the funeral was taking, but how long will it be until the results of the withdrawal of the American and British troops from Afghanistan produce ideological fruit.

If we bring President Biden's watch back to how it all began for the US occupation, we are taken to 2001 when Afghans ran back to the caves which sheltered them since ancient times. We are taken back to when the US troops were landing daily in search for the 9/11 mastermind, Ben Laden.

It was an arrival of American troops which was labelled occupation, which constituted legal international occupation directed by a Conservative leader, President Bush, and which the withdrawal of troops was done less than a year after the US November 2020 Presidential elections that ousted a Conservative President and elected a Democratic leader, President Biden.

In the background of this Presidential transition was a year of civil unrest, of protests led by anti-imperialist, anti-colonialist, anti-racist movements and groups like ANTIFA and BLM ( Black Lives Matter).

In the sidelines of this Presidential election were endless meetings, conventions and conferences which I attended a few  to learn about the present status quo of politics and religion during the Cov-19 pandemic lockdowns. 

The Afro American National organizations, especially the NAACP and the Black Caucus , had speakers and groups specifically focused on the role of USA politics in the present imperialism or US military occupations abroad . The Chinese American political groups whose leaders attended many of these events were particularly concerned with white supremacy at the international level and how this reflected in the racism they were experiencing on a daily basis on the basis of the assumption that the Chinese were spreading Cov-19 because was " the China Virus" as labelled by President Trump.

All these organizations are under the rainbow umbrella of the Democratic party, which was in power when the US military captured Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Ironically, the US military was reported this week to be engaged in military conflicts against ISIS on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The embarrassing moment for the US troops in Afghanistan is no longer their hasty withdrawal but the fact that not only was Bin Laden apprehended in Pakistan but now as the troops depart back to the US, some American and British stay slightly behind to fight terrorists based in Pakistan.

This is a clear indication that the troops should not have been there in the beginning and now at the end, President Biden's watch marks the seconds from here to the elections where his party policies will be voted for on the basis of ideology and American lives saved by a hasty departure.

By other words, 13 lives lost only mean 13 seconds of many other American soldiers lives who made it back home safe to the arms of their families and many who will vote as a thank you note to President Biden for saving them from the same fate. Equally, Antifa and Black Lives Matter will be some of the most prominent movements and groups to rejoice with this withdrawal as the occupation meant imperialism and white supremacy .

Come the elections President Biden's watch will signal power, voting power, voting results and possibly, more four years for the Democratic party because the Conservatives have not counted the protests last Summer caused by ideology and race and how American international policies are still viewed as a direct result of the policies responsible for the racial problems affecting thousands of Americans.

Ariane Brito

More Christmas decorations for the Fundraising Crafts sale

 

Today I packed more Crafts for sale, however I am still looking for a venue or local fair to sell the items and donate the proceedings to the Children's Air Ambulance.

If you want to donate instead of buying a gift, please visit the page I set up at Just Giving : Ariane Crafts is fundraising for The Children's Air Ambulance (justgiving.com)

Thank you in advance,

Best wishes,

Ariane Crafts

Quick bedroom cushion in progress but instead of one night might be two nights. PARIS STITCH

As the new academic year starts, we have no shortage of boys school shirts in our family. I bough these a few months ago but my son jumped since then and these shirts are now too small for him.

What better way to give it some good purpose than to turn it into some bedroom cushions? 

So I thought, but now my son told me I should have asked him first as finds its a bit too much my style and he wanted a say. 

Will finish this just the same and hopefully he will change his mind. 

                                                                             Above: Paris stitch

What are you quick recycle projects on a late evening, when you have the time of just want to brush up some stitches?

Best wishes,

Ariane Crafts

Ariane Op-Ed :AFGHANISTAN, MY RECOMMENDATIONS: Afghanistan mines and the prospective of civil war in a near future by Ariane Brito

 

AFGHANISTAN, MY RECOMMENDATIONS: Afghanistan mines and the prospective of civil war in a near future by Ariane Brito

 

Prospective, perspective, bad prediction, premonition or just logical reasoning, I do not know in fact what is leading me to reflect in the landmine situation of Afghanistan in a time where the US and Britain are struggling to remove their formal employees from Afghanistan but one fact is certain, the impact of land mining in Afghanistan and how last year registered an increase in landmine contamination, is an indicative that there is no such thing as soil security in this country and nor is the matter being covered by the international media.

 

According to the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor, last year there was relevant cluster munition contamination,

 

Cluster munition contamination

DMAC reports that as of the end of December 2019, there were seven areas in two provinces with cluster munition contamination totalling 5.8km². However, DMAC noted that there is some evidence, generated through local requests, of additional cluster munition contamination which requires further investigation.[46]

The seven sites are affected by remnants of the 1,228 cluster munitions containing some 248,056 BLU-97B submunitions dropped by the US between October 2001 and early 2002.[47] Cluster munition remnants are said to affect around 7,000 people, and block access to grazing and agricultural land.[48] Soviet forces also used cluster munitions and demining operators continue to find unexploded submunitions on demining and battle area clearance tasks.[49]

ERW Contamination

DMAC recorded 147km² of CHA with ERW contamination as of the end of 2019. DMAC has also reported 630km² of contamination in relation to firing ranges.[50] Legacy ERW contamination dating back to before 2001 was previously reported to be 588km2,but the extent of contamination has continued to rise over recent years due to conflict between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and government military forces against NGAGs.[51]

Casualties

Casualties overview[52]

Casualties
All know mine/ERW casualties (between 1978 and 2019)	At least 33,771 casualties (9,080 killed and 25,691 injured)
Casualties in 2019
Annual total	1,538 (decrease from 2,234 in 2018)
Survival outcome	579 killed; 959 injured
Device type causing casualties	antipersonnel mines: 25 casualties; antivehicle mines: 4 casualties; ERW: 654 casualties; improvised mines: 850 casualties; unexploded submunitions: 5 casualties
Civilian status	all casualties were civilians
Age and gender	747 adults (112 women, 635 men) 791 children (124 girls, 667 boys)

                                                          

                                                                      in 2020 Impact Report by LCM Monitor

The same report mentioned above, states that the Taliban seized 400 landmines imported from Iran,

"The Taliban has accused Iran of supplying mines to the opposition forces in Afghanistan, a charge Iran has denied. In December, the Taliban said it captured 400 antipersonnel mines with Iranian markings from the opposition in Bangi district of the northern province of Takhar.^[4]

In an interview, a representative of the ousted Rabbani government acknowledged that its forces were still using, and actively importing, antipersonnel mines. He indicated that Tajikistan was now the main supply route for mines, mostly of Soviet origin.^[5]" 

                                                                                                     ^{in Ibid} 

 

The fact that Afghanistan is facing an uncertain future based on how well the wounds heals between Afghans is not only based on the landmines that are still to be removed (and which were placed by Soviets and later by this last Afghan Government), the incarceration of members of the Taliban and social reprisals against their family members, were also perpetrated by people who might well now be at Kabul airport.

Uncertainty as to how the process of transfer of power will occur at the regional, local and tribal level is another matter of concern.

Not only the late Afghan Government was not in position to employ most of the population, but also failed to monitor the large amounts of young men with wives and babies to feed, who in consequence of being pushed against the wall by their economical responsibilities, joined private armies in Syria and Iraq.

To this fringe of society, I include the male population in Iran who were forbidden to study or work in Iran and consequently found themselves incarcerated and forcibly dehumanised in the Iranian prison system. The high rates of heroin addiction and sexual transmitted diseases in this group might as well make them more vulnerable to enrol in new armed groups of resistance against the Taliban.

Preventing this from occurring should be the main priority when dealing with Afghan young males in Iran, Syria, and Iraq.

There was no opportunity, no support, and no justice for this group of young men, and now we are left with people who will undoubtedly become target of recruitment by criminal military gangs that have no Religion nor regards for Afghans.

Can cultural institutions of trade be preserved under the Taliban?

I regret to inform you that institutions of trade and intellectual hubs in Afghanistan have never been westernised, yet are ancient institutions which witnessed several civilizations arrive and leave for trade. 

In ancient times, the Afghans, Pashtun tribe more specifically, were in and out of India and got themselves embroiled in political upheavals leading to some being deported while others executed,

 

  in Husain, Iqbal. "Sectional President's Address: THE SOCIOLOGICAL HISTORY OF AN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY: THE AFGHANS IN MEDIEVAL INDIA." <i>Proceedings of the Indian History Congress</i> 67 (2006): 209-16. Accessed August 24, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44147939.)

 

The Pashtuns were not the only ones to leave the Afghan print in neighbouring countries, the Hotakis, a tribe living in Afghanistan and Iranian territory , miraculously defeated the much bigger and well equipped Ottoman Empire in the Ottoman-Hotaki War (1726-1727) and ruled over Iran.

The money markets of today are still ramified across Central Asia, the Punjab region and Europe in the same manner as the slave trade was ramified in the early 19th century in Afghanistan.

 

We have also intellectual legacy of Afghans in the field of Maths and Theology. 

All these achievements, in the military, international expansion, financial markets, and science disciplines were achieved without Western influence.

By other words, Afghanistan is a country of vital importance in Central Asia in its own merit and not just by its position in giving the Slavs access to the Middle East and South East Asia markets.

This is the perspective the international media and all the international agents should be looking at how they can support the Afghan people, by accelerating the removal of anti-personal mining, but also recognising that Afghanistan played and plays a historical role in the region and as such cannot be left nor ostracised due to the perception that the people itself does not matter. 

Because just like the Afghan males now out of the Iranian criminal system, and the ones returning from Syria and Iraq are vulnerable to credit offers by military factories in China, etc, the other Afghans inherited a cultural and financial legacy that make them vital to the well-functioning of balance powers in the region - in their own merit.

Perhaps, the way to materialise this recommended perspective, is to nourish their wellbeing and welfare and provide Aid, humanitarian aid, in the form of food and pharmaceutical products, so the wounded can heal and the brothers can fraternise as brothers but not in arms.

 

Ariane Brito

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ARIANE CRAFTS GEORGIA SUMMER HANDBAG CLOSE-UP PICTURES

 

ARIANE CRAFTS Georgia Summer Handbag Design is 100 per cent registered with the British Authorities since the 31st of May 2021

Dear Charity or Third Sector ORG,

Georgia Summer Handbag Design is 100 per cent registered with the British Authorities since the 31st of May 2021 . This same registration is listed in the EUIPN European Union Intellectual Property Network https://www.tmdn.org/tmdsview-web/welcome#/ .

Our Catalogue for Summer 2022 is due to be published for pre orders. Your Third Sector Charity institution will benefit from ordering this design, which I gladly will license rights , permanent or temporary , or having it done at a local handbag factory.

I have a couple of prototypes available for the purpose of factory making . The prototype is registered as a handbag and well as a pattern, what means your Charity can order the factory to add the tapestry to a leather handbag with a different design.

When the Catalogue is released you can fill the order and set your requirements.

Kindly note that the Occasion handbag has a different registration number , as the application was made separately. However, I am more than welcome to provide your Charity with licensing rights for this design.

I can also execute and supply complete panels of tapestry of designs registered by me.

We are currently making Christmas Decorations for a Big Sale which proceeds will be donated to the Children's Air Ambulance but I am accepting orders for Summer 2022. On my own initiative, I set up a page at Just Giving and my first choice is the Children's Air Ambulance . You can visit my Page here .

The date and location for the Christmas Crafts sale will be announced when we find a suitable venue. Ideally the venue will be a Crafts Fair.

If you Charity group requires bespoke designs, I can also design handbags using Adobe Illustrator.

We take orders from any country.

For more, kindly visit https://www.arianecrafts.com/georgia-summer-handbag

Get in touch!

Best wishes

,

Ariane Brito

Ariane Crafts, Non Profit Crafts Making for the Third Sector

I am raising money for the Children's Air Ambulance, donate today!

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Best wishes,

Ariane Crafts

 

I am raising money for the Children's Air Ambulance, donate today!

 

You can donate here .

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Ariane

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Hello, 

1. Below  are items that can be yours!

 

2. You just need to donate here !

Go on, check my Just Giving Page and make a difference!

Thank you,

Best wishes,

Ariane Crafts

 

Renovated an old basket inspired by a project in the Punch needle Embroidery

 

No shortage of 70 per cent recycled plastic packaging in our commercial goods, but there is a shortage of recycling goods at home, a mission that we all have to be engaged in , so as to successfully reduce the damages we cause to the environment due to the social pathology of constantly shopping to replace old or damaged items at home.

The old saying " Home is where the heart is" does not mean just where our loved family members are, it also means putting the heart on DIY or just recycling items - making our bit to reduce the environmental challenges we face today.

My sewing storage basket has been borrowing time for a long time, as I never seem to have the heart too throw it away as it was with me through some of the hard times - so as if it is a omniscient present in our family home, I had to do my bit to keep it for a few more decades!

Glad I came across a book I was due to review regarding the punch needle embroidery from a perspective of preserving primitive motifs and it's  utility purposes.

One of the projects in the book is a renovated  basket. Instead of punching the fabric using one of the suggested designs, I went for an embroidery that says much about the utility of the basket from now on: to keep Christmas handmade ornaments.

How well have I done salvaging this household item and what do you usually do to renovate and recycle the items you have at home which tell a bit about you , even if in the form of sentimental value which only you seem to understand?

Best wishes,

Ariane Crafts

*British History Heritage Shire Library: Bloomsbury Publications

 

I would define the Shire Books by Bloomsbury as concise, well researched, affordable, summarised to the most essential and accurate succinct detail, thin, small and most importantly, illustrated guides to the most interesting and often most forgotten topics of British History Heritage.

Front cover of the copy Ariane Crafts Blog owns, 1st edition, 1978

A photograph of two sewing chatelaines in page 31

The contents of the book are the following,

*Introduction

*Needlework and related activities

*Thimbles and thimble cases

*Needle cases

*Pincushion and emery cushions

*Tape measures

*Thread holders, winders, waxers and reel-stands

*Scissors

*Miscellaneous accessories

*Further reading

*Places to visit

In 2004 Needlework Tools was republished under a different title, "Needlework and Embroidery Tools" and therefore the 2st edition dates 2004.

The book is available for sale directly from the publisher here.

Best wishes,

Ariane Crafts