I have to say that I personally don’t recall anything quite like what happened today in Munich. For one thing, I detected a tone in Lavrov’s words which I had not felt so strongly before. Of course, Lavrov was calm, composed and polite. But this time I also felt an immense sense of disgust on his part for the audience he was addressing and for what these so-called ‘leaders’ had done over the past decade. In essence Lavrov told them “Putin already explained everything to you in 2007 but you have not listened to a word he had to say – and now are you really happy with the result?”. Then came the Q&A and things only got worse.
Frankly, I am wondering whether what happened today was some kind of setup to try to provoke Lavrov or whether the folks who asked questions are just simply terminally stupid. Listening to them, I though that was was witnessing an “intellectual Conchita Wurst” moment: terminally pretentious and degenerate Europeans who are completely devoid of any sense of reality, truth or even basic decency. Even the very thin veneer of European manners melted away when the German reporter began laughing at Lavrov’s mention of the UN Charter. I can only marvel at Lavrov’s mental control and thank God that he did not make me a diplomat as I felt like punching my computer screen listening to these clowns.
If you look at the Saint George Ribbon on the left side of the page you will see that above I wrote “Russia stands for freedom”. I am beginning to realize that this is a rather superficial formulation. On a much deeper level, Russia stands for truth both as a logical category and a moral principle. The western ‘elites’ stand for the exact opposite of that, they are the embodiment of un-truth in the logical and moral sense. And that chasm was evident in today’s face à face between Lavrov has his “western colleagues”.
Dishonesty, intellectual and moral, has been elevated to an ontological principle and foundation of the modern western political thought and culture, it is what these societies do best and all they can do. Not only are “right and wrong” gone in a moral sense, they are now also gone in a logical sense. Something both deeply immoral and completely absurd can now be elevated to an axiomatic status and then be used as “the measure of all things”.
Yet again and again, I come to the conclusion that what we are seeing here is truly a deep civilizational clash between two civilizational realm who have grown so far apart as to make them virtual extraterrestrial aliens to each other. Lavrov would have had a much better experience speaking to some little green men on another Galaxy, these the people he addressed today in Munich.
I am going to say something which will trigger the usual spike in hate mail and outraged comments, but what I see today is struggle very similar to the one which opposed the Pharisees and Christ 2000 years ago. You could also refer to it as a struggle between “Conchita Wurst vs Saint George”. Or “Hizb Shaitan vs Hizb Allah”. These are all metaphors for the same reality. And since what is at stake today is really the future of the entire international order you can say that we are living one of the most dangerous and crucial moment in history.
I don’t see how this conflict could be resolved by negotiations. On a short-term, tactical level, yes, sure. But fundamentally this is an existential struggle for both sides and only one will be left standing. We might well have reached the kind of historical nexus which will determine the future (or lack thereof) of the entire human race. This is the conclusion I have personally come to.
Now feel free to ridicule me for being over the top – I call it as I see it.
Cheers and kind regards,
The Saker
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I am surprised there are no comments. I thank you very much for this commentary. It is a conclusion I too have come to. Makes me feel I am not crazy. I have been reading Doestoyevsky, Brothers Karamamov. The West has no belief in God or the afterlife, therefore everything is permitted legally, especially criminal acts. WOW! Would do everyone good to read the Grand Inquisitor chapter. Doestoyesky wrote this on the eve of the collapse of tsarist Russia. And his words are never more appropiate than today, 150 years later. What you said, Saker, reminds me of Doestoyesky
Thanks for mentioning the no comments. This was posted just when we were moving to this new blog, so the comments must have dropped off. We’ll have to get them back.
This my first visit to this site and I thank you for the articles and insightful commentary.
Mournful, deserted, and speechless, we watch Europe and the Western world sink into darkness, zombiehood, and uncivilization. We have witnessed the entire course of events in which Russia and her cause of justice has suffered grievously and in every respect for her association with the West. This is the moment for Europe to wash clean their hands, for otherwise we may be sure that it will not be by their hands that civilization of Europe be restored or union of the European family achieved.
Anglo-American militarism, and Wall Street global financialization – these two loathsome dominations – may well foresee and dread their approaching doom.
The New Axis of Evil.
That is an astute assessment of the current situation in the ‘west’. Its soul has been utterly rotted by the satanic elites who have misruled it in ever grosser dimensions over the last hundred years, and especially since 1945. The corruption is so comprehensive in all fields that only the complete replacement of the system is now the only solution. It cannot be fixed from within. The on going destruction of Europe’s racial cohesion and very existence at the behest of the so-called leaders of the continent underlines the utter hopelessness of finding any way out. Russia in contrast seems anchored in reality. Their suffering at the hands of the same demons who are now destroying white civilisation everywhere has tempered them. However, it’s frustrating to watch how reasonably they try to deal with what are effectively a pack of psychopaths. These creatures are quite capable of starting a nuclear firestorm over the world. They are insane enough. I think we are heading for a grim denouement.