Dear friends,
I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for the outpouring of support you have shown me over the past days: thanks for the numerous emails, comments and donations. Speaking about which, I am happy to report that I now have received enough money to cover my legal costs and to pay my webmaster – so no need to send more!
I cannot discuss the details, but a lot has happened these past days, all of it very bad. The bad news is that I need time to get back on my legs. The good news is that some exceptionally kind friends are helping me. Still, over the next week or so, I will only post short items and I will not reply to emails unless they are important and urgent.
I promise to be back and upon my return I will concentrate only on writing this blog, producing analyses which might be of interest, translate important documents.
Finally, I also hope to announce in the not too distant future a reorganization of the Saker community and a new IT architecture.
Again, thanks a lot to all of you and for your kindness and support.
The Saker
Good luck, Saker.
In this final fight Saker we wil prevail because our cause is right.
Take care.
[from Blue]
No need to rush — already the community of ‘Saker blogs’ is grown a lot from what it was and the blogging and commentary continues to flow.
Four steps forward and one back? Not a problem. The tide is still shifting towards humanity in this war despite setbacks. People are still waking up. Roman empire (and other evil empires) wasn’t destroyed in a day either.
I agree with much that you say, not all. I have to ask, are you female?
Hang in there, Saker. And be careful.
That’s fantastic Saker. Really fantastic.
That’s so funny, some one asks if you’re female…
Anon, just listen to the podcasts !!
Anonymous: I have to ask, are you female?
Alas, no. I wish I was – I believe women are smarter, tougher and generally kinder.
@Ann:That’s so funny, some one asks if you’re female…
Well, I needed the laugh tonight, so I am grateful for the question :-)
Hugs my dear friend, and thanks for everything!
The Saker
DEAR SAKER:
YOU DESERVE ALL SUPPORT. WHAT WE CAN SUPPORT, nothing. Unless you have th devine support. I do believe that as long as you you have the TRUTH within you, you will get the support from somewhere. I do believe you have the Truth and I do pray for you for you success.
Sanjay(SK)
Saker, you’re going to learn alot about people from this episode…don’t loose your great heart…its going to be harder to trust people now. But your wings grow stronger through sudden falls.
I wish you all the best in your efforts, your blog is one of only 2 or 3 that I check everyday!
Sensible moves. Conserve your energies. Content is king!
Having poisoned the Euro-Muslim waters, and keeping ISIS-Syria in low-key mode, they are now swinging back to the Russian-Ukraine front. Expect to be busy again soon to help correctly frame this global malaise@work.
Anyone who actually says “No need to send more (money.)” is a paragon of integrity. I salute you sir!
I studied Islam (the Koran, Hadith and Suna)while doing contract work for four years in Afghanistan. Not as a seeker, I am Christian, but I wanted to understand it.
I had become friends with a Bosnian Muslim. Later while working for two years in Iraq, I spent a lot of time with two Iraqi contractors, one of which, like my Bosnian friend, I consider to be a man of serious integrity. I had never been able to reconcile any of that with what I learned of Islam. Both of my friends were devout Muslims, but, according to my understanding, were technically shirks for befriending and helping us infidels, and not waging jihad.
It was my understanding that technically, any good Muslim is under obligation to punish them.
Takfirism defined. I had, until recently, never heard the term.
Your recent series has helped me understand things and changed my opinion of the geo political realities of Islam.
I had never before believed that any Muslims could be reliable allies, despite what I had seen, because of the apparent technical points of Islam.
Thanks very much, you are making a huge difference in ways you’ll likely never know.
I’d send a pile money, but I am living hand to mouth right now, besides you don’t need any. Ha ha.
Thanks again.
dear the saker,
find strength in your faith, we too visit your site at least once a day, our prayers are with you as you proverbially ‘lick your wounds’, it is so great that enough money came for your needs, the Grace of the Lord is upon you, your faith & the grace it brings has brought you the riches of many friends & supporters, as one commenter has said ‘do not lose your big heart’ be bighearted but wise, the Lord will light your path for this,
it is very distressing, you reporting the number of attacks on muslims in france in such a short time, & also the 3 million publishing of charlie hebdo, the fractures that this will bring about are inestimable, muslims the world over are hurting to the core, our friend is very fearful,
please keep up your good work, rest, recover & dwell on the peace that passeth no understanding,
love from both of us,
jg
Keep up the good work! Freedom of speech is important, and that includes this blog.
People who don’t like independent voices can go fuck themselves. That’s freedom of speech too.
Peace.
A side-note to Saker: please figure out a way to move your IT infrastructure off Google.
So you’ve got it from the horse’s mouth. Saker doesn’t need any more money. So, if you’re still in the money sending mood, send it to George Soros. He always needs more money. (He must have figured out a way to take it with him where he is going soon.)
Glad to hear your slow return to ‘health’ Saker. Looking forward to getting back to business….
Best wishes.
Saker
Just a message of encouragement. Keep up the great work.
It’s obvious that blogs such as yours are inspiring many truth seekers.
It’s also obvious that the agents of the AZs are trying to wear you down and eliminate free speech, which does not align with their version of free speech.
I still hold hope that truth and good intentions will win out over the lies and evil spewed out by the AZs.
Some of us might have predicted that the Ukies would wage war on the Donbass on the day of the Orthodox Christmas, such is the evil intent of the AZs. Now I truly believe that the AZ empire wants to rid the world of Slavs and the Orthodox religion.
Espina said
Saker gather your strength as i fear we’re all going to need it, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. It’s always darkest just before the dawn, so walk on with hope in your heart, you’re on the right path.I love the awkwardness of posting in the old blog although Gevorg did do a great job.
Espina
p.s. correction: ‘the peace that passes all understanding’
kindest
jg
Hang in there, kid.
I expect that the Charlie attack is a false flag intended to cover a major attack in Novorossia, just as MH 17 was a cover for the Israeli attack on Gaza and a distraction from the Odessa massacre, shifting the blame for terror attacks from the Lviv and Kiev Nazi’s to the Novorossians, so you are probably going to be going into overdrive.
By the way, as you are no doubt aware, your new site is still up and running as of tonight, but not being updated, of course.
The EU foreign service has proposed lifting sanctions and restarting the full spectrum of Russia co-operation if it stops “destabilising” east Ukraine.
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It notes the Crimea sanctions – blacklists of low-level officials and a ban on EU investments – should “remain in force as long as the annexation persists”.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/127204
Dear The Saker,
Thank you for letting us know the money came in to help you :).
Please take the time to recharge your batteries as the eye of the storm is upon us and the lunatics are about to unleash more hell on earth :(.
Rgds and with my full support,
Veritas
“The Inevitable War” by Francis Delaisi (1911) (1915 English ed.)
(For any Futurists out there pondering historical resonance etc)
“These men of affairs wage commercial wars. . . .”
(1/2)
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FOREWORD
It has often been stated that France entered the war from a lust for “revenge”; and there can be no doubt that the political leaders used this word as a battle cry.
An entirely different explanation of the reasons why France is spilling her life’s blood on the battle field to-day is contained in a pamphlet ” La Guerre qui vient,” by Francis Delaisi, published by “La Guerre Sociale ” in Paris in 1911.
With almost prophetic vision the author saw European events shaping themselves to an inevitable crisis. He had detected the conspiracy of the men in high places, but his voice was not powerful enough to dispel it. Knowing the French and their chivalry and ready response to courteous advances, he feared the English friendship, because he refused to shut his eyes to the many signs that pointed to England’s determination to free herself from German trade-rivalry.
Lord Kitchener, moreover, had said that the frontier of English interests in Europe was not the Channel but the Meuse in Belgium. This meant a continental war, and in such a war, Delaisi reasoned, both sides would have need of France. The English would need the French soldiers, and the Germans the French money.
. . . .
(2/2)
(pp.17/18-19/20)
The man who in 1905 almost involved us in a war without consulting either public opinion, or Parliament or even his own colleagues, has again been put at the helm of “our” foreign policy. For no one in Europe is deceived. M. Cruppi, former magistrate, will be merely a straw man at the Quai d’Orsay. Moreover, M. Delcasse, the Minister of the Marine, will then be more at ease to conclude the military treaty which is to bind us to England.
In a few weeks perhaps our financiers will have sold the hides of a hundred thousand Frenchmen to their colleagues in London in exchange for a few Turkish or Ethiopian railways.
It is time for those who do not wish to be treated as dumb brutes to open their eyes, to consider calmly the European situation, and to see the dangerous plot in which our financial oligarchy is about to entangle us.
The Commercial War Formerly the nations were nations of peasants and naturally their leaders followed a policy in harmony with the agricultural character of the state: their dream was one of aggrandizement of territory and of the annexation of their neighbors’ fields. Tiiat is why their conflicts were frontier conflicts and their wars of annexation and conquest. The victorious Napoleon took possession of Belgium; the conquering Bismarck annexed AlsJice-Lorraine, etc.
But to-day all that is different. The great European nations are governed by men of affairs: bankers, manufacturers, export merchants. Their / aim is to find everywhere markets for their rails, their cotton goods, their capital. Throughout the world they struggle for the control of the railways, loans, and mining concessions, etc. And if, perchance, two rival camps cannot agree, they make an appeal to arms.
Thus we saw the Japanese fight with the Chinese in 1895 for the exploitation of Korea; in 1898 the Americans battled with the Spaniards for the right to exploit Cuba. In 1899 England fought with the Boers for the possession of the Transvaal mines; / in 1900 all Europe invaded Pekin to force the Chinese to accept their railroads; and finally, in 1904 the Japanese and the Russians slaughtered each other for 18 months to determine whose should be the right to exploit Manchuria.
Five wars in ten years! The triumph of pacifism! None of these wars resulted in conquest: Manchuria will always be a part of the Celestial Empire; China has kept its Emperor; South Africa is an autonomous political unity; and Cuba is an independent republic. But their railroads, their loans, their import duties are all the booty of the victors.
Our great modem financial oligarchies are not looking for subjects but customers; they do not wage ”patriotic” wars in the old sense. These men of affairs wage commercial wars. . . .
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Source:
http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/The_Inevitable_War_1000333418/19
or
https://archive.org/details/inevitablewar00delagoog
So if a woman makes a statement it has more merit than if a man makes the same statement?
Has anyone noticed that in the US, the women are the ones making the most outrageous ones. Because they can always yell sexual harassment if someone questions them. Noticed boxer is retiring.. But not the pitbull. Kerry might be a walking ad for plastic surgery but the real fuggly prizes go to american women who on the world stage makes a mockery of the term motherly love or empathy or compassion.. Like holy mother Madelyn allnottoobright.. Who said millions of dead iraqi children are worth it.. because now the US dream of a fanatical fundamentalist mercenary force has been achieved.
Saker, so sorry you’re having so bad. Be confident that you’ve done well. Glad you some to lean on.
Rest, stroll along the beach ( always helps me), enjoy the little things ….
When acting with heart always wins, Saker, even if you have big disappointments, great suffering, your life will become better. Suddenly, one day you find joy in yourself, you´ll see.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rduMUQfu15U
I applaud your resilience, Saker. It is very Russian! As was your comment about the question of your being female. Your reply was very Russian and bespeaks an attitude that many in the West would do well to learn from, because it is utterly charming.
The thing is, stemming from Orthodoxy, and perhaps also from pre-Christian times, the Russian attitude towards the female sex is that it is from a woman that a man ‘takes on flesh.’ This concept is expressed even with respect to Christ’s mother, who is called more often ‘Theotokos’, referring to her birthgiving, than she is called ‘Virgin’. In this, extreme respect is accorded to her because she represents humanity and is placed in the highest position – ‘more honorable than the Cherubim and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim.’
Why?
Because even though she really could not know what consequence her birthgiving would have in this instance, she said to the angel those few words ‘Be it unto me according to Thy word.’ Which gives her story so much more depth than any virgin birth Greek myth about Zeus taking advantage of this or that maiden he fancied.
Just another aspect of Russian character I find totally lovable.
Whatare are the others? We need more bligs like this.
I do hope though that your podcast will not be a thing of the past. I found “the live speech” very interesting, it offered inputs on various questions and made the sanity oasis one finds here more substantial. Thank you for all that you do and endure because of it! Kind greetings from Belgrade!
Keep fighting the good fight, Saker.