This comment was chosen by Mod TR from the post “Turkey’s Gates To Europe”. The moderator believes this comment looks at another reason for the flood of refugees into Germany – cheap labour and political useage. There is a lack of concern by the elites/political classes about who they have let into Europe. There are many reasons for this crisis but fundamentally it is the wars perpetrated by the “West”
This comment was chosen by Mod TR from the post “Nuland meets Surkov to warn about imminent NATO attack by Scott”. The moderator believes this comment reminds us not to forget the tragedy of the Odessa fire massacre and it informs us just how involved the Ukrainian Oligarchs and their paid thugs were in the pre planned murder of innocent women, children and men. “Victims of the Odessa fire massacre
This comment was chosen by Mod HS from the post “Saker Podcast # 11 (ideas from a distant past)” and a small snippet from “A small reminder and clarification: I am an alien, really :-)”. The moderator believes this comment showed an interesting take on the idea of tolerance and what it really means. To quote Voltaire – “What is tolerance? It is the consequences of humanity. We are all
This comment was selected by Mod HS from the post “Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah – Speech – January 3, 2016 – Shaykh Nimr Assasination”. The moderator thought it would be good to have some light relief published here in the commenters corner for the weekend. Enjoy! The original ‘Who’s on first’ comedy routine is here. Comment by Anonymous Well it is hard for the ordinary people of this world who hold
This comment was selected by Mod KL from the post “World SITREP January 8th, 2016 by Baaz”. The delusions of NATO members and a bit of humour for the weekend. Yeeha! Comment by Marco Hey Saker, I just stumbled upon an article in an Austrian magazine called Contra where they reference your article on the German language Saker site. Get this: they explain that a Russian technology called SITREP
This comment was selected by Mod KL from the post “Does Erdogan really intend to eliminate all Kurds from Turkey?” The moderator believes that even if there is some anger, or maybe even some signs of despair in the comment, it fundamentally shows a fighting spirit which is refreshing and encouraging in these difficult times; when many people just give up, stay passive, silent and wait. Why are they
This comment was selected by Mod TR from the post “The truth about Islamic Fundamentalism”. The moderator believes there have been so many debates going on about Islam/Daesh on the Saker site over the last week, bringing forth many passionate views from all sides of the argument. This comment – an excerpt from an interview with religious scholar Hamza Yusuf in the Cairo Review – gives a very interesting perspective
This comment was selected by Mod KL from the post “Foreign Policy Diary – Turkey Seeks to Become New Ottoman Empire”. The moderator believes it gives an additional brief overview of Turkey’s real ambitions. It reveals more pieces of the puzzle, regarding Turkey’s true intentions by projecting its power well beyond its borders – yet again. Comment by Calchas Link to original map Two more pieces of the
This comment was selected by Mod HS from the Commenter Corner post “Competition To Control Energy Supplies”. The moderator believes it gives a brief overview of how the same behaviours to destroy Russia come back again and again in different formats. The “West” will not stop. Comment by Peter J.Antonsen ” P.S. Balkans will be stable and secure only when a Balkan Federation or some kind of economic/political/military pact between
This comment was selected by Mod HS from the Saker post “Week 11 of the Russian intervention in Syria”. The moderator believes it gives a good overview of the true geopolitical issues. Comment by Vuki The competition who will control energy supplies to Southern Europe is 20 years old. BP was unable to muster finances and they were outmaneuvered by Gazprom with the proposal of the South Stream line
