Wunderwaffe Thinking. Al Bundy’s Four Touchdowns and Holy HIMARS. Fantastical thinking.
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Vladimir Putin’s speech on the forum “Powerful ideas for a new era” 2022.
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Nasrallah: If Lebanon is denied its oil and gas resources, we will shut down all Israeli platforms
Speech by Hezbollah Secretary General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah on July 13, 2022, on Biden’s visit to the Middle East and the border dispute between Lebanon and Israel over the Karish maritime gas field. Source: almanar.com.lb Translation: resistancenews.org Transcript: […] Now I come to the main point of my speech tonight. One of the results of the July (2006) war is the establishment of a balance of deterrence in the struggle
Operation ZOV: quagmire and fog
By Saker Staff for the Saker Blog Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine ▫️The enemy is suffering considerable losses of armament delivered by Western countries. ▫️From July 5 to 20, 4 launching ramps and 1 reloading vehicle for the U.S.-manufactured HIMARS MRLS delivered to Ukraine were eliminated by high-precision ground- and air-based armament. ▫️Among them, 2 launching ramps were destroyed near Malotaranovka,
Heat wave in Europe causes forest fires, which are treated differently compared to those in the Brazilian Amazon
By Guilherme Wilbert for the Saker Blog The imperialists want your riches South America! U.S. SOUTHCOM Commander:”This region is so rich in resources.. it’s off the charts rich.” “60% of the world’s lithium is in the region; you have heavy crude, you have light sweet crude, you have rare earth elements, you have the Amazon..” pic.twitter.com/33dQ6EXKAo — Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) July 20, 2022 The environment is one of the key
Oligarchy or Patriarchy? Rule by the Few or Rule for the Many?
By Batiushka for the Saker Blog Introduction: Capitalism or Communism? A commentator on this site recently accused me of being ‘a visceral anti-Communist’! I was quite amused (but also grateful, as he has inspired this essay). Such an accusation goes back to the old twentieth-century apparent abyss between ‘Left and Right’. Actually, although I have always been a social conservative, I have also always been for social justice, as I
Western currencies will fail
By Jorge Vilches for the Saker Blog slowly then suddenly The extremely-abused Western fiat legal tender currencies will fail As We Know Them and for good reason the euro has taken the lead. But the deep interconnection of Western economies and finances, basically “joined at the hip” – also means that the other three major Western currencies will follow. Accordingly, we shall witness a cascading devaluation of euros, dollars, pounds,
A multipolar presentation: President Putin and Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei
By Amarynth for the Saker Blog The blog received a very special photo from the meeting of Pres. Putin and Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. The deep regard that these two men display toward one another in a photo not really used by the press, is palpable and it reminds me of the iconic photo of President Raisi praying in the Kremlin. The commentary accompanying the photo describes so well the
Ramzan Kadyrov Forms Brand New ‘Akhmat Regiment’ Within the Russian Defense Ministry
Translated by Leo V. Ramzan Kadyrov Forms a New Regiment National units are a long tradition of the Russian Army. Original link: https://nvo.ng.ru/concepts/2022-07-14/5_1197_tradition.html Article by Sergei Kozlov, a military historian and Soviet-Afghan War Veteran. In relation to the Special Military Operation (SMO) in Ukraine, President of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov demonstrates a solid patriotic position. And he personally oversees the activities of the national Chechen units of the Russian
Mobilization and Real Economy
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The power troika trumps Biden in West Asia
The presidents of Russia, Iran, and Turkey convened to discuss critical issues pertaining to West Asia, with the illegal US occupation of Syria a key talking point. Oil and gas, wheat and grains, missiles and drones – the hottest topics in global geopolitics today – were all on the agenda in Tehran this week. By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and cross posted with The Cradle The Tehran
Major news day for Russia: In conclusion of his working visit to Iran, Vladimir Putin answered questions from the media.
In conclusion of his working visit to Iran, Vladimir Putin answered questions from the media. Question: Mr President, some would think the world has forgotten about Syria amid the numerous issues on the international agenda. But we have seen today that this is not so. We would like to hear your views on the situation on the ground in Syria. A great deal has been said today about points of contact, but there are many differences as well. Have you discussed or coordinated any
Russia’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, talks with RT’s editor-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan in an exclusive interview about the challenges Russia faces amid the Ukraine conflict
Highlights as seen by Pepe Escobar: 🇷🇺The highlights of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Sputnik and RT: 🔹The EU is forced to make amendments to sanctions against Russia as they have exceeded their potential; 🔹Russia is not happy about energy issues that Europe is currently facing, but “will not worry about it too much”; 🔹Western countries are trying to drag UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres into their “games” around
Finance Capitalism’s Self-Destructive Nature
Posted with Michael Hudson’s permission Transcript of Interview on The Left Lens with Danny Haiphong May 25th, 2022 DANNY HAIPHONG: Good afternoon, everyone. Happy Wednesday, May 25th, welcome to the stream, to another left lens. Today we have a very special guest so as you’re coming in make sure you are liking the stream sharing it, make sure that you are subscribing to the channel and hitting that notifications bell,
Nasrallah: ‘US/Israel must submit to our demands, or risk full-blown war’
From Middle East Observer Description: According to ‘reliable leaks’ shared across social media, Hezbollah’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has told thousands of Lebanese that the current situation may soon lead to full-blown war if the US and Israel do not submit to Hezbollah’s demands that crisis-stricken Lebanon be allowed to extract and sell its offshore energy reserves. Nasrallah also said that his movement will not allow the ‘Israeli enemy’ to
Meeting of the guarantor states of the Astana process to facilitate the Syrian settlement + Speech by President Vladimir Putin
Joint Statement by the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the President of the Russian Federation, and the President of the Republic of Turkiey, Tehran July 19, 2022 President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, H.E. Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, President of the Russian Federation, H.E. Vladimir Putin, and President of the Republic of Turkiey, H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan gathered in Tehran on 19 July 2022 for a Tripartite Summit within the framework of Astana format. The Presidents: 1. Discussed the current situation on the ground in Syria, reviewed the developments following the last virtual summit on 1 July 2020 and reiterated their determination to enhance the trilateral coordination in light
Moveable Feast Cafe 2022/07/20 … Open Thread
2022/07/20 03:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of the issues of the day. The ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’ will have two new open threads each week. The Saker stated moderation policy will apply eg ‘no caps’, no obscenity … etc to all post. The Cafe is now open for
On Liberating Europe
By Batiushka for The Saker Blog And they had tails like scorpions and there were stings in their tails and their power was to hurt men for five months. Apocalypse 9, 10 Introduction: ‘The End of History’ Just over thirty years ago the Communist USSR went bankrupt – it could not raise enough money to pay off its debts on capital markets. The West should have gone bankrupt at the
The Xin-Civilization – What The Chinese Can And Cannot Do
By Thorsten J. Pattberg for the Saker Blog This week there will be an Academic Forum in Beijing on ‘Civilizations Amid Profound Changes’. It is organized by the world‘s largest academy for the social sciences: The Chinese Academy of Social Science or CASS. You have never heard of it. You can never find it on Google, in the Western media, or wherever you think information should be available to you
Small update about the blog and Andrei
Dear friends, I just wanted to update you on a few things. First, the Saker blog is almost back to normal. There are a few things to still polish up, like the weird looking guest analyses sections, and the Latin American Saker blog is still down, as we are still waiting for the folks who run it to give us the needed data to fix it. Second, I feel that
