On Monday I was interviewed by Bonnie Faulkner for her show “Guns and Butter”.
The official show page is here: http://gunsandbutter.org/blog/2018/04/22/superpower-confrontation-in-syria-its-not-over
Direct SoundCloud link: https://soundcloud.com/guns-and-butter-1/superpower-confrontation-in-syria-its-not-over-the-saker-387
You can also listen to the show here: https://kpfa.org/player/?audio=283716
or download it from here: https://archives.kpfa.org/data/20180418-Wed1300.mp3
Enjoy!
The Saker
Another great interview Saker. Keep it up!
War Fever.
There is a fever that seizes this land from to time and it is the fever of war, a condition that this time seems immune to all known cures, starting with reason, as Daniel Lazare explores.
https://consortiumnews.com/2018/04/19/war-fever/
China abstained to preserve dialog. It is a simple courtesy given even to a fiend during a trial. A preservation of humanity for humanity’s sake. China can act as a bridge. It is sitting halfway because it is correct path resolve dispute between friends. It is very Chinese. Gracious. Wise. Just. Loving.
I loved living in Beijing. You can trust China.
What’s interesting is they have their own archetypes. It doesn’t involve empire. They are very assured with their own cultural superiority and gave up on trying to civilize barbarians a long time ago.
It’s that, like most Asian cultures, they don’t have a sense of destiny. They exist in time and aren’t going anywhere.
It’s an interesting contrast to the West that thinks it has a destiny and is going somewhere….we will arrive in Utopia after a few more wars. It doesn’t occur to us that other people have different world views. It’s so ingrained in us that it goes without question, usless it’s shocked out of us when trying to survive in a different civilizational model. Different cultural expectations and all that.
Most interesting insight was at the end. The empire is not a committee it’s a class consciousness based on exceptionalism.
It’s 1000 years old.
A archetype that infuses Western predispositions in. Jungian sense?
Yes, and largely sustained by an aspiring under ‘middle class’ that would happily tread on their grandmother’s face if they thought it would get them into serving the food and drinks for these top-tier feeders. It used to be called the rat race — now its just the human race to the bottom.
No, the middle class (in the US anyway) has been characterized by a high degree of conforming to Judeo/Christian values.Hypocrisy? Sure, it’s everywhere. But the best values tend to reside with everyday people. It’s the people at the top, whether Capitalist, Communist (i.e. the Black Book of…) or Royalty that prosper through atrocity.
“It’s a class consciousness …”
No!
It is organized crime!
We are dealing with a mafia – pure and simple. Albeit a mafia that happens to print the money of 98% of the world and pockets all interest. Get the picture? Fathom the implications?
The control of the world’s money supply has been used to infiltrate & usurp every government, every international organization, every religion. Has been used to buy up all car companies, all oil companies, all pharma, all publishers, all media, every university, etc…
The Jewish Mafia prime victims are the Jews themselves. Although they don’t know it. The ‘chosenite’ programming is the most successful NLP trickery we all are traumatized with.
Saker is getting better with every interview. This was not only a stunning tour de force – knowledgeable, passionate, well judged – but, even more importantly, straight forward common sense talk, easily understandable by everyone, with a refreshing absence of any fancy ideology, rhetoric acrobatics, and theatrical gimmicks. Pure listening pleasure : )
Excellent interview, as always. However, I have to differ slightly with The Saker when it comes to the size and power of the Russian force in Syria. The force, on the surface, is not too great, being sent as a vital backup for the Syrian military. However, this Russian force has backup from the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean, in the Black Sea and in the Caspian. It also has the backup of the Russian Air Force in Russia and the Russian Air Force in Iran, as Russian planes have returned to Iran. Russian bases in Syria are protected by the S-300, S-400 and the Pantzir. One must bear in mind that Russia has two bases in Syria, an Air Force and Naval base.
When the US, UK and France attacked Syria, they obviously had in mind the above stated. Their ships fired their missiles from a safe distance, as did their planes. One British sub was even chased away, firing nothing.
Will the US attack Syria again ? Perhaps. However, another attack against Syria would, for the US, be more dangerous than the previous one. Who can guarantee that Russia would not intervene, to a greater or lesser extent ? What would the next US excuse be to launch an attack ? Retaliation for another fictional gas attack ? How many times is the US going to use this trick ? And the political repercussions ?
Analysts have since last year been predicting a rift between US and European elites. This is becoming quite apparent. Continental Europe only expelled symbolic number of Russian diplomats (with some countries expelling none) while during the attack against Syria, only the UK and France backed the US with their military. The majority did not. As far as I can see, any more imperial moves by the US, and the breakup of the EU and NATO would become inevitable.
Great insight about Exceptionalism – whether it is the Catholics, the White Race, Western Civilization, the Freemasons. I think there is both an ideological “nomenklatura” and an inner ring of mafia, conspiratorial types. The mid level operators carrying out the false flags attacks would not do them unless they knew that they were covered by the FBI and the MSM..
What is disturbing is Gen. Votel, the Central Commander in Syria. In 2016 he carried out the Deir Ezzor attack against Obama and Kerry’s wishes, they had just signed a deescaltion agreement, and Obama and Trump have not removed him from command. This is reminiscent of the fanatical Japanese MI officers who carried out the 1931 and 1937 attacks on China. Fanatical underlings with Messianic ideology not properly disciplined can make a lot of trouble for us all. The current high command would rather cut off their own right foot than criticize a fellow American “professional”, As long as US is in Syria and in denial about their loss, the world is in trouble.
It was delightful to hear Saker’s voice for a first time and feel palpable energy behind it!
Friday night well spent, especially enjoyed last five minutes of the interview.
“One set of rules for poor and another set of rules for big and mighty.”
Long time fan of articles published here and well educated comments.
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Great interview Saker. Even got through to my CNN watching, snowflake wife. And Bonnie Faulkner may well be the best interviewer on the planet.
Thanks El.
Yes indeed, Bonnie is the best – that is why I volunteer my time to help make the show happen. Be sure to check out the archives for more great shows including a few more with The Saker.
Archived Show List: http://gunsandbutter.org/archived-show-list