[this analysis was written for the Unz Review]
Intro: cause vs pretext
It is not an exaggeration to say that in the mythology of the AngloZionist Empire Putin is something akin to Satan or, at least, that he is a kind of “Sauron” who is the epitome of evil. And, we all heard that recently, Biden, in a recorded interview, declared that Putin is “a killer”. When given a chance to soften this statement Jen Psaki did no such thing. We can, therefore, conclude that this was an official, deliberately planned, characterization of the Russian leader.
This kind of language was never used by western officials during the Cold War, at least not on the top levels. So why this seething hatred for Putin?
It is not because he is ex-PGU KGB SSSR. Yuri Andropov was a former KGB Chairman, and he did a lot to strengthen the KGB, its personnel and operations. Yet nobody called him a killer. Neither is this because of Crimea or the Donbass, at least not directly, because when the USSR invaded Czechoslovakia and, before that, Hungary, western politicians did not call Khrushchev or Brezhnev “killers”. It is not because of the shooting down of MH-17 (western leaders all know that these are lies created by western special services), because there have been quite a few civilian airliners shot down by various states, but that did not result in the kind of total demonization of the leaders of these states. I could go on and on, but you get the point: even if we carefully parse all the accusations against Putin, we find out that the kind of total demonization he has been the subject of is quite unique in its intensity and scope.
There is a huge difference between the concepts of “cause” and “pretext”, and all the examples I have given are nothing but pretexts. We need to look at the real causes of such a blind hatred for Putin.
Here we come across another list of possible reasons: first, it is undeniable that while Eltsin almost destroyed Russia as a country, Putin single-handedly “resurrected” Russia in an amazingly short time. From a country which was in tatters and a population which wanted nothing more than to become the next Germany or, failing that, at least the next Poland, Putin turned Russia into the strongest military power on the planet and he completely reshaped the Russian perception of themselves and of Russia. Not only that, but Putin used every single move by the West (like, say, sanctions, boycotts or threats) to further strengthen Russia (by means such as import substitutions, international conferences and military maneuvers). Most importantly, Putin de-coupled Russia from a lot of US controlled institutions or mechanisms, a move which also immensely served Russia.
US politicians spoke of a country with an “economy in tatters” and of a “gas station masquerading as a country”. But in the real world (Zone B), the Russia economy did much better than the western ones and, as for the “energy war” between the US, the KSA and Russia, it ended in a catastrophic defeat for the USA and a triumph for Russia and, to a lesser degree, the KSA.
Then came COVID and the truly epic disaster of the West’s total mismanagement of this crisis. Not only that, but the contrast of how Russia (and China!) handled the crisis and what the West did could not have been bigger. As for Russia being the first country to create a vaccine (by now, no less than three of them actually; now Russia is about to release yet another vaccine, this time protecting animals from COVID) and, worse, the country which created the best vaccine on the planet – this is a PR disaster for the West and there is nothing the West can do to soften the blow. If anything, things are only getting worse as shown by all the coming lockdowns in Europe – contrast that with this photo of happy Lavrov in China wearing a mask with “FCKNG QRNTN” written on it!
But that is not the real reason either, as shown by the fact that the West already hated Putin long before COVID.
The “stolen” Cold War victory
In truth, the West has a very long list of reasons for which to hate Putin and everything Russian, but I believe that there is one reason which trumps them all: the western leaders sincerely believed that they had defeated the USSR in the Cold War (even medals were made to commemorate this event) and following the collapse of the former superpower and the coming to power of a clueless, alcoholic puppet, the triumph of the West was total. At least in appearance. The reality, as always, was much more complicated.
[Sidebar: the causes and mechanisms of the collapse of the Soviet Union are not our topic today, so I will just indicate that I believe that the USSR never “collapsed” but that it was deliberately destroyed by the CPSU apparatus which decided to break up the country in order for the Party and Nomenklatura to remain in power, not at the helm of the USSR, but at the helm of the various ex-Soviet republics. Weak leaders and ideologies which nobody really believes in do not inspire people to fight for their rulers. This is why the Russian monarchy collapsed, this is why the masonic democracy of Kerenskii collapsed and this is why the Soviet Union collapsed (this is also one of the most likely reasons for the final collapse of the US as a state).]
Putin, who was not very well known in the West or, for that matter, in Russia, came to power and immediately reversed Russia’s course towards the abyss. First, he dealt with the two most urgent threats, the oligarchs and the Wahabi insurrection in the Caucasus. Many Russians, including myself, were absolutely amazed at the speed and determination of his actions. As a result, Putin suddenly found himself one of the most popular leaders in Russian history. Initially, the West went into a kind of shock, then through a process reminiscent of the so-called “Kübler-Ross model” and, finally, the West settled into a russophobic frenzy not seen since the Nazi regime in Germany during WWII.
To understand why Putin is the Devil incarnate, we have to understand that the leaders of the collective West really thought that this time around, after a millennium of failures and embarrassing defeats, the West has finally “defeated” Russia which would now become a leaderless, culture-less, spiritual-less and, of course, history-less territory whose sole purpose would be to provide resources for the “Triumphant West”. Not only that, but the AngloZionist leaders of the Empire executed the 9/11 false flag operation which gave them the pretext needed for the GWOT, but which completely distracted the West from its previous focus on the so-called “Russian threat” simply because by 2001 there was no Russian threat. So there was a certain logic behind these moves. And then, “suddenly” (at least for western leaders) Russia was “back”: in 2013 Russia stopped the planned US/NATO attack on Syria (the pretext here was Syrian chemical weapons). In 2014 Russia gave her support to the Novorussian uprising against the Ukronazi regime in Kiev and, in the same year, Russia also used her military to make it possible for the local population to vote on a referendum to join Russia. Finally, in 2015, Russia stunned the West with an extremely effective military intervention in Syria.
In this sequence, Russia committed two very different types of “crimes” (from the AngloZionist point of view, of course):
- The minor crime of doing what Russia actually did and
- The much bigger crime of never asking the Empire for the permission to do so
The West likes to treat the rest of the planet like some kind of junior partner, with very limited autonomy and almost no real agency (the best example is what the USA did to countries like Poland or Bulgaria). If and when any such “junior” country wants to do something in its foreign policy, it absolutely has to ask for permission from its AngloZionist Big Brother. Not doing so is something akin to sedition and revolt. In the past, many countries were “punished” or daring to have an opinion or, even more so, for daring to act on it.
It would not be inaccurate to summarize it all by saying that Putin flipped his finger to the Empire and its leaders. That “crime of crimes” was what really triggered the current anti-Russian hysteria. Soon, however, the (mostly clueless) leaders of the Empire ran into an extremely frustrating problem: while the russophobic hysteria did get a lot of traction in the West, in Russia it created a very powerful blowback because of a typical Putin “judo” move: far from trying to suppress the anti-Russian propaganda of the West, the Kremlin used its power to make it widely available (in Russian!) through the Russian media (I wrote about this in some detail here and here). The direct result of this was two fold: first, the CIA/MI6 run “opposition” began to be strongly associated with the russophobic enemies of Russia and, second, the Russian general public further rallied around Putin and his unyielding stance. In other words, calling Putin a dictator and, of course, a “new Hitler”, the western PSYOPs gained some limited advantage in the western public opinion, but totally shot itself in the leg with the Russian public.
I refer to this stage as the “phase one anti-Putin strategic PSYOP”. As for the outcome of this PSYOP, I would not only say that it almost completely failed, but I think that it has the exact opposite intended effect inside Russia.
A change of course was urgently needed.
The redirection of US PSYOPs against Putin and Russia
I have to admit that I have a very low opinion of the US intelligence community, including its analysts. But even the rather dull US “Russia area specialist” eventually figured out that telling the Russian public opinion that Putin was a “dictator” or a “killer of dissidents” or a “chemical poisoner of exiles” resulted in a typically Russian mix of laughter and support for the Kremlin. Something had to be done.
So some smart ass somewhere in some basement came up with the following idea: it makes no sense to accuse Putin of things which make him popular at home, so let’s come up with a new list of accusations carefully tailored to the Russian public.
Let’s call this a “phase two anti-Putin PSYOP operation”.
And this is how the “Putin is in cahoots with” thing began. Specifically, these accusations were deployed by the US PSYOPs and those in its pay:
- Putin is disarming Syria
- Putin will sell out the Donbass
- Putin is a puppet of Israel and, specifically, Netanyahu
- Putin is a corrupt traitor to the Russian national interests
- Putin is allowing Israel to bomb Syria (see here)
- Putin is selling the Siberian riches to China and/or Putin is subjugating Russia to China
- Putin is corrupt, weak and even cowardly
- Putin was defeated by Erdogan in the Nagorno-Karabakh war
The above are the main talking points immediately endorsed and executed by the US strategic PSYOPs against Russia.
Was it effective?
Yes, to some degree. For one thing, these “anti-Russian PSYOPS reloaded” were immediately picked up by at least part of what one could call the “internal patriotic opposition” (much of it very sincerely and without any awareness of being skillfully manipulated). Even more toxic was the emergence of a rather loud neo-Communist (or, as Ruslan Ostashko often calls them “emo-Marxist”) movement (I personally refer to as a sixth column) which began an internal anti-Kremlin propaganda campaign centered on the following themes:
- “All is lost” (всепропальщики): that is a thesis which says that nothing in Russia is right, everything is either wrong or evil, the country is collapsing, so is its economy, its science, its military, etc. etc. etc. This is just a garden variety of defeatism, nothing more.
- “Nothing was achieved since Putin came to power”: this is a weird one, since it takes an absolutely spectacular amount of mental gymnastics to not see that Putin literally saved Russia from total destruction. This stance also completely fails to explain why Putin is so hated by the Empire (if Putin did everything wrong, like, say Eltsin did, he would be adored in the West, not hated!).
- All the elections in Russia were stolen. Here the 5th (CIA/MI6 run) column and 6th column have to agree: according to both of them, there is absolutely no way most Russians supported Putin for so many years and there is no way they support him now. And nevermind the fact that the vast majority of polls show that Putin was, and still is, the most popular political figure in Russia.
Finally, the big SNAFU with the pension reform definitely did not help Putin’s ratings, so he had to take action: he “softened” some of the worst provisions of this reform and, eventually, he successfully sidelined some of the worst Atlantic Integrationists, including Medvedev himself.
Sadly, some putatively pro-Russian websites, blogs and individuals showed their true face when they jumped on the bandwagon of this 2nd strategic PSYOP campaign, probably with the hope to either become more noticed, or get some funding, or both. Hence, all the nonsense about Russia and Israel working together or Putin “selling out” we have seen so many times recently. The worst thing here is that these websites, blogs and individuals have seriously misled and distressed some of the best real friends of Russia in the West.
None of these guys ever address a very simple question: if Putin is such a sellout, and if all is lost, why does the AngloZionist Empire hate Putin so much? In almost 1000 years of warfare (spiritual, cultural, political, economic and military) against Russia, the leaders of the West have always hated real Russian patriots and they have always loved the (alas, many) traitors to Russia. And now, they hate Putin because he is such a terrible leader?
This makes absolutely no sense.
Conclusion: is a war inevitable now?
The US/NATO don’t engage in strategic PYSOPs just because they like or dislike somebody. The main purpose of such PSYOPs is to break the other side’s will to resist. This was also the main objective of both (phase one and phase two) anti-Putin PSYOPs. I am happy to report that both phases of these PYSOPs failed. The danger here is that these failures have failed to convince the leaders of the Empire of the need to urgently change course and accept the “Russian reality”, even if they don’t like it.
Ever since “Biden” (the “collective Biden”, of course, not the potted plant) Administration (illegally) seized power, what we saw was a sharp escalation of anti-Russian statements. Hence, the latest “uhu, he is a killer” – this was no mistake by a senile mind, this was a carefully prepared declaration. Even worse, the Empire has not limited itself to just words, it also did some important “body moves” to signal its determination to seek even further confrontation with Russia:
- There has been a lot of sabre-rattling coming from the West, mostly some rather ill-advsied (or even outright stupid) military maneuvers near/along the Russian border. As I have explained it a billion times, these maneuvers are self-defeating from a military point of view (the closer to the Russian border, the more dangerous for the western military force). Politically, however, they are extremely provocative and, therefore, dangerous.
- The vast majority of Russian analysts do not believe that the US/NATO will openly attack Russia, if only because that would be suicidal (the current military balance in Europe is strongly in Russia’s favor, even without using hypersonic weapons). What many of them now fear is that “Biden” will unleash the Ukronazi forces against the Donbass, thereby “punishing” both the Ukraine and Russia (the former for its role in the US presidential campaign). I tend to agree with both of these statements.
At the end of the day, the AngloZionist Empire was always racist at its core, and that empire is still racist: for its leaders, the Ukrainian people are just cannon fodder, an irrelevant third rate nation with no agency which has outlived its utility (US analysts do understand that the US plan for the Ukraine has ended in yet another spectacular faceplant such delusional plans always end up with, even if they don’t say so publicly). So why not launch these people into a suicidal war against not only the LDNR but also Russia herself? Sure, Russia will quickly and decisively win the military war, but politically it will be a PR disaster for Russia as the “democratic West” will always blame Russia, even when she clearly did not attack first (as was the case in 08.08.08, most recently).
I have already written about the absolutely disastrous situation of the Ukraine three weeks ago so I won’t repeat it all here, I will just say that since that day things have gotten even much worse: suffice to say that the Ukraine has moved a lot of heavy armor to the line of contact while the regime in Kiev has now banned the import of Russian toilet paper (which tells you what the ruling gang thinks of as important and much needed measures). While it is true that the Ukraine has become a totally failed state since the Neo-Nazi coup, there is now a clear acceleration of the collapse of not only the regime or state, but of the country as a whole. Ukraine is falling apart so fast that one could start an entire website tracking only all this developing horror, not day by day, but, hour by hour. Suffice to say that “Ze” has turned out to be even worse than Poroshenko. The only thing Poroshenko did which “Ze” has not (yet!) is to start a war. Other than that, the rest of what he did (by action or inaction) can only be qualified as “more of the same, only worse”.
Can a war be prevented?
I don’t know. Putin gave the Ukronazis a very stern warning (“grave consequences for Ukraine’s statehood as such“). I don’t believe for one second that anybody in power in Kiev gives a damn about the Ukraine or the Ukrainian statehood, but they are smart enough to realize that a Russian counter-attack in defense of the LDNR and, even more so, Crimea, might include precision “counter-leadership” strikes with advanced missiles. The Ukronazi leaders would be well-advised to realize that they all have a crosshair painted on their heads. They might also think about this: what happened to every single Wahabi gang leader in Chechnya since the end of the 2nd Chechen war? (hint: they were all found and executed). Will that be enough to stop them?
Maybe. Let’s hope so.
But we must now keep in mind that for the foreseeable future there are only two options left for the Ukraine: “a horrible ending or a horror without end” (Russian expression).
- The best scenario for the people of the Ukraine would be a (hopefully relatively peaceful) breakup of the country into manageable parts.
- The worst option would definitely be a full-scale war against Russia.
Judging by the rhetoric coming out of Kiev these days, most Ukrainian politicians are firmly behind option #2, especially since that is also the only option acceptable to their overseas masters. The Ukrainians have also adopted a new military doctrine (they call it a “military security strategy of Ukraine”) which declares Russia the aggressor state and military adversary of the Ukraine (see here for a machine translation of the official text).
This might be the reason why Merkel and Macron recently had a videoconference with Putin (“Ze” was not invited): Putin might be trying to convince Merkel and Macron that such a war would be a disaster for Europe. In the meantime, Russia is rapidly reinforcing her forces along the Ukrainian border, including in Crimea.
But all these measures can only deter a regime which has no agency. The outcome shall be decided in Washington DC, not Kiev. I am afraid that the traditional sense of total impunity of US political leaders will, once again, give them a sense of very little risk (for them personally or for the USA) in triggering a war in the Ukraine. The latest news on the US-Ukrainian front is the delivery by the USN of 350 tonnes of military equipment in Odessa. Not enough to be militarily significant, but more than enough to further egg on the regime in Kiev to an attack on the Donbass and/or Crimea.
In fact, I would not even put it past “Biden” to launch an attack on Iran while the world watches the Ukraine and Russia go to war. After all, the other country whose geostrategic position has been severely degraded since Russia moved her forces to Syria is Israel, the one country which all US politicians will serve faithfully and irrespective of any costs (including human costs for the USA). The Israelis have been demanding a war on Iran since at least 2007, and it would be very naive to hope that they won’t eventually get their way. Last, but not least, there is the crisis which Blinken’s condescending chutzpah triggered with China which, so far, has resulted in an economic war only, but which might also escalate at any moment, especially considering all the many recent anti-Chinese provocations by the US Navy.
Right now the weather in the eastern Ukraine is not conducive to offensive military operations. The snow is still melting, creating very difficult and muddy road conditions (called “rasputitsa” in Russian) which greatly inhibit the movement of forces and troops. These conditions will, however, change with the warmer season coming, at which point the Ukronazi forces will be ideally poised for an attack.
In other words, barring some major development, we might be only weeks away from a major war.
The Saker
Russia does not want war and Russia will not attack first.
Ukraine is the last USA chance to suck Russia into war.
We will see how far they will go
But…if Russia is to be forced to go into war, Russia will go to the end, to destroy and remove Kiev junta from the face of the Earth.
Not directly related to the article, but I just stumbled upon a great interview by The Grayzone Aaron Maté with Lyle Goldstein professor at US Naval War Collage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4uotsKHuNQ
Well worth time watching.
There are sane voices in the US-military still.
Sussimen –
That s the screenplay they they are involuntarily putting on stage.
In full agreement with your views on the global South
Chou Enlai said “One of the most delightful things about Americans is that they have absolutely no historical memory.” (What a diplomatic turn of phrase. I must recall it next time I wish to insult some creep-o!)
Forgotten essay (related to topic) https://cryptome.org/2021/03/bubbagump2.pdf
(Biden’s shameful push for war…denying reality)
It begins with remembering Russia’s actions to save the US from European intrigue…and then brings us up to the war, this war, not the last one…
(cryptome is a spot to check from time to time. They say govrn’t “folks” use it a lot ’cause it by-passes time-consuming formal requests for documents, sometimes.)
Things are looking a bit dire at the moment.
RF presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov described it thus: “The situation in Donbass along the engagement line is rather frightening, with numerous provocations by the Ukrainian armed forces observed there.”
A couple of days ago the Ukrainian AF chief reported to his Rada that “As of March 30, twenty-eight battalion tactical groups of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are stationed along the state border of Ukraine.”
The only silver lining in this dark ominuous cloud hanging not just over eastern and southern Ukraine but possibly Europe and the entire world is that the military leaders of both the US and RF are talking to each other. According to Tass “A telephone conversation between Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley and his Russian counterpart, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov was held at the initiative of the US side at the beginning of the week. The conversation focused on the aggravated situation in southeastern Ukraine.…”
Dunno the outcome of the talks but Milley knows very well Donbass and Crimea are red lines for RF. Hopefully Milley can convince the Ukrainian AF chief, the belligerent mad dog US air force general who is also SACEUR, and the occupants of the president’s chair in the Oval Office to stand down.
Peskov.
https://tass.com/politics/1273439
UAF chief
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-defense/3217976-khomchak-twentyeight-russian-battalion-tactical-groups-stationed-on-border-with-ukraine.html
Two generals talking
https://tass.com/pressreview/1273327
Today from RT. Kremlin says “Situation in Ukraine is frightening”
https://www.rt.com/russia/519963-kremlin-situation-donbass-conflict/
Putin is in a tough spot. If he is convinced that Ukraine is going to strike his options are:
1) preemptive strike on Ukraine forces as they mass for invasion. This is bad because he will be painted by the west as an invader. This would severely jeopardize the future of Nordstream 2.
2) Wait until the Ukraine makes a decisive move against the East of the country. This means that they will need t fight an entrenched Ukrainian force which will guarantee higher casualties among civilians and Russian forces. He will nonetheless be painted as the aggressor as in scenario 1.
3) Do nothing and wait until Ukraine does a similar move against Crimea in a few short years.
Pretty tough spot. Things will get interesting this spring.
It is not an exaggeration to say that in the mythology of the AngloZionist Empire Putin is something akin to Satan or, at least, that he is a kind of “Sauron”
I have a friend and expat Russian born in Siberia and he feels the same way? I question him and what he tells me is surprising. Here is the other side of the story coming from an expat Russian. He says:
‘the current system is based upon corruption.’
‘People occupying same positions for decades and what’s keeping them there is that they all have something on each other. If any of them moves a bit sideways, there will be punishment by all the facts coming to light and them getting sentenced for it.’
‘That’s for example what happened to Khabarovsk mayor who was arrested on charges of involvement in murders he supposedly took part in in early 2000s. He was anti-government and was gaining popularity in his region.’
‘All Putin’s friends are all billionaires now and run huge state owned oil companies.’
‘Basically the way Russia works is that with so many resources they don’t really need people there. I actually think that the population is a nuisance for them because over 50% of tax revenue comes from oil and gas.’
‘What they do is they have their own companies who get contracts from the big oil companies at inflated prices. This way they get richer and richer while the shareholders of the oil companies get nothing. The oil companies pay taxes to the government and most of these money get embezzled at the various levels of the government. All the people get is a bunch of propaganda on TV that we have to unite and there is a constant threat from abroad. That’s probably why they filmed these submarines to show the strength of our army.’
‘Also when Navalny did his investigation on Putin’s mansion and said that it was basically built with the money from Putin’s friends who were paying for him letting them steal billions. And what Putin did? He said it was not his but Rotenberg’s – this is the guy who is a close Putin’s friend who they did Judo with since they were 11. They are losing touch with reality thinking that people will eat anything they feed them.’
‘Since this story with Navalny they have been coming up with absurd laws at high speed. Russian criminal law is code based and it’s easy to find an “appropriate” line in the code to put anybody in prison. For example there this is a one called “insult of feeling of a religious person”. You can get up to three years in prison for this. All they need to do is to find someone who got insulted by what you said.’
‘Sometimes I think that their goal is to make Orwell’s book 1984 a reality.’
‘Russia is a depressing place with a long history of corruption. I think it will end badly with either a revolution or some kind of spill on the neighbouring countries. Although, there are rumours that Putin’s health is in decline so there is a hope he will leave “in peace”
My friend wanted to get into law while still in Russia do something make changes but came to the conclusion it is just hopeless and left. It leaves me wondering how many other expat Russians feel the same way?
Copied from an article by Michael Snyder on Zero Hedge.
I have not verified:
Google translated:
Decree No. 117/2021,…
In accordance with Article 107 of the Constitution of Ukraine, I decree:
1. To put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine of March 11, 2021 “On the Strategy of deoccupation and reintegration of the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol” (attached).
2. To approve the Strategy of deoccupation and reintegration of the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (attached).
3. Control over the implementation of the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, enacted by this Decree, shall be vested in the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
4. This Decree shall enter into force on the day of its publication.
President of Ukraine V.ZELENSKY
March 24, 2021
Now, look at that garbage:
https://sputniknews.com/world/202104021082522550-us-president-biden-and-his-ukrainian-counterpart-zelensky-hold-first-phone-call-reports-say/
These people are out of their minds. This is unbearable. They either back off and humble themselves or let’s have a go at it. If the US gets too involved, Russia will need to cur off their logistics, which will escalate a lot.
Seriously recommend Andrei’s latest article pertaining to the rabid and mindless hatred of the neo cons formulating and implementing for what passes for foreign policy in wash dc. It is particularly noteworthy as to their total incompetence and political hackery (sic) on military matters.
http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2021/04/they-neocons-may-have-anger-issues.html#disqus_thread
Moreover, the quote from Hudson contained in the article does not inspire any sense of confidence that there are any sane people in this neo con “blob.” With the likes of the kagan clan, blink, and camp followers power, rice, the low expectation of rationality in this serious time is stark.
Quote of Hudson from linked article:
one thought by Michael Hudson stands out when he speaks about people in the United States who are driving US’ insane foreign policy or, rather, lack of it. I touch on this issue in each and every of my books, but especially the last one, but here is what Hudson, who is close to “decision-making” circles posits:
The Americans want war. The people that Biden has appointed have an emotional hatred of Russia. I’ve spoken to government people who are close to the Democratic Party, and they’ve told me that there’s a pathological emotional desire for war with Russia, largely stemming from the fact that the Tzars were anti-Semitic and there’s still the hatred about their ancestors: “Look what they did to my great-grandfather.” And so they’re willing to back the Nazis, back the anti-Semites in Ukraine. They’re willing to back today’s anti-Semites all over the world as long as they’re getting back at this emotional focus on a kind of post 19th-century economy. I’ve met these people. Their emotion is one of hatred and anger. You can look at their face and see what they’ve become. This is really dangerous. They are crazy. And Putin is quite right. America has got its power by breaking contracts. It broke all of the contracts with the native Americans to take their land. It’s broken the Iranian contract. It broke most recently the Ukrainian Minsk agreement, and the JCP before. So what’s the point of making an agreement with any Americans
I wouldn’t put too much trust in the ”anti-Semitism” hogwash. The neocons’ main source of inspiration except their very parasitic existence is Trotskyism. Neo-con Stephen Schwartz proudly defends his Trotskyist past and insists that “neo-cons” be called “Trotsky-cons”. He goes so far as to say he will defend Trotsky ”to my last breath, and without apology”. Given Trotskyism’s very poor reputation in Russia, the neocons’ hatred of the latter makes sense all right, especially in view of Stalin’s appreciable popularity. But again: neocons are, first and foremost, militant American parasites driven by — extremely violent — class hatred and narcissism. Their ideological obsessions amount to little more than a frill, essentially.
So, looking at the present what we see is how the rotting and dying US Empire accelerates its own terminal prolapse by putting ideology-driven rabid animals at the levers of state power at home (the US) and abroad (Ukraine). Since Russia, China, and Iran have cooperating, highly efficient, and professional governments committed to solving problems of the real world, the obviously mentally challenged US neocons and their disciples abroad have one and only one ”recipe for victory”: omnicide — annihilation of all life on the planet.
What this shows is that the forces of political reaction worldwide are at an all-time low, at least when it comes to the quality of its official representatives, made up of all kinds of criminals, perverts, murderers, imbeciles, and grafters. As I see it, there is only one significant exception to this, and it’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. If the West’s reactionaries were of his calibre, the fortunes of imperialism would be much improved. Now it’s just a question of when, not if, Western imperialism will be ultimately defeated (unless it ”wins” by omnicide, that is).
The real reason the western oligarchs hate Russia is that he took their money. When USSR collapsed there was no capital in Russia and no functioning system for guaranteeing property rights. So whoever could funnel international capital into Russia with local connections would multiply their investments a thousand fold. The main oligarch clans in USA had maintained certain connections with people in Russia during USSR. So they were in position to make these investments. And push them to the hilt through the weak legal system.
Putin came and took it back to the Russian state and to obedient Russia based oligarchs. And the western oligarchs never forgave him. You do not become the foremost financial families in world history by forgiving those that take your money. Hence, I was hearing Putin called “Putler” by hateful people of a certain creed in 2006 already.
My analysis using experience and sources from Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, Iran:
– (Removed for rule violation,MOD) is a response to Iran slapping the U.S on january 2020 and thus saying “you can’t have our oil fir another decade of economic orgy”
– There is no Putin without Eltsin. Drunkard he was puppet he wasn’t. He did what he had to do. He spoiled his name for the sake of Russia. Nations need fall guys as much as heroes. won’t explain further except a hint: Putin didn’t have to go around repairing the nuclear weapons.
– U.S is beaten. They are climbing down using Covid19 as cover. Putin plays along but with some payment incoming.
– U.S will instigate Kiev to war and stand back. Russia will take what it wants in Ukraine (and Syria)
– The ROW dont care if Russia annexes Ukraine or China overruns Taiwan. OTOH the west will bitch even if Putin helps an old lady cross the road. So, Russia is restrained in Ukraine only by trying to show he is a good big brother.
– Most US vs Russia/Iran acts after January 2020 is theater. Of course Russia has to be careful of any cheap tricks but the west is beaten.
”The ROW dont care if Russia annexes Ukraine or China overruns Taiwan. OTOH the west will bitch even if Putin helps an old lady cross the road.”
Haha, Putin helping an old lady cross the road is either a cheap PR stunt or, possibly, a piece of ”Kremlin disinformation” where discreet coercion is misrepresented as chivalry on Putin’s part before an unsuspecting audience. Don’t be fooled 😁
Yes, Russia and China could put an end to the nonsense countries ”Ukraine” and ”Taiwan” respectively without too much ado. Quite a few people would be celebrating it, not so much because of the initiatives as such but because of their tremendous and absolutely irrefutable status as game-changers. The West will have to contend with bitching about Putin and the old lady he is harrassing across the road.
“There is no Putin without Eltsin. “
And possibly no Mr. Yeltsin without Mr. Andropov, Mr. Ligachev, Mr. Primakov, Mr. Zhirinovsky and their associates.
“He did what he had to do. “
As part of a collective.
Perhaps the following logical flow would be more illuminating:
“ Nations need fall guys as much as heroes. “
Some do but not all.
“He spoiled his name for the sake of Russia. “
That “spoiled his nameness” was an effort on the part of the opponents directed towards “their population”, from 1993 onwards including characterisations such as “Drunkard he was, puppet he was.”
The present manifestation directed towards “their population” is “killer he was/is.”
“Some of the opponents believe they “lost” China in 1949 and “lost” Russia sometime between 1991 and 2021 but they can’t yet work out how and when precisely, partly as a consequence of the fear that if they work it out they will probably be “forced” to take the blame. “
That is the opponents’ standard practice in regard to “handling perceived agents” – the notion that none is so loyal as one who is significantly compromised – which never applied to the former head of Moscow and Sverdlovsky oblasts.
“The Ukrainians are nothing more than expendable cannon fodder..”
Not only, but also albatrosses whose removal afford optical opportunities in the perception of some.
The opponents are of the view that everyone except them is expendable.
This illusion facilitates opportunities of rendering the opponents exceptional in respect of being surplus to requirements – expendable.
Thank you for the analysis, especially for the sidebar about the causes and mechanisms of the collapse of USSR. This topic as well as the collaps of the Russian Empire deserves special attention. May I suggest a film by Bishop Tikhon ” The demise of the Empire. Russian lesson “(Гибель империи. Русский урок)? It is a profound analysis of the first Russian disaster in the 20th century which repeated itself in the second one.
“the first Russian disaster in the 20th century which repeated itself in the second one.”
All datasteams have utility, but sometimes their “interpretations” have less utility.
In any dynamic interaction absolutes, including but not limited to, certainty and omniscience are not possible despite some seeking to deny that is not the case.
“…first Russian disaster in the 20th century which repeated itself in the second one.”
Given that the “second one” was not a disaster, although interpreted as such by some, and not a repeat of a “coup”, although externally interpreted as being such, let me suggest that your “perception” is a function of your framing.
Both the first and the second were disasters for millions of Russians and that fact frames my perception.
“..and that fact frames my perception.”
That was perceived.
Reliance by some on “absolutes” and beliefs including certainty of facts which some may attempt to deem are self-evident, have utilities.
Examples include but are not limited to processes of transcendence of the “Soviet Union” by the “Russian Federation” with the complicity of “The United States of America” and its associates,
and the processes of the transcendence of “The United States of America” with the complicity of “The United States of America” and its associates.
Soviet citizens, not restricted to Russians, were also complicit in facilitating the transcendence of “The Soviet Union” by “The Russian Federation” since they increasingly understood from the 1970’s onwards that “The Soviet Union” would collapse through the interactions of various vectors and started to create parallel support networks including but not limited to blat, co-operatives (not of the Perestroika type) and dachas.
This understanding not only gave rise to notions such as “They pretend to pay us; we pretend to work” but also to the posing of questions such as “How to drown a drowning man with the minimum of blowback.” since in any interaction “perfection” is not an option, even with the complicity of “The United States of America” and its associates.
Some resorted to various beliefs such as MMM which had a modicum of educational utility.
So please let me take this opportunity to thank you for your “perceptions” and your confirmation that
“was not a disaster, although interpreted as such by some”.
In further explanation I take this opportunity to extend the sentence by “ ….some, partly as a function of lack of reliable data to many and contingent resort to reliance on “narratives” by many, despite the previous attempt at glasnost by “The Soviet Union” contains a modicum of validity.
As an American, I will give you the perspective of an average American
As an American, I will give you the perspective of an average American, the causes of russophobia in the West.
In the past it has always been the out of control Military Industrial Complex (MIC) (which Eisenhower warned about in 1959) lust for endless wars and pushing a narrative to the American people of Russia being a bogeyman to create fear of Russia in the minds of Americans originally as a “military threat” to the U.S. and Europe, and later as a major nuclear threat. When WW2 was over, they bombed Japan not to end the war, but to serve as a signal to Russia “do not mess with the U.S.”, but it wasn’t really meant as a deterrent for war but in fact as a provocation toward Russia to go on the defensive to acquire nuclear power themselves (that worked like a charm). With the MIC (which is international in scope) it’s not about ending wars, it’s all about maintaining endless wars for profit. It’s a racket. The MIC with it’s power has in fact controlled every Presidential administration since the end of WW2. They assassinated JFK because he wasn’t cooperating. LBJ was their better puppet.
Under Reagan and with the end of the Cold War, most Americans had hoped the Russia threat was no more and maybe the two nations can now cooperate. (From the MIC perspective that was not suppose to happen.) And we thought (naive to think) it meant peace, until the Obama administration. We now know that the MIC never quit it’s self-serving mission to provoke never ending war for it’s own gain. Then along came the neocon’s think tank the “Project for the New American Century” who’s founders which orchestrated the 9/11 attack and hatched a plan to start wars in the Middle East With it’s ultimate target in the end being to provoke Russia by encircling Russia with U.S. military bases and bring about a new Cold War. Just prior to this and at the same they also worked seduce China to become economically attached to or dependent on the U.S. to reign them in, but that hasn’t worked the way they originally hoped which was to change China into a “democracy”, or was it really? Perhaps the true goal was to make China into a even bigger global threat or monster to provoke endless war? Probably the latter. Endless war is what MIC is all about. They don’t care who gets hurt as long as they continue to profit from war by keeping the world at war forever.
The most current reason for the russophobia since Obama became president and with Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State is that Obama and Hillary have bruised egos because the policy with Russia failed and they blame Russia for it’s failure. In their eyes Russia made Obama and Hillary Clinton appear weak and gave the “Obama legacy” a black eye. In the early days of the Obama administration they lauded their “Russian reset” foreign policy which utterly failed. Obama and his lackeys are controlling the Biden regime behind the scenes, and they’ve got chips on their shoulders about Russia. Only American’s on the left are russophobic, on the right we are only fed up with the MIC and their endless wars as they have cost us in blood and treasure. We voted in Trump to end endless wars, but the anti-Trump neocons (MIC) and Obama Democrats stole his reelection. The MIC is very wealthy and powerful and international in scope. Their agenda is world domination.
The USA under Obama tried to collapse Russia’s economy, and failed.
Subsequently we have them surrounded, and Chairman Biden is picking up where
Obama’s Globalist Masters left off.
Of course before Obama we had Clinton poking Russia in the eye, persecuting
and murdering their Christian Serbian brothers.
Russia was too weak all these years to respond to the torments inflicted upon them
by NATO and the West. Maybe those days are over? Maybe they’re ready to give
Satan’s New World Order a black eye? Lord willing. God be with Russia.
Let me add one more reason for Western hatred of Putin. Since Putin came to power toxic feminism has become ascendant in the West. During the last 20 or so years, Putin has evolved as thee symbol of white male patriarchy. Hillary Clinton complained that Putin used manspreading to gain control of the room. Saturday Night Live in many skits showed Putin as a strutting shirtless macho man. With Critical Race Theory itself becoming ascendant, easy to see how Putin will be shown through a Western feminist lens, and it ain’t pretty. I guess the big picture will be that SJW’s will be co-opted in the weaponry of imperialism against Russia.
The Saker is not quite right regarding overwhelming love of Putin by the Russian population (his approval rating was historically low the last year for valid objective economic and internal policies reasons) but totally right not respecting the US intelligence community staffed with unscrupulous, amateurish and obsessed with their Cold War-style irrational animosity towards Russia in general. If the US/NATO psy-ops are still run by mendacious mental handicaps like Joel Harding who boasts that he is still doing information warfare projects for NATO (simultaneously with watching free porn on Twitter) no wonder these psy-ops are disastrous crap. Examples of Harding’s psy-ops to the benefit of Ukro-Nazis have been well summarized by George Eliason and include trolling social media and blogs’ comments sections with gibberish ramblings copy-pasted from the US corporate media and Ukro-Nazis’ own websites like EuroMaidan, as well trying to cyber-stalk and slander ordinary social media users, especially Russian women: http://www.toinformistoinfluence.co/Links
” love”
To salve assays of “alienation” some social relations, sometimes referred to as “cultures”, invent standards of evaluation such as “love” and “like” without benefit of definition but predicated upon emotion and we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evidentness, plus seek to project such standards and their assigned significances as universal comparative measuring catagories across all cultures.
“like”
Some “cultures” have higher assays of “alienation” to salve and tend to assign greater significance to the undefined concepts “love” and “like”.
Not all “cultures” are equally “alienated”, levels of alienation being complex lateral functions, including but not limited to coercion, competition and co-operation, momentarily deflected by salves such as “shopping therapy”.
Some “cultures” are more prone to projections than others partly as a function of “alienation”
Consequently in some assay would be “cross cultural interpreters” through their framing of “analyses which they interpret” engage in many activities which some others perceive to be “ultra vires” but not perceived as such by those enmazed in such activity, thereby increasing “alienation” and “facebook friendships” limiting
co-operation.
All this endless speculation about the reasons for Russophobia or anti-Putinism completely miss the point.
It’s not really about Russia per se.
It’s about America and its malevolent national character.
Simply put, Americans believe they have a God-given right to colonize the entire world–just as they had a God-given right to invade and colonize the North American continent.
In the 19th-century, this was called US Manifest Destiny.
Today, it’s called defending Freedom, Democracy, the USA’s Rules-Based Order, or other Goebbelsian American lies.
Thus, America hates ANY country, government, leader, or group that stands in the way of its messianic belief that the self-proclaimed Land of the Free should rule the world.
In fact, the USA will not only demonize XYZ country but also mentally project its own malign nature onto XYZ country by vilifying it as a threat, monster, menace, or evil.
This demonization campaign is reflective of how the United States is in fact a Christian-style fundamentalist cult–masquerading as a constitutional republic or democracy.
Americans cannot stand to face the reality that the United States of America is in fact the true threat, menace, and ultimately evil that it smears other nations as.
In sum, America demonizes other countries so to avoid confronting the truth that America is the demon itself.
Uncle Sam was Born Lethal
https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/08/16/uncle-sam-was-born-lethal/
America Is a Religion – An Aggressive One
http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/how-its-exceptionalism-makes-america-dumb-and-aggressive/ri12257
The conflict with Russia is coming out of the EU and they are constantly trying to bring in the US & UK into their evil plans. Same as in past centuries.
The EU needs to be smashed.
And those in the EU who are behind all this (most of whom live in castles etc) should be permanent removed.
I am American, and I find nothing but the TRUTH here. Trump knew that Russia was being framed. I am Orthodox, ad I ask Gods Blessings on Russia. GaryM
[Ya Lubliu todos las personas de Rusia. Slava Bogu!! ]