Dear friends,
While I work on the next SITREP I wanted to share with you two very good articles, one in Russian and one in French.
The first article, sent to me by ‘D’ and entitled “Почему нет военной интервенции РФ на Украину” (Why there is no intervention of the Russian Federation in the Ukraine) provides a detailed and extremely well-written explanation of why Russia is not intervening in the Ukraine. Until somebody translates it, which I really hope happens, you might be able to use Google or Yandex translators to get a general idea of the points made by the author. I consider this analysis as a “must read”, especially for those who are angry and frustrated by Russia’s *apparent* passivity.
If somebody had the time and energy to translate this article into English I would be immensely grateful!
The second article sent to me by ‘L’ is, believe it or not, a discussion of my alleged “anti-Semitism” (sigh, rolleyes) by what is certainly one of the best French language websites on issues of international security, Dedefensa.org. Normally, I absolutely *hate* wasting my time trying to prove a negative to the inevitable garden variety “enforcer of political correctness” which pops-up on a regular basis to accuses me of being anti-Jewish just because I use the expression “AngloZionist Empire”. Frankly, replying to such accusations truly depresses me not because I care about what idiot thinks, but because such stupidity makes me lose hope in mankind (if they are really so stupid, what is the point?!). The great joy for me is that the folks at Dedefensa actually did come to their own correct conclusions about my worldview in an article entitled A Propos de Saker and they did so simply by paying attention to what I actually wrote. I am very grateful to Dedefensa for setting the record straight and reminding me how many good and smart people are still out there fighting the good fight! It also proves to me that those who pretend to have “sincere doubts” about my views about racism are simply intellectually dishonest, they don’t care at all about the truth and they are just looking for a pretext to slander and bully me into surrendering to their ideology.
That’s it for now. I hope to have the next SITREP ready in a few hours.
Kind regards,
The Saker
The truth doesn’t apologize :)
Good article about Russia’s possible thinking. However, a question comes to mind: What can Russia do if the Empire starts forcing hundreds of thousands or more to flee? Just bomb cities into rubble over time, and eventually kill as many of the names of the rebellion as possible. The US is very good at creating Iraqs, Syrias, Libyas, etc.
Russian article said too much interesting stuff to translate here. It says Russia will win by December if it does nothing much in Ukr. Says Russia serious about ending petrodollar. I would rather ask Saker why no s400s are being deployed in Donetsk and Slavyansk to even the field. Can Russia match the infra red tech being used to see hidden snipers? Does the ukr side have night vision goggles the Chechens don’t have? How many Right Sector still active in Ukraine? 500 still control Odessa police?
Dearest Saker,
You are a very good Christian and an Ambassador to Christianity.
Not only you believe in the two Simple Commandments, love God and love your neighbor like yourself.
You practice these two Simple Commandments too, on a daily basis. Whether, that neighbor is a Jew, a Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist … and/or any other Creation of God, such as animals and birds.
Best regard,
Mohamed.
Dear Saker,
This is a funny one from Debka File:
The US President’s foreign policy leaves Ukraine’s chocolate king in a box
http://www.debka.com/article/23960/The-US-President%E2%80%99s-foreign-policy-leaves-Ukraine%E2%80%99s-chocolate-king-in-a-box
Best regards,
Mohamed.
Hi Saker! There is no use to try to refute the supposed anti-Semitism. It is a cheap shot directed to anybody who dares to mention the atrocities committed by Israel against lets say, the Palestinians for example. If I am correct even Roger Waters of the Pink Floyd was also accused of being anti-Semit! I do not even care to mention the reason, just to show how paranoid some of these people are and keep playing victim to do whatever without being questioned.
I am not sure you want these Frenchies defending you Saker. They keep apologizing for Israel and France more than even the UK is involved in this Anglozionist system. Ce sont des vendus.
re “anti-semitism”
this is a magic word. A spell. A hex. It has no intellectual meaning. It’s purpose is to deflect intelligent analysis into emotional defensiveness.
“anti-semitism” is always preferred to “anti-jewish” and certainly preferred to “anti-zionist”. That’s because the other terms exist in the realm of thought and don’t have significant emotional presence (because we have to wonder what is meant by “anti-Jewish”, and any person can accept “anti-zionism” is rational.). But “anti-semitic” exists purely in the realm of emotion.
The use of “anti-semitism” nothing more than a hex. And should be treated as such. (Eg. “anti-semitism? .. do you meant anti-semiticJews? .. anti-europeanJews? .. anti-jewishCulture? .. anti-Zionist?)
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27625540
“Those prisons with closed doors, you can modify the heat, the light, everything inside the prison, that idea came from England,” he said.
He admitted, privately, to the prosecutor, that he himself had gone to England to learn interrogation techniques that didn’t leave physical marks. The prosecutor, Nadine Borges, revealed her conversation with him.
“The best thing for him was psychological torture. When a person was in a secret place, it was faster to obtain information. He also studied in other places but he said England was the best place to learn.”
re “anti-semitism”
this is a magic word. A spell. A hex. It has no intellectual meaning. It’s purpose is to deflect intelligent analysis into emotional defensiveness.
“anti-semitism” is always preferred to “anti-jewish” and certainly preferred to “anti-zionist”. That’s because the other terms exist in the realm of thought and don’t have significant emotional presence (because we have to wonder what is meant by “anti-Jewish”, and any person can accept “anti-zionism” is rational.). But “anti-semitic” exists purely in the realm of emotion.
The use of “anti-semitism” nothing more than a hex. And should be treated as such. (Eg. “anti-semitism? .. do you meant anti-semiticJews? .. anti-europeanJews? .. anti-jewishCulture? .. anti-Zionist?)
Artillery bombardment of civilian areas was one of the war crimes that lead to the creation of the Geneva Conventions.
Rhetorical passivity is what we are getting out of Putin at the moment. This is a war for hearts and minds fought out in the battle field of modern journalism (to include blogs like this one). Putin could do much, especially on the backs of the far right success in the European elections.
It appears he has be suckered into passivity by promises of meaningful negotiation from the West.
I managed to read the Russian article with the help of Yandex, and it is indeed very interesting, especially the part about needing to let hunger and cold gradually “re-adjust” the thinking of the fascist areas of Ukraine.
Still, in the meantime, even if the West and UN etc. pretends not to hear, Russia needs to continue to put its protests and objections on the record as forcefully as possible. Here in Europe (Austria, Germany, Switzerland etc.)the people are not nearly as brainwashed and anti-Russian as the media and politicians; many of those must be bought or blackmailed, but you cannot buy or blackmail every independent thinker in a whole region. A principled stance will have many supporters and put the continued propaganda more and more on the backfoot.
I read the French article too but as others have said, you don’t need anybody else to set the record straight or defend you. (The Swedish have a saying, “To praise is to judge”, and another, that one should not accept praise from just anybody.)
About antisemithism: Antisemites used to be people that hate jews, nowdays they are people that jews hate.
It ends here, any further discussion on the subject should be deleted. Please don’t waste our time.
Putin speaks about the problem of developing a strong Russian nationality in a multi polar world
http://valdaiclub.com/politics/62880.html
On another note, I find this article troubling, especially the part about the supposed labs in the Eastern Ukraine, towards the end.
http://journal-neo.org/2014/05/30/the-i-told-you-so-virus-new-smallpox-like-disease-breaks-out-in-georgia/
If true, it’s bad, but if it’s disinformation, – more likely in my opinion – it could be laying the ground for some kind of “accident” – “the ignorant separatists let the virus escape from the lab”, etc. The whole thing has a very peculiar and unpleasant smell.
Saker,
I can’t speak to the Russian one but that DeDefense.org piece was superb. I know nothing about them, but just seeing how they went about evaluating you, I’m quite inclined to see what they have to say about other issues. They characterized you quite fairly, I think, but missed — probably beyond their purview — the emotional impact on your readers of having found an oasis where facts, analysis, issues, ethics can be intelligently discussed. It’s just such a wonderful thing to be able to do, with people all over the world, from all sorts of backgrounds and with all sorts of opinions. We’re a garden of sorts, I guess, many different plants, for sure, but you’ve set up good fertile soil we can all grow in, then keep adding the right amounts of nutrients, water and sunlight, and sit back and let us grow. (To continue the sappy metaphor, what would be really terrific would be if we could somehow “naturalize”, and spread this way of relating and growing so maybe we can help fix some of the horrors we’re watching unfold.)
Afterthought said…
“Artillery bombardment of civilian areas was one of the war crimes that lead to the creation of the Geneva Conventions.”
Are you sure about that? I mean, Dresden and Tokyo come to mind, to say nothing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Or, since we were the victors and ran the show, did we simply focus on artillery and somehow forget fire-bombing and, uh, nukes. (At this point, I guess there’s nothing I’d put past us. Except, of course, fairness, decency and compassion.)
To Western media and the fascist pigs of the EUSA: you have failed to propagandize the necessary percentage of viewers. The Odessa operation backfired. You have now radicalized a sufficient percentage of publics to the resistance. We recognize that now is not only the revolutionary moment, but also WWIII. You have revealed your hand in Ukraine. We reject military dictatorship in the form of ‘democracy’. The USA is our enemy. Russia is our ally in the current struggle, but neither Russia or China will be permitted to exist in the future, except as part of a network of individuals and communities striving for socialist and communist ideals.
We are arming ourselves, we are communicating, we are planning and we are rising in the West.
Signed, an ‘American’, everyone under the age of 35, and the global left.
I can’t resist reposting the English portion of the Dedefensa article. I am relieved to see this is finally begining to sink in. The term anti-semite is a hex! Thank you mijj for saying it.
Now, if I told you most of the English language is constructed in exactly the same way, what would you say? Did you know that your mother tongue is fasioned as a trap? People who speak more than one language have a distinct advantage recognizing it, although even then they do so only subconsciously. The English language is a magically constructed language of slavery. It’s a centuries long project dating back to the time of Shakespeare at least.
When you come to understand this you will finally possess the key to unlocking your cage. This is the counter spell that will smash Anglo-Zionist power and finally permit humanity to grow.
«So I am walking a very difficult and tight path here: I DO want to participate and support the struggle against the secular and religious manifestations of Jewish racism. But I DO NOT want to “cross the line” and do exactly what I accuse many Jews of doing: turn racist myself and deny our common humanity. I assure you that my position is a difficult one as I get labeled both an anti-Semite and a Jew-lover. I am neither. Or, I am an anti-racist and a mankind-lover if you prefer. I will go as far as saying that Rabbinical Judaism is, in my sincerely held conclusion, Satanic at its core and at least as evil as Wahabi Islam. And Zionism is nothing but the semi-secular rendition of the same racist values (at least modern Zionism, the original one was a very different phenomenon). But to bring all the evils of our times only to the actions of those Jews who are truly evil is plain ridiculous: there is AT LEAST as much non-Jewish evil out there as there is Jewish one. Need I remind you all that the favorite slogan of the Ukie Nazis is: […] “beat the Jews and the Russians” (notice that Jews come first!).
»I am disgusted by the modern media in which no criticisms of Jews is possible or, not without at least 3 paragraphs of disclaimers. I hate the modern “Holocaust Industry” (As Norman Finkelstein called it) for constantly rubbing it in over and over and over and over again with the “Holocaust” and its absolutely mandatory figure of “6 millions” (the only case of mass murder in history which always has to be attached to a number of victims, the only one. Ever wondered why?). I find Israel an abomination whose very existence is a disgrace for all of mankind. And I am sick and tired of mediocre talentless Jews being promoted by their fellow Jews everywhere just because “he is one of us”. But NONE of that has ANYTHING to do with race, ethnicity or biology. This is simply the hijacking of an immoral and corrupt society by a particularly immoral and corrupting “tribe” which is also ruled by its own 1%. Just like non-Jews, the vast majority of Jews having no control over what their elites are doing in their name. As for their elites, they brainwash them literally from birth (just study the feat of Purim for a proof of that) and then further terrify them with the constant repetition of the mantra: “the goyim hate us, they almost exterminated us many times, we have to protect ourselves or they will exterminate us again, we need to make sure we hold all the positions of power and wealth to prevent the goying from killing us all”. And the percentage of Jews who believes that crap is about the same as the percentage of non-Jews who believe the propaganda which they are taught in their own home and schools. Guys – we are all humans, with the same weaknesses, the same inclinations and the same evil 1% ruling over us.»
Bravo Saker!
It can be argued that mainstream Jewry after initial resistance has thrown in its lot with Zionism, at least for the past several generations. Therefore to be anti-Zionist is to be “anti-Semitic” or anti-Jewish.
But that it seems is the problem of the choice of the mainstream community, problematic in particular because of the lawless behavior of Israel, not that of the Israel-critic.
29/05/2014.
so what the Russian article says is that Russia was taken unprepared by al the machinations of the anglo empire while the foreign minster lavrov was running around licking the anglo enemies boots al through this time when he should have been cultivating, in my view strong relationship with all those entities who might have engaged england and usa militarily in the middle east -for which the Russian did not help in fact they took all the chance for anti- west forces to keep west occupied in the middle east.
russia took away chemical weapon from syria for what? usa is still arming the terrorists.
Iran was not given s-300 even during Putin time.
this is what i wrote way back-during Russian’s delaying tactics about busher plant-just to please american enemies.
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2006.
RUSSIA NOT REALIZE THAT IF EVER IRAN IS ATTACKED AND DEFEATED BY USA ATHEN RUSSIA WILL LOSE ALL STATUS AND PRESTIGE OF EVEN THIRD RATE PWOER INT HE WORLD AND THEN NO COUNTRY WILL BE WIILING TO BE ON SIDE OF Russia BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTS TO BE WITH A STRONG SCOUNTRY WHO CAN ORDER AND MANAGE THE AGENDA AS AMERICA IS TRYING TO DO AND THEN RUSSIA WILL BE =DESTROYED AS IS THE VERY INSTEDSION OF USA?
RUSSIA MUST NOT LET USA SCORE ANY MORE POINT ANYWHERE LET ALONE IN IRAN OTHERWISE RUSSIA IS FINISHED EVEN AS A COUNTRY .
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2006.
Iran and russia.
If russia foolishly stop Busher plant work or does not support Iran against the west then russia will be doomed as well because then resurgent west ,which has ben plotting against russia too, will have encircled and weakened Russia , and russia will have no friend to look to when it is under pressure from the west.
therefore russia must support all the countries who have stood against angloamerican evil -only by this method russia and other countries can maintain their independence.
Anonymous said…
“I am not sure you want these Frenchies defending you Saker. They keep apologizing for Israel and France more than even the UK is involved in this Anglozionist system. Ce sont des vendus.”
You’ve obviously never read dedefensa.com.
2006.
Iran and russia.
If russia foolishly stop Busher plant work or does not support Iran against the west then russia will be doomed as well because then resurgent west ,which has ben plotting against russia too, will have encircled and weakened Russia , and russia will have no friend to look to when it is under pressure from the west.
therefore russia must support all the countries who have stood against angloamerican evil -only by this method russia and other countries can maintain their independence.
Russia doe snot even have a long term plan let alone emrgency plan as to how to react. in fact she always react and that too badly rather than being proactive.
Russian foreign and economic minstries are rotten to the core.
translation of part 1 of the link:
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The level of analytical discussion in the RuNet was excellently described by political commentator Semyon Uralov: “It is fundamentally wrong to think that only our Kievan colleagues have lost their minds and turned into bloodthirsty hysterics due to the Ukrainian crisis. There is an incredible amount of such people among our Moscow colleagues as well.”
The goal of the present text is to move away from hysterics and towards a cold analysis of the Ukrainian situation.
I will begin with necessary clarifications upon several emotionally important topics:
==Why is there no military intervention by the Russian Federation?==
If this text had been written several days earlier, a large portion would have had to be dedicated to a description of why it would be impractical and simply stupid to bring troops into Ukraine, even after a referendum. Thankfully, the resistance leader of Slavyansk, Igor Strelkov, who in his video address very precisely described the inertia of the local population of Lugansk and Donetsk with regard to any real moves towards protected their interests from the junta, has dealt with this issue better than I. Foreseeing the arguments about taking part in the referendum, I want to say right from the start that checking a ballot box is, of course, pretty cool, but it doesn’t much differ from the hipsterish attempts to “bring down the regime” with Facebook “likes”. Just because the “like” is written on a physical ballot doesn’t change the fundamental reality. The referendum was a necessary action, but it wasn’t nearly enough.
==How much is the Kremlin prepared for current events in Ukraine, and how much is it improvising?==
I recommend reading the following Wikileaks cable: https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08MOSCOW265_a.html , from which is can be seen that already in 2008, the Kremlin predicted the precise scenarios which we see today: “Experts tell us that Russia is particularly worried that the strong divisions in Ukraine over NATO membership, with much of the ethnic-Russian community against membership, could lead to a major split, involving violence or at worst, civil war. In that eventuality, Russia would have to decide whether to intervene; a decision Russia does not want to have to face.”
It is logical to assume that these developments were not a surprise for the Kremlin and that today we are in a situation that is not ideal, but was nevertheless more-or-less prepared for, as something like a “Plan E”.
[[[…part 2 to follow]]]
[[[continued from part 1]]]
In order to understand what the Kremlin will do next, let us formulate the following goals:
– Not allow Ukraine to enter NATO
– Not allow the establishment and stabilization of a Russophobic regime in Ukraine, in other words denazification.
– Not allow a genocide of the Southwestern Russian population
Ideally, all three goals should be realized without breaking the Russian economy in the process of reorienting it towards Asia, and without letting the Americans improve their own economy at the expense of the EU.
How can these goals be realized?
Let us look over the simplest scenario and see what vulnerabilities and negative consequences follow from it:
And so, the Russian Federation army enters Ukraine and in several days reaches Kiev, then takes all of Ukraine. “Patriots” are joyful, parades on Kiev’s main street Khreshchatyk, etc.
It seems that all three goals have been reached, but the following problems arise:
1. In the EU, in which the European business elites are currently leaning on their politicians to put the brakes on sanctions, the “War Party” (aka. “Party USA”, or to be more precise, “Party Pax Americana”) immediately wins the argument. Maximal, real sanctions are enforced against the Russian Federation, which have their most awful effect upon the European economy, which immediately enters recession. But there’s no reason to be happy.
Against this background, the Americans easily push through the signing of their variant of The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – a trade agreement which turns the EU into an appendage of the American economy. Negotiations about it are going on at this very moment, and the entering of Russian Federation troops into Ukraine would be an enormous gift to the Americans. European business is decimated by the sanctions against Russia, and the lowering of trade barriers with the US drives a stake through it. At the end of it all: the EU is in a postwar-like state. The USA is happily mastering the European markets, for which it now has no competition (nor will any appear). The Russian Federation is in poor form. Don’t you think that somebody in this situation is a dupe, somebody who is not the USA? By the way, it is no use to consider arguments that European politicians will not allow their own economic suicide. Eurobureaucrats are capable of this and more, as practice has shown.
…[part 3 to follow]…
[[[continued from part 2]]]
2. Besides the issue that the Kremlin will be helping Washington, we must look at the situation in Russia itself.
• If the sanctions against Russia are enforced before the mega 30-year gas contract with China is signed, China will be able to negotiate price from a position of strength. Practically from a position of blackmail (which China is already doing, but not so obviously).
• If the sanctions against Russia are enforced before the mega oil contract with Iran is signed, through which Rosneft will be able to control another 500000 barrels of oil a day, Iran will be able to negotiate price from a position of strength.
• All subsequent attempts to construct any deals, even simply deliveries of imports that we need, will be very, very expensive
• If the sanctions are enforced before the signing of the Eurasian Economic Community agreement, just imagine what an ace Lukashenko and Nazarbayev [presidents of Belarus and Kazakhstan] will be given in trying to get concessions from Putin. A little more, and Moscow will have to pay extra for its own oil in order to establish the EEC.
3. the Russian Federation will have to take upon itself the responsibility of uplifting the Ukrainian economy, the denazification (where will one get the needed number of denazificators? […]), leading the battle against compact groups of Ukrainian Nazis, who will be supported and supplied from abroad.
In summary, it is clear that in this scenario, the clear winners are the USA and China. Russia is left only with a feeling of deep moral satisfaction, economic problems, and curses from sincere Ukrainians, who will be unhappy with “life under occupation”.
…[part 4 to follow]…
“Turn up that rock called england, I bet you can uncover 90% of the lizards in this world”
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Russia should first concentrate on offensive nukes with reach of 2000 to 3000 miles because the real enemy of Russia is at that distance from Moscow on the west side -beyond France and east of ireland-that still interferes and plots all evil doing in the world and is mortal enemy of Russia. that country also dreams of recaptuering its lost empire of pirates. Taking out that country will be like taking out 95% of danger to russia and the world.
Austrian,
A very nasty smell indeed. Even if no “accident” occurs, it kind of leaves one reeling. Two relevant quotes:
1. “We know that the non-existent lab in Georgia does exist, and that labs of the same ostensible kind store smallpox samples. We know that the new virus, described by US experts as similar to smallpox and a member of the same family of viruses, was discovered in Georgia and has affected two people working with cattle. Also that the previous Georgian government of Mikheil Saakashvili stopped immunising cattle at the US government’s request so the non-existent centre could study the spread of diseases within Georgian cattle herds.”
Except, of course, the etiology, transmission, course and treatment of cowpox, smallpox etc. are already well-established. Just like syphilis, pre-Tuskegee.
2. “It is reported in the Ukrainian press that the Pentagon is in the process of building a network of biological laboratories across the country, many near the borders of Russia, Belarus, Poland and Moldova.
It has already built laboratories in Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Lugansk, Lviv, Vinnitsa, Ternopol, Uzhhorod, Kiev, Simferopol and Kherson. Local people are expressing their anxiety over the collateral damage which could result from a leak of deadly substances.
All the research activities in Ukraine are being conducted under an August 2005 Cooperative Threat Reduction Agreement. The Pentagon (this not a civil agency, but the Defense Department itself) is responsible for this programme. Similar agreements have been concluded with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.”
[continued from part 3]
Here is the timeline of our primary vulnerable points:
1. Natural gas contract with China – May-June (signed on May 21!)
2. Oil contract with Iran – summer (that is why the USA lifted the embargo, since Rosneft has influence with BP but not with Exxon Mobil. Where will the oil flow? To China).
3. Important! European parliament elections, in which Euroskeptics (allies of the Russian Federation) will receive many votes. After the elections, a new European Commission will be put together, with which it will be easier to work – May 25. Even more important! If the gas contract with China is signed, the newly elected deputies will be more amenable to discussing the South Stream pipeline.
4. Collection of all necessary documents/permissions etc. for building the South Stream pipeline – May
This is what can be seen in plain sight, but there are other aspects which are very important to which it is difficult to assign a clear timetable:
1. Transition to using rubles for selling oil and gas – this is no piece of cake, there are long-term contracts which cannot be unilaterally rewritten. Lengthy work is required to exchange them with new contracts or modify existing ones.
2. Transition to setting the prices of oil and gas in rubles within Russian markets – this is a horrendous amount of work, at least for the reason that nobody before has ever really tried to do something like this.
3. An indigenous payment system
4. Preparing for import substitution or improving work with Asian suppliers (not in emergency mode)
The list can and should be continued; this is what I see, but the Kremlin surely has a wider viewpoint.
…[part 5 to follow]…
Nora:
Most of the Geneva Conventions were established before and after WW1, with a few amendments added after WW2. Youn are correct in assuming there’s no difference between artillery and aerial bombardment, with the US Empitre guilty of massive crimes during WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq 1, Sudan, Afghanistan, and others. Most hideous was the deliberate targeting of Iraqi civilian infrastructure, particularly water treatment plants and the subsequent sanctions regime which denied Iraq the opportunity to import the chemicals needed to treat its water for pathogens. Lots of evidence for this crime is in the public domain. Furthermore, we have the deliberate use of a poison–depleted uranium–against the whole of Iraq and Serbia. These are just some of the many violations of the laws of war that render the USA an Outlaw Nation, and its politicos as Outlaws just as worse as WW2’s Nazis–Both political parties are guilty, and the US federal government is essentially illegitimate in the blind eyes of the law beginning during WW2 under FDR. Outlaw Nations are to be provided no support–i.e., taxes–by the people unfortunate enough to reside within its borders, and it’s the duty of citizens to bring the Outlaws to justice.
Mohamed writes…
Dear Saker,
The US President’s foreign policy leaves Ukraine’s chocolate king in a box
http://www.debka.com/article/23960/The-US-President%E2%80%99s-foreign-policy-leaves-Ukraine%E2%80%99s-chocolate-king-in-a-box
Mohamed, you should be aware that both editors of DEBKA file are Israelis, and while claiming an independent world view, may possibly be subject to their own biases.
See http://fabiusmaximus.com/2008/06/15/debkafile/
Does reading Debkafile make us smarter, or dumber?
Might give you cause to smile
Best wishes from Auckland :-)
quick note: “towards protected their interests” in my 1st post should be “towards protecting their interests”.
[continued from part 4]
Now let us add several interesting initiatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is keeping quite busy. For example, Vice Minister Karasin was in Doha [capital of Qatar] on May 6, meeting with the entire Qatari elite. The results, by my judgement, are shocking. According to the Ministry’s statements, the Qatari Emir stated that he values “the compelling and consistent policy of the Russian Federation in international and regional affairs”, which is very unexpected from a country which is not simply a US ally, but a political affiliate of Exxon Mobil in the Near East and a 100% opponent of Russia in Syria. But the mystery is easily solved, for the American dreams of flooding the entire world with cheap natural gas are a death sentence for Qatar and its elite. Without sky-high gas prices, Qatar not only loses its hopes for regional greatness, but becomes a corpse. Doha is orienting quickly and is proposing something interesting: “at the same time, it was proposed to speed up coordination within the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF)”, the next summit of which (what a coincidence!) will be in Qatar. The Gas Exporting Countries Forum is an organization which includes countries such as Russia, Iran, Qatar, Venezuela, Bolivia and other exporters, and which the Kremlin has long but unsuccessfully tried to turn into a natural gas analogue to OPEC. It is indeed possible that the hour of the potential gas cartel has finally come. First of all, the three main exporters of natural gas, Russia, Qatar and Iran, have very similar interests and can work on the same side in order to divide up both the LNG [liquefied natural gas] and the pipeline gas markets. Such a gas cartel, even in a minimal configuration (just Russia, Qatar and Iran) will control a minimum of 55% of the world’s supplies of gas and have the possibility of seriously influencing the energy markets of the EU and Asia. Of course, such a project will have many problems; it will meet resistance, nobody gives any guarantees that it will all work, but it’s important to see that Moscow is actively looking for opportunities to gain additional strategic advantages in battle with the USA.
I hope, it is now clear where the Kremlin is spending the time which it is trying to buy in Ukraine, and why this is important.
…[[[ok guys, I’m going to take a break for the rest of the day… someone else can feel free to continue the translation in the meantime. You need to start at the paragraph “Вернемся к задачам связанным напрямую с Украиной”]]]
E,
Do you have any link, and facts says that China is black mailing Russia for the gas deal? The gas deal did not get signed for ten years may be more get do do with Russia wants to get cozy with West. I doubt that China want to form a long term relationship on base of black mailing. It is easy to imaging things then think rationally what could happen.
From what I see, after signing the gas bill, Russia seems have a lot more confident in dealing with west. It was also a beautiful sight to see that both Russia and China vetoed ICC resolution together a few days ago.
Dear Saker,
Using ‘Anglo/Zionists’ is correct because it is the truth.
what I actually wrote
What a concept and thanks for the links.
Nora said 31 May, 2014 19:28
I agree, Nora.
Dearest Nora,
The Fog of War?
Best regards,
Mohamed.
P.S. Google it. :)
I think by now everyone must aware that China does not plan in term of few years. In this case, the gas deal is for 30 years. I doubt that Russia can be black mailed into 30 year deal as much as that China will mind a billion or two. China is giving Russia $20 billion in advance to build its pipe line, at the time the West is trying to undermine Russia economy.
I have a suggestion to people who thinking as E does, instead, think about 30 years of peace, trade, and prosperity that this deal will bring to people of both countries, and be thankful they have finally arrive to this juncture, with help of NATO, EU and USA.
Thank you, E! Very much appreciated.
I did not realise there was an “anti-semitism” smear campaign being run against the Saker. That’s interesting because I noticed today that on the MOA blog that a comment writer there claimed a comment containing a link to this blog they had written had been censored. I then realised that while before this site was often mentioned at MOA (and linked to), I didn’t see this happening in the more recent comments.
The host of that site is a Jewish zionist, and the site has a large percentage of zionists in the audience, and among the comment posters. I wonder if Saker’s anti-zionism is the reason his blog got censored at MOA. The host there has often censored anti-zionists and banned them from the site.
Also, MOA, host and it’s zionist “support staff” are as partisan about gays as they are tribal about Jewish zionism. Saker’s views on gays might also be a factor in why this blog was censored by MOA.
BTW, the MOA host may have censored the links to this blog because Saker does a much better job writing up articles. The MOA host’s writing contains a lot of obfuscation, disinformation and misdirection, since like most stealth zionists, he’s basically a western establishment boy, politically. IE: MOA is mainly intended as western establishment (especially zionist) “damage control”.
Hi Saker,
Great Articles!
I just read the Russian article you posted (using a combo of Yandex, Bing, Google translate). Now THAT’S an excellent article because it’s based on realism and provable facts and events. Thanks!!!
One of the points made in this Russian article, is that Qatar is seeking rapprochement with Russia (over the formation of a Gas Cartel among other reasons). Well, I just saw something that seems to buttress this point: Yesterday, out of the blue, Al-Jazeera decided to let the truth leak out regarding Ukraine and Slaviansk:
Their correspondent David Chater reporting from Slaviansk and later Live from Donetsk. When Chater was asked by the his Anchor if what he had seen in Slaviansk (the mortar shelling of a maternity hospital by Ukrainian Military forces) was a violation of the Geneva convention, he very directly said it clearly was a violation of the Geneva Convention. His report detailed the interior of the hospital – being careful to show how the shrapnel could have killed everyone in a ward that had only minutes earlier been evacuated.
That was shocking since AlJazeera has been towing the MSM propaganda line till now. This event seems to buttress the implication made in the article you posted: Qatar’s “worm may be turning”; i.e. the ruling At-Thani family isn’t happy about seeing their Nat-Gas revenues being undermined by shale-gas and want in on the Russian led formation of a Gas cartel.
We’ll see if Al-Jazeera’s coverage will continue to break the propaganda/truth embargo maintained by the rest of the MSM on Ukraine.
DavidKNZ said…
“Best wishes from Auckland :-)”
Dear Friend David,
Best wishes to you too! :-)
I am well aware about DEBKA file and their type of reporting. But the article, which I posted makes sense what I have been telling Saker all along that both Obama (for the sake of Empire) and Putin are in cahoots:
1. Crimea was given to Russia on a Silver Platter.
2. East and South Ukraine will be Federalized as per Putin’s wishes.
3. Obama did a 180 degrees U-Turn on Syria, both Obama and Putin cooking the Saran Gas thingy.
4. Obama did 180 degrees U-Turn on Israel and AIPAC. Obama being sick and tired of Netanyahu lecturing him in White House year after year.
5. Obama did 180 degrees U-Turn on Iran.
6. Obama brought China and Russia together. While Putin was in China, the Chinese were captured in Washington D.C. The USA could have waited for few days.
7. And, now read the DEBKA file article which I posted, in view of what I have said above.
I can go on and on. I believe that you catch my drift. The Empire knows that if they don’t take the pressure on US Dollars, the Empire will collapse.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
Thanks for your efforts E.
Dearest Friend DavidKNZ,
Obama to get his Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel nominated, he had to get Netanyahu’s approval.
Should read up on that. And, also how Netanyahu got involved in 2012 US Presidential Elections against Obama.
A foreign country Prime Minister, getting involved in US Presidential Elections. Should read on that too!
Netanyahu crossed boundaries, which he shouldn’t had.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
Saker,
Just like Goldman Sachs you are doing God’s work. Except they bury the truth and you dig it back out.
I went back in time, and checked your past writings, and I have to tell you – you are one of the toughest, most tenacious bloggers that I am aware of. To do what you do, for such a long time, despite all the hate being spewed your way, in probably complete isolation yet without skipping a beat – that takes a lot of inner strenghth and perseverance.
In these suffocating, orwellian times, speaking the truth must often feel like a lonely, even self-defeating action, so the fact that you keep doing it, will inevitably infuriate the sleazeballs who think they run the world.
So you got yourself on the radar of Anglo-Zionist scum… Light a cigar and have a drink! And prepare yourself for a long and protracted battle stil to come.
What you had already achieved is amazing. Be proud and don’t get depressed about anything, least of all the the opinion of your detractors. View it as a badge of honor.
Dear DavidKNZ,
The Americans didn’t appreciate that in their own Country, their own President, in his own White House, being lectured like a naughty boy by Netanyahu, year after year.
To Americans it didn’t matter if Obama was Black or White. It is their President and they put him in White House.
You should read the DEBKA file article which I posted, and see how much venom this article has against President Obama.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
Crossvader said…
“Saker,
So you got yourself on the radar of Anglo-Zionist scum… Light a cigar and have a drink! And prepare yourself for a long and protracted battle still to come.
What you had already achieved is amazing. Be proud and don’t get depressed about anything, least of all the the opinion of your detractors. View it as a badge of honor.”
I second that! :-)
Best regards,
Mohamed.
karlof1,
You know, when various Serbians accused us of using depleted uranium, my jaw dropped. As awful as I already knew we had been, I still struggled to believe that. And yes, pretty much it looks like we pay attention to any law, national or international, only when we’re looking to prosecute (persecute?) an innocent party. But We The Taxpayers/Credit Card Holders/TeeVee Watchers/whatever still have to work out our own salvation here — I agree it’s our duty but all I’ll get for withholding taxes is fines and maybe prison — i.e., profit for the privatized prison and more money for Uncle Sam. There’s got to be some way of belling this cat, but we really need to pool our brains and figure it out.
Mohamed
I just replied re: Vonnegut and The Fog of War, but I couldn’t for the life of me tell you which thread it was! :~) In brief, though, YESSSSS! to Vonnegut (do read Galapagos if you haven’t already!) and Oh God No, I still can’t get near thinking about McNamara. After all these years, I think I still feel more revulsion for him than I ever did for Cheney. Maybe because I was younger then and more idealistic, maybe because McNamara was a more intelligent man and less overtly paranoid so I did expect him eventually to have learned from his mistakes.
@ Anonymous 31 May, 2014 15:58
> Does the ukr side have night vision goggles the Chechens don’t have?
Those kind of equipment was planned to be sent to Kiev within the frame of non-lethal military help. Together with helmets, personal armor and dehydrated soups. And many others.
Anonymous 22:22
Maybe he resents all the outside interference and/or sees it’s easier, quicker and safer to get the country he wants by to sloughing off the rest rather than trying to subjugate them. And finally, I’d guess that the more statesmanlike he appears, the greater the likelihood of his succeeding Poroshenko — who just pulled the same EU-delaying tactic that worked so well for Yanukovich — so he may not like oligarchs either. Also, a lot of these armchair generals seem to lose their lust for battle once their side starts taking some pretty bad hits. Which of course brings us to Pravy Sector: they’ve pretty much been his “enforcers” in Kiev, right? I’m not sure he’s too keen on their getting eliminated in the Donbass.
@Observer,
Actually, I’ve found Al Jazeera to be not nearly as bad as the mainstream media on Ukraine, at least for the past month. They at least actually had reporters on the ground there, and showed what was going on. They still missed some things, intentionally or not, but someone watching would have gotten a much better picture than through Western news channels.
Dear Saker, my humble solidarity gesture:
just don’t give them any excuse to silence you; you already, and very naturally, are safe from this danger because, having no silly evil hatred for the ‘Jewish race’, something of an oxymoron, as you already pointed out, never use words of hatred or of contempt or derogatory in any way; what we all use is the evaluation of Zionist actions, policies, choices; and of course it will be mostly unbiased criticism somehow, if and when said actions are bad… so it remains only to filter out any post of a provocative or heavily biased nature… then again, they will always try hard to silence any free, balanced, peace-loving discourse anywhere.
Only, by now a growing number of people understands how the strategic policies of both the USA and Zionism are interconnected; and we all know how an important part of it was/is to keep a high level of secrecy and deceit; something that has largely failed, by now… they are forced to just accept it that they have been exposed, against their best efforts and to their dismal.
As for Russian restraint:
Watching the level of hatred the empire shows against Putin, as a logical consequence we should look harder into who this guy is and what is fighting for; usually the empire of evil only hates people so much when they are incorruptible and socialists and/or independent in any reasonable measurable amount as to be a menace and a nuisance for capitalist evil projects…
keep strong, we need tolerance and truth, and you and a few others are doing a very good job of spreading goodness.
All the best,
Greenerbeard.
For more on the use of DU in Kosovo see Depleted Uranium.
Some of the many links may now (after 7 years) no longer work. Such ‘lost’ articles may sometimes be recovered by entering the URL into the Wayback Machine.
Ok, my translation is finished in the comments here:
http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.ca/2014/06/translation-of-must-read-article-of.html
(I basically took the translation by “BM” and fixed the grammatical errors and odd turns of phrase)
@American Kulak
If Dr. Pieczenik’s ‘limited hangout’ theory is true, and Snowden really is the messenger for John Brennan’s CIA knocking its old IC rival down a peg or two, then Putin is doing CIA a favor by keeping Snowden safe and sound where only somewhat sympathetic journalists can reach him.
Excellent response. Whatever Fedorov intends, it does not answer the deepest questions about Putin. If nothing else, Putin is pragmatic.
Since the CIA is the enemy of the NSA it is possible that Putin and the CIA are cooperating on some level. There is considerable circumstantial evidence to pointing to this possibility. It is also a clue as to the vehement competition between various factions within the US intelligence community.
Is it possible that the CIA and FSB are allied? I think it is.
This is a very different ball game if Putin has access to operational information provided by the CIA.
Sorry, last comment was posted to the wrong thread.