Western populations have been sold a completely false narrative on Ukraine.
Western populations have been sold a completely false narrative on Ukraine.
It is hopefully clear to everyone now that we are within World War Three. The optimistic notion that world wars were over with the end of the Cold War in the new era celebrated at the time where a New World Order was heralded can be seen to have been hopelessly optimistic. Of course it was a U.S. president who voiced this optimism, believing that it would be the USA that would now be perpetual top dog, the position it has always considered was its by right.
What has happened since has shaken the confidence of the USA that it was master of all it surveyed. The primary event which shook it most was 9/11. The project that followed could be reduced to the phraseology that it has now determined to be master of all it surveilles.
9/11 set in motion the quest to achieve ‘Full Spectrum Dominance’. This goal requires the neutralizing and elimination of all entities that could possible stand as rivals to U.S. supremacy. The ultimate goal is to have removed all individuals from power and all systems of governance from use that could in any way show any resistance whatsoever to overall geopolitical control of Planet Earth by the USA. Once all such elements and entities are eliminated then surveillance from space via all telecommunication mediums will allow monitoring, elimination and punishment that can regulate the world to ensure previous out-of-control never return to threaten the USA.
Unfortunately for the plans of the USA two primary problems have transpired. One is the recalcitrant nature of Vladimir Putin in not wishing to play ball and stating so baldly in Munich in 2007. The second is of course the unstoppable economic rise of China. A rise in economic fortunes equates to a rise in influence. It also equates to a rise in a range of powers that make regime change there by the USA a helluva lot more problematic.
The attacks upon and invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were meant to open the door to many more such interventions, however, as we have seen this has not worked out at all well. The mimicking of the successful tactics of harnessing the use of militant extremists against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan was tried again in Syria. There Russia stepped in and stymied its full implementation, reducing the U.S. proxy forces to a rump in Idlib province.
This setback due to Russia has further infuriated those charged with seeing through the 9/11 goals. It is no wonder that Putin, for several reasons including his presenting an obstacle to U.S. plans in Syria is Public Enemy Number One in the West. From 2007 Putin was targeted as a thorn in the West’s side presenting himself as a clear barrier to the status of global hegemon it believed was its by right. Putin’s affrontery in halting the spread of terrorism in Syria was simply too much to bear. The unfinished business left over from the collapse of the Soviet Union could no longer be ignored.
World War III was therefore set in motion. First to fall was to be Putin and the system of governance in Russia. Once that was taken care of China was to be the primary focus until it too suffered the same fate. Meanwhile the lesser irritants such as Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Yemen and others cropping up would be targeted on an ad hoc basis with CIA teams for each kept hard at work with political help where deemed necessary. Nothing has gone well and certainly nothing according to plan. Trump’s attempt to subvert the political system in Venezuela was pushed very hard and given massive help by many nations worldwide... but failed. His attempt to undermine China failed also. Trump’s attacks on every single ally of Russia also fizzled out. Even his decision to allow lethal weaponry to be shipped to Ukraine (refused by Obama) turned out not to be crucial even there.
The USA is frustrated to the nth degree at this point. Russia has weathered the sanctions storm engineered after the reunification of Crimea with Russia, China is continuing to grow while the economies of the western world have taken a massive hit through the arrival of the novel coronavirus, Covid-19.
Time after time it seemed nothing was going right. Libya descended into internecine strife and an economy in free fall where human slavery returned. Afghanistan was lost in a chaotic bout of unconscionable humiliation. Internally too, the USA was riven by strife, most recently by the Black Lives Matter riots and protests and then the Capitol Building “insurrection”. Divisions and enmities show no signs of lessening either while the U.S. economy gets battered by the hurricane winds of inflation, further alienating the American people and setting the stage for more divisive drama to come.
Still the goal of world domination by the USA, ostensibly to ensure no such event like 9/11 could ever occur again, was pursued by doubling down on every occasion across the planet. The USA appeared to be fighting in almost every corner of our world and by whatever methods it pleased, no matter how immoral or unethical. It had shown this intent during the Bush years (kidnap {rendition}, imprisonment without trial {Gitmo} and the use of torture) when the methodologies used were whatever appeared to have efficacy, no matter how criminal they were in essence.
The set-in-stone, never to be questioned, limited, modified or (heaven forfend) cancelled, goal of global domination by the USA and its allies in perpetuity, supposedly for the benefit of all 'right-minded’ people everywhere, was the underlying principle of every geopolitical decision made. Russia was to be targeted in every way possible as first “problem” to be solved. Western mainstream press and media responded with alacrity. The ‘Get Putin’ campaign went into high gear. And from 2014 it had a golden #1 meme, Ukraine. The waterfall of propaganda, bias, partiality and spin permeated all mainstream news outlets which they ran with non-stop. ‘Russiagate’ was used as the primary vehicle for the ‘Demonize Putin/Russia’ for four years non-stop. The end result being that gullible souls who have no time or inclination to look further than the headlines and bylines were completely sold on the renewed ‘Red Peril’ scare.
Now we see serial doubling down regarding Ukraine from the USA, UK and western mass media. The hysteria generated is pervasive and though no ‘Russian Invasion’ has transpired it continues to be fueled by ever more wild rhetoric. To what end you may ask? A good question. Though the answer is undoubtedly composed of many parts at least a few are obvious. The destabilization of Russia in any way possible is ongoing and the so-called crisis in Ukraine is undoubtedly part of the open-ended campaign. No matter that the economy of Ukraine, already in near basket case condition, is driven into freefall and total collapse, the demands of the overarching goals set after 9/11 take precedence. And easily so. Ukraine is only of use as a pawn to the USA no other use than to create mischief against Russia.
World War III, the last world war, the one to determine the geopolitical structure of all our futures, overrides all concepts such as justice, equity, honor, integrity or fairness. The USA is unwilling to create a single such barrier to its ability to win out and reach the goal it considers it simply cannot tolerate NOT achieving. Full Spectrum Dominance equating to absolute control over all potential threats to it globally is not negotiable, cannot be watered down, must not be questioned but must be carried through to ultimate victory no matter what the consequences may be.
In the Nineties a slogan became very well known in the USA, one that sought to focus minds in the forthcoming presidential election:
“It’s The Economy, Stupid!”
Now, “It’s World War Three, Stupid!”
(The Ukraine situation is down to the wire. The next few weeks may bring momentous events.)
All the relevant geopolitical facts are now in. Russia has received an answer to its demands that its national security red lines be observed.
The response has been overwhelmingly negative from both the U.S. state and NATO, Russia can expect no guarantees of its future safety and unhindered development. In addition Russia knows that it will continue to be a target as an adversary if not an outright enemy of both the USA and UK and the majority of those within the European Union, the chief antagonists among them being Poland and the Baltic States.
Russia can hope for no better than that which is offered now, some vague assurances from the U.S. that talks are possible regarding some form of agreements on lesser issues than those sought by it. From NATO all that was received is a shallow document permeated with ideological dogma.
You can read both documents, leaked in the last 24 hours, here:
NATO & U.S. response to Russia's red lines
Zelensky, president of Ukraine has also made his views clear in recent days. He has rejected the Minsk agreements which create a pathway to peace and reconciliation with both Russia and the autonomy-seeking republics. His rhetoric has been full of allusions to taking the path to war. Russia has been left in no doubt that the Minsk agreements are dead, killed off by Kiev and by the lack of any intention by the western powers to pressure Ukraine to make good on its promises to talk directly to the leadership of the republics or create federalized status for the Donbass.
There is no room for further doubt, nor hope. Russia has all it needs now to make the decision before it.
Whether to sit still and do nothing while Ukraine (and Georgia) move closer to joining NATO and further threatening Russia’s security and general peace of mind. It can allow a gradually increasing army of enemies to approach its borders with ever greater access to weaponry that can destroy targets within Russia in five minutes or less. Or it can take the offensive and secure the Donbass and effect the preservation of its largely pro-Russian population and ensure no NATO facilities, weaponry or troops ever sit on its border threatening it. It can take the fight to NATO in other words instead of hoping for some outbreak of good sense from it. NATO after all has every motivation to make the situation regarding Russia as fraught as possible, constantly needing to justify its need to exist.
Of course, if Russia does take this step (which it is largely being forced to by the West and the increasing threats from Kiev) it will face an uproar of criticism and immediate calls to hit it with every sanction and prohibition possible. Although German, France and Italy will not wish for Russia to be excluded from SWIFT this may well be demanded by the U.S. and Britain. Whether they will stand up to this pressure is uncertain, however, they know that crushing financial penalties will arise for themselves as well as any intended for Russia.
NordStream 2 would no doubt be refused its permit to activate natural gas supplies to Germany and onward to the rest of Europe. In response it is highly likely that Russia will cease all supplies to the nations attacking it. Any attempt by the West to find alternative suppliers have failed so far. Biden’s recent visit to Qatar in an attempt to secure a supply of natural gas to Europe instead of that from Russia will not be sufficient and analysts in the field agree that the Russian gas supply cannot be replaced as a whole.
Russia of course has prepared for the eventuality of an economic war now looming. Its relations with China are at an all-time high with cooperation occurring across a wide spectrum of economic and now military areas. A second pipeline from the Siberian oil and gas fields to China is currently being built and it doesn’t take any expert in geopolitics to understand what this portends for the future. Russia has created an alternative to SWIFT and has also readied an alternative to accepting the West-based internet system. Finding new trading partners was a vital necessity for Russia after the reunification of Crimea and the crisis in south-eastern Ukraine in 2014-15. This has been accomplished with a high degree of success. Russia has also arranged for alternative currencies to the dollar within its international trading network. Russia’s national debt is low. It has been reduced year after year and now stands at an historic low. Its holdings of the U.S. dollar have been massively depleted also and its holdings in gold have been built to significant levels enabling it to weather the most severe of economic storms.
Has Russia done enough to hold firm and survive the attacks that will inevitably be unleashed upon it if it decides to intervene in the Donbass? I suspect so. With Russians fully aware of the war being waged against it by the West, economic or otherwise, it is a reasonable assumption that they will rally to support their president and government. The ‘Stalingrad Spirit’ will obviously work to the advantage of the Russian authorities at every level and could well spark a greater entrenchment of anti-western policies resulting in the banning of western news entities, NGOs and much else. It will also mean a likely formalized military pact with China and quite possibly with others such as Iran, Syria, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. And who knows, perhaps even Yemen, the Sudan, Mali and others under threat from the USA, UK, EU and their allies.
We are at the brink of a hot war, the USA, UK, EU and others having chosen to support the coup in Ukraine and the relentless encroachment of NATO to Russia’s borders. The western powers have brought this situation into existence and, unwilling to do anything but double down while rejecting any credence being given to Russia’s needs for national security, they are driving Russia to make the most momentous decision of our lifetimes. Whether its interests lie in continuing to be aggressively oppressed on all sides, slandered mercilessly, treated as a pariah and with Ukraine constantly used as a battering-ram to destabilize it... or to use its now extremely efficient and professional military forces to rid itself of those who seek its demise.
These must surely be the thoughts being focused upon now in the Kremlin, weighing one option against the other to judge which may be the least worst option and more importantly which is the one that will safeguard Russian national security in perpetuity.
The Ukraine war is reaching a critical stage. Crucial aspects of western narratives are now being questioned. The reality is at last being d...