December 30, 2015 "Information Clearing House" - "teleSUR" - Let’s talk about “Russian aggression.”
The
fight to the death in Moscow’s inner circles is really between the
Eurasianists and the so-called Atlantic integrationists, a.k.a. the
Western fifth column. The crux of the battle is arguably the Russian
Central Bank and the Finance Ministry – where some key liberalcon
monetarist players are remote-controlled by the usual suspects, the
Masters of the Universe.
The
same mechanism applies, geopolitically, to any side, in any latitude,
which has linked its own fiat money to Western central banks. The
Masters of the Universe always seek to exercise hegemony by manipulating
usury and fiat money control.
So why President Putin does not fire the head of
the Russian Central Bank, Elvira Nabiulina, and a great deal of his
financial team - as they keep buying U.S. bonds and propping up the U.S.
dollar instead of the ruble? What’s really being aggressed here if not
Russian interests?
That Stab in the Back
It’s
clear by now which party profited from the downing of the Russian Su-24
by the Turkish Air Force – a graphic act of war. The immediate result
was the suspension – which could lead to the cancelling – of a crucial
Pipelineistan plank: Turkish Stream, which is a bĂȘte noire for the
Masters of the Universe as Turkey was about to become the key
alternative bypassing failed state Ukraine for supplying natural gas to
southern Europe.
On
top if it the EU paid Ankara 3 billion euros for its “indirect”
services (the official excuse is to allow Turkey to control Syrian
immigration to the EU.) And EU sanctions to Russia were extended for
another six months.
A
fitting Russian response would be Moscow defaulting on all debt to
Western banks in retaliation for the sanctions. An extreme step would be
blocking natural gas shipments to the EU. If Russia even floated one of
these moves, not to mention both, sanctions would be lifted in a flash.
So who’s really being “aggressed” here?
Putin – and Russian intel – didn't see it coming: Sultan Erdogan’s “stab in the back.” So a case can be made that Russian intel seriously underestimated Erdogan’s massive investment on regime change in Syria.
Whatever
happens on the ground – much more than in the Vienna-Geneva charade now
passing for a “peace process” – the future of Syria bears two stark
options; a neo-Ottoman colony, but essentially subordinated to the whims
of the Masters of the Universe; or a unitary sovereign nation, not
partitioned, with a strong relationship to both Russia and Iran.
The question, though, remains; how does Turkey get away with such a provocation, with Russia imposing just a few sanctions?
That Fuzzy Agenda
The
missing link in the puzzle is Israel. Contradictions became glaringly
obvious with the flattening of a building in Jaramana, in Damascus, by
Israeli missiles, killing nine civilians as well as Hezbollah-linked
Samir Kuntar.
This
could not have happened, in any way, without Russian acquiescence –
considering Russian missile defense now protects Syrian territory. So
the message is clear; Russia won’t interfere with Israel’s priorities in
Syria/Lebanon – and vice-versa.
“Vice-versa”
couldn’t be trickier. Tel Aviv tacitly “supports” the Nusra Front,
a.k.a. al-Qaida in Syria, which even the Obama administration finally
has been forced to admit is a terrorist outfit.
According
to the Russian Defense Ministry – as well as independent Turkish
investigations - most of the stolen Syrian/Iraqi oil Islamic State group
scam ends up with the oil being bought by Israel. Tel Aviv happens to
be the top buyer of the stolen-from-Baghdad Iraqi Kurdistan oil with
which stolen Daesh oil is mixed.
And
to top it off, Tel Aviv is a mortal enemy of both Iran and Hezbollah –
which are essential nodes of the “4+1” coalition (Russia, Syria, Iran,
Iraq, plus Hezbollah) fighting the Islamic State group. Not to mention
that Tel Aviv – which favors a partitioned Syria - wants to gobble up
the energy-rich Golan Heights for perpetuity.
So how does Israel get away with it?
That War Party “Offer”
The
bottom line of these three scenarios – the Russian economy, Turkey and
Israel – is that a lethal, devastating response is an easily available
option for Putin on all three. Yet he refuses to be trapped by a war
logic. Putin is the ultimate adversary of “Russian aggression.”
A
full confrontation with Turkey will unite a disunited NATO. Now Russian
intel has connected the dots on how the Masters of the Universe are
trying to use Ankara as bait to trap Moscow, as they extensively used a
now discarded, irrelevant Kiev. Turkey’s top three import nations happen
to be Russia (10.4 percent), China (10.3 percent) and Germany (9.2
percent); deep trouble in Turkey would be a major headache for the trio,
much to the delight of the Empire of Chaos.
A
confrontation with Israel will obviously bring about the full force of
the Masters of the Universe. Not to mention that the last thing Moscow
needs is to open a new front in the Levant. Here is a meticulous
attempt by The Saker to clarify the dangerous liaisons between Israel and Russia.
The
key front though is the Russian economy; sooner or later there’s got to
be a purge of the Russian Central Bank and the Finance Ministry, but
Putin will only act when he has surefire internal support, and that’s
far from given.
The
lame duck Obama administration – whatever rhetorical and/or legalistic
contortions – still sticks to the Cold War 2.0 script on Russia, duly
prescribed by Obama mentor Dr. Zbigniew “Grand Chessboard” Brzezinski.
That
follows a “tradition” Bill Blum, for instance, has extensively
documented, as since the end of WWII Washington attempted to overthrow
more than 50 governments – the absolute majority full democracies;
dropped bombs on the civilian population of over 30 nations; attempted
to assassinate over 50 foreign leaders; attempted to suppress
nationalist movements in 20 nations; interfered on countless democratic
elections; taught torture through manuals and “advisers”; and the list
goes on.
Putin and the best and the brightest of Russian intel very well know it.
And
yet they do maintain a decent margin of maneuver; establishing Russia
as an indispensable power all across Southwest Asia (after smashing the
fake “Caliphate” from Raqqa to Mosul); preventing any Masters of the
Universe encroachment on the Black Sea; and putting up a real fight in
the near future in the Balkans.
The
real advances will keep coming as spin-offs of the Russia-China
diplomatic/strategic partnership – from energy to trade to the military
sphere. And that projects us once again towards the New Silk Roads – and
the convergence of the China-driven One Belt, One Road with the
Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).
The
bottom line is that in 2016 the option will continue to be stark; it’s
either the hegemony of the War Party – with the subtext of a Washington “willfully” condoned Salafi-jihadi
“offer” to young, disaffected Muslims; or the vision of a full,
prosperous trade/commerce/communication network for the whole of
Eurasia. Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets.
Pepe
Escobar is an independent geopolitical analyst. He writes for RT,
Sputnik and TomDispatch, and is a frequent contributor to websites and
radio and TV shows ranging from the U.S. to East Asia. He is the former
roving correspondent for Asia Times Online, where he wrote the column
The Roving Eye from 2000 to 2014. Born in Brazil, he's been a foreign
correspondent since 1985, and has lived in London, Paris, Milan, Los
Angeles, Washington, Bangkok and Hong Kong. Even before 9/11 he
specialized in covering the arc from the Middle East to Central and East
Asia, with an emphasis on Big Power geopolitics and energy wars. He is
the author of "Globalistan" (2007), "Red Zone Blues" (2007), "Obama does
Globalistan" (2009) and "Empire of Chaos" (2014), all published by
Nimble Books. His latest book is "2030", also by Nimble Books, out in
December 2015. He currently lives between Paris and Bangkok. Follow him
on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/pepe.escobar.77377
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