{"id":231187,"date":"2021-04-08T05:49:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T05:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=231187"},"modified":"2021-04-09T07:26:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T07:26:52","slug":"washington-is-misreading-russia-at-the-worlds-peril","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=231187","title":{"rendered":"Washington Is Misreading Russia at the World\u2019s Peril"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Craig Roberts \u2013 paulcraigroberts.org April 6, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n

On August 31, 2018, I wrote:<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, the questions for Andrei Martyanov, The Saker, and for Putin and the Russian government is: How long does turning your other cheek work? Do you turn your other cheek so long as to allow your opponent to neutralize your advantage in a confrontation? Do you turn your other cheek so long that you lose the support of the patriotic population for your failure to defend the country\u2019s honor? Do you turn your other cheek so long that you are eventually forced into war or submission? Do you turn your other cheek so long that the result is nuclear war?<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that Martyanov and The Saker agree that my question is a valid one. Both emphazise in their highly informative writings that the court historians misrepresent wars in the interest of victors. Let\u2019s give this a moment\u2019s thought. Both Napoleon and Hitler stood at their apogee, their success unmitigated by any military defeat. Then they marched into Russia and were utterly destroyed. Why did they do this? They did it because their success had given them massive arogance and belief in their \u201cexceptionalism,\u201d the dangerous word that encapsulates Washington\u2019s belief in its hegemony.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe zionist neoconsevatives who rule in Washington are capable of the same mistake that Napoleon and Hitler made. They believe in \u201cthe end of history,\u201d that the Soviet collapse means history has chosen America as the model for the future. Their hubris actually exceeds that of Napoleon and Hitler.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen confronted with such deluded and ideological force, does turning the other cheek work or does it encourage more provocation?<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the question before the Russian government.\u201d\u00a0 https:\/\/www.paulcraigroberts.org\/2018\/08\/31\/can-war-be-avoided-and-the-planet-saved\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Andrei Martyanov answered on September 4, 2018: https:\/\/www.unz.com\/article\/russia-as-a-cat\/<\/a> \u00a0 He argued that Washington is aware that its military power is limited and will not risk nuclear annihilation.<\/p>\n

On April 5, 2021, the Saker has reached agreement with my point: \u201cRussia cannot and will not retreat further, she won\u2019t meekly declare that the Donbass or Crimea belong to the Nazi regime in Kiev.\u00a0 Russia is ready, capable and willing to fight US\/NATO forces if needed, including by using tactical and even strategic nukes<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d https:\/\/thesaker.is\/what-will-the-empire-do-to-support-the-ukronazis-open-thread-4\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Like myself the Saker concludes that Washington\u2019s hubris means that \u201cThe biggest danger right now is that western politicians are completely misreading not only Putin, but all of Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martyanov believes that Washington\u2019s guarantee to Ukraine is a temptest in a teacup as Washington will not really risk confronting Russia militarily.\u00a0 https:\/\/smoothiex12.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n

I wonder if Martyanov is giving Washington too much credit for awareness.\u00a0 If Washington were reading the situation correctly, would the US Secretary of Defense have given Ukraine a guarantee against Russian intervention if Ukraine, now better armed by Washington, renews its assault on Donbass?\u00a0 Washington wants conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the purpose of giving the guarantee is to produce conflict.<\/p>\n

Martyanov might be correct that Ukraine is too wary to trust the guarantee, and that Washington would not stand behind it.\u00a0 But escalation can have momentum of its own. The publicized guarantee could result in extreme elements pushing the Ukrainian president into foolhardy action.\u00a0 Neocons and liberal interventionists could insist Washington\u2019s word and reputation are at stake and demand that Biden go to Ukraine\u2019s aid.\u00a0 I agree with Martyanov that it would be a war based on stupid nonsense, but these things do happen.<\/p>\n

I only raise questions. Saker and Martyanov are better informed on these matters than I. Nevertheless, I think the risk is high that the American people are going to be very regretful that they permitted the military\/security complex to use the dumbshit Democrats to prevent President Trump from normalizing relations with Russia.<\/p>\n

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