by Peter Lavelle for The Duran

The writing would seem to be on the wall – Washington and its stenographers union (better known as the west’s mainstream media) are all fired-up and strategically positioned. The War Party has ascendancy and the window of opportunity is wide open, though slowly closing. The long desired wish to tame Russia is now in its final stage. “American Exceptionalism” must subdue any real or imagined threat. Importantly, intentionally generated phantom threats are given the most attention and media space. Russia is in this category. The reasons are patently obvious:


Russia refuses to take the bait: From the proxy-backed South Ossetian conflict in 2008, to the forced regime change in Kiev in 2014, and to the defense of Syria’s sovereignty in its fight against western supported terrorists, Russia has stood its ground against western-inspired machinations. In all three cases, Washington’s attempt to lure Moscow into confrontation has failed. In fact, the west has been the net loser in each of these foreign policy maneuvers – all three attempts ending in fiascos.

Result: We should expect Washington to up the ante – direct confrontation with Russia via its NATO minions.
Sanctions against Russia have failed: Western sanctions attempting to control Russian “behavior” have had the opposite impact. Step-by-step – without fanfare – Russia has retired 30% of its external debt in only two years. Import substitution has continued apace, leaving a number of European markets stagnate with relief nowhere in sight. Sanctions against the banking sector certainly have been not without pain. Though there is an upside: Russian businesses are in the process of withdrawing from the west’s toxic financial sectors. When the next bubble bursts, Russia will avoid much of the damage the U.S. will export to the global financial system.

Result: We should expect more faux media-inspired circuses like the “Panama Papers” attempting to discredit Russian businesses and finances.

Humiliating the Empire never goes without punishment: Washington and its allies are not used to taking the answer “no” lightly. Through hook and mostly crook the “Washington Consensus” gets its way almost all the time. When there is a dissenting voice vast resources are marshalled to silence and destroy the contrarian. Russia is the quintessential “Contrarian Power” in the Washington-centric world. Russia has and will defend itself against the NATO alliance moving to its borders, it will respond in kind to missile defence aimed at its nuclear deterrent, it will defend its sovereignty and those of others (like Syria if Moscow has the resources), it will demand equal treatment on the world’s energy markets, and it will not turn a blind eye to Washington’s addiction forcing illegal regime changes around the world.

Result: We should expect the west to invent a crisis in one of the Baltic States. Even though many ethnic Russians face discrimination and hardship in these states, many do actually have a stable life. There is zero evidence they want this to change. But never underestimate Washington’s fear mongering!

Those damn Russians refuse to be isolated !:It is repeated over and over again that Russia is isolated internationally. There is no evidence of this whatsoever beyond no longer being a member of the G8. The fact Russia was excluded from this group is a blessing in disguise. It is the G7 countries that account for most of the world’s woes and suffering. Come to think of it how often does Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov visit Washington? Interesting – it seems U.S. Secretary of State is constantly on a plane to Moscow to meet with Lavrov and/or Putin. Moscow has on numerous occasions proposed a solution to the Syrian quagmire; it is Washington that can’t stomach defeat there (even though defeat has been staring Washington in the face for years). Years from now history will record how the “Washington Consensus” isolated itself in a world undergoing incredible transitions.

Result: Washington will continue its “the worse the better” approach in Syria and the Middle East and blame Russia. Russia didn’t destroy the Middle East starting a vast immigrant/refugee crisis. Europe will continue to pay a high price for its senseless and cruel meddling. Of course Russia will be blamed.

Putin’s authoritarianism or western-made global rock star?: The simple fact is there is no political, social, or grassroots opposition ready to initiate a people’s uprising against the hated “Putin regime.” Widespread dissent against the current political establishment is pure western media fantasy. Putin is widely popular and respected, though there are those who openly speak out against the Russian president. There is nothing extraordinary about that. Actually, Washington and Co have given Putin a significant boost in his poll numbers. After two years of recession in Russia there is no indication the people at large blame Putin. Standing up to the west has seen Putin’s poll numbers soar. Most importantly for the majority of Russians their country has returned to the world stage as a proud power defending its own interests and international law. Putin gets the credit.

Result: Once the west calls someone Hitler, then there is no way back. The demonization will continue. The results of such a policy have already been shown to be counter-productive and dangerous.
Peter Lavelle is anchor of RT political debate program CrossTalk. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of his employer.

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scully95:


From the proxy-backed South Ossetian conflict in 2008, to the forced regime change in Kiev in 2014, and to the defense of Syria’s sovereignty in its fight against western supported terrorists, Russia has stood its ground against western-inspired machinations.

it will demand equal treatment on the world’s energy markets, and it will not turn a blind eye to Washington’s addiction forcing illegal regime changes around the world.

It galls me to see some brainwashed & programmed Amerikan zombies type loads of crap in defense of Amerika when it is glaringly evident that she is behind most of the terrorist organizations in the world.

Where tha fvck is your sense of morality?

I mean, Is your sense of morals ought not to motivate you to doing what is just & right?

I wonder if these dewy-eyed loyalists, or should I say “wrongfully informed clunks” are ready to go down with Amerika in this raging battle between the axis of good & evil.

Years from now, history will record how Amerika & her allies triggered ww3 in her bid to tame, subdue & subjugate Russia just like she has always done to weak states all over the continent.

Zoharariel:


It galls me to see some brainwashed & programmed Amerikan zombies type loads of crap in defense of Amerika when it is glaringly evident that she is behind most of the terrorist organizations in the world.

Where tha fvck is your sense of morality?

I mean, Is your sense of morals ought not to motivate you to doing what is just & right?

I wonder if these dewy-eyed loyalists, or should I say “wrongfully informed clunks” are ready to go down with Amerika in this raging battle between the axis of good & evil.

Years from now, history will record how Amerika & her allies triggered ww3 in her bid to tame, subdue & subjugate Russia just like she has always done to weak states all over the continent.

Honestly!! You are always on point.

I Pity all those blue eyed puppet leaders of the Baltic states who have decided to work the path of Washington's grand plan to destabilize Russia.
They have been crooked and made to think irrationally with their anus and I bet those guys are doomed by the decision they have made cause when it happens believe me all of them go collect as Russia is ready to retaliate arbitrarily to any kind of threat issued by the puppets in Washington and NATO D;
Without mincing words, when that happens myself and my fellow five star Generals (Appleyard, Zoharariel, Scully95, Underground, capip120 , Poseidon000, Fineguy11, Shymm3x, 1Tkester, Bonechamberlain, Seunny4lif, Phrenology, Lumiere91, hungryboy Romme2u, Jnhmaxxwell, Stalwert, Panafrican, Seagulsntrawler, Barram, NaijaTalkTown, Overhypedsteve &Januzaj) will be relocating down to Moscow to advice Putin and oversee the war against American imperialism and double standard.

capip120:
I Pity all those blue eyed puppet leaders of the Baltic states who have decided to work the path of Washington's grand plan to destabilize Russia.
They have been crooked and made to think irrationally with their anus and I bet those guys are doomed by the decision they have made cause when it happens believe me all of them go collect as Russia is ready to retaliate arbitrarily to any kind of threat issued by the puppets in Washington and NATO D;
Without mincing words, when that happens myself and my fellow five star Generals (Appleyard, Zoharariel, Scully95, Underground, capip120 , Poseidon000, Fineguy11, Shymm3x, 1Tkester, Bonechamberlain, Seunny4lif, Phrenology, Lumiere91, hungryboy Romme2u, Jnhmaxxwell, Stalwert, Panafrican, Seagulsntrawler, Barram, NaijaTalkTown, Overhypedsteve &Januzaj) will be relocating down to Moscow to advice Putin and oversee the war against American imperialism and double standard.

The anglo zionist scoundrels need a major war to revive their failing economy and they are bent on taking the whole world down with them. I wonder if those scumbags believe they can hide in secret bunkers for over 100,000 years that it will take the earth to recover from unleashed nuclear weapons.

I pity Europe more, they have very docile and unintelligent leaders. America is trying to start a war far away from its borders across the Atlantic, in Europe and foolish Europeans are welcoming them. .. When would Europe have sense. America has never won any major war either directly or by proxy in this 21st century even in the late 20th century. They lost in Korea, Vietnam, Georgia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine etc . now they know they can't fight Russia alone, they are now using Europeans to fight their war.

Any war that starts in Europe would be disastrous for Europe and the only winners would be Russia, America and other wise European countries who would stay out of the war.

capip120:
I Pity all those blue eyed puppet leaders of the Baltic states who have decided to work the path of Washington's grand plan to destabilize Russia.
They have been crooked and made to think irrationally with their anus and I bet those guys are doomed by the decision they have made cause when it happens believe me all of them go collect as Russia is ready to retaliate arbitrarily to any kind of threat issued by the puppets in Washington and NATO D;
Without mincing words, when that happens myself and my fellow five star Generals (Appleyard, Zoharariel, Scully95, Underground, capip120 , Poseidon000, Fineguy11, Shymm3x, 1Tkester, Bonechamberlain, Seunny4lif, Phrenology, Lumiere91, hungryboy Romme2u, Jnhmaxxwell, Stalwert, Panafrican, Seagulsntrawler, Barram, NaijaTalkTown, Overhypedsteve &Januzaj) will be relocating down to Moscow to advice Putin and oversee the war against American imperialism and double standard.

Thank you 5starGeneral Capip for this concise input.

Amerika's foreign policy & military adventures have invariably turned to ashes in her mouth.

In the process, she has racked-up $19Trillion debts which she's incapable of paying back. In essence, she's not just morally & ethically bankrupt, but also financially too.

The Petrodollar is dying and most countries are already de-dollarizing their economies. Beijing, Moskow & Tehran are the only capitols with a gold-backed currency.

These events are similar in nature to the build of ww2.

The AngloZionist have 3 options left.

1.) Restructure the debts

2.) Write-off the debts

3.) Go to war

We all know they have chosen the 3rd option, which is Y they're encircling Russia with military bases. Unfortunately for them, this is largely redundant in an era when SLBMs can be fired across continents & from undetected submarines.

There's also the possibility of missiles being rained down from the Earth orbit too. Surely, Amerika & her evil allies are aware that if they trigger a nuclear conflict - tactical or strategic - with Mother Russia, they run a massive risk of having their useless countries & continents destroyed by a massive retaliatory counter-attack. This is Y the term Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) is deployed - This fact has not changed.

There won't be a WW3 at least no major event in the world currently warrants a war.

All what you are seeing is a new Cold War which Russia is waging against the United States.Am sure we all remember how the Cold War ended for Russia.Same is going to happen cause I can boldy tell you that it won't be the United States that would push the first button and launch a nuclear missile,it would be Russia.

Russia would face a terrible defeat at the hands of NATO if they ever choose to attack NATO as they have very limited options against NATO encirclement and Russia would be forced to resort to nukes to bail themselves out of this defeat.That my friends would be the start of the World War and the end game would result to a nuclear wasteland of half the planet.

ValerianSteel:
There won't be a WW3 at least no major event in the world currently warrants a war.

All what you are seeing is a new Cold War which Russia is waging against the United States.Am sure we all remember how the Cold War ended for Russia.Same is going to happen cause I can boldy tell you that it won't be the United States that would push the first button and launch a nuclear missile,it would be Russia.

Russia would face a terrible defeat at the hands of NATO if they ever choose to attack NATO as they have very limited options against NATO encirclement and Russia would be forced to resort to nukes to bail themselves out of this defeat.That my friends would be the start of the World War and the end game would result to a nuclear wasteland of half the planet.

you like living in the past and again you are stuck in the past. if Russia protecting its interest around the globe will lead to cold war then forget it, it's u.s that has more to lose. Why ? because the table has turned around pretty fast.

the only crook that is stuck forever in cold war era is the west and even china and Russia continue to provide asymmetric measure while the west continues its provocative stance..

If there is one thing that makes this cold war as you termed it.. it will never end like in the soviet days because soviet operated like a Major empire. Now the table has turned around pretty fast.

NATO, US, the anglozionist empire is now seen as the aggressor and its keep increasing everyday. it's propaganda tactics is not working anymore. It's losing on every front. Yes this is common with the real attacker or aggressor, they lose. The defender here is Russia while the attacker here is the west. now that is a huge difference between now and then.

If you claimed this 10years ago, i had agree with you, same for many.. after Iraq, Libya, afghan, Ukraine, Yemen, palestine and now Syria.. oh c'mon...
you don't need rocket science to spot who the aggressor is and one thing about aggressor is they always lose in the end cos they are bullies and they always learn the hard way..

Soviet empire learned the hard way.. time has come for the same anglozionist empire to learn.

scully95:


you like living in the past and again you are stuck in the past.

Scully - I have told you to stop educating these brainwashed zombies especially that jewish boy. With the way he reasons, he cannot be more than 19years old.

Washington has finally decided to shoot itself in the leg.