October 4, 2022
MY CORNER by Boyd
Cathey
Advancing to
Armageddon
Friends,
I think it fascinating that our Western news media have only quoted or cited a portion of the speech that Vladimir Putin gave yesterday (October 3) on the accession of four historically and heavily ethnic Russian regions back into Russia (which were arbitrarily assigned to Ukraine back in the 1920s and, Crimea, in 1954). Obviously, our media--including notoriously Fox News in its news reporting--is fixated on Russia's apparent "nuclear threat." Somehow they fail to mention that it was the US and NATO who first rattled the nuclear cage and warned Russia of "dire consequences" of operations in Ukraine, while pouring billions of dollars worth of high tech armaments into the cauldron.
Yet, as I have mentioned in several of my published columns, the issues are not only geopolitical and concerning global hegemony, but also deeply religious in nature...whether we wish to admit it or not, and whether we think that Putin's invasion was justified or not. Indeed, the American position officially since February 24 is that we will continue this conflict, stoking it continually, and raising the stakes higher at every moment, essentially until "we" (that is, the US and its satraps in NATO and its minion in Kiev) defeat Russia and depose its president...even if means the cruel death of every Ukrainian on the ground in this proxy war.
Indeed, as several media outlets now admit, back in the spring both Russia and Ukraine--Putin and Zelensky--had agreed on an acceptable formula to end the conflict: Ukraine would not join NATO and Russia would withdraw its troops from the Donbas. Putin and Zelensky had reportedly even agreed to meet personally. Ah, but no, the US State Department stepped in and pulled Zelensky's chain: absolutely unacceptable, said our government; nothing less than the end of Putin and the destruction of Russia would do, even if that meant what Secretary Anthony Blinken called "acceptable casualties and losses" (occasioned by nuclear exchanges?).
This, in itself, should be extremely sobering—and frightening—to every concerned American. Yes, we are talking once again about Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) on a global scale, which makes John Foster Dulles's comment in the 1950s a minuscule cipher.
Are there no grown-ups in the room?
The evidence of this is multiplying by the day for anyone who searches it out. And since both the Ukrainians and the Russians now understand this, and that the only real world power capable of calling a halt to this is the US--which is doing the exact contrary--we find ourselves in a situation similar to the great powers in the fateful weeks leading up to the outbreak of World War I, what one historian has called "sleepwalking into world war." But the consequences, with nuclear warheads, will be far more devastating this time, perhaps the very end of the world as we know it.
Like then, it could be avoided...but like then, the zealots, most especially the Neoconservatives and globalists in Washington and Brussels who literally detest Russia and its president, are only speeding up, almost giddily, the timetable for Armageddon.
As I wrote at the outset, there was something equally, if not more important in Putin's speech. It was ignored, perhaps on purpose, by the Western media. And it frames the fundamental question and, if you will permit me, adds an eschatological element to what is occurring before our eyes. Towards the end of his remarks Putin spoke of a growing Russian understanding of this conflict: this has become a war not just for Ukrainian but also Russian, survival. For the Russians it has become at base a religious conflict between East and West in which they draw upon their thousand-year history, their brutal war experiences and suffering (which in many respects, ironically, are shared by their brothers in Ukraine), and their resilient faith:
Vladimir PUTIN, excerpt from Speech on the Occasion of the
Accession of the Donbas, Kherson, and Zaporozhe Oblasts in Russia, October 3,
2022 (I have used a couple of different translations for this):
…Now I would like…to address
also all citizens of the country – not just the colleagues that are in the [St.
George’s] hall [in the Kremlin]– but all citizens of Russia: do we want to have
here, in our country, in Russia, “parent number one, parent number two and
parent number three” (in the West they have completely lost it!) instead of
mother and father? Do we want our schools to impose on our children, from their
earliest days in school, perversions that lead to degradation and extinction?
Do we want to drum into their heads the ideas that certain other genders exist
along with women and men and to offer them gender reassignment surgery? Is that
what we want for our country and our children? This is all unacceptable to us.
We have a different future of our own.
Let me repeat that the
dictatorship of the Western elites targets all societies, including the
citizens of Western countries themselves. This is a challenge to all. This
complete renunciation of what it means to be human, the overthrow of traditional
values, and the suppression of freedom are coming to resemble a “religion in
reverse” – pure Satanism. Exposing false messiahs, Jesus Christ said in the
Sermon on the Mount, “By their fruits ye shall know them.” These poisonous
fruits are already obvious to people, and not only in our country but also in
all countries, including many people in the West itself.
The world has entered a period
of a fundamental, revolutionary transformation. New centres of power are
emerging. They represent the majority – the majority! – of the international
community. They are ready not only to declare their interests but also to
protect them. They see in multipolarity an opportunity to strengthen their
sovereignty, which means gaining genuine freedom, historical prospects, and the
right to their own independent, creative and distinctive forms of development,
in a harmonious process.
As I have already said, there
are many like-minded people in Europe and the United States, and we feel and
see their support. An essentially emancipatory, anti-colonial movement against
unipolar globalist hegemony is taking shape in the most diverse countries and
societies. Its power will only grow with time. It is this force that will
determine our future geopolitical reality.
Today, we are fighting for a
just and free path, first of all for ourselves, for Russia, in order to leave
globalist dictatorship and despotism in the past. I am convinced that countries
and peoples understand that a policy based on the exceptionalism of whoever it
may be and the suppression of other cultures and peoples is inherently
criminal, and that we must close this shameful chapter. The ongoing collapse of
Western hegemony is irreversible. And I repeat: things will never be the same
again.
The battlefield to which
destiny and history have called us is a battlefield for our people, for the
great historical Russia, for the faith of our ancestors. For the great
historical Russia, for future generations, our children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. We must protect them against enslavement and monstrous experiments
that are designed to cripple their minds and souls.
Today, we are fighting so that
Russia, our people, our language, and our culture cannot be erased from
history. Today, we need a consolidated society, and this consolidation can only
be based on sovereignty, freedom, creation, justice, and faith. Our values are humanity, mercy and compassion.
And I want to close with the
words of a true patriot and valiant Christian, Ivan Ilyin: “If I consider
Russia my Motherland, that means that I love as a Russian, contemplate and
think, sing and speak as a Russian; that I believe in the spiritual strength of
the Russian people. Its spirit is my spirit; its destiny is my destiny; its
suffering is my grief; and its prosperity is my joy.”
Behind these words stands a
glorious spiritual choice, which, for more than a thousand years of Russian
statehood, was followed by many generations of our ancestors. Today, we are
making this choice once again….
Ukraine has now been independent since 1991--for a generation-- and its people want to free. Putin's armies by their sickening and criminal behavior have thoroughly destroyed his credibility and Russia's reputation. The greatest loss is that Putin should be a partner in preserving the foundations of Western civilization, instead of plunging the civilized world into a new dark age of aggressive brutality and division. His nuclear threats are totally irresponsible. We can only hope- against hope-- that wiser heads in Russia will replace him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine#:~:text
ReplyDeleteUkraine has now been independent since 1991--for a generation-- and its people want to be free. Putin's armies by their sickening and criminal behavior--and his sham elections-- have thorougly destroyed his credibility and Russia's reputation. The greatest loss is that Putin should be a partner in preserving the foundations of Western civilization, instead of plunging the civilized world into a new dark age of agressive brutality and division. His nuclear threats are irresponsible. Let us hope--against hope--that wiser heads in Russian will replace him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine#:~:text
ReplyDeleteDr. Brook I see that it is impossible to make edits of one's orginal statement--be forewarned.
ReplyDeleteAs I and others have fully documented in articles and reports, many of which are cited in my previous half dozen essays on the conflict, the assertions of Russian war atrocities and war crimes are very much over-inflated, and in large part disinformation--and I do not depend on the Leftist propaganda in Wikipedia for my information. As Amnesty International, NO friend of Russia, has detailed, Ukraine has been guilty of consistently using civilians as human shields (e.g., Mariupol steel factory, etc.) and forcing them into potential Russian military targets so that if they are killed, the Russians can be blamed. At Bucha, Kramatorsk, Mariupol, Odessa, etc. it was the Ukrainians who committed atrocities, not the Russians. Again, I do not depend on the Leftist American media hacks for my assertions.
ReplyDeleteYoui won't hear this, of course, in American media, which is in lockstep with the globalist left's attempt to force Russia into its orbit. The "woke" American Defense Department proclaimed more than twenty years ago that it would eventually destroy post-Communist Russia because it did not accept American secular and liberal "values" (including same sex marriage, gender reassignment, etc.).and American economic and political tutelage. Since the American-sponsored coup against Ukraine's legitimately elected government in February 2014, US foreign policy--dictated by its globalist desire to punish Russia and Putin for its turn toward a conservative vision of the future--has been dedicated to igniting war and the destruction of Russia, Now they are using the poor Ukrainian citizens as cannon folder in this conflict. Indeed, it was Ukraine (Zelensky) at the Munich Security Conference a few days before the invasion on February 24, that announced that Ukraine would acquire nuclear weapons, which would be directly aimed at Russia. And it has been the Biden administration which first threatened Russia with nuclear conflict. These, indeed, are not just my "opinions," but I refer to any number of published reports (including admissions by American administration figures) and very informed authorities, such as Prof. John Mearsheimer, Col. Jacques Baud, and Prof. Richard Sakwa, a Polish scholar whose book on the origin of the Ukraine crisis is revelatory--obviously, the leftist globalists in Washington have not read his research.
From the beginning I have hoped for a rapprochement between a post-Communist and conservative Russia and the USA, but the Leftist/Marxist trajectory of American foreign policy, the hatred of Russia's reborn more traditional society, and the desire to dominate and force other countries into an (Leftist) American hegemony and subservience, have made that impossible. There was a chance under President Trump, and many of us hoped for better relations and a common defense of Western Christian civilization. But our elites literally despise Western Christian civilization, and thus, they hate Russia and will, if we let things go on, get us into nuclear war.
I thought the invasion on February 24 was not prudent, because it was exactly what our elites desired--so they could wage real war against Putin and Russia.
But, after all is said, it has been and is the USA that has created the conditions for this war, and which bears much of the responsibility for what has happened since.
As I wrote in my column: "Are there no adults in the room?" Apparently not in the USA Deep State foreign policy establishment.
Agreed.
DeletePay attention NC.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter lives in NC and works for ELON U
I got the e-mail by mistake.
The pols in NC recognize that choice in schooling (k-12) is really what people want. It is happening everywhere, but the pols are stubborn - too many are bought off by the teacher unions.
another trick is in the works - the e-mail I received is proof. There is a move to massively spend more money for infrastructure -really just
massively indebt the counties so much(and raise property taxes accordingly) so that parents can't even think about ANY form of choice for their kids. Example Guilfoyle cty wants to spend 1.5 Billion dollars - just for infrastructure.
This is what has happened up North for years (we have individual school districts here and this has been the teacher unions and their allies game for years. Example: my localschool district spent and spent and spent - we had 4 private/parochial schools at one time - now. after all this spending we have NONE! People can't afford BOTH private school tuition and massive raises in property taxes which fund Taj Mahals - public schools.