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Today’s Victory Day celebrations in Moscow mark a turning point in Russian history
9
May, 2015
Today
is truly a historical day. For the first time ever the West has
boycotted the Victory Day Parade in Moscow and, also for the first
time ever, Chinese forces have marched on the Beautiful Square (“Red”
square is a mistranslation – the “Red Square” ought be called
the “Beautiful Square”) with the Russians. I believe that
this is a profoundly symbolic shift and one which makes perfectly
good sense.
The
past
For
one thing, Russia and China suffered more from WWII than any other
country. See for yourself:
Now
take a look at the casualties suffered by the “boycotting
countries” and everything becomes clear (the only exception to this
rule is Poland, which lost a huge proportion of its population).
The fact is that for all the Hollywood movies produced about WWII,
the Anglo countries suffered very little when compared to the huge
losses of Russia (25+ million) and China (15+ million). For
details, see here andhere.
As for continental Europe, it’s resistance to the Nazis, while very
real and heroic, was a feat of the few, not a true national
resistance (like in the Soviet Union, Poland or Yugoslavia).
But there is much more to this than just numbers.
The
real reason why the US/NATO/EU countries have boycotted the
celebrations in Moscow is, of course, not their very modest
contribution to the defeat of Nazi Germany, but their unconditional
support for Nazi Ukraine: the “country” which considers Stepan
Bandera a national hero, the OUN-UPA death squads as a “heroic
liberation movement” and the liberation of the Ukraine as a “Soviet
occupation”. It is also a fact the the Anglos have always
shared these feelings and that had developed several plans for total
war against the USSR were considered right at the end of the war
which I have already mentioned
them in the past:
Plan
Totality (1945): earmarked
20 Soviet cities for obliteration in a first strike: Moscow, Gorki,
Kuybyshev, Sverdlovsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Saratov, Kazan, Leningrad,
Baku, Tashkent, Chelyabinsk, Nizhny Tagil, Magnitogorsk, Molotov,
Tbilisi, Stalinsk, Grozny, Irkutsk, and Yaroslavl.
Operation
Unthinkable (1945) assumed
a surprise attack by up to 47 British and American divisions in the
area of Dresden, in the middle of Soviet lines.This represented
almost a half of roughly 100 divisions (ca. 2.5 million men)
available to the British, American and Canadian headquarters at that
time. (…) The majority of any offensive operation would have been
undertaken by American and British forces, as well as Polish forces
and up to 100,000 German Wehrmacht soldiers.
Operation
Dropshot (1949): included
mission profiles that would have used 300 nuclear bombs and 29,000
high-explosive bombs on 200 targets in 100 cities and towns to wipe
out 85% of the Soviet Union’s industrial potential at a single
stroke. Between 75 and 100 of the 300 nuclear weapons were targeted
to destroy Soviet combat aircraft on the ground.
Ask
yourself a simple question: why were these plans never actually
implemented? The answer is both simple and obvious: because the
West feared the Red Army. And since the West was terrified of
the Red Army, what do you think the western guests felt each time
they watched the Victory Day parade in Moscow? Were they
thinking about how the Soviet Army defeated the Nazis, or about how
the Russian Army kept them in check? Again, the answer is
obvious.
The
reality is that while western people very
much belong on the Beautiful Square for the Victory Day parade, the
western leaders do
not: not only did the Anglos carefully nurture and promote Hitler,
they always saw him as “their SOB” whom they hoped to unleash
against the Soviet Union. Their plan failed, of course, but
that only increased their russophobia (“phobia” in the double
sense of “fear” and “hate”). To see the western leaders
“missing” today is, therefore, a very good thing and I personally
hope that they never get invited again (I know, they will, but I wish
they weren’t).
The
present
The
AngloZionist Empire and Russia are at war. Of course, the
presence of nuclear weapons on both sides makes this a special kind
of war. It is roughly 80% informational, 15% economic and 5%
military. But it
is a very real war nonetheless,
if only because the outcome of this war will decide the future of the
planet. The Donbass or the Ukraine are, of course, of exactly
zero interest to the West. What is really at stake here is the
survival of one of two different models:
AngloZionist
Unipolar Imperial Model
|
Russian
Multipolar Model
|
One
world Hegemon
|
Collaborative
development
|
Might
makes right (national and international)
|
Rule
of law (national and international)
|
Single
societal model
|
Each
country has its own societal model
|
Ad
hoc “coalitions of the willing”
|
Respect
for international law
|
Secularism
and relativism
|
Central
role for religions and traditions
|
Military
violence as preferred solution
|
Military
violence as option of last resort
|
Rule
of the 1%
|
Rule
of the 99%
|
Ideological
monism
|
Ideological
pluralism
|
White
supremacism
|
Multi-culturalism
|
Both
Russians and Americans are quite aware of what is at stake and
neither side can back down. On one hand, if the US/NATO/EU
prevail, they will have succeeded in breaking the Russian “back”
and Russia will rapidly be submitted. Should that happen, all
the BRICS countries will soon follow, including China. On the
other hand, if Russia prevails in the Ukraine, then the US grip on
the EU will soon be weakened and, possibly, lost altogether and the
entire world will see that the Empire is crumbling. Should that
happen, the entire international financial system will escape from
the AngloZionst control and liquidate the petrodollar. The
consequences of such a collapse will be felt worldwide.
Xi
, Putin and Nazarbaev together on Vday
The
presence of Xi Jinpin next to Putin on this historic day, the
participation of the Chinese military in the parade and the presence
of PLA Navy ships alongside the Russian Black Sea Fleet is a direct
and powerful message to the world: in this titanic struggle, China is
fully throwing her weight behind Russia.
[Sidebar:
Notice on the photo of Xi and Putin that there is one more absolutely
crucial figure sitting next to the war veteran: Nursultan Nazarbaev,
the President of Kazakhstan. The crucial role this man has
played to shape today’s world has not been recognized, but with
time I am sure it will. Long before Putin, it was Nazarbaev who
did everything in his power to prevent the breakup of the Soviet
Union, the creation and strengthening of the Commonwealth of
Independent States and the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union.
I would note that Putin has, on several occasions, expressed his deep
admiration for, and gratitude to, Nazarbaev whom he has explicitly
described as the “father” of the new Eurasian union.]
This
is the “new Russia” – one literally flanked by her two allies,
China and Kazakhstan. It is hard to over-estimate the
importance of this event: for the first time in 400 years Russia has
finally fully turned her face to her natural ecosphere – the East.
Many
languages and culture have an expression which basically says that
you recognize your true friends in times of hardship. I believe
that this is true. This is even more true in international
politics. And if you apply this criterion to the history of
Russia you come to a simple but inevitable conclusion: the West
hasnever been
Russia’s friend (of course, I am talking about the ruling class,
not the common people!). By turning towards Asia Russia is
finally “coming home”.
Chinese
units have never marched on the Beautiful Square before, and to see
them there today also sends a clear message to the West: we are
standing with Russia!
Chinese
forces on the Beautiful Square
Chinese
Navy in Novorossiik
The
future
Today’s
Victory Day parade in Moscow marks a turning point in Russian
history: now, for the first time ever, there is a consensus in Russia
that instead of looking West, Russia must look North (Siberia the
Arctic), East (Asia) and South (Latin America, Africa). There
will be no “big break” with the West, however, as Russia will
continue to hope for the decolonization of Europe. In part,
this process has already begun in Greece and Hungary, and it is
simmering in Serbia, France, Italy and even Germany. The potential
for a European decolonization is definitely there and Russia should
not, and will not, give up on Europe.
Another
major priority of Russia will be to try to facilitate a rapprochement
between the two other BRICS “heavyweights”: China and India.
Tensions between these two giants are an inherent risk for all the
BRICS members and cannot be allowed to remain.
Russia
will also try to strengthen her informal but still very real alliance
with Iran, Syria and Hezbollah. These three are natural allies
for Russia and while it is too early to include Iran or Syria in the
BRICS or the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization,
where Iran already has an observer status, eventually this should
happen. Iran could also become the first non ex-Soviet country
to join the Collective
Security Treaty Organization.
Still,
the single most important development in the future will be the
deepening of the symbiotic relationship between China and Russia I
call the “China-Russia Strategic Alliance” which Larchmonter445
has so brilliantly analyzed in his “Vineyard
of the Saker White Paper: the China-Russia Double Helix“:
while remaining externally two separate countries, Russia and China
will form a single economic, political and military entity, fully
integrated and fully dependent on each other (Xi and Putin have again
signed a list of mega-contracts between the two countries).
Unless
of course, a full-scale war break out between the Empire and Russia.
I
personally have no hope for a peaceful solution for the Ukrainian
civil war. There is nothing which could be meaningfully
negotiated between Russia and the Nazi regime in Kiev. Besides,
all the indicators and warnings seem to agree on the fact that an
Ukronazi attack on Novorussia is all but inevitable. At that
point, there are only two possible outcomes: either the Novorussians
are defeated and Russia has to openly intervene, or the Ukronazis are
defeated and the Novorussians go on the offensive and liberate most,
or even all, of Novorussia and the Donetsk region. I am
cautiously optimistic and my sense is that the Urkonazis will be
defeated for a third time. When that happens the regime in Kiev
will most likely rapidly collapse.
Conclusion
I
am under no illusion that the end of World War II brought happiness
and freedom to all of mankind, even less so in eastern Europe.
In reality, it brought an untold number of horrors and suffering to
many nations, especially the Germans. I don’t see
Victory Day as a celebration of Communism or of the Soviet regime but
as a victory over one of the most abhorrent regime in history.
It was the victory of all the
people who fought against the Nazis and not of one specific political
ideology or order. But by the same token, I don’t think that
it makes sense to deny that Stalin and the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union played a key role in this victory. The notion that
the Russian people prevailed “in spite of Stalin” really makes no
sense as he, and his commanders, played a key role in every single
major battle of this war, just has Hitler and his commanders did on
the other side. As I said, this victory belongs to all those
who helped defeating the Nazis and that very much includes Stalin,
his commanders and the CPSU. Hence the Red banners do belong to
this parade.
Finally,
this day is also a day of celebration for all those who today are
still resisting the true “heir” of the Nazi regime – the
AngloZionist Empire with its global hegemonic ambitions and never
ending colonial wars. Thus today is a day of celebration for
all of us in the Saker community, our brothers (and sisters!) in arms
and all our friends and allies in this global resistance to global
Empire.
I
congratulate you and and wish you a joy-filled and peaceful Victory
Day!
The
Saker
PS:
we all probably have our own favorite iconic photo for World War 2.
Mine is this one:
Sergei
Makarovich Korolkov minutes before his execution by the Germans
It
shows a Russian solider, Sergei Makarovich Korolkov, who has just
been captured by a German unit and is about to be executed. I
love his look of self-confident defiance which, to me, symbolizes the
real “ultimate weapon” of the Russian people: an unbreakable
willpower, even in the face of defeat or death.
PPS:
check out the excellent article “To
be Russian” by Andre Vltchek
Something
truly amazing happened today
the
Vineyard of the Saker,
9
May, 2015
Today
will go down in Russia history as a truly historical celebration of
the victory over Nazi Germany. The parade – by far the most
beautiful I have seen (alas, only on video, not in person) – was
superb and for the first time included the Chinese PLA.
Clearly, we see history in the making. But something else no
less amazing also happened today: Defense Minister Shoigu made the
sign of the Cross before the beginning of the celebrations:
This
is an absolutely momentous moment for Russia. Never in the past
history had any Russian Minister of Defense done anything like it.
True, the old tradition was to make the sign of the Cross when
passing under the Kremlin’s Savior
Tower,
if only because there is an icon of the Savior right over the gate.
However, everybody in Russia immediately understood that there was
much more to this gesture than an external compliance to an ancient
tradition.
Icon
of the Savior
The
Russian journalist Victor Baranets put is very well when
he wrote:”At
that moment I felt that with his simple gesture Shoigu brought all of
Russia to his feet. There was so much kindness, so much hope,
so much of our Russian sense of the sacred [in this gesture]“.
He is absolutely correct. To see this Tuvan Buddhist make the
sign of the Cross in the Orthodox manner sent an electric
shock through the Russian blogosphere:
everybody felt that something amazing had happened.
For
one thing, nobody in his right mind would suspect Shoigu of ever
doing anything just “for show”. The man has an immense
capital of popularity and credibility in Russia and he as no need to
for political hypocrisy. Furthermore, those who saw the footage
will immediately see that Shoigu was very concentrated, very solemn,
when he did this. Personally, I believe that Shoigu quite
literally asked for God’s help in one of the most dangerous moment
in Russian history in which he, the Russian Minister of Defense,
might be called to take momentous decisions from which the future of
the planet might depend.
For
centuries Russian soldiers have knelt and asked for God’s blessing
before going into battle and this is, I believe, what Shoigu did
today. He knows that 2015 will be the year of the big war
between Russia and the Empire (even if, due to the presence of
nuclear weapons on both sides, this war will remain 80%
informational, 15% economic and 5% military)
Does
that mean that Shoigu converted to Orthodoxy? Not necessarily.
Buddhism is very accepting of other religions and I don’t see much
of a contradiction here. But the fact that the first Russian
government official to begin the historical Victory Day parade by
making the sign of the Cross and appealing for God’s help is a
Buddhist is, in itself, quite amazing (even if it shames his
nominally “Orthodox” predecessors who never did so).
I
can only imagine the horror, outrage and despair Shoigu’s gesture
will trigger in the pro-Western Russian “liberal intelligentsia”
and in the western capitals. In placing himself and all of
Russia in God’s hands Shoigu declared a spiritual, cultural and
civilizational war on the Empire. And just for that, he will go
down in history as one of Russia’s greatest men.
The
Saker
From RT
70 for Victory: Armata tanks, nuclear bombers, intl boots in Moscow for V-Day
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Regiment' march: Putin joins huge crowd paying tribute to WW2
soldiers
V-Day in St Petersburg (Nevsky Prospekt)
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