I usually visit Marat’s VK site daily, but didn’t yesterday, so I missed his Ukraine Front update, This morning I was surprised to find this very important essay of his that serves as a counterpoint to my somewhat superficial analysis about policy failure and backstabbing which is what I saw on the surface.
Good one, Karl. I didn't see it on his substack. It fits with my impression that Russia has to manage its own region first. Putin is cooperative, but he's still a nationalist. The US would like nothing more than to see Russia bogged down for a lost cause in Syria. And really is this so great a victory for the Zionazis? A totally destabilized region on its border teaming with lunatic asylum islamists? Some time will have to pass to get a clearer idea of the impact, but Marat is right: this certainly doesn't look like a win for Imperialism, but rather another desperate quagmire.
Yes indeed, Russia rendered great assistance to Palestine and still does. In the oddities of that war, some became hostages while other Russians worked as aid workers and medics. Assad caused his own downfall and did nothing to aid Palestine.
No one helps Palestine. No one. The entire "resistance" stands around allowing the Zionist Jews to commit genocide.
Here's a clue, motherfuckers: the USA has cut loose their racist attack dog to slaughter Gentiles at their whim. Either the world needs to kill these racist scum, or shut the fuck up.
Wonderful... I really needed that... save my day... etc... the best is ITS TRUE.... about Syria/Turkey... I do not know Putin that well... I think he is tremedous... as a being, as President of Russia, as a leader.real leader.. how he was 20 years ago or 30 years ago I dont know... has he gone through a transformation I dont know but I do know that he is essentially a good person and an able person, that he has grown and learned yes... you do not get to where he is today without learning ...hard lessons... But the piece I have just read here is a very good piece... THANK YOU .
Usually when you hear something that's too good to be true coming from the Collective West narrative machine of USUKIS were the winners in Syria and that Putin/Assad were the losers, then what Marat tell us makes it all the more obvious, it is too good to be true.
Thanks Karl for keeping us all informed, we all make mistakes, we should all learn from them.
Marat is a realist. He judges things as they are, not as he would wish them to be.
Despite being given a lengthy opportunity to unite his country and bring it to some form of viability, Assad did not. The reasons for his failure are many, and undoubtedly external pressures were part of it. But at the end of the day, Sunni Muslims (of which HTS are part) make up three quarters of Syria's population, while Assad's Alawite sect are just 10%. He did not have the support of the people.
Yes, and the UNSCR involved was all about removing him as Syrian President, and he couldn’t tolerate losing that position—Pride. He could have lost and moved to Moscow well before now and the situation might have been better for Syrians.
I think it's safe to say that the Syrian people have already suffered greatly. At some point, if things are bad enough, people will take a chance on just about anything in order to find some ray of hope.
I doubt if HTS achieved its victory in a vacuum, without laying the political groundwork. That just seems too unlikely. More logically, while Assad was doing his best to hold on to a sinking ship, HTS was doing the necessary work to make alliances.
I don't know what Syria is going to look like under HTS, or whatever follows it. But I do know that beyond a shadow of doubt, armed conflict is the worst abuser of human rights that mankind has been able to invent. Generally speaking, even a harsh peace can be preferable to war.
There’s the saying—”Going along to get along”—that applies here. Once the Crusades ended and the Ottomans took control of the Levant, the people there knew peace for many years only to become the target of European Imperialists beginning in the 19th century. The Ottoman’s loss in WW1 was also the people’s of the Levant’s loss as they were immediately occupied and subjected to European Imperialism, which caused the events of today and the last 80 years to occur—all of which have caused great suffering for millions. Resistance remains active. Khamenei is to speak on the 11th. The economic siege of the Zionists continues. A new chapter in the Levant’s Saga has opened but its pages remain blank.
Zakhar Prilepin. Was a member of the National Bolshevik Party. Alexander Dugin was a founding member, Limonovites. They are anti zionist. It is now banned, interestingly or unsurprisingly, everyone can decide their own opinion. Prilepin is not only a journalist and writer. He fought in Grozny and Donbass. He is Lieutenant Colonel Rosgvardia. Survived Ukrainian car bomb assassination last year. There is a lot to say sbout him but I will leave it with this. He is Team Putin but he was not when he wrote «Letter to Comrade Stalin» to the liberals, President Putin and those around him.
What a delightful, meaningful addition of context, and about Dugin too. The "Letter to Stalin" is very interesting, and I thank you for providing it. And again, many thanks for your contribution!
Alexander Dugin, and so was his daughter, are also adequate people. Anti zionist, anti semetic they say. Oh yes the same disease is here. Ignorance is contagious, and the ruling class spread it.
Maybe it would be useful not to tell everyone about nuclear missiles on aircraft, or trading Ukraine for Syria and actually tell the truth about everyone and everything?
So for your reply. Mutually dear, because unbiased perspective, found at this gym, well it really trumps middle age cheerleading.
Occasionally, I wonder if I'd be happier not knowing what I know, but then I'd need to unlive my entire life for it's impossible for me to deny what I've seen and the context of my times that's shaped who I am. If we aren't going to examine our life and what affects it, then why have a life to live? So, I'm doomed to living my life the way I think proper. My elders approved of my path as does my wife, and so I continue onward into the future that all too rapidly becomes the present then past.
We do not have anything to share if we are ignorant of what surrounds us. Generally all governments want this, a pacified and uneducated population. Everyone is only cattle and this way are easy to control.
I am also accepted and this is a lot of comfort in these times of many problems.
I read the two essays and interview. I then tried to place them within the context of the times they occurred as explaining that will be important for those trying to understand the argument being forwarded. Then I was alerted to Narishkin’s interview, which is now published.
Many things are all at once, and so priorizing becomes important and sometimes problematic. You are sharing very interesting and valuable material, insights and opinions. Actually the members are very fortunate, the gym is a unique place. It is a shame there is never enough time to reply to everything and everyone and even to read all the work.
I do send my kind wishes, the investment of your time and life is a lot, I understand it. Please take care of your health, virtual world is an energy thief.
It was instructive to me and - I noted in a comment on Simplicus that - following his analysis and which I had little knowledge of before - that prior to the collapse of the Syrian regime - the situation looked like Vietnam 1975. Well I got few likes from the pro-Russia team but now that looks like a good call.
Basic problem here is we had a corrupt and much sanctioned minority ruling regime presiding over the wreck of a country. If army officers need to raise road tolls to survive then a few hundred million $USD will buy their surrender. And that I think is what occurred. No fighting, just a motorcade. 15,000 irregular mercenaries. Really?
Not much Russia or anyone else could do to rescue the situation when the regime forces won't fight for it. A strategic disaster for Russia - well maybe. Certainly just now the optics are bad and the underlying reality may also be bad. But this is not a case of a weak Russia or a weak Putin, or treachery or anything like that. Sometimes sh*t happens, and there is nothing you can do about it except cut your losses. Russia was backing a fragile regime and looks like more fragile than anyone thought - including I understand the CIA who had absolutely nothing at all whatsoever to do with this.
Syria is no longer a country - just a series of power centres mainly controlled by external players and bombed to sh*t with a desperate population - those that remain anyway. Though I read there is now dancing in the streets now the rebels have taken over , albeit it is noted they are still officially terrorists. Well who ever lets a bit of cognitive dissonence get in the way of a good narrative?
But really, this looks in hindsight like a disaster waiting to happen. You could argue that Russia et al might have poured in blood and treasure to avert it, but I come back to Vietnam 1975. If you are in a tar pit, get out, don't do lengths.
I'm more reminded of the exit from Afghanistan. Russian media has reported s few Putin comments, but he's made no overall statement to media, probably because of the importance of today in Russia: Heroes of the Fatherland Day, with its medals presentation and related solemnity at the Kremlin.
"Instead of Iranian proxies, who were held 'by the leash and muzzled' by Russia in Syria, Israel received a full-fledged Turkish gang on its borders. A Turkey-Israel link, and even with a gasket from the British Al-Qaeda (Hayat Tahrir - both are banned in Russia) - this, I tell you, will be worse than any bazaar - try to negotiate."
Yes, I have seen videos (like this one: https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1866177574759522629) of terrorists declaring "allegiance to a Muslim caliph leading the armies towards the entity of the Jews and defending the people of Gaza", but seriously... how many are they, compared to the "moderate/woke terrorists" like Al Joulani? And what can they do against the IDF, if even Hezbollah struggles against it?!
I almost forgot: none of these "Syrian rebels" has said a word against Israel for invading their territory beyond the Golan Heights!
Yes, I had a hard time with that segment too. But I then listened to Escobar, Johnson and Crooke before breaking for lunch and the rank and file have many different persuasions, and I highly doubt their capacity for governance. And if the economy doesn’t improve, another rebellion will occur. Plus, the Turk-Kurd war will involve much of Syria and its would-be liberators. We shall see.
As I've suggested to many, do watch today's guests on Judge Napolitano's program, particularly Escobar and Crooke. Some of the fog is lifting, but much remains shrouded. https://judgenap.com/
I can't thank you enough for that article you posted with the political P O V and Putin's genius I have been passing your article from earlier around all over the place. Now Turkey and Israel are going to fight it out. Hilarious. And they both love Putin. Priceless
Well, I wouldn’t say the Zionists love Putin. He bolstered Iranian defenses and possibly their offensive capabilities, plus put Iran under Russia’s nuclear umbrella.
yeah - right. But I think its awesome that Israel is blasting Turkey/Syria's infrastructure and now the jihadists are threatening to go to war with Israel the only problem with this is the re-arming of Hamas inside Gaza. I wonder how they will overcome that problem
Syria is Libya part 2 in waiting, it's a huge headache for anyone who takes on the roll of being it's keeper. Russia & Iran have bigger fish to fry. Israel & America can't do anything to Iran anymore except their terrorist attacks. I'm sure the Russians will start helping the Iranians with security tips. Syria Was an unneeded burden for both Russia & Iran in the end. Standing back & looking at it. I'd say Russia & Syria aren't going to be wasting much needed resources in Syria anymore. Who will be?
The reality is that, unless one believes, (as Zionist racists and other descendants of the imperialist ideology that inspired fascism appear to), that Arabs are congenitally inferior, easily corrupted and incapable of either military or political prowess, the possibility that the next disposition of the Syrian state will not end up with the sort of shambles that allowed Israel to bomb at will, untroubled by anti-aircraft fire, and Americans to carve out farms and oil fields, airbases and insurgent Headquarters without fear of challenge, is one that will and should worry the imperialists and their Zionist mercenaries.
The same might be said of, that other fruit of the Picot half of Sykes Picot, Lebanon where for decades the only functioning defensive power has been that of Hezbollah, a militia formed from a small part of the 'divided to be ruled' population.
Regarding which it is wrong to believe the Zionist propaganda nonsense that Hezbollah are a proxy of Iran- they are nothing of the kind. And neither is Ansarullah the party which ruled Yemen for a millenium and whose resistance to Nasserism tied down Israel's main forces in 1967.
What will happen next I have no idea except that it will not be an Israel with larger borders than those it currently enjoys.
There is a point (vide Ben Gvir and Netanyahu) at which racism becomes a virulent madness. Israel's current insanity, sadly mirrored in zionist education and propaganda, is leading it into an inevitable clash with the neighbouring peoples whose resources outnumber its own by several degrees of magnitude. It cannot survive the war it is so eager to provoke and which it is, finally, close to bringing about- a war against not just Arabia but Islam.
Israel's policy is genocide- as Gaza has shown and Zionism's leaders have repeatedly assured-us. Wiping out the inmates of a tiny concentration camp is hard enough, as the world has seen, but extending that policy to embrace the populations of most of the Levant and half of the Arabian peninsula is the equivalent of the Nazi Final Solution in reverse- as if (as they most decidedly never did) the Jews of Germany had desired to eradicate all gentiles.
Thanks for the nice note, bevin. Sachs in his chat with Napolitano today provided the key info that Iran has tried many times to communicate with the Biden Nazis that they want peace and want to negotiate but were refused everytime--6 or so--over the past two years. Thus, it's not Iran that wants war; it's the Zionists and Neocons that want war. Khamenei is to speak in public on the 11th. I still await something substantial from Russia. I'm supremely disappointed with China. Syrian history is indicative of its ability to stay alive.
From a distance it's a lazy approach to see the west's interference in Syria being crowned with success. Having listened to Alistair Crooke on the Judge's program, and earlier read this at analysis on substack, https://substack.com/inbox/post/152860563 my own flawed initial reaction has been modified. As much as Assad was a flawed leader and failed the Putin has taken in him and not abandoned him to a Qaddafi like fate. The west always seems to start these things with a negative agenda, it never ends well.
Most importantly, a great write...well done. The added article was key to this viewpoint and informative. You have a new fan.
If your going to have to eat crow, use a lot of gravy!
This is a loss for Russia specifically and the BRICS+ group tangentially.
The establishment of Russia (Putin's) land bridge was foresighted and will pay dividends now. Even if it somewhat complicates the delivery.
Turkey has once again placed itself well so as to benefit from both the West and Russia. We also know Erdogen has no problem keeping his troops honed on the factions.
Israel will surely suffer if it does not play it cards exactly right with these new alignments.
The U.S. looks like fools again (sadly), having lost a lot of treasure to purchase a hornets nest. Of course, when we realize how the MIC will benefit it's no surprise this happened. Biden trying to make this pile of 'shit' smell like Mom's fresh bread and take credit is hilarious.
All of course...is just another peasants viewpoint.
FWIW, I concur with Marat. He confirms details of feelings I have been unable to verbalize to my satisfaction: Neocons-CIA-Mossad-MI6-Turkey just bought themselves an attractive viper with 10 heads (reference Ravana).
Dugan says Sunni Islam must win for itself on the field of battle a node in the multipolar world or remain slaves of the Anglo-Saxons. The Turkiye/Gulf Axis can confront the Zionist Forces on the field of battle, as Putin could not, no matter how distasteful the Zionist slaughter of innocents.
Good one, Karl. I didn't see it on his substack. It fits with my impression that Russia has to manage its own region first. Putin is cooperative, but he's still a nationalist. The US would like nothing more than to see Russia bogged down for a lost cause in Syria. And really is this so great a victory for the Zionazis? A totally destabilized region on its border teaming with lunatic asylum islamists? Some time will have to pass to get a clearer idea of the impact, but Marat is right: this certainly doesn't look like a win for Imperialism, but rather another desperate quagmire.
With Syria, now a jihadis training and logistics ground, who do they war against since Assad is gone?
Do the Sunni radicals go after the Shi’a as the neocon wish or go for Jerusalem, or go for Vienna?
Even with US and Israel encouragement the Shi’a would be more trouble than either Zionists or establishing the Caliphate in Europe.
The dying palestinians thank Uncle Vlad for kind assistance
Yes indeed, Russia rendered great assistance to Palestine and still does. In the oddities of that war, some became hostages while other Russians worked as aid workers and medics. Assad caused his own downfall and did nothing to aid Palestine.
No one helps Palestine. No one. The entire "resistance" stands around allowing the Zionist Jews to commit genocide.
Here's a clue, motherfuckers: the USA has cut loose their racist attack dog to slaughter Gentiles at their whim. Either the world needs to kill these racist scum, or shut the fuck up.
lunatic asylum muslims next to lunatic asylum jews...... They are crowded together in one region.... launch several nukes now.
Why use nukes when the lunatics will solve the problem "doing unto others before they undo you"?
Welcome to the Levant!
Wonderful... I really needed that... save my day... etc... the best is ITS TRUE.... about Syria/Turkey... I do not know Putin that well... I think he is tremedous... as a being, as President of Russia, as a leader.real leader.. how he was 20 years ago or 30 years ago I dont know... has he gone through a transformation I dont know but I do know that he is essentially a good person and an able person, that he has grown and learned yes... you do not get to where he is today without learning ...hard lessons... But the piece I have just read here is a very good piece... THANK YOU .
Usually when you hear something that's too good to be true coming from the Collective West narrative machine of USUKIS were the winners in Syria and that Putin/Assad were the losers, then what Marat tell us makes it all the more obvious, it is too good to be true.
Thanks Karl for keeping us all informed, we all make mistakes, we should all learn from them.
Marat is a realist. He judges things as they are, not as he would wish them to be.
Despite being given a lengthy opportunity to unite his country and bring it to some form of viability, Assad did not. The reasons for his failure are many, and undoubtedly external pressures were part of it. But at the end of the day, Sunni Muslims (of which HTS are part) make up three quarters of Syria's population, while Assad's Alawite sect are just 10%. He did not have the support of the people.
Yes, and the UNSCR involved was all about removing him as Syrian President, and he couldn’t tolerate losing that position—Pride. He could have lost and moved to Moscow well before now and the situation might have been better for Syrians.
The Syrian people are the ones who are going to suffer the most😞
I think it's safe to say that the Syrian people have already suffered greatly. At some point, if things are bad enough, people will take a chance on just about anything in order to find some ray of hope.
I doubt if HTS achieved its victory in a vacuum, without laying the political groundwork. That just seems too unlikely. More logically, while Assad was doing his best to hold on to a sinking ship, HTS was doing the necessary work to make alliances.
I don't know what Syria is going to look like under HTS, or whatever follows it. But I do know that beyond a shadow of doubt, armed conflict is the worst abuser of human rights that mankind has been able to invent. Generally speaking, even a harsh peace can be preferable to war.
There’s the saying—”Going along to get along”—that applies here. Once the Crusades ended and the Ottomans took control of the Levant, the people there knew peace for many years only to become the target of European Imperialists beginning in the 19th century. The Ottoman’s loss in WW1 was also the people’s of the Levant’s loss as they were immediately occupied and subjected to European Imperialism, which caused the events of today and the last 80 years to occur—all of which have caused great suffering for millions. Resistance remains active. Khamenei is to speak on the 11th. The economic siege of the Zionists continues. A new chapter in the Levant’s Saga has opened but its pages remain blank.
Not if you have to live it🙄
Zakhar Prilepin. Was a member of the National Bolshevik Party. Alexander Dugin was a founding member, Limonovites. They are anti zionist. It is now banned, interestingly or unsurprisingly, everyone can decide their own opinion. Prilepin is not only a journalist and writer. He fought in Grozny and Donbass. He is Lieutenant Colonel Rosgvardia. Survived Ukrainian car bomb assassination last year. There is a lot to say sbout him but I will leave it with this. He is Team Putin but he was not when he wrote «Letter to Comrade Stalin» to the liberals, President Putin and those around him.
https://svpressa.ru/society/article/57411/
What a delightful, meaningful addition of context, and about Dugin too. The "Letter to Stalin" is very interesting, and I thank you for providing it. And again, many thanks for your contribution!
Alexander Dugin, and so was his daughter, are also adequate people. Anti zionist, anti semetic they say. Oh yes the same disease is here. Ignorance is contagious, and the ruling class spread it.
Maybe it would be useful not to tell everyone about nuclear missiles on aircraft, or trading Ukraine for Syria and actually tell the truth about everyone and everything?
So for your reply. Mutually dear, because unbiased perspective, found at this gym, well it really trumps middle age cheerleading.
Occasionally, I wonder if I'd be happier not knowing what I know, but then I'd need to unlive my entire life for it's impossible for me to deny what I've seen and the context of my times that's shaped who I am. If we aren't going to examine our life and what affects it, then why have a life to live? So, I'm doomed to living my life the way I think proper. My elders approved of my path as does my wife, and so I continue onward into the future that all too rapidly becomes the present then past.
We do not have anything to share if we are ignorant of what surrounds us. Generally all governments want this, a pacified and uneducated population. Everyone is only cattle and this way are easy to control.
I am also accepted and this is a lot of comfort in these times of many problems.
I read the two essays and interview. I then tried to place them within the context of the times they occurred as explaining that will be important for those trying to understand the argument being forwarded. Then I was alerted to Narishkin’s interview, which is now published.
Many things are all at once, and so priorizing becomes important and sometimes problematic. You are sharing very interesting and valuable material, insights and opinions. Actually the members are very fortunate, the gym is a unique place. It is a shame there is never enough time to reply to everything and everyone and even to read all the work.
I do send my kind wishes, the investment of your time and life is a lot, I understand it. Please take care of your health, virtual world is an energy thief.
It was instructive to me and - I noted in a comment on Simplicus that - following his analysis and which I had little knowledge of before - that prior to the collapse of the Syrian regime - the situation looked like Vietnam 1975. Well I got few likes from the pro-Russia team but now that looks like a good call.
Basic problem here is we had a corrupt and much sanctioned minority ruling regime presiding over the wreck of a country. If army officers need to raise road tolls to survive then a few hundred million $USD will buy their surrender. And that I think is what occurred. No fighting, just a motorcade. 15,000 irregular mercenaries. Really?
Not much Russia or anyone else could do to rescue the situation when the regime forces won't fight for it. A strategic disaster for Russia - well maybe. Certainly just now the optics are bad and the underlying reality may also be bad. But this is not a case of a weak Russia or a weak Putin, or treachery or anything like that. Sometimes sh*t happens, and there is nothing you can do about it except cut your losses. Russia was backing a fragile regime and looks like more fragile than anyone thought - including I understand the CIA who had absolutely nothing at all whatsoever to do with this.
Syria is no longer a country - just a series of power centres mainly controlled by external players and bombed to sh*t with a desperate population - those that remain anyway. Though I read there is now dancing in the streets now the rebels have taken over , albeit it is noted they are still officially terrorists. Well who ever lets a bit of cognitive dissonence get in the way of a good narrative?
But really, this looks in hindsight like a disaster waiting to happen. You could argue that Russia et al might have poured in blood and treasure to avert it, but I come back to Vietnam 1975. If you are in a tar pit, get out, don't do lengths.
I'm more reminded of the exit from Afghanistan. Russian media has reported s few Putin comments, but he's made no overall statement to media, probably because of the importance of today in Russia: Heroes of the Fatherland Day, with its medals presentation and related solemnity at the Kremlin.
Only one observation regarding this part:
"Instead of Iranian proxies, who were held 'by the leash and muzzled' by Russia in Syria, Israel received a full-fledged Turkish gang on its borders. A Turkey-Israel link, and even with a gasket from the British Al-Qaeda (Hayat Tahrir - both are banned in Russia) - this, I tell you, will be worse than any bazaar - try to negotiate."
I do not agree with it. HTS has already asked Israel to join forces against "the criminal Iranian regime and all its affiliates, its militias and parties, like Hezbollah" (https://geopolitiq.substack.com/p/the-terrorists-in-syria-urge-israel) and Israeli media have reported that Israel is “in direct communication with various groups in Syria, including the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham" (as I wrote here: https://geopolitiq.substack.com/p/the-meaning-of-the-fall-of-damascus).
Yes, I have seen videos (like this one: https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1866177574759522629) of terrorists declaring "allegiance to a Muslim caliph leading the armies towards the entity of the Jews and defending the people of Gaza", but seriously... how many are they, compared to the "moderate/woke terrorists" like Al Joulani? And what can they do against the IDF, if even Hezbollah struggles against it?!
I almost forgot: none of these "Syrian rebels" has said a word against Israel for invading their territory beyond the Golan Heights!
Yes, I had a hard time with that segment too. But I then listened to Escobar, Johnson and Crooke before breaking for lunch and the rank and file have many different persuasions, and I highly doubt their capacity for governance. And if the economy doesn’t improve, another rebellion will occur. Plus, the Turk-Kurd war will involve much of Syria and its would-be liberators. We shall see.
I was wondering how it fell so easily, and if there was a strategy, and I understand that Russia and Iran are both long term, strategic thinkers.
My hope is that it will somehow benefit Gaza and Lebanon. Is that even a possibility in these cards?
There’s too much fog now to say yes or no to your question. I suggest watching the Crooke Napolitano chat as a similar Q is asked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX2X9KT9Xmg&t=2s
Thanks, Karl. I'll watch it.
yeah - and the Syrian people. Not sure if I go along with all this
I guess it makes sense from a political pov. thanks so much for sharing it.
As I've suggested to many, do watch today's guests on Judge Napolitano's program, particularly Escobar and Crooke. Some of the fog is lifting, but much remains shrouded. https://judgenap.com/
I can't thank you enough for that article you posted with the political P O V and Putin's genius I have been passing your article from earlier around all over the place. Now Turkey and Israel are going to fight it out. Hilarious. And they both love Putin. Priceless
Well, I wouldn’t say the Zionists love Putin. He bolstered Iranian defenses and possibly their offensive capabilities, plus put Iran under Russia’s nuclear umbrella.
yeah - right. But I think its awesome that Israel is blasting Turkey/Syria's infrastructure and now the jihadists are threatening to go to war with Israel the only problem with this is the re-arming of Hamas inside Gaza. I wonder how they will overcome that problem
Thank you Karl
MK's description of events is very convincing
Syria is Libya part 2 in waiting, it's a huge headache for anyone who takes on the roll of being it's keeper. Russia & Iran have bigger fish to fry. Israel & America can't do anything to Iran anymore except their terrorist attacks. I'm sure the Russians will start helping the Iranians with security tips. Syria Was an unneeded burden for both Russia & Iran in the end. Standing back & looking at it. I'd say Russia & Syria aren't going to be wasting much needed resources in Syria anymore. Who will be?
A good article. Karl has great taste.
The reality is that, unless one believes, (as Zionist racists and other descendants of the imperialist ideology that inspired fascism appear to), that Arabs are congenitally inferior, easily corrupted and incapable of either military or political prowess, the possibility that the next disposition of the Syrian state will not end up with the sort of shambles that allowed Israel to bomb at will, untroubled by anti-aircraft fire, and Americans to carve out farms and oil fields, airbases and insurgent Headquarters without fear of challenge, is one that will and should worry the imperialists and their Zionist mercenaries.
The same might be said of, that other fruit of the Picot half of Sykes Picot, Lebanon where for decades the only functioning defensive power has been that of Hezbollah, a militia formed from a small part of the 'divided to be ruled' population.
Regarding which it is wrong to believe the Zionist propaganda nonsense that Hezbollah are a proxy of Iran- they are nothing of the kind. And neither is Ansarullah the party which ruled Yemen for a millenium and whose resistance to Nasserism tied down Israel's main forces in 1967.
What will happen next I have no idea except that it will not be an Israel with larger borders than those it currently enjoys.
There is a point (vide Ben Gvir and Netanyahu) at which racism becomes a virulent madness. Israel's current insanity, sadly mirrored in zionist education and propaganda, is leading it into an inevitable clash with the neighbouring peoples whose resources outnumber its own by several degrees of magnitude. It cannot survive the war it is so eager to provoke and which it is, finally, close to bringing about- a war against not just Arabia but Islam.
Israel's policy is genocide- as Gaza has shown and Zionism's leaders have repeatedly assured-us. Wiping out the inmates of a tiny concentration camp is hard enough, as the world has seen, but extending that policy to embrace the populations of most of the Levant and half of the Arabian peninsula is the equivalent of the Nazi Final Solution in reverse- as if (as they most decidedly never did) the Jews of Germany had desired to eradicate all gentiles.
Thanks for the nice note, bevin. Sachs in his chat with Napolitano today provided the key info that Iran has tried many times to communicate with the Biden Nazis that they want peace and want to negotiate but were refused everytime--6 or so--over the past two years. Thus, it's not Iran that wants war; it's the Zionists and Neocons that want war. Khamenei is to speak in public on the 11th. I still await something substantial from Russia. I'm supremely disappointed with China. Syrian history is indicative of its ability to stay alive.
From a distance it's a lazy approach to see the west's interference in Syria being crowned with success. Having listened to Alistair Crooke on the Judge's program, and earlier read this at analysis on substack, https://substack.com/inbox/post/152860563 my own flawed initial reaction has been modified. As much as Assad was a flawed leader and failed the Putin has taken in him and not abandoned him to a Qaddafi like fate. The west always seems to start these things with a negative agenda, it never ends well.
Thank you Karl. That explanation makes more sense.
Most importantly, a great write...well done. The added article was key to this viewpoint and informative. You have a new fan.
If your going to have to eat crow, use a lot of gravy!
This is a loss for Russia specifically and the BRICS+ group tangentially.
The establishment of Russia (Putin's) land bridge was foresighted and will pay dividends now. Even if it somewhat complicates the delivery.
Turkey has once again placed itself well so as to benefit from both the West and Russia. We also know Erdogen has no problem keeping his troops honed on the factions.
Israel will surely suffer if it does not play it cards exactly right with these new alignments.
The U.S. looks like fools again (sadly), having lost a lot of treasure to purchase a hornets nest. Of course, when we realize how the MIC will benefit it's no surprise this happened. Biden trying to make this pile of 'shit' smell like Mom's fresh bread and take credit is hilarious.
All of course...is just another peasants viewpoint.
FWIW, I concur with Marat. He confirms details of feelings I have been unable to verbalize to my satisfaction: Neocons-CIA-Mossad-MI6-Turkey just bought themselves an attractive viper with 10 heads (reference Ravana).
Dugan says Sunni Islam must win for itself on the field of battle a node in the multipolar world or remain slaves of the Anglo-Saxons. The Turkiye/Gulf Axis can confront the Zionist Forces on the field of battle, as Putin could not, no matter how distasteful the Zionist slaughter of innocents.
Inshallah