Civil War in Ukraine: Western Empire vs Russia

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Thanks for posting the interview with Mozgovoy, JFK. Yeah, Lugansk has always been dominated by corruption and criminal gangs compared to Donetsk. They need someone like Zakharchenko to try to clean it all up and organize things much better as in Donetsk.


Couple of recent SITREPS:
http://thesaker.is/ukraine-sitrep-may-5th-by-raskolnikova/

http://thesaker.is/ukraine-sitrep-may-6th-2015-by-scott/

Lots of good links and satire/sarcasm.
 
Fort Russ posted a interesting analysis of Khazin (posted before articles of him on this thread) - http://fortruss.blogspot.de/2015/05/the-clash-of-western-elites.html -

Mikhail Khazin

Izborsky Club


Translated by Kristina Rus


About the problems of the elite of the "Western" global project



Brief description of the main problem of the elite of the "Western" global project



It has become obvious that divisions within the world's elites had intensified. In the United States and the European Union it is already visible to the naked eye, but in China and other regions the situation is no better. Within our Foundation we even started preparing analytical briefs to describe the unfolding events, which are very entertaining to watch.


I will not even talk about Russia - here things are so bad, that it already smacks of a new Civil war (which has already started in Ukraine). And in this text I will try to describe not which groups the global elites had split into but their interests and the mechanism of this fracture.


In general, the elite is not something "especially good", but a group of people who can make decisions on the fate of society. The reasons for such opportunities (property ownership, administrative power, military power and so on) can be different at first stage, then they intertwine, but the main criterion - is decision making. If there is no consensus on the adoption of the most important strategic decisions, then society is doomed for an unenviable fate, including a possibility of a civil war.


There are many examples. These are the bourgeois revolutions of the XVII-XIX centuries, the 1930-ies in the USSR, clashes in the Soviet republics at the turn of the 1990-ies of the last century, and so on and so forth. Since such scenarios are best avoided, the elites always create several fundamentally important mechanisms.


The first - is a consensus system. In particular, in the "Western" global project there are many such institutions: it is the notorious Bilderberg club, the Trilateral Commission, and the IMF (where purely economic issues are discussed), and many other clubs and organizations. Another thing is that they were created in the first place to coordinate forces against the Soviet Union and today operate poorly, but as an example, are quite suitable. The main thing that is necessary for their normal operation is that the contradictions between sections of the elite are not too strong.


Roughly speaking, if the choice is about how to divide the pie - the discussion is possible. But if the issue is about who will get the last piece of the pie, assuming that the rest will die of hunger, there may be serious trouble. Basically, everything goes down to that, but more about it below.

The second institute - is propaganda. It transmits the consensus policies to the society, to counter and offset dissent. Actually, anti-elite (i.e. the part of society that is fundamentally not satisfied with the existing order), always exists, the goal is to keep it in a box and not allow serious support from the outside.


The third institute is "security". That is a system of suppression of potential anti-elite groups and movements. It operates in many ways - from "soft" suppression of dissent (in the U.S., for example, potentially dissenting voices are not allowed to make a career) to harsh crack down. In almost all countries around the world there is a system of "political killings" tasked with physical elimination of the most harmful dissenters. The establishment of such system in Ukraine we are watching with our own eyes, in the U.S. it already operated in the late nineteenth century (for example, an important tool was the notorious Pinkerton Agency), and the reach of this country [the US] is worldwide.


Note that the second and third instrument operate only in the presence of consensus in the elites on the path of development of the country. If there is no such consensus, the system goes off the rails. We saw this in the late 80's - early 90-ies, and can see it now. Our elite in the 2000s realized that just "security" is insufficient, there is a need for a positive ideology, however, all attempts to create it without touching the corrupt oligarchic system did not lead to success - attempts to repeat the individual elements of the ideological system of the USSR under "wild" capitalism did not cause nothing but irritation among the population. But what unites the population (a return to the Imperial-Patriotic elements), threatens the existence of the current Russian elite because of a clash with the elite of the "Western" project.


Note that if in our country the crisis is associated with a rift along the line of "elites-society", in the core countries of the "Western" project the society is so trained that until it receives a minimum "package" of goods and services, the elites have no problems. Of course, as the crisis intensifies the society will remember about their rights, so the process will unravel, but here we are discussing the situation of today, not tomorrow.


And today the problem is different. Over the decades of peaceful existence of the elite of the "Western" project under the constantly operating emission pump (which allowed the elite to redistribute in their favor all the assets created by the society), it has greatly expanded and specialized. Unique research systems created in the 30's - 80's were virtually destroyed (for example, "Sovietology" virtually disappeared), they, in many ways, turned into purely scholastic offices, which do not have the right (and opportunity) to discuss real social problems. In economics it is observed with a naked eye: "the only approved model" completely dominates, despite the fact that it cannot categorically explain what is happening in the world.


And the processes happening in the economy (quite objective) make the existence of the current elite in the same shape and form absolutely impossible! But for a long time it could not even understand that, because narrow specialization (remember, the elite are those who can make decisions. Specialization in this context is the sphere of decision making for a particular group) made it impossible to disassemble the complex picture of the world.


The real problems emerged in the early 90s, the situation has become irreversible in the middle of the 8-year presidential term of Bill Clinton. Towards the end of his term the problems reached a scale of the beginning of the 30-ies of the last century (remember, we made our conclusions about the inevitability of the crisis on the basis of the analysis of inter-sectoral balance in the USA in 1998!), further the situation only worsened. And today there is nothing to compare the upcoming crisis to - it has no analogies. Western Europe of 1945 does not fit - it was under external control.


A clear understanding that there will not be enough room in the post-crisis elites for all members of the current elite came after "the case of Strauss-Kahn", which became an analog of October 1917. In itself a coup on October 25, 1917 did not cause any special consequences, however, the dissatisfaction of the former ruling elites led to the Civil war - which has transformed the coup into the Great October Socialist revolution. So, today we are in a situation, relatively speaking, of the end of 1917, when the coup has already happened, but the "hot" war hasn't started yet.


Of course, you cannot explain this to the citizens of Syria and Yemen, but the citizens of the baseline countries of the "Western" project never cared for the "savages". The most important thing is that based on "the case of Strauss-Kahn", the main beneficiaries of the global elite of the last decades, the financiers, were pushed away from the main "feeder". And they will inevitably prepare for war, because otherwise all their claims for a spot in the elites will break upon objective factors - the inability to continue unabated emission.


About the specific features of this process (particularly in USA) I wrote many times, so I will not repeat myself. The main thing is something else. How can the mechanisms of ideology and system defense operate more or less distinctly, if there is no consensus withing the elites? If some of its separate elements entered into a brutal battle?


Propaganda system in such a situation quickly retreats to "friend-or-foe" state and instead of more or less complex, albeit ideologically partisan, analysis, produces something that we see as part of American propaganda on Ukraine. Psaki is an example - she repeatedly voiced a simple and clear position: Poroshenko "is ours", and therefore "he is always right". Period. The situation is similar around the world.


Here, however, we have an issue. Hatred of Russia in the American elites is deeply layered, so here it is clear who is "friend" or "foe" (whoever attacks Russia). And what to do with the Middle East? And here the rift in the American elites is already visible to the naked eye.


In the European Union things are even more fun. Those who have already realized that in the long term plans of the United States there is simply no independent EU, are trying to jump out of the "embrace" of the US propaganda machine, but they are stubbornly pushed to the position of "love for Russia". It was a strong move by the US propaganda machine (to combine positions "against the USA" and "for Russia"), and today it is still working - but tomorrow it will go into the negative. Another thing is that there will be no one to answer.


But this is only in the sphere of ideology. And what about "security"? As we know from the examples of the USSR/Russia, "security" elites are forced to turn to business. And it will be difficult to recover its functions, if at all possible in the current situation. Because in order for "security" to properly operate, there is a need for a single, clear and coherent ideology, and with some constructive scenario. And what today can be constructive?


In conclusion, it can be noted that the main problem of the modern elite of the "Western" project is that the internal division of this elite destroys the two main mechanisms of any state: system-founding ideology and a system of political security. And this means that the countries of this project will inevitably face a scenario comparable to Russia of 1917-20, or 90-ies of the last century.
 
Found an interesting article about Ukrainian oligarchs (_http://iamthewitness.com/Ukraine.html)

Who controls the Ukraine?

In the early 1990s, backed by the financial power of international Jewish bankers, the vultures bought for pennies, and plainly seized, all major enterprises previously owned by the state. Including the biggest factories and entire sectors of the newly "privatized" national economy.

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, there are 103,000 Jews in Ukraine, which is 0.2% of the total population. Out of 130 nationalities in the Ukraine, the Jewish minority numerically is behind Bulgarians (204,000), Hungarians (156,000), Romanians (151,000) and Poles (144,000). However, as one might expect, the Jewish "oligarchs" were the ones who happened to seize all positions in mass media.

Professor Vasyl Yaremenko, director of the Institute of Culturological and Ethnopolitical research at Kiev State University, released an article in 2003 entitled, "Jews in Ukraine today: reality without myths." In it he says the following:

"Ukrainians need to know that the mass media is completely in the hands of Jews, and everything that we watch or read is the product of Jewish ideology…"

He then reviews the situation in regards to Ukrainian network television and cable broadcasters:

• "First National Television Channel UT-1" is owned by the president of the Social Democratic Party, led and dominated by chief of staff Viktor Medvedchuk.
• "Inter TV" and "Studio 1+1 TV" have been Ukrainian national broadcasters since 1996, they are available in English, Ukrainian and Russian languages. They are owned by Viktor Medvedchuk and Gregory Surkis.

• "Alternativa TV", "TET Broadcasting Company", and "UNIAN (Ukrainian Independent Information & News Agency)" are also owned by Viktor Medvedchuk and Gregory Surkis.

• "STB TV" and "ICTV" are owned by the Viktor Pinchuk, the wealthiest man in Ukraine, with an estimated net worth of $3 billion.

• "Novyi Kanal (New Channel) TV" is owned by Viktor Pinchuk with a group of Jewish oligarchs from Russia called "Alpha Group."

Zionists control all of Ukrainian television media!

According to Professor Yaremenko, all major newspapers are also owned by Jews:

• The publishing house of Rabinovich-Katsman owns the newspapers Stolychka, Stolichnye Novosti, Jewish Review (in Russian), Jewish Reviewer, Vek, Mig, and Zerkalo .
• Jed Sandes, an American citizen and a Jew, publishes Korrespondent and Kiev-Post.

• Gregory Surkis publishes Kievskie Vedomosti and the weekly 2000.

• Jew Dmitro Gordon publishes Bulvar.

• Viktor Pinchuk publishes Facts and Commentaries.

• The Donetsk Group (Jewish-Russian oligarchs) publishes Segondnya.

Who are these "Ukrainian" oligarchs?

Jew Victor Pinchuk is the son-of-law of Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma [Kuchma was placed into office by Jew George Soros]. He is the owner of several oil, gas and energy import/export companies. He also owns the nation's largest steel mill and a chain of banks. His group has very strong ties with other Jewish organizations in Ukraine, as well as in the U.S. and Israel. He is a member of the Ukrainian Parliament, an adviser to the president, and one of the leaders of the Labor Ukrainian Party.

Jew Vadim Rabinovich is a citizen of Israel. In 1980 he was charged with stealing state property and spent 9 months in a jail. In 1984 he was arrested and sentenced to 14 years in prison for his black market activities . He was released in 1990. In 1993 he became a representative of the Austrian company "Nordex" in Ukraine. The company received exclusive rights to sell Russian oil from president Kuchma . In 1997 Rabinovich became president of the All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress, and in 1999 he was elected head of the United Jewish Community of Ukraine. Also in 1999, Rabinovich created the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine. That same year the Associated Press estimated his wealth as $1 billion. Rabinovich owns Central Europe Media Enterprises, which controls television stations in seven East European countries.

Jew Victor Medvedchuk is Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma's Chief of Staff. The Medvedchuk-Surkis cabal controls Ukraine's energy sector (8 regional energy companies), oil and gas market, alcohol and sugar production, shipbuilding, and athletic organizations. He is a member of the Ukrainian Parliament, and a leader in the Social Democratic party of Ukraine (SDPU).

Jew Gregory Surkis is second in command of the SDPU. He owns a soccer team, Dynamo-Kiev, and is a president of the Professional Soccer League. He is CEO of Slavutich, a company that controls several regional energy companies (KirovogradEnergo, PoltavEnergo, etc). He too is a member of the Ukrainian Parliament.

Professor Yaremenko points out that out of the 400+ members of the Ukrainian Parliament, 136 (possibly 158) are Jews {to be correctly 306 out of 450}. That is more than in the Israeli Knesset. Who voted for them, asks professor Yaremenko. Who paid for costly election campaigns? — 90% of Ukrainian banks are owned by Jews.

Ukraine is the perfect example of so-called Democracy - "democracy" where the rule of a tiny, ethnic minority is disguised under the cloak of the will and rule of the majority. By controlling mass media and skillfully manipulating the opinions of the Ukrainian electorat, these "fat cats" as they're called in Ukraine — these liars and corrupters, are the real masters in this beautiful country.

Does it surprise anyone to see the rise in "anti-Semitism" around the world, and in Ukraine in particular?

"Jews in Ukraine: Reality Without Myth" was published on Sept. 30, 2003, and was the article that prompted the Ukrainian Jewish Congress to file a lawsuit asking the court to shut down the newspaper Sel'skie Vesti, which published it. Sel'skie Vesti had a circulation of over 500,000 and was the largest in Ukraine.

On Jan. 28, a court in Kiev, Ukraine, ordered the closure of the daily newspaper on the grounds that it was publishing "hate literature," a crime in Jewish-owned Ukraine. The newspaper was found guilty of publishing "anti-Semitic" materials, and promoting ethnic and religious hostility.

A well-known Ukrainian Jewish community leader and anti-Zionist, Eduard Hodos, has come to the defense of the newspaper and the articles' author, Vasily Yaremenko. In the course of his speech intended for a hearing of the Appellate Court of the City of Kiev (scheduled for May 25, 2004, but delayed indefinitely for reasons unknown), the author denounces the Talmud as "monstrous" and defends Mel Gibson's 'The Passion of the Christ', which has come under attack by 'human rights advocates' everywhere. You can read it here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050310165024/oag.ru/views/love.html

Prior to being shut down, the newspaper published the following letters from readers, which were reprinted by Jewish organizations and used as "proof" of "anti-Semtism."

...Today the Jewish community in Ukraine is not experiencing the rebirth of a national minority but is in the process of legalizing its dealings as an apolitical and economic structure, which is well planned, organized and financed. This so-called minority exhibits extreme aggression. It poses an elevated threat to the national security of Ukraine. As a foreign political body that practically oversees international trade, national finances, mass media and publishing, it must be placed under strict government and sate control, and must be regimented and regulated.


...90% of Ukrainian banks are run by Jewish "specialists." In other words, Ukrainian finances are in Jewish hands. As a Ukrainian citizen and an ethnic Ukrainian, my origin forces me speak up and ask: "Is this normal?"

...In the 1930s, all Ukrainian gold that had been passed down from generation to generation ended up in Jewish wallets after the famine organized by Jews [the author earlier writes that 99% of PCIA members––Stalin's secret police––were Jewish] and Ukrainians had to reach deeply into their pockets. However, Jews were not able to enjoy those stolen goods as German fascism changed the course of events. Today the gold of Ukrainian Jews, these gold diggers of the Ukrainian Klondike, is in banks in Switzerland.

...It is not safe to write about Jews not because the writer will automatically be accused of xenophobia, but because every Ukrainian, if not openly then secretly, is an anti-Semite ready to participate in a pogrom.

...Ukrainians must know that Ukrainian mass media is in the hands of Jews and that we absorb information and food for the soul from a Jewish ideological kitchen.

...Jewish publicists deny the fact that [Jewish people] organized the Ukrainian famine in 1933 {and blaming Stalin instead?}. However, eyewitnesses claim otherwise.... Not one Jewish person died from starvation in 1933.

...We are not anti-Semites. However, we believe it is dishonorable and demeaning to stay quiet when Zionists are taking over the political and economic spheres of our country. We must let people know the truth about the doings of Zionists in Ukraine.

...He told the truth about the vicious activities of Zionists in Ukraine.

...We cannot allow Zionists to destroy Ukraine.

In this article the author writes about Zionists which is a pretty general term. In reality, allmost all Ukranian oligarchs are memebers of the judeofashist sect Chabad. What is Chabad?

Chabad-Lubavitch is a Supremacy group

Chabad supremacy is the belief, and promotion of the belief, that people from Chabad are superior to people of other backgrounds. The Chabad ideology advocates the social, political and historical dominance by Chabad. Chabad followers believe that Jews are superior to non-Jews, and that Chabad "Jews" are superior to other Jews.

Chabad supremacy, as with racial supremacism in general, is rooted in ethnocentrism and a desire for hegemony and power, and has frequently resulted in violence against people who oppose Chabad. Their greatest enemy are the Jews who understand that Chabad is NOT a Jewish ideology, and who want to expose the truth about Chabad. {One of these people is the mentioned in the first article Eduard Hodos, who converted to Orthodoxy from Judaism (_http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=93e_1408799566) and has been exposing Chabad for many years in his books (in Russian only) and on his youtube channel _https://www.youtube.com/user/HodosOnline (in Russian)[/url]}

While Chabad emissaries are busy trying to take over every single Jewish community in the world, and to convert every single Jew in the world into a Chabad "Jew", Chabad emissaries in Israel want to convert Israel into "a Chabad state". Various Chabad emissaries in Israel have called for the death of various Israeli politicians whom they consider "traitors", and for the extermination of all Arabs in Israel whom they see as "the enemy", including all Arab children "so they do not become terrorists when they grow up".

The militant approach taken by Chabad supremacist groups and individuals has caused them to be watched closely by law enforcement officials in Israel and other countries.

The main difference between the Jewish religion and the Chabad religious cult is that the Jewish People study the Torah, which was given to the Jewish People on Mount Sinai more than 3,300 years ago. On the other hand, followers of the Chabad messianic cult study the Tanya, which was written by a crazy criminal, to get money and power, just 200 years ago. The Tanya directly contradicts the teachings of the Torah.
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Official Chabad history: "Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812), Founder of Chabad, also known as "The Alter Rebbe," "Baal HaTanya" and "The Rav"... he formulated his distinct "Chabad" philosophy and approach to life. For twenty years he labored on his magnum opus, Tanya, in which he outlined the Chabad philosophy and ethos. First published in 1796, Tanya is the "bible" of Chabad Chassidism, upon which the hundreds of books and thousands of maamarim (discourses) by seven generations of Chabad Rebbes are based."

If you ask any Rabbi to summarize the teachings of the Torah in one sentence, he will probably tell you: "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor: that is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary; go and learn it". But if you ask the same Rabbi what is his opinion about the "holy" book of Chabad, the Tanya, he will probably tell you that the Tanya is the "Mein Kampf" of Chabad, and that the Tanya is the "New Testament" of Chabad.

An important Israeli Rabbi stated that "If an Arab terrorist attacks dressed up like an Israeli soldier he can cause much more harm than if he attacks dressed up like an Arab terrorist. Similarly, if followers of a religious cult, such as Chabad, come to you dressed up like Jewish Rabbis they can cause much more harm than if they come to you dressed up like followers of Hare Krishna". Chabad "Rabbis" want to fool you into believing they are Jewish Rabbis, which they are obviously not, in order to gain your trust.

So what exactly is written in the Tanya, the "holy" book of Chabad? Here are some quotes from the official Chabad translation of the Tanya published by their own publishing house Kehot Publication Society, New York, 1973:

In the very first chapter of this work, we read: "The souls of the nations of the world (all non-Jews), however, emanate from the other, unclean 'kelipot' (evil forces) which contain no good whatever" (page 5).

Further on, we read: "However, the 'kelipot' (evil forces) are subdivided into two grades, one lower than the other. The lower grade consists of the three 'kelipot' which are altogether unclean and evil, containing no good whatever. ... From them flow and derive the souls of all the nations of the world (all non-Jews), and the existence of their bodies, and also the souls of all living creatures that are unclean and unfit for consumption" (chapter 6, page 25).

The book continues: "To elucidate still further, it is necessary to clarify the meaning of the verse, 'The candle of God is the soul (neshama) of man'. What it means is that the souls of Jews, who are called 'man', are, by way of illustration, like the flame of the candle, whose nature it is always to scintillate upwards... Now this is a general principle in the whole realm of holiness... This stands in direct contrast to the so-called 'kelipah' (evil forces) and 'sitra achara' (the other, evil side), wherefrom are derived the souls of the Gentiles... Therefore they (the Gentiles) are called 'dead'..." (chapter 19, page 77 and 79).

Since the creation of the Chabad religion 200 years ago, all 7 Chabad Rebbes have written commentaries on the Tanya to explain the Tanya to their followers. The following words are from the last Chabad-Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who died in 1994 but is still considered by Chabad followers as their leader and as the Moshiach. These words are considered part of the official Chabad ideology and doctrine:

"The difference between a Jewish and a non-Jewish person stems from the common expression: 'Let us differentiate'. Thus, we do not have a case of profound change in which a person is merely on a superior level. Rather, we have a case of 'let us differentiate' between totally different species.

This is what needs to be said about the body: The body of a Jewish person is of a totally different quality from the body of [members] of all nations of the world... The difference of the inner quality [of the body] is so great that the bodies would be considered as completely different species. This is the reason why there is an halachic difference in attitude about the bodies of non-Jews [as opposed to the bodies of Jews] 'their bodies are in vain'. An even greater difference exists in regard to the soul. Two contrary types of soul exist, a non-Jewish soul comes from three satanic spheres, while the Jewish soul stems from holiness.
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We therefore ask: Why should a non-Jew be punished if he kills even a non-Jewish embryo while a Jew should not be punished even if he kills a Jewish embryo? The answer can be understood by [considering] the general difference between Jews and non-Jews: A Jew was not created as a means for some [other] purpose; he himself is the purpose, since the substance of all [divine] emanations was created only to serve the Jews."
The Chabad-Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson. (Israel Shahak and Norton Mezvinsky. (1999). Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel. Pluto Press, p.58-62)

And this is what a student of the Tanya believes: "I don't believe in western morality, i.e. don't kill civilians or children, don't destroy holy sites, don't fight during holiday seasons, don't bomb cemeteries, don't shoot until they shoot first because it is immoral. The only way to fight a moral war is the Jewish way: Destroy their holy sites. Kill men, women and children (and cattle)." Chabad "Rabbi" Manis Friedman, Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies, St. Paul, MN, USA (Moment Magazine (May/June 2009))

A controversial book called "The King's Torah" (Torat Hamelech), which was written and supported by students of the Tanya in July 2010, states that under Torah and Jewish Law it is legal to kill Gentiles. The section entitled "Conclusions - Chapter Five: The Killing of Gentiles in War" reads that in some cases it is permitted to kill the babies of enemy forces "because of the future danger they may present since they will grow up to be evil like their parents." The authors and supporters of this book were detained for questioning by the Israeli police, and many Rabbis stated that the conclusions written in this book were incorrect and not part of Jewish Law. One Rabbi said that the book includes statements that "have no place in human intelligence." (Police Release Chabad Rabbi Arrested For Incitement To Kill Arab Babies)

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"What's missing from this story? Correct rabbinic affiliations... At the root of this racist, fascist theology is Chabad's fundamental text, the Tanya, written by the first Chabad rebbe in the late 1700s, which states: 'The souls of the nations of the world, however, emanate from the other, unclean kelipot which contain no good whatever as is written in Etz Chayim, Portal 49, ch. 3, that all the good that the nations do, is done out of selfish motives. Since their nefesh [soul] emanates from kelipot [husks] which contain no good, it follows that any good done by them is for selfish motives. So the Gemara comments on the verse, 'The kindness of the nations is sin' - that all the charity and kindness done by the nations of the world is only for their self-glorification'. - Tanya, end of chapter 1. Now why don't Jewish newspapers report this?" (Rabbinic Text Or Call To Terror? Extremist rabbis? Or an extremist Chabad-influenced movement?)

A few months after "The King's Torah" (Torat Hamelech) was published this happened: Itamar massacre: Fogel family butchered while sleeping. Being that the book was written in Itamar, is it possible that this horrific attack was caused as retaliation against that book? Is it possible that some Chabad "Rabbis" wanted to incite Jews into killing Arab babies but what they really achieved was Arabs killing Jewish babies? Should Chabad be classified as a terrorist organization?


The following quotes from the Tanya were taken directly from Chabad's official website {_www.chabad.org}: "From this soul stem also the good traits inherent in every Jew's character, such as compassion and benevolence. For in the [case of the] Jew, this soul of kelipah is derived from the kelipah called 'nogah', which also contains good ... The souls of the nations of the world, however, emanate from the other, unclean kelipot which contain no good whatever ... ". "However, the kelipot are divided into two categories, one lower than the other. The lower category consists of three completely unclean and evil kelipot, containing no good whatever ... From them flow and are derived the souls of all the nations of the world ... Also derived from these kelipot are the souls of all living creatures that are unclean and forbidden to be eaten ... ".

In a world where most of the population is not Jewish, do you think it's a smart thing to publish a book that defines all non-Jews as evil? Do you think it's smart to be so proud about your racist book that you even put it online for all the world to see? Today there are thousands of anti-semitic websites on the internet, and many of those websites are showing the racist quotes from the Tanya plus all the other racist statements constantly being made by all Chabad "Rabbis" all over the world. And then the Jew haters say that this is how all Jews think. Chabad is therefore the main source of anti-semitism in the world today. And this is just one more reason to tell the world that CHABAD IS NOT JEWISH!

The fact is that Chabad ideology directly contradicts Jewish ideology, and the Tanya directly contradicts the teachings of the Torah. Any statements made by any Chabad "Rabbi" do NOT represent the views of any normal Jew, or of the Jewish public in general. Chabadism is NOT Judaism, it is something completely different. We call upon all members of Chabad who have been fooled into joining the Chabad messianic cult to leave Chabad and come back to true Judaism.
Source: _http://www.chabad-mafia.com/supremacy

And this article makes connection between Chabad and Ukranian oligarchs (_https://piotrbein.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/chabad-seeks-to-re-build-khazaria-in-ukraine/). It is written by retired Russian secret service officer K.F. Ipatyev.

Chabad seeks to re-build Khazaria in Ukraine

Radical Zionist sect Chabad seeks to to move to Ukraine from the USA that the sect has already milked dry {Chabad's headquarter is currently in Brooklyn _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabad}. They want to build in Ukraine a “City on the Hill”, preventively destroying the local population just in case… On May 6, 2014, the deputy head of Dnipropetrovsk, B. Filatov announced a sensation – the project “Jewish Kiev”: What to do with those who sincerely desire the death of my country, with the enchanting Russian idiots who really do not understand why we are ready to kill them, with vile Russian journalists whom we can’t call humans? With all this host of evil? Tomorrow is a new day and the Sun will rise. But what will all this evil do? We must build a new country — “City on the Hill”, New Zion. Promised Land.

Through his subordinate, Ukrainian oligarch I. Kolomoyski voiced his and Dnepropetrovsk Chabad’s ultimate goal: to build in Ukraine a new state, the promised land, the new Zion. Has God promised a new promised land? It already exists — in Israel. Another Promised Land cannot be, but Dnepropetrovsk Chabad and Kolomoyski, who finances and directs (not the head of the [Ukrainian security] SBU, Nalyvaichenko) fascist punitive operation in Donetsk and Lugansk, are trying to make Ukraine over into a promised land.

{check this article: World’s Largest Jewish Center Opens in Dnepropetrovsk _http://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/1991671/jewish/Largest-Jewish-Center-Opens.htm}

Moreover, on Purim (March 16, 2014; date chosen to hit the Ukrainian Chabad as much as possible), when the autonomy referendum was held in Crimea, Rabbi of Dnepropetrovsk Shmuel Kaminetski said:

We have lived together with the Ukrainians for 1000 years. Ukraine is our Land. Today we will read the scroll of Esther, as we have done over thousands of years on Purim. Today’s reading is particularly important. Today, a new Aman, our common enemy with the Ukrainians, is very near.

The mention of Aman dwarfs the joke of 1,000 years together. Who is this new Aman? In the broad sense, it is Russia and Russians, and more specifically — President Vladimir Putin whose plans thwart Chabad – Lubavitch’s new Zion in Ukraine. The loss of Crimea hurt the plot by Kolomoyski and his US backers led by the largest and most influential Chabad community in New York. Even more painful is the process of separating the Donetsk and Lugansk republics, and later, of the whole South – East Ukraine. Flimsy new Jerusalem began to fall apart as soon as builders started it, because they lied and betrayed, sacrificed ordinary Ukrainians with cruelty unprecedented for the 21st century, shocking so many people. Builders of new Khazaria unleashed all their hatred of Russia and Russians, against Putin and his team, calling the new Russian president Aman, thereby emphasizing his patriotism and understanding of the enormous danger in the plans by Kolomoyski and the Chabad in Ukraine.

But even more important for grasping the root causes of Kolomoyski’s Kiev revolution is Kaminetski’s reference to a millennial common history on Ukrainian land. The rabbi does not know the history of Kievan Rus and its people. He does speak about the Khazar Empire. Ninth century Khazars occupied a huge area from Astrakhan and the Caspian Sea to the Dnieper, including the Crimea, with the White Tower outpost in the north, from which arose the name of the Białowieża Forest [squatting Poland-Belarus border region today – PB]. To White Tower area, Khazar Jews fled in the 10th century after the defeat of Khazaria.

And now we are talking about a revival of the Khazars, with their centre shifted to Dnepropetrovsk and, apparently, Ukraine as a contributor to the “city on a hill” — the new Jerusalem. It means that Chabad – Lubavitch will move from New York to Dnepropetrovsk, thus violating the natural course of history, because it is in Jerusalem, in the State of Israel, that the Third Temple must be rebuild for the throne of the king, whose coming is so eagerly awaited by Jews world-wide. But the Lubavitchers have their own view on the historical perspective, as Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the last Rebbe of Chabad – Lubavitch, who died in New York in 1994, is recognized as Moshiach [Messiah] who will rise from the dead. In Dnepropetrovsk a temple was built for Schneersona to sit on his throne, in the Chabad “Menorah” centre, Europe’s largest complex of this type.So, the Lubavitchers no longer expect Moshiach in Israel, but on the Ukrainian soil, recreating Khazaria, a new historical homeland, because they don’t remember Israel, and, apparently, don’t wish to have anything to do with the genuine Promised Land.

{Chabad “Menorah” centre in Dnepropetrovsk:}
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In his remarkable work Zigzag history, academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences L.N. Gumilev very accurately predicts present events in Ukraine. At the beginning of the 9th century Khazar coup, the second man to Hagan (prince, king) was a Jew, Obadiah, son of Dagestani warlord Bulan who converted to Judaism. Gumilev described a subsequent coup as follows:

1. Motives of the coup were not as much religious as political, but had been covered up with fictitin to hide the truth. The same is observed in Ukraine: Maidan victory on February 22, 2014, benefited those who had been shaping people’s anger at President Yanukovych and his corrupt cabal. All those who have called the Ukrainian people to revolt, to take action against the police and Special Forces “Berkut”, while spilling blood of Maidan defenders, gained power by the right of conquest. They all belong to Chabad Lubavitch, and so have a lot of support in the USA and EU. Chabad has won the revolution in Ukraine, but its goal was hidden deep in the bowels of the new government. Owing only to lightning Crimean operation it became clear to those who care about the fate of the Ukrainian people. The goal is to recreate Khazaria in Ukraine, with Schneerson on the throne.

2. Obadiah was intelligent and connected to the Jewish Diaspora. For the “wise men of Israel,” he did not spare Khazar “silver and gold”. Political upheavals require money and organization. Obadiah knew which circles to engage. The coup benefited not the Khazars nor Khazar Jews but the invited Jews and world-wide Jewry. It is them who have organized the coup, while keeping to the basic principle: all public offices in Jewish hands. Obadiah received the title Bey, which means malik (king) in Arabic, i.e. he headed the government of nominal Khan (Kagan) who was kept in custody and paraded before the people once a year. Without doubt, Kolomoysky claims the title of new Khazar king, while directing the Kiev government, forcing them to comply with the orders of Chabad, namely its New York wing that has a huge influence Obama administration.

Turchynov, Yatsenyuk, Avakov and Nalyvaichenko constitute just a collective “nominal Kagan” for Kolomoyski, who distributes roles and appoints his representatives to public office. Money and political influence of Chabad Lubavitch helped the Maidan revolution as well as the planning of the transformation of Ukraine for wealthy Jews, a new Khazaria awaited for resettling to, after US collapse and before the imminent war in the Middle East.

But ordinary Jewish communities (other than Chabad) lose with this neighbor monster of international politics, as their business will inevitably go down for IMF and ECB “professional” actions, aimed at the redistribution of influence in the Ukrainian economy. The oligarchs, long-time members of Chabad, will benefit, having invested money and influence in the revolution.

3. In 820s, a new Khazar order won, with only a small loss of territory. A Christian Orthodox entity, Crimean Gothia separated from the Khazars and joined the Byzantine Empire.

Recent accession of Crimea to Russia was due to the enormous influence of the peninsula in Ukraine, on the entire Ukrainian people. Besides, Crimea is the most important geostrategically in the Black Sea region and the Middle East. The neo-Khazar organizers in Washington and Dnepropetrovsk know it well, but Putin was faster, leaving no chance to the Kolomoyski junta nor their Chabad bosses. Both Ukraine and the USA had to accept the loss of the Crimea, but tense confrontation ensued btween two ideologies of “independence”.

Attitude towards Russia and Russians became a test for the tens of millions of Ukrainians. Those who considered themselves Russian, grasped the goal of Kiev junta and rallied against it. Those who considered themselves “ordinary” Ukrainians who hate Russia and Russians, defend the junta’s fascism, against their own interest, remaining hostages who agree to the revival of Khazaria. A civil war erupted from this confrontation.

4. Obadiah’s coup targetted tribal aristocracy of all ethnic groups of the Khazar Khanat that got on with the Turkic dynasty. A civil war erupted, with Hungarians fighting on the rebel side, and mercenary Pechenegs on the Jewish side. It was a ruthless war, as according to Babylonian Talmud, a Gentile harming a Jew does it to God Himself […] deserving death. Annihilation of all on the enemy side was the rule in antiquity. Obadiah obeyed it.

Kiev junta sent military units from W. Ukrainian regions and an assault brigade from Dnepropetrovsk to S.E. Ukraine. Not trusting the troops when ordered to shoot at Ukrainians, in the rear Kolomoyski put the Right Sector thugs of Chabad member Yarosh as well as his own assault troops, both formations hired for considerable money.

The entire punitive military campaign is not paid by Kolomoyski, but by his subordinate government of Yatsenyuk that fights Ukrainians with their own money. Such treachery is in the Chabad spirit that rigidly suppresses expression by citizens of Ukraine, who wanted only one thing: freedom — from anti-national junta, from the dictates by Chabad oligarchs, from intoxicated revolutionaries who kill the old and the young, women and children, for money. Fueled by Chabad hate propaganda, this bloodthirst of fallen un-humans led to the grisly tragedy in Odessa on May 2.

More than a hundred were burned alive and shot in Odessa’s House of Trade Unions. The cold-blooded bandits poured napalm on victim’s head and ignited it, and then filmed the living torches rushing through the corridors – the epilogue of Kolomoyski fascism. After that, Ukraine has changed forever. From that moment, thos who have shared the joy of the executioners not be citizens of a free country, but have become slaves to Chabad.

5. After this war, the beginning and end of which is not amenable to dating, Khazaria changed its appearance. From an integral system it has become an unnatural, amorphous mass of subjects under the ruling class of alien blood and religion. It’s not feudalism, since an ethnosocial chimera escapes classification. Indeed, after May 2, 2014, Ukraine has lost its previous statehood, never mind that under anti-people government in Kiev.

Chabad brought Odessa holocaust to their altar, just like the killing of Mariupol police officers on May 9, 2014, for refusing to shoot civilians celebrating Victory Day. Finally the name “Ukraine” and Ukrainian culture were destroyed, becoming the symbol of horror fascism that has grown from forced Ukrainization of the “Nenko” population.

No wonder that after the referenda on Donetsk and Lugansk independence, the results of which surprised many analysts, the secessionist federation’s (Novorossiya, New Russia) militia began a total destruction of Kolomoyski storm troopers. Fight for freedom, supported by millions of citizens in Ukraine, will now spill over beyond Donbass borders — westwards to Kiev. Realizing this, Kolomoyski began to pump Ukrainian strategic oil reserves and sell to EU. The first tranche of the IMF loan did not go to pay for Russian gas (an impossibility, according to Kiev junta’s Russophobic rhetoric), but was divided between the top of the Dniepropetrovsk Chabad and the Ukrainian oligarchs.

Amorphous Ukraine is collapsing, passing her fate into the hands of New Russia and its staunch supporters and defenders.

Thus, attempts to revive Khazaria in Ukraine have failed completely, It became clear that there would not be any return to the old life. Kiev junta trembles before fleeing like Yanukovych, but to the West. Chabad Jews in Kiev create self-defense units not to protect Kolomoyski junta, but to create exit corridors and to buy time for export of their savings.

Fascist thugs continue punitive campaign against independent Donbass, shooting Kiev soldiers in the back and finishing off the wounded, but this rage is not as dangerous as a week ago. The Rubicon has been crossed, and the militia of free republics rightly plan a march on Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk, in order to finally destroy the lair of the fascist traitors and oppressors of New Russia’s free people. Memory of the victims of Odessa will not let the militia regiments to stop at Donbass borders, but will lead them on, taking in their ranks a growing number of those who “never forget, never forgive”. The fall of the Chabad and of Kolomoyski is near. What next? Under what conditions will the victors over Dnepropetrovsk and Kiev fascism build a new state? This main question should be resolved today, otherwise one regime will be replaced by another. On what should Novorossiya’s economy be based? Who will be the main owner of her huge national assets, her land and natural resources? Thus it is necessary to consider that the western regions significantly differ from the eastern ones, as far as the relation to property and collectivization of labor are concerned.

Therefore, it is necessary to develop the principle that strategic enterprises become the property of the people, i.e. the state. Land properrty is transferred in perpetuity to those who are not middlemen, but want to be the master in construction and agriculture. Natural resources can not be transferred into private hands, foreign concessions or cartels citizens, but should be national asset. Political system should be changed: from party lists to election in the districts, cities and regions to Supreme Council, the representative body of all segments of the population of New Russia. These and many other questions need to be addressed immediately, so that the entire Ukrainian nation understand the ultimate goals of New Russia. A leader of the anti-Khazar popular revolution should declare these goals!

For me it looks like Ukrainian nazis who "fight for Ukraine" are being duped by Chabad/Zionist oligarchs exactly as Hitler was duped by the same. Another interesting detail is how the conflict in Donbass is depicted in Russian media: allmost all talk about Ukrainian nazis but nobody ever mentions the connection to Khazaria/Zionists/Chabad (except this website _http://communitarian.ru/). Just wondering who owns Russian media...

Sorry, if it was too lengthy...
 
Altair said:
Found an interesting article about Ukrainian oligarchs (_http://iamthewitness.com/Ukraine.html)
...

For me it looks like Ukrainian nazis who "fight for Ukraine" are being duped by Chabad/Zionist oligarchs exactly as Hitler was duped by the same. <snip>

That's quite enlightening. Thanks for posting it.
 
Some interesting blog posts on Saker's blog:

The psychopathy angle is missing, but otherwise many good points. Couple of good reader comments too.
http://thesaker.is/exceptionalists-vs-integrationalists-the-eurasian-wide-struggle/

(Video)
http://thesaker.is/what-the-chinese-people-think-of-russia/

SITREP
http://thesaker.is/ukraine-sitrep-may-11th-by-duff/

Saker post:
http://thesaker.is/happy-birthday-donbass/

Really good report on Macedonia:
http://thesaker.is/special-report-on-the-escalating-situation-in-macedonia/

Chinese President Xi's take on the history of WWII and the way to peace and stability:
http://thesaker.is/chinese-president-xi-on-russias-role-in-crushing-fascism/
 
SeekinTruth said:
Some interesting blog posts on Saker's blog:

The psychopathy angle is missing, but otherwise many good points. Couple of good reader comments too.
http://thesaker.is/exceptionalists-vs-integrationalists-the-eurasian-wide-struggle/

(Video)
http://thesaker.is/what-the-chinese-people-think-of-russia/

SITREP
http://thesaker.is/ukraine-sitrep-may-11th-by-duff/

Saker post:
http://thesaker.is/happy-birthday-donbass/

Really good report on Macedonia:
http://thesaker.is/special-report-on-the-escalating-situation-in-macedonia/

Chinese President Xi's take on the history of WWII and the way to peace and stability:
http://thesaker.is/chinese-president-xi-on-russias-role-in-crushing-fascism/

Thanks for these: Indeed, Happy Birthday Donbass! May the people find better hearts around them and better times ahead.

Xi Jinping remembrance was interesting:


snip said:
The famous Russian historian Vasily Klyuchevsky said, that, having forgotten history, our soul can get lost in the darkness. To forget history is to commit treason. The Chinese and Russian peoples stand ready, together with all peace-loving countries and peoples, and with the automost determination and decisiveness, to oppose any actions or attempts to deny, distort, and rewrite the history of the Second World War.
 
The report Nemtsov was working on before he was murdered, has been released. Fort Russ gave some comments on it.

Nemtsov Report: A Short Guide - http://fortruss.blogspot.ru/2015/05/nemtsov-report-short-guide.htmlµ

BBC has of course a total different take on it - altough it does not seems to headline the news.

Nemtsov report exposes Russia's human cost in Ukraine - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32703353
Russia 'lost 220 troops' in Ukraine - Nemtsov report - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32705610
 
new cold war: No people there, only terrorists’: Pro-Kiev governor eyes cutting road transport with rebel areas

http://newcoldwar.org/no-people-there-only-terrorists-pro-kiev-governor-eyes-cutting-road-transport-with-rebel-areas/ -

The Kiev-appointed governor of Lugansk region plans to cut all road transport between Ukraine and the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic. On Friday, almost 170 freight trucks were prevented from crossing the border.

“Soon any crossings of the disengagement line [between areas controlled by the Ukrainian government and the rebels] for transport, including cars, will be cut. All motorways will be blocked. An exception would be made only for pedestrians,” said a statement published on Gennady Moskal’s website.

Moskal, who was appointed as the head of “civilian-military administration” of the Lugansk region by Kiev, was reporting the seizure of two trucks, which were “illegally” transporting beer to the rebel-held areas. A video of the episode was published on YouTube.

“There are no people there, only terrorists. Normal people have all gone to our side,” Moskal told a truck driver while studying cargo papers. “If you are feeding the terrorists, then you are aiding and abetting them.”

“But it’s all Ukraine. Nobody declared martial law here,” the driver argues.

“I banned everything from crossing except cars and pedestrians. And starting 12th there would be only pedestrians. Because of the likes of you,” the governor replies.

“Yesterday we detained 168 freighters, and they started rioting at the checkpoint and threatening me. I don’t give a f**k about your threats,” Moskal continues. “As for the beer, let them drink urine!”

Earlier on Friday 168 freighter vehicles were prevented from going across the disengagement line by the Ukrainian authorities Moskal’s administration said they were going to smuggle goods to the rebels with the help of corrupt Ukrainian military.

In November 2014, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered that all bank services be halted for the rebel-controlled areas. The move effectively made impossible many business transactions between those areas and the part of Ukraine remaining under the government’s control. In the dissenting areas it was viewed as an attempt to strangle the rebellion economically after a failure to do it through military force.

The blockade is meant to be canceled as part of the Minsk agreement, a peace roadmap brokered in February by France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine in the Belarusian capital, Minsk. There was a scaling down the level of violence in eastern Ukraine since then, but little progress in finding a long-term solution that would restore peace in Ukraine.
 
Some more interesting posts on Saker's blog:

Historical background and prospects of Asia Pacific regional integration and relations:
http://thesaker.is/special-report-vietnam-between-the-us-russia-and-china/

Southfront Video bulletin:
http://thesaker.is/12-05-2015-ukraine-crisis-news-war-in-ukraine-donbass-kiev-russia-us/

SITREP by raskolnikova
http://thesaker.is/ukraine-sitrep-may-12th-2015-by-raskolnikova/
 
Some of the latest posts on Saker's blog:

Interesting interview:
http://thesaker.is/and-then-we-have-the-third-world-war-former-commander-of-gdr-army-warns-of-a-military-escalation-in-europe/

The Kerry visit to Sochi:
http://thesaker.is/yet-another-huge-diplomatic-victory-for-russia/

Good SITREP:
http://thesaker.is/ukraine-sitrep-may-13th-2015-by-scott/
 
SeekinTruth said:
Some of the latest posts on Saker's blog:

The Kerry visit to Sochi:
http://thesaker.is/yet-another-huge-diplomatic-victory-for-russia/

Concerning this one (and a great many comments):

...What typically happens, is that Kerry caves in, then comes back to Washington and changes his tune by 180 degree. The Russians know that and the Russian media stressed that in its analyses.

Still, the USA can zig and then zag as many times as they want, reality does not zag. If anything, the recent presence of Chinese and Indian troops on the Red Square showed that the notion of “isolating Russia” is a non-starter whether Kerry & Co. accept it or not.

Then, there was the rather interesting behavior of Nuland, who was with Kerry’s delegation, she refused to speak to the press and left looking rather unhappy.

Finally, a quick check of the Imperial Mouthpieces reveals that the Imperial Propaganda Department does not really know what to make of it all.

So what is going on, really?

Honestly, this one is too early to call and, as I said, the chances for yet another US “zag” are very high.

Still, what *might* be happening is that the Americans have finally (!) figured out a few basic facts:

Russia will not back down
Russia is ready for war
The Nazi-occupied Ukraine is collapsing
Most of the world supports Russia
The entire US policy towards Russia has failed

All of the above is rather obvious to any halfway competent observer, but for an Administration completely intoxicated with imperial hubris, crass ignorance and denial these are very, very painful realities to catch up with. However, denying them might, at the end of the day, get the USA nuked. As the expression goes, if you head is in the sand, your ass is in the air.

Thus it is possible that what just happens is the first sign of a US sobering up and that what Kerry came to explore with Lavrov and Putin is some kind of face saving exit option. If that is so, then this is terminal news for Poroshenko as this means that the US has basically thrown in the towel in utter disgust with the freaks in power in Kiev.

Furthermore, this might be a sign that US military analysts have taken a very negative view of the Ukronazi changes of success in their planned “Reconquista” of the Donbass. By going to Russia and officially endorsing M2A Kerry might be sending a message to Poroshenko: forget it, it ain’t happening!

Still, I would strongly caution against any premature optimism. I consider a US “zag” a quasi-certitude. My hope is that the “zag” will be limited in magnitude and that when it happens, it will be more about face-saving exit for Obama than about a denial of reality.

What is certain though, is that Russia has won yet another battle is this long war and that all the signs are pointing at the inevitable defeat of the Empire.

The Saker

The Nuland visit was strange, she with her poisonous hawkish nest of fledglings will, as always, be up to no good. While all those western sweetish diplomatic words were being said, in the background there is still a flow of western military advisers, mercenaries, weapons, technology etc. being ramped up in Ukraine - with all those details not being lost on either Putin or Lavrov for one second.

I would like to say that saner heads will prevail, yet how can one trust the western jackals - they are in desperation mode and lies are their stock and trade.
 
Yeah, I think there's a palpable desperation of the Empire - more as each day passes. Nothing they say can be trusted at all, of course, but their continued shooting themselves in the foot is just jaw dropping. Now they're threatening China with military flights and naval ships. China threatened them back with very undiplomatic language which is very uncharacteristic of China.


The latest posts from Saker:

Another good SITREP:
http://thesaker.is/ukraine-sitrep-may-14th-2015-by-scott/

Syria related videos:
http://thesaker.is/southfront-foreign-policy-diary-syrian-war/

http://thesaker.is/bashar-al-assad-on-the-battle-for-syria-and-erdogan-the-butcher-english-subtitles/

http://thesaker.is/hassan-nasrallah-game-over-for-syria-and-bashar-al-assad-eng-sub/
 
SeekinTruth said:
Yeah, I think there's a palpable desperation of the Empire - more as each day passes.

But this also makes for a period of most danger--when there's desperation.
I don't look for any backing down. What I see is a potential ramping up--using all the "toys" at their disposal.
 
In my line of work I was asked to give my context analysis of Russia. I add it to this thread as it might be relevant. comments are welcome.

PUTIN AND THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA

Upon closer examination of what Putin has been opposing and proposing since his famous speech at the 2007 Munich Security Conference there is a clear link to be made with the world order set up by the West in 1648, following the Peace of Westphalia, a series of peace treaties signed between May and October 1648 in Osnabrück and Münster, ending the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) in the Holy Roman Empire, and the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) between Spain and the Dutch Republic.

The Treaty of Westphalia was forged after one of the longest and most brutal wars which left large parts of Europe in ruins and claimed an estimated 3 to 6 million lives due to conflict, famine and plague. Initially a war between Protestant and Catholic states in the fragmenting Holy Roman Empire, it gradually developed into a more general conflict involving most of the great powers of Europe, becoming less about religion and more a continuation of the France–Habsburg rivalry for European political pre-eminence.

The treaty laid down four fundamental principles:

- The absolute sovereignty of the nation-state, and the fundamental right to political self-determination.
- Legal equality between nation-states. The smallest state is, therefore, equal to the largest, regardless of its weakness or strength, or wealth or poverty.
- The International Compliance with treaties, and the emergence of "Binding International Law".
- Non-interference in the internal affairs of other states.

For centuries these principles governed the world political system and should in principle still do today. In the charters of many multinational organizations, most notably the one of the UN, the basis is formed by the principles of the treaty of Westphalia. Also the Nuremberg Principles, determining what constitutes a war crime and a crime against peace, are based on what was agreed at Westphalia.

If the 20th started as a multipolar system it became bipolar after WW2, where the principles of Westphalia for individual nation states were somehow guaranteed by either the protection of the US or the USSR and supported whenever possible by the UN. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States of America started to consider due to its exceptional position of power, that many previous mechanisms, including the Principles of the Peace of Westphalia, were no longer applicable or valid. Definitions and actions such as unlawful combatant and enhanced interrogation methods are examples illustrating the abandonment of historical conventions and agreements. The principles of sovereignty and non- interference in internal affairs enshrined in Westphalia were replaced with the Right of Humanitarian Intervention and resistance to such action was considered state or state sponsored terrorism. The US also declared itself immune for prosecution and instead of equality between strong and weak, the law of force was increasingly implemented. Thus it becomes clear why the end of history was announced, here seen in the light of an evolution of a multipolar system to an end phase of an overarching uni-polarity.

In the past multipolar systems have relied on a balance of power, which on one hand has provided peace for longer periods of times, but has eventually always led to war, as that balance remained fragile and could be disturbed when so desired. The active enforcing of Nazi Germany by the US and England prior to WW2 against the Soviet-Union, while reinforcing the Soviet-union at the same time, is a classic example of how to abuse and upset that balance. But, and this is what Putin seems to promote, a multi polar system could be cooperative, and it could produce harmony among all its powers, working according to respected rules, in a system in which the violator would be subject to penalty, regardless of its power and status.

The challenge then seems to be to make a realistic assessment of how far the current world system has evolved into a unipolar one and how to create a multipolar one that does not rely on a balance of power but on a mutual understanding and cooperation. Russia under Putin seems to be engaged in this exercise and is making steps towards installing such a system.

When assessing the level of uni-polarity of the current system several different entities need to be taken into account. There is the nation state, the multinational organization which members consist of nation states, the nation state based private enterprise, the multinational religious institute and the multinational based private enterprise. In arranging those five according their being more or less unipolar I would say that the multinational based private enterprise and the multinational religious institute are the most unipolar and the nation state private enterprise the least. The other two are then positioned in the middle. When observing that under the initiative of the US the principles of multi-polarity have been abandoned it seems that not the US, as nation state, but the multinational based private enterprise, the most uni-polar, is profiting from those changes. As such the US is not behaving in its own interests, but seems to be abused by the private individuals owning the multinational private enterprises. As any other nation state the US is not made to gain much from a system open to abuse of the core characteristics of its inherent nature. The devastating abuses Russia experienced in the 1990’s should be a lesson for every nation state. It seems the US has not studied these phenomena and if it does not do so in due time, it might go down the same road Russia once traveled before it put a stop to it by reclaiming some of the powers inherent to the nation state.

In the efforts to reinstall the principles of Westphalia Putin seems to have categorized several dangers and obstacles to the project. The central one seems to be that the current mechanisms to allow the nation state to adhere to the principles of Westphalia are too corrupted and infiltrated by the forces abusing the mechanisms of uni-polarity. The assessment seems that those existing mechanisms are beyond repair and need to be replaced by new ones, constructed from scratch.

Concretely this means for the most exposed and weakest group, the national private enterprise, a reinforcement of its proliferation and protection by the nation state from the asymmetrical competition of more uni polar elements. Russia is promoting private national enterprise and protects it through a range of national laws.

On the second level, the nation state, Russia is implementing two key strategies: managed democracy and vertical reinforcement of the main nerve system connecting the central with regional and local governments. These measures allow the definition of a broad framework in which citizens and social initiatives are enabled and encouraged to develop while at the same time the necessary tools for transparency, justification and correction are put in place. These strategies are also created and maintained for government bodies. In this way a balance is sought between citizen and government, between responsibility and control, individual freedom and common interest.

On the third level, the multinational mechanisms from which nation states are members, several alternatives to the existing ones are created, and this for the different aspects regulating the relationships between nation states, whether economic, ideological or structural. BRICS, Eurasian Union, gas pipes, train tracks and payment mechanisms are all examples which operate on this level.

On the level of multinational religious institutes, even though initiatives and results are less obvious and tangible, there seems to be in Russia a promotion of genuine religious believe, without automatically linking that individual attitude to a reinforcement of religious institute. Religion is personalized, to a level where it should belong. As such the power and potential abuse by multinational religious institutes is curbed. Clearly this is a very sensitive area and major resistance by the invested entities should be expected.

The same observations can be made for the fifth and last level, the one on which multinational private enterprises operate. As those reap the benefits and have most to lose if the uni-polar system is abandoned, the battle on that level is the most severe and dangerous. It is the most important though, because without fundamental changes there, all other efforts will be nullified. As on the level of religious institutes Putin has not made significant steps to alter anything visible.

It is obvious why this has not happened. Russia has first brought order within its own borders and success there has set an example for others to follow. Russia has, based on that success, initiated mechanisms to replace existing ones which can guarantee a successful return to the principles of Westphalia. In order though to achieve results on the level of multinational private enterprise, there needs to be a solid support from a good portion of the existing nation states, which currently, although progress is made every day, is not there yet. To achieve success on that level it seems that the West is key. If the West would start to reinforce the interests of their individual nation states, it would take away the central location and operating tool of the multinational private enterprise and leave it without much power to act.

This is not happening for the moment and there are no indications that this is going to happen. On the contrary, there are ample examples that the West is trying to isolate, attack and demonize Russia and at the same time attempts to infiltrate the newly created international control mechanisms. Several Western countries joining the Chinese alternative to the World Bank might be an example of such infiltration.

The choices and outcomes for the West are crystal clear though. Either it will come to its senses in time and join nations as Russia in creating a better Westphalia or it will become victim of those forces that abuse it for their own nefarious goals. What happened in the 17th before Westphalia could well be what awaits the West if they don’t engage in creating that new Westphalia. As said in the beginning, before Westphalia the lands in Europe laid in ruins, the nations were bankrupt and the populations were decimated by violence, hunger and disease.
 
Good analysis, JFK. I think the Treaty of Westphalia had the key principles for the interests of all involved to be served in the interest of peace and stability. And I agree that Putin is trying to reestablish such principles.
 
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