Putin-the-Unready Is Beginning to be Held Accountable by Paul Craig Roberts!
(2024-12-11 at 02:22:41 )

Putin-the-Unready Is Beginning to be Held Accountable by Paul Craig Roberts!

John Helmers December 8 report from Moscow substantiates my conclusion that the Russian governments inability to acknowledge reality, instead relying on agreements with Russias enemies, results in failure . In Ukraine by trying to minimize conflict, the Kremlin maximized conflict. In Syria relying on diplomatic rather than military means resulted in a massive strategic defeat for Russia and Iran. The Middle East, where the correlation of forces were moving against United States-Israeli dominance, has been lost to Greater Israel and United States control of oil flows and waterways.

From Moscow John Helmer reports that recriminations are running high for Putins loss of Syria. And it is not only Putin who is being held accountable but also the commanders of Russias forces in Syria, head of the General Staff General Valery Gerasimov, Russian military intelligence (GRU), and the Defense Ministry. They are all damned for failure to detect, warn, and act to prevent the Israeli-American-Turkish overthrow of Assad and the Syrian government.

The same group of failures are damned for failure to prevent the Israeli air force from preventing the resupply of Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards from providing reinforcements. Putin, like American presidents, puts the defense of Israel before the interests of his own country. Putin is so fearful of offending Israel that he constantly refused to provide his Syrian ally air defense from Israeli attacks.

Now that Putin and Lavrov, essentially two 20th century American liberals, have brought a massive strategic defeat down on their heads and Irans, Russias last remaining Middle East ally, it is likely that Netanyahu and Trumps Zionist appointees will behave more aggressively against Iran and Russia.

The Zionist are on a roll, having reversed their declining fortunes in one fell swoop while again Putin sat on his butt. As much as I admire Putin, he is certainly not proactive, or sometimes even aware, and thus lacks the leadership ability that a leader of a threatened country needs. Putin would be perfect in peace time, but he is not up to dealing with an existential threat. Putin and Lavrov are too fearful of offending someone to be able to act.

I do not know how far the recriminations will go. But if Washington,D.C. should also succeed with its color revolution in Georgia, the Zionist neoconservatives could succeed in their plan to destabilize Putin.

Whether Putins fall would help the neoconservative agenda depends on his replacement. The chance is high that Putin would be replaced with a more determined war leader.

Regardless, the Russian defeat has caused a loss of confidence in Putins leadership, and it will encourage more provocations that are not good for peace.

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