Ahead of the new aggravation
I came to Sofia at the request of my good old friend Tatyana Arkadyevna Zhdanok. She is a MEP, a well-known and very atypical human rights activist. Indeed, for typical human rights defenders, infringement of the rights of Russians and Russian-speakers is not at all significant at all. As for Zhdanok, she made the protection of these rights a leitmotif of her human rights and political activities.
“Sergei,” Zhdanok told me on the phone, “come to Sofia. Yes, healthy left forces are almost non-existent in drifting Europe. But after all, almost ... "
Tell me this is a different person, I wouldn't go anywhere. And I'm not alone. But many responded to Zhdanok's call.
In the next issues of the newspaper, I will definitely tell you what exactly was discussed at the Sofia club, established along with the major left movements in Europe and our Essence of Time movement.
But now I want to talk about something else. About the alarming that I heard at the round table, the participants of which discussed the text of the declaration of the club "Sofia". This is what one of the highly competent participants in this meeting, a former deputy defense minister of a European country, said.
I am quoting the text of his message from memory.
“Of course, preventing the bombing of Syria is of great geopolitical importance. But there is no need to entertain illusions. The trend has not been reversed. She's just restrained. Moreover, I am convinced, not for long. According to our data, the CIA has doubled the number of highly qualified personnel trained in Jordan to fight the Assad government.
The CIA is closely monitoring all those who come to fight Assad. And he takes the most effective fighters against "Syrian authoritarianism" under his wing. It is only efficiency that matters, not ideological or religious orientation. And since the most effective radicals are, in fact, we are talking about the accelerated professionalization of inveterate thugs. The most radical Islamists in the first place. All this is done deliberately. And, alas, not only this is being done.
According to our information, the same forces are recruiting African troops and transferring them to the Syrian front. The preparation of thugs and such a transfer of ready-made thugs - you must admit, it says a lot. We are dealing with a new stage in the regrouping of forces in Syria. The regrouping is being conducted to escalate hostilities, and not to ensure a peaceful development of events. Hired professionals and feverishly trained thugs display unprecedented inhumanity. At the same time, there is a sharp activation of all the capabilities of countries such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar. I emphasize that no one has come to terms with the possibility of a peaceful development of events in Syria. The forces are simply regrouping for a new escalation of hostilities. Everything else is a cover.
We are dealing with a fourth generation war. It was this war that was fought in Libya and is now being fought in Syria. I'm sure Algeria will be next in line. We receive information that leaves no doubt that this will be the case. The fourth generation war is a war fought by forces of the utmost cynical. In this war there is no place for any morality, for any international law. Syrian militants block the path to the refugee camps. This is done with unprecedented brutality. Everything is considered acceptable. Peaceful refugees must suffer as much as possible. The escalation of this suffering is the work of militants who are hindering the supply of refugees, and Assad will be held accountable.
Please pay attention to something else. The European Union is more and more actively discussing the nasty role of Russia in what is happening. A new resolution has been adopted emphasizing this role. Russia is declared the main obstacle for the forces of good, striving to properly resolve the situation in Syria and the Middle East as a whole. We would very much like the Russians to pay close attention to this.
As for southern Europe ... Well, Syria can have a significant impact on the already not good position of the countries that are part of the troubled southern European zone. 600 thousand refugees in Turkey ... 700 thousand in Jordan ... 800 thousand in Lebanon ... When the dam collapses and the wave of refugees rushes to Europe? How will the situation in Afghanistan affect this? Indeed, after 2014, the troops will be removed from there completely. And what will start then? Syrian disasters will fade before what then begins. And the process will not be localized on the territory of Afghanistan itself. And Algeria? I repeat, they are about to be taken seriously. Please also note that in 2014 the situation with gas production in the Middle East will change dramatically. After all, the Syrian catastrophe, as we all understand, was also generated by the gas geo-economic factor. This factor is already very significant. But after 2014, its importance will increase dramatically. "
I repeat, I cannot be responsible for the literalness of this text, since I rely on my notes and on memory, which in such cases is important but insufficient. But let us, after reading this text, which is very close to what was actually pronounced at the round table, think about something else.
2008 year. Russia rebuffs Georgia, recognizes South Ossetia and Abkhazia, does not panic in the face of the American fleet in the Black Sea, avoids the conflict with Ukraine, which the same USA tried to build. What does it mean? This means that it problematizes the special role of the United States in the world and thereby reduces the geopolitical capitalization of the United States.
2011. The US responds with an Orange Revolution. This revolution was thwarted by a rally on Poklonnaya Hill.
year 2012. An attempt to humiliate Russia by adopting the "Magnitsky Act". And retaliatory actions - "Dima Yakovlev's law", an event in the Hall of Columns.
year 2013. An attempt to carry out the bombing of Syria. And again a breakdown, again a decrease in the geopolitical capitalization of the United States. And on top of that - a painful ideological blow with the problematization of American exceptionalism.
Does anyone really think that there will be no answer to this? That the growing talk about the dismemberment of Russia has no direct connection with what I have just described?
Meanwhile, domestic politics - entry into the WTO, ambiguity in everything related to anti-juvenile strategy, the defeat of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an extremely acute situation with education, attempts to force the poor to patch holes in the budget, these holes themselves ... that the rebuff of American hegemony (which we cannot help but support) is combined with a build-up of the energy of just discontent, which may turn out to be a tool for dismantling Russia?
The severity of the situation is growing. The fate of Russia is indeed at stake. At any moment, a new Russian turbulence, well controlled from the West, is possible. It is also a transfer to the active phase of the so-called perestroika-2. We need a full-fledged answer to this challenge, comrades. Growing mobilization, constant monitoring of the situation, rallying of ranks - only this, and not the duty "approvals" and banal guardianship, can prevent the collapse of the Russian state.
See you in the USSR!
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