New Year Message to Humanity: We Must Finish the Job Left Unfinished in 1945
At Putin's presser on the 22nd, he was asked a multipart question related to the gifting of a Patriot missile system to Ukraine by the Outlaw US Empire. A Moon of Alabama commentator asked again about this question's significance, an action I was very pleased to read as that provided the opportunity to look into the very deep and important answer Putin gave. Here's how that went:
powerandpeople's initial query:
"Vladimir Putin answered questions from journalists
"December 22, 2022
"'As for the Patriot, it is a pretty old system. I would say it doesn’t work like our S-300.
Nevertheless, those who oppose us assume that these systems are defensive weapons. All right. We will just keep that in mind, and there is always an antidote.'
"Russian ambiguity at its best - or worst, depending on your point of view.
"What does Pres. Putin mean?
"Do 'these systems' refer to the Patriot? Or do they refer to the S300?
'"Those who oppose us' could be USA, UK, France, Germany, Poland etc. They are also the 'providers' of these weapons, so does 'assume they are defensive' mean that they can be 'modded' by the Ukrainians to make them offensive, but the providers are unaware of what the Ukrainians are capable of doing? This idea seems REALLY far-fetched, so there must be some other message here."
My reply:
To properly understand Putin's answer, you need to provide the entire Q and the entire A:
“Kseniya Golovanova: Kseniya Golovanova, Interfax.
“Mr President, I would like to ask you about the agreement on supplying Patriot missile battery to Ukraine reached during Mr Zelensky’s visit to the United States. Is it possible to speak about full US involvement in the conflict in Ukraine? What about the consequences of this decision? For instance, can Russia bring its systems closer to the borders of NATO countries or deploy them in direct proximity to the US?
"Thank you.
"Vladimir Putin: You have asked whether it is possible to speak about greater US involvement in the conflict in Ukraine. I think we need to look at the problem more broadly. What do I mean specifically and why?
"Because the United States has been doing this for a long time – it has long been involved in the processes taking place in the Soviet and post-Soviet space. Back in Soviet times whole institutes worked in Ukraine, and they fully realised the background of the issue. They have experienced, deep specialists who know this professionally. I will repeat, the ground was laid during Soviet times; people were selected, meanings were defined and so on. I don’t want to go into details at this point – this is not the right format where one can go deep into the history of the issue. That said, it is still clear where all this came from.
"The unity of the Russian world is a very subtle issue. Divide and rule – this slogan was used in ancient times and is still being actively used in real politics. This is why our potential adversary, our opponents have always been dreaming about this and have always been engaged in this. They have been trying to divide us and then run the separate parts.
"What is new here? The idea of Ukrainian separatism was born by itself long ago, when we were still one country. You know, I have always said that if someone decides that a separate ethnic group has formed and wants to live independently, for God’s sake, it is impossible to ever go against the will of the people.
"But if this is so, this principle must be universal and it is impossible to ever go against the will of people that feel like they are in a different reality, that consider themselves a part of the Russian people and the Russian world, that believe they are part of this culture, part of this language and part of this history and these traditions. Nobody can fight them, either.
"But a war was unleashed on them in 2014. I mean a war. This is what it was about. What was it when the centres of million-strong cities were struck from the air? What was it when troops with armour were deployed against them? It was a war, combat operations. We endured all this, endured and endured, in the hope of some peace agreement. Now it turns out that we were simply fooled. So, a country like the United States has been involved in this for a long time. A long time.
"In this sense, it is possible to say that by leading us to the current events, they achieved the desired goal. For our part, we had also no other choice than the actions we took late last February. Yes, that was the logic shaping the developments, but our primary goal is to protect people that – let me repeat – feel like they are part of our nation, part of our culture.
"What did we believe at one time? We believed that okay, the USSR ceased to exist. But, as I said at yesterday’s Defence Ministry Board meeting, we thought our common historical roots, our cultural and spiritual background would be stronger than what pulls us apart, and such forces have always existed. We assumed that what unites us was stronger. But no, it was not so, due to the assistance of outside forces and the fact that people with extreme nationalist views came to power basically after the collapse of the Union.
"And this division was growing worse all the time with the help of these forces and despite all our efforts. As I once said – at first we were pulled apart, separated and then set against each other. In this sense, they have achieved results, of course, and in this sense it has been something of a fiasco for us. We were left with nothing else. Maybe we were deliberately brought to this, to this brink. But we had nowhere to retreat, this is the problem.
"They were always fully involved; they did their best. I do not remember now, but you can read up on it in history books. One of the deputies of the tsarist State Duma said, if you want to lose Ukraine, add Galicia to it. And this is what happened in the end; he turned out to be a visionary. Why? Because people from that part behave very aggressively and actually suppress the silent majority in the rest of that territory.
"But again, we believed that the underlying foundations of our unity would be stronger than the trends that are tearing us apart. But it turned out this was not the case. They began to suppress Russian culture and the Russian language, tried to break our spiritual unity in totally barbaric ways. And they pretended that no one noticed. Why? Because, as I said, their strategy was to divide and rule.
"A unification of the Russian people is undesirable. No one wants it. On the other hand, our disunity would make them happy; they would gladly continue to rip us apart. But our unification and consolidation are things no one wants – except us, and we will do it and we will succeed.
"As to the military-technical aspects, the point is that, as I said yesterday, the Admiral Gorshkov frigate will enter combat service in early January, equipped with new weapons systems.
"It is not that we are planning any provocations, but it is nevertheless a factor in strengthening our strategic forces. These are medium-range systems, but they have such speed characteristics that they can give us certain advantages in this sense.
"As for the Patriot, it is a pretty old system. I would say it doesn’t work like our S-300. Nevertheless, those who oppose us assume that these systems are defensive weapons. All right. We will just keep that in mind, and there is always an antidote. So those who are doing this, are doing it in vain: it just prolongs the conflict, and that’s that." [My Emphasis]
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As you see, the entire Q&A was far more complex than being only about the patriot missile system. Note there are three questions:
"Is it possible to speak about full US involvement in the conflict in Ukraine?
"What about the consequences of this decision?
"For instance, can Russia bring its systems closer to the borders of NATO countries or deploy them in direct proximity to the US?
Now, reread Putin's entire answer.
As for Outlaw US Empire involvement: "I will repeat, the ground was laid during Soviet times." The Empire has long been involved and historically is Russia's #1 adversary--Lavrov today finally called the Empire the "enemy."
As to consequences, at this time there's nothing that's really new; it's been ongoing for decades. As for the Patriot specifically, (paraphrasing) Russia doesn't fear it; it's old and not as good as our old S-300s [that Ukraine has], and it's supposedly a defensive system unlike those we're more concerned about.
What's most important and massively key are the other ten paragraphs within Putin's answer; they are extremely potent, powerful words that are 100% truthful and will resonate with all Russians and many others in RoW. Putin also hints at the end-game with his remark about Galicia.
Putin is matter-of-fact: We have the most modern weapon systems on the planet. We just added hypersonics to our Navy. Compared to them, the Patriot is trash, and it can't harm them whatsoever.
But the most powerful message is Putin's accusation of the West's longstanding attempts to visit Genocide on Russia, to tear Russia apart and thus destroy Russia as a state. And do recall what Putin said about a world without Russia--that world would be a very sorry worthless place. Do take note as he mentioned all of that he credited the Outlaw US Empire with having achieved a small victory in its battle to tear Russia apart by turning Ukraine into an Anti-Russia. But Putin and Russia will not accept that victory and will fight to remain united--another admission that the SMO and beyond are existential.
A month or so ago, I compared NATO to Napoleon as they represent the same threat to Russia; and many have compared the Outlaw US Empire/NATO to Hitler's Germany and its Plan Ost goal. All that history lives for Russians and the ongoing vehement A-Z Russophobia makes the goal of Cancelling Russia and Russianness very real. Russia doesn't need to resort to propaganda since the threats from the West are so insidious and strike at all segments of Russia. And the trolls here keep all that crap on the front burner by doing their thing--Trolls help Russia's war effort without ever realizing that they're doing so, and it's rather comedic as within a tragicomedy.
I continued and explained my reference to Napoleon:
Why is seeing NATO and Napoleon in the same light? Russia didn't have to continue to drive Napoleon back to France; its leaders could have stopped having liberated Russia. But allowing Napoleon to continue would be to allow him to continue to threaten Russia's primary interests and those of all Europe. The same exists today with the Outlaw US Empire/NATO. With Hitler, Russia ensured it would deliver the coup de grace, and in the aftermath hoped to construct a security network that would never allow another Hitlerian threat again. Unfortunately, that attempt failed, and the new Hitler jumped into the fray as it had long awaited its chance. Instead of finishing the job, those running the Empire set their sites onto different targets and decided they needed a horrific casus belli to move forward. Do note that was during Clinton/Gore, not Bush/Cheney, although some of the planners were associated more with the latter cabal. The failure to finish the job is why we're now at this historic juncture. Now it's time for RoW to capitalize on the Empire's error and its subsequent weakness due to its self-inflicted Neoliberal Parasitism. Most important is for the RoW to finish the job, which will require time, effort and blood. The reward for finishing the job will be monumental and essential to human development, and simply must be accomplished.