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Pepe Escobar is an independent geopolitical analyst. He writes for RT, Sputnik and TomDispatch, and is a frequent contributor to websites and radio and TV shows ranging from the US to East Asia. He is the former roving correspondent for Asia Times Online. Born in Brazil, he's been a foreign correspondent since 1985, and has lived in London, Paris, Milan, Los Angeles, Washington, Bangkok and Hong Kong. Even before 9/11 he specialized in covering the arc from the Middle East to Central and East Asia, with an emphasis on Big Power geopolitics and energy wars. He is the author of "Globalistan" (2007), "Red Zone Blues" (2007), "Obama does Globalistan" (2009) and "Empire of Chaos" (2014), all published by Nimble Books. His latest book is "2030", also by Nimble Books, out in December 2015.
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https://youtu.be/RYitIydT-o8 Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris flesh out the details of this folly in their recent discussion. Military vs Political Reality. They point out that Russia is 1000 years old, and has gotten a lot of practice defeating invaders. But now the Jonny Come Lately US/NATO is going to give it another try. Good luck.
Notice Americans: None of this “saving face” is gonna come cheap.
If you think eggs and bacon are high now, just wait until summer.
A balanced breakfast of surging inflation and higher interest rates (for consumers only) is gonna bring on the gruel diet so familiar from Charles Dickens novels. If you buy an EV you may end up charging it with a bicycle generator.