The discussion focuses on the history of Russian/American relations in the recent past, and the US/NATO policies directly provoking the current proxy war in Ukraine, which Moscow correctly interprets as forcing a war against the whole collective West. The host and his guest also touch upon the nature of Russia’s transformation under Putin, and the openly proclaimed objectives of the “Western alliance”, including regime change in Moscow, the defeat and destruction of Russia as a world-class military power, and the balkanisation of Russia into vassal statelets for easier control and exploitation.
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GILBERT DOCTOROW—Western electronic and print media have given considerable attention to the speeches that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Shoigu delivered yesterday before a gathering of top military personnel.
Putin spoke about the ability of his government to satisfy all requests for funding that may arise from the armed forces. Indeed, it is rumored that the Russian military budget will double in 2023. Moreover, this increased spend is only partially about the operational costs of the war in Ukraine. What we see is a wholly new concept for the Russian forces prompted by the understanding that Russia is engaged in what will be a ‘long war’ against the United States and NATO.
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During a Russian Defense Ministry meeting on Wednesday, Shoigu proposed a number of measures to strengthen the security of the Russian Federation, including creating a special grouping of troops on the country’s northwestern border and expanding Russia’s armed forces to amount to 1.5 million servicemen in total, with some 695,000 of them being contract soldiers. … Shoigu went on to suggest creating a number of new military groupings, including five new artillery divisions, eight bomber aviation regiments, and one fighter regiment, as well as six army aviation brigades.
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LARRY C. JOHNSON—Impotence can make men do foolish things and evoke helpless rage. While erectile dysfunction can be resolved, at least temporarily, with the help of a little blue pill, there is no remedy for political impotence other than reality. One example of Western political flaccidity is Europe’s decision to impose a new batch of sanctions on Russia, which include trying to muzzle RT. Strong nations that are prevailing in a conflict do not resort to such feckless, useless measures. These are the actions of weaklings.
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ANDREI MARTYANOV—Somebody explain to him what this is and what, actually, defends those silos, before he spews the next portion of geopolitical delirium. But Henry’s desperate attempts to save NATO from what is coming to it are just another manifestation of what is highlighted in yellow in Larry’s quote from his Western Hysteria piece. Yes, losing hurts. Especially against this news which underscores my point of many years–Dollar economic figures are meaningless when measuring against real, physical economies and real militaries and their actual combat capabilities. Absolutely meaningless and, in fact, nothing more than a propaganda shtick to represent Western economies as the largest ones in the world.
