The Saker: Russia’s Military Superiority & Response to NATO-Pentagon
Geopolitics & Empire
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🗓️ 15 November 2017
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Former military intelligence officer The Saker gives an update on the New Cold War and explains how Russia has developed a superior military capability to NATO-Pentagon and how they are geopolitically positioning themselves in preparation for a war.
Show Notes
Debunking two American myths http://thesaker.is/the-two-great-us-american-myths-which-can-result-in-a-war-with-russia
Does Russia Now Have Superior Military Technology? http://www.unz.com/tsaker/do-you-think-his-assessment-is-accurate
One Day Tomorrow Won’t Arrive http://www.unz.com/proberts/one-day-tomorrow-wont-arrive
The Best Armed Forces on the Planet: America or Russia? https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-best-armed-forces-on-the-planet-america-or-russia/5569538
US Navy’s “State-of-the-Art” Littoral Combat Ships Are Outgunned by Russian Designs a Quarter of Their Size http://www.checkpointasia.net/index.php/2017/11/11/us-navys-state-of-the-art-littoral-combat-ships-are-outgunned-by-russian-designs-a-quarter-of-their-size
Russia Mocks America for Buying Israel’s Iron Dome http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russia-mocks-america-buying-israels-iron-dome-23023
The F-35 Is a $1.4 Trillion National Disaster https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-f-35-is-a-terrible-fighter-bomber-and-attacker-and-unfit-for-aircraft-carriers-c6e36763574b
Putin’s Military Buildup Not Sparking Predicted Economic Growth in Russia https://jamestown.org/program/putins-military-buildup-not-sparking-predicted-economic-growth-russia
Global Military Confrontation & Comparison https://gefira.org/en/2017/09/15/a-global-military-confrontation
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About The Saker
The Saker was born in a military family of “White” Russian refugees in western Europe where he lived most of his life. After completing two college degrees in the USA, he returned to Europe were he worked as a military analyst until he lost his career due to his vocal opposition to the western-sponsored wars in Chechnia, Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. After re-training as a software engineer, he moved to the Florida where he now lives with his wife, a veterinarian, and their three children. When he does not blog or help his wife at work, the likes to explore the Florida wilderness on foot, mountain bike and kayak or play acoustic jazz guitar.
The Saker community of blogs is the only such international and multi-lingual community of blogs. We collaborate with all the main English language blogs about Russia and the Ukraine. Our articles are often picked up by Russia Insider, the Asia Times, Information Clearing House and many others news sources and our work has been quoted by Paul Craig Roberts, Sheikh Imran Hosein, Pepe Escobar and many others.
*Podcast intro music is from the song “The Queens Jig” by “Musicke & Mirth” from their album “Music for Two Lyra Viols”: http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)
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| 0:00.0 | The Saker is a former military intelligence officer and writes analysis for his very important and popular blog, Vineyard of the Saker. |
| 0:16.0 | Thank you for joining us. |
| 0:18.0 | It is absolutely a pleasure. Thank you for having me here. |
| 0:21.6 | Sure. |
| 0:22.6 | Now, I thought for a moment naively that when it was finally proven that Russia Gate was a fraud |
| 0:28.6 | concocted by the Democratic Party led by Hillary Clinton, reason would prevail and |
| 0:33.6 | Russophobia would die down. |
| 0:35.6 | But then I remembered we are not dealing with rational people, |
| 0:38.3 | neither in government nor the naive citizenry that believes media propaganda. NATO continues |
| 0:44.0 | expansion and the Pentagon continues its encirclement of Eurasia. Before we talk about the |
| 0:49.4 | developments in Russian military superiority, at what stage are we in the New Cold War? |
| 0:56.6 | Is it a calm before some storm or a slow burn toward Armageddon |
| 1:01.4 | with endless economic, cultural, cyber and information warfare, |
| 1:05.4 | or will reason somehow prevail? |
| 1:09.9 | Well, unfortunately, first I would have to say we certainly cannot make the assumption |
| 1:14.6 | that reason will prevail. |
| 1:17.7 | Reason would dictate something pretty obvious that the United States and Russia have no objective |
| 1:22.6 | reasons to fight each other at all. For all the differences it could be between the two countries, |
| 1:30.4 | they have much more in common and certainly have common problems. |
| 1:33.2 | So common enemies, common challenges. |
| 1:35.6 | So rational thought, logic would dictate a very good relationship between the two countries. |
| 1:41.8 | I would even argue that Russia is an ideal partner for the United States, |
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