Pepe Escobar: Putin Readies Syria BOMBSHELL for NATO, Iran Vows Troops to Assad–Is BRICS War Next?
Is Syria the First BRICS War? Pepe Escobar joins Danny Haiphong.
I would call this one ‘Rubber meets the Road’
Pepe and Danny discusses the outbreak of renewed war in Syria, Russia and Iran’s response, and how BRICS moves forward amid geopolitical upheaval from West Asia to Ukraine and beyond.
Pepe feels a little down. He is less hopeful on Syria than what I am. Yes, it is heartbreaking to remember how hard to battle was to regain Aleppo, and now it has to be done again, but the resistance will do it. A little faith! Mr Putin in his… Read more »
It is a tough take, but it’s hard to disagree with his sombre take. The Syrians are tired and attrited, and became complacent with the long freeze in hostilities, usually inevitable given human nature. They became even more weakened with the starvation siege of the USUK Caesar Act, the inability… Read more »
//For perspective, Russia, mightiest in the Axes of Resistance, has taken three years and has still not reached the Dnieper right on its own border. // Have to disagree on this. Russia is playing the long game in Ukraine. It’s starting to give them dividends now. They’re continuously taking territory while… Read more »
How are what you wrote and what i wrote in conflict? I’ve always said they engaged in successful attrition and played the long game well against 404. Do they face the Ukies alone?? But there has to also be operational and situational awareness and flexibility, which the civilizational-states lack. While… Read more »
“I know that Andrei Martyanov’s views aren’t well received on this blog, but I’d stick with his view on Ukraine. ” I must talk against that because it is decidedly not true. I read and listen to Andrei’s work throughout and this goes for all the serious commentators here. In… Read more »
I am glad to hear that as Andrei is one of my favorites and his book Disintegration is very eye opening. Somehow, the internet has made it such that if we disagree with some ideas from a person, they are excommunicated immediately. This prevents any education or progress. I will… Read more »
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