Putin’s Q&A and the Forever Wars Riddle
By Pepe Escobar
December 20, 2024
He spoke for four and a half hours, virtually non-stop, reviewing the results of 2024, mastering all the facts.
His Direct Line received over 2 million questions, from Russia and around the world. And he had to crown the performance with a flourish, in an „I did it, my way“ vein:
„I believe that not only did I simply save [Russia], we moved away from the edge of the abyss.“
The record would confirm it, compared to the appalling state of the Russia he inherited when first elected president in March 2000.
President Putin’s end of the year Q&A contains enough substance to be unpacked for weeks, if not months. Let’s focus here on our current geopolitical crossroads: the Forever Wars in West Asia and Ukraine, two vectors of the standard imperial drive, now united in an Omni-War.
Putin stated that, “we have come to Syria in order to prevent a terrorists’ enclave (…) In general, our goal has been achieved.”
Whether Syria remains “terrorist free” remains to be seen: the new, “inclusive”, rebranded as woke Emir of Damascus, al-Jolani, a Saudi national, is a certified Salafi-jihadi still with a $10 million American bounty on his head. The “enclave” now encompasses most of former Syrian sovereign territory, otherwise illegally occupied by jihadi gangs and Zionist lebensraum practitioners.
Read More: https://sputnikglobe.com/20241220/pepe-escobar-putins-qa-and-the-forever-wars-riddle–1121223428.html
PDF: PE20.12.2024e
German translation: https://afsaneyebahar.com/2024/12/23/20703403/
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See also:
Results of the Year with Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin summed up the results of the year and answered questions from journalists and the people of Russia in a live broadcast.
December 19, 2024
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/75909
PDF: VP19.12.2024
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Putin weighs in on the Syrian situation
By M. K. Bhadrakumar
December 22, 2024
https://www.indianpunchline.com/putin-weighs-in-on-the-syrian-situation/
German translation: https://afsaneyebahar.com/2024/12/22/20703395/
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