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Most people in the English-speaking parts of the world missed Putin's speech at the Valdai conference in Sochi a few days ago, and, chances are, those of you who have heard of the speech didn't get a chance to read it, and missed its importance. (For your convenience, I am pasting in the full transcript of his speech below.) Western media did their best to ignore it or to twist its meaning. Regardless of what you think or don't think of Putin (like the sun and the moon, he does not exist for you to cultivate an opinion) this is probably the most important political speech since Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech of March 5, 1946.
In this speech, Putin abruptly changed the rules of the game. Previously, the game of international politics was played as follows: politicians made public pronouncements, for the sake of maintaining a pleasant fiction of national sovereignty, but they were strictly for show and had nothing to do with the substance of international politics; in the meantime, they engaged in secret back-room negotiations, in which the actual deals were hammered out. Previously, Putin tried to play this game, expecting only that Russia be treated as an equal. But these hopes have been dashed, and at this conference he declared the game to be over, explicitly violating Western taboo by speaking directly to the people over the heads of elite clans and political leaders.
originally posted by: flammadraco
a reply to: corblimeyguvnor
You know Putin made the speech in October 2014?
originally posted by: VP740
originally posted by: corblimeyguvnor
originally posted by: flammadraco
a reply to: corblimeyguvnor
You know Putin made the speech in October 2014?
Does it matter when? this is the first time I have seen it, today!!! just over a Year later as it was not reported in MSM here in the UK. The points are still valid, even more so a year on
Look where we were then as to where we are now, think about it, he may as well have been talking to my living room wall, nothing has changed in the NWO agenda except a ramp up of conflict and surveillance, do i have to reference the draft Investigatory Powers Bill currently on its way through Parliament? nah, that's a thread unto itself
Just saying
originally posted by: combatmaster
a reply to: corblimeyguvnor
He makes some good points....
But the fact that he paints himself (and russia) as the 'good guy' is a little too convenient imho!
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: corblimeyguvnor
Ok... Let's try again, we aren't closer to WWIII today than we were 1 year ago. In FACT, I'd say we are less closer to it than we were one year ago.
First world countries have learned that they can do FAR more damage with computer and economic warfare than with physical warfare. That's why wars are fought as proxy wars these days.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: corblimeyguvnor
Because one year ago, Russia was in the news practically everyday. Right now, barely any news is going on about that country. You can believe we are about to fight an imminent world war with Russia all day, but you are going to be in for a LONG wait.
It's funny how people in this day and age can honestly say that we are close to WWIII. At no point since the USSR fell have we even been in a howitzer's range of being in WWIII. Now the Cuban missile crisis on the other hand...
Talking about WWIII these days is pretty much just fear porn.
originally posted by: combatmaster
a reply to: corblimeyguvnor
I didnt even realize that this speech was a year old when posting my reply!
i dont trust putin either way! with his smug grin!
the rest of ATS may swallow his BS, but i dont!