There's really little need for commentary here, regarding this first clip. Especially with Ritter's open. His thoughts are so clear, so bleating obvious. A few words on Ray though.
Ray talks about why Yeltsin was appreciated. Yup. The Cold War's over and the US won. Bullshit. Yeltsin was a dog. You can find clips here and there with businessmen in Moscow saying 'come on over, everything's ripe for plucking!'
Yep. But too bad for the people. People we know personally who lived through Yeltsin's 1990s can tell you about their splendid Audrey Hepburn lifestyle. Baking bread out of tulip bulbs just to survive.
Ray talks about the IMF and the 'consultants'. Those consultants were George Gorton and Associates out of California. George Gorton is played by Jeff Goldblum in the movie 'Spinning Boris'. It's not half-bad but it's heavily sugar-coated. TPTB obviously wanted to preempt more accurate info emanating from elsewhere.
Ritter is spot-on, but it seems doubtful he can count on sympathy or support from Russians anymore. That may have been possible until recently. But now? No.
That being said, have a look at this half-hour clip. Turn off your access to your MSM. Just watch this instead.
Russia Walks
Here's a look at the shit-hole that's Russia's capital today. Notice anything strange?
Here's a few clues, free of charge.
The war the US is currently conducting is not so much against another country as it is against its own people. Consider the following.
Where else in the world are people so screwed over that their annual holidays are limited initially to something like two weeks? Are people in the US paid before taking time off? How about their medical insurance? Is that considered a human right or is it connected to their employer? How much does higher education cost them? What do they pay for pharmaceuticals? Who finances the research of those pharma companies?
How much do people in the US waste on their military industrial complex every year? Do they ever ponder the thought that Russia has had, for years now, ICBMs that can totally screw over their NORAD which presumes attacks are coming over the north pole and not the south? Do they really want to live all their lives like that, in constant fear, like frightened rabbits? Do they really think the other peoples of the world are out to get them?
Not that it matters of course. 87.5% of the world are simply going to ignore them. They're no longer relevant.
Here's another Ritter.
And here's a Doug.
Both tell the same story. There's at least a hope that this conflict in the Ukraine will end soon. But it's not going to end the way the neocons hope. No, how things go for them remains to be seen. Do note the sombre words of Ritter. Clayton jokes that Ze might end up ensconced in the home of the idiot Sean Penn, but that's not likely. It's more likely he'll have a Romanian sendoff. And it won't be pretty.
You in the US: you certainly have your hands full, dealing with things like this.
Have a good week.