Russia Friend or Foe? - Revisited - Part VIII
"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." I Thessalonians 5:3
This post shows that Russia is not our friend but an enemy to the United States of America and is planning a future attack on this nation.
3. America's Enemies, Russia's Friends
h) An article titled “China, Russia Tout Space Partnership to Counter U.S.” (Note 18) says
“Russia declared its intention to avoid cooperation with NASA while it courts Beijing as a potential partner in space exploration, Ars Technica reported Monday. ‘Frankly speaking, we are not interested,’ Dmitry Rogozin, chief of Russia’s state-owned space corporation, said of a possible joint venture to the moon with the U.S. space agency. Comparing American moon exploration to invading Afghanistan and Iraq, Rogozin said American officials ‘see their program not as international but as similar to NATO.’ Meanwhile, Moscow announced plans for future space ventures with Beijing. ‘We respect their results,’ Rogozin said of the PRC. In space, China ‘is definitely our partner’ moving forward, he added. Other Russian officials have touted cooperation with China in recent years as the two nations collaborate on energy pipelines and transport corridors in the Arctic. ‘Today, China is our strategic partner,’ Russian president Vladimir Putin said in 2015. China has long worked to counter American interests in space. As early as 2007, the PRC tested anti-satellite missiles capable of disrupting internet and communications systems. If such an attack were successful, the United States ‘could be propelled back into the nineteenth century,’ said Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy professor and former Air Force adviser William C. Martel.”
i) In another article titled “‘Long Live Syria! Down with Assad!’ Russia’s
Syrian Proxy Shouts”(Note 19) says
“Moscow used its South Syrian proxy, the Fifth Corps, to send a message to Bashar Assad in Damascus. This telling slogan was shouted on Aug. 1 in the presence of Russian officers at a passing-out parade of 1,000 Russian- trained recruits of the Fifth Corps. This militia was established earlier this year to nail down Moscow’s role as the boss of southern Syria. It rules three regions, Daraa, Quneitra and Jebel Druze. Most of the volunteers joining up are former rebels, some of them southern Syrian fighters against the Assad regime who were in Israel’s pay during the civil war. Installed as their commander is Ahmed al- Awdah, a colorful former rebel, reputed to hold a degree in English literature who is known to have changed sides more than once. Today, he answers directly to a Russian general. The Fifth Corps, most of whose recruits are Sunni Muslims, acts as a living barrier against Iranian, pro-Iranian or Hizballah intrusion or any attempts to to challenge Russian control of southern Syria. And so the slogan, 'Long Live Syria! Down with Assad!' coming from the throats of a thousand new Russian-trained Syrian recruits, at a parade attended by a Russian colonel and other officers, would have resounded jarringly in the ears of Bashar Assad and his regime. Vladimir Putin was telling him from Awdah’s Bosra headquarters in the South where the power, that guaranteed his survival by military intervention, stands today and what is planned in the Kremlin for his country and regime. If there was any doubt about those intentions, Russian officers have also been making their way to the eastern province of Der Ezzour to raise local talent for pushing the Iranian Guards out of this Syrian-Iraqi border region. Steps are therefore in motion for asserting Russian domination in the Eastern Euphrates into the bargain.”
NOTES:
Note 18: https://tinyurl.com/y879wbpk
Note 19: https://tinyurl.com/y693csg6
In future posts I will share more about this topic.
