Pepe Escobar : Latest from Moscow LIVE (Judging Freedom)

When engaged in conflict it helps to listen to what all the participants are saying, outside of what the mainstream media is saying. Alt media reporting is doing a much better job relaying what the 'Global South' is doing in reaction to the war in Gaza and Lebanon. 

One interesting point raised by Escobar is that Israeli hardliners are still talking about taking over large areas of the Middle East - into Saudi Arabia, Syria and Jordan. What's going on, over many decades, is ethnic cleansing, by mass migrants from Europe. However, Arab resistance to this cleansing might turn the tables on what's happened, although this would draw in the United States. There seem to be no good solutions aside from a Two State solution with viable (redrawn) borders in Israel. The wars are about people fighting over a secure place to live. 

When it comes to Ukraine, the war is not being rushed. Escobar talks about it continuing into 2025 with the same strategy of attrition - where the US and Europeans cannot win. Calls for a diplomatic outcome are a more realistic approach for the losing side, while the Russians should push for a complete surrender and change of Government in Ukraine. Anything less will result in the continuation of the war at a later date via Western rearmament.  

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, October 12, 2024.]