PCR - The Triumph of Evil

I said here a couple of times that I quite like Putin, but I bind of had the hunch be might let me down one day. I didn't want to believe this so I remained hopeful, but now he might have finally let me down if the RT report that PCR mentions is true, which states that he has agreed to sell the Saudis the S-400 air defense system, which will no doubt be used to pound the starving Yemeni even more. The U.S. and the Russians are all in on the make. The people of the world have no friends. Let's hope it turns out not to true.

Putin might be giving Washington tit for tat by horning in on Washington’s armaments customers, but the decision to sell the Saudis the S-400 is a strategic blunder. Saudi Arabia is a sponsor of the war against Syria, in whose defense Russian lives and treasure have been spent. Moreover, Saudi Arabia is an enemy of Iran. Iran is an ally of Russia in the defense of Syria, and a country whose stability is essential to Russia’s stability. Perhaps even more important, the minute the Saudis get their hands on the S-400 they will hand it over to Washington, and experts will figure out how to defeat it, thus negating Russia’s investment in the weapon and its advantage. The decision to sell the S-400 to the Saudis convinces Washington that Putin and his government are clueless, babes in the woods to be easily run over.

In my opinion, the worst aspect of the S-400 sale is that it erases the moral edge that Putin has gained for Russia over the murderous and ever-threatening West. Now we have Russia putting profits above the Russian government’s professed respect for the rule of law and moral behavior.

Paul Craig Roberts

The Triumph of Evil