Rauls: The Swiss “fail” of Russia

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At first glance, the results of the Swiss Peace Conference in Bürgenstock were poor.

Western media later attempted to paint another image of the situation. How do specified wishful images distort our attitude toward reality?

Misunderstanding

Over 160 countries from around the planet have been invited to Switzerland. It was about more money and weapons. Furthermore, the front against Russia should be extended and consolidated. For the organizers, it was clear from the beginning that Russia should not be involved. For Vladimir Zelenski and the West seemed crucial to gather as many supporters as possible in Bürgenstock. possibly the Swiss gathering met these goals, but it did not make any further advancement on the way to peace.

Clearly, peace was not included in the agenda at all. It would be essential to invitation Russia as the decisive organization to the conflict. How can negotiations be held to cease war without the engagement of a military enemy? Russia's participation was planned only on condition that Zelenski's peace plan was accepted. But that would mean giving up. In view of the government of forces, which is increasingly developing to the detriment of Ukraine, Moscow sees no reason for this.

Russia wants peace

This was besides seen by many invited, including China. They canceled their share. Clearly, no 1 in the political West expected this, and people became somewhat nervous. These appeals even more put the question to the front, what should consequence from a conference where key political forces are not present. But that's why the conference had to happen anyway. Otherwise, we would gotta accept the fact that Russia is not as isolated as it has repeatedly been assured.

Now an interesting game of distorting the facts has begun. If they cannot be denied, they should be interpreted at least appropriately. It is simply a task for opinion-making media and politics. The reason why Russia was not invited was due to the fact that Russia would not participate in it, due to the fact that Russia does not want peace.

In this perspective, all statements by Moscow are simply ignored, including applicable actions specified as the Istanbul conference in 2022 or the Minsk agreements years before the start of the war, and all of them were based on a quest for peace. To be right, people like to ignore fragments of reality. You are increasingly limiting your position and thus depriving yourself of the ability to form reality on your own. The Political West maneuvers in the defensive.

Reality reinterpretation

But all these facts mean nothing compared to Zelensky’s astonishing argument: “If Russia were curious in peace, there would be no war.” (1).

The British “Telegraph” welcomed this seemingly logical point of view, as did the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” (FAZ), which, most likely not the only one, offer to their readers specified a view of Zelenski as an explanation of facts. Thus, the claim turns into fact only so that the facts themselves do not should be taken into account. specified an approach is not an isolated case. Many views created or disseminated by Western media are based on this scheme. The assumptions are built into the facts on which further attempts to explain processes taking place in the planet are based. But the problem with this approach is that the worldviews of these assumptions give a completely false image of reality. As a result, processes are little and little understandable. On the another hand, additional, more or little unrealistic explanations must be added to these worldviews in order to be able to re-match your own theories with the processes taking place in the world.

On the basis of specified assumptions turned into facts in the consciousness of Western opinion makers, the view that Vladimir Putin He does not want peace, alternatively to resurrect the russian Union, and what is more, he plans to even conquer Ukraine as a full and enter NATO. What does not fit this image, specified as Putin's rejection of these plans, is ignored or reinterpreted. It'll make it harmonious again. This protects the foundations of their own view and does not gotta question their own viewpoint. It's consistent.

Lowland Western Thought

For example, the FAZ details the visit of Russian president Vladimir Putin to his North Korean colleague Kim Jong Una. Author of the article Mr Jochen Stahnke He recalls that Putin arrived in Pyongyang with a fewer hours delay. The reader finds no reason for this and does not seem to be of interest to the author, but Stahnke immediately presents the explanation of this process: “Putin does not consider the dictator of North Korea an equal” (2).

He attributes his Western reasoning of power to the president of Russia. The reason for the hold will be considered a fact and will no longer be questioned. In this context and based on the same thinking, Putin’s explanation of his visit to North Korea is commented on by the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken: ‘Russians act in desperation, deepening relations with countries specified as North Korea” (3).

It is not known how Blinken does this, as is the claim that North Korea sent to Russia "more than 11 1000 ammunition containers and dozens of missiles" (4) Minister of Defence of South Korea Shin Won-sik It goes 1 step further and it even talks about "about 5 million artillery missiles" (5).

Dangerous same - Deception

Although these claims were never supported by any evidence and were rejected by both countries as false each time, they are constantly and without any control. due to the fact that they are not denied in their own environment, they are entitled to the position of fact. The same applies to Russia's alleged plans to destruct Ukraine and invade the West. We can now argue that this is not a deliberate deception of the public. It's more likely and more humane that the constant repetition of specified lies leads to you yet believing what you were fantasizing about. Now you can respond like this: “Let them believe their own nonsense and thus neglect due to reality.”

If specified reasoning only disturbs peace at the table of regulars, they may be neglected. Even if many local critics refuse to believe it, due to the fact that likewise they are active in their worldviews, Western leaders actually believe what they think, and so their deception of themselves is so dangerous.

They lie consistently

They are convinced that the threat from Russia, which they convince themselves, actually exists. Those who are aware of the fact cannot lie consistently and permanently. Only those who believe their own viewpoint is actual can do this. But specified errors not only lead to their own weakening, but besides to misjudged judgments, which in turn can lead to devastating, erroneous decisions in this acute conflict of dominance on the planet.

The effects of specified confusion are seen in statements specified as Antony Blinken: “We will proceed to do everything we can to retreat the support of countries like Iran and North Korea” (6). Does he not want to admit that this is becoming little successful? They besides constantly express the thought of Western superiority, which does not end with Asians. The South Korean Ministry of abroad Affairs believes that it knows China's interests better than China itself and must inform them that "Military cooperation between Russia and North Korea is against Chinese interests" (7).

Russia's triumph for points

However, despite all the wise advice, threats and political foam, Western politics inactive neglect to win – in Ukraine and around the world. Even as far as the impact of the conference in Switzerland is concerned, realism will gradually spread as the first cheers calm down. There is increasing awareness that no conferences will end the war unless Russia is included. Russia is not as isolated as the people of Berlin, Brussels and Washington tell themselves. On the contrary, the global community is increasingly moving distant from the West.

FAZ Commentator Alexander Haneke he had to say clearly: “About a 100 participating countries are far less than 141 UN members who called on Russia to retreat on the anniversary of the attack” (7). Of the over 160 invited countries, only 92 arrived, of which only 57 were represented "by Heads of State or Government and respective twelve Ministers" (8) Of these thirteen have not signed an authoritative final declaration on further relations with Russia. The planet has another concerns, of course.

Russian proposal

Even before the beginning of the conference, it was seen as a political success against Russia that even friendly states specified as India, South Africa, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and others had arrived in Switzerland. But yet you could see quite a few grim faces. due to the fact that the peace conditions announced by Russia truly thwarted the plans gathered in Bürgenstock.

The conference, which was expected to impress Putin, seemingly did not impress him. The conditions for the cessation of war clearly show that the West will not let specified events to intimidate him. Instead, the Russian president demands the territorial concessions which are contrary to all demands of the West and Zelensk.

No sign of Moscow's failure

Russia wants to preserve not only what it already has, but besides what it believes it is entitled to. It is about 4 regions in east Ukraine whose residents voted to join Russia. They request their full area, including those parts that are inactive occupied by Ukrainian troops. In addition, Putin made it clear that this offer is limited in time.

The current course of the war has shown that it would be more beneficial for Ukraine to accept Russia's proposals. It seems that the conditions of Russia are based on this experience, but besides on what she has learned about the course of events on the front and difficulties in supporting the West. Putin's actions provoked large outrage in the political West. Moscow does not seem impressed by the series of conferences in the West. no of this points to Russia's defeat at Bürgenstock.

The Face of Reality

After first outrage, attempts are now being made to minimize this demonstration of intrepidity. Putin's proposals are almost no longer discussed in the western public space. Yet, they seem to have a wider influence than it might seem; they stay silent about them only in the political West. Saudi Arabia is being considered as the next location of the conference, due to the fact that it is simply a truly neutral player, more friendly to Russia.

A increasing number of participants in the summit besides supported the final declaration in Switzerland: "involve all parties – including Russia – to accomplish peace” (9).

This is something fresh and in this respect the summit would have been a success if it had not been for Russia. The West most likely hoped for something else. But he doesn't have much time left. The front in Ukraine is becoming increasingly fragile, Russia's force is getting stronger, the flow of weapons and ammunition from the West is getting weaker and money is getting little and less. This is reality, and it does not adhere to the image made by West opinion makers.

Rüdiger Rauls

Source: https://apolut.net/russlands-schweizer-niederlage-von-ruediger-rauls/

Paul Jacobas translated (I ask for 1 Hail Mary for my work).

(1) Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) vom 18.6.2024: Rhetorik vird Ukraineekrieg nicht beenden

(2,3,4,5,6) FAZ vom 20.6.2024: Verspätet, aber herzlich

(7) FAZ vom 17.6.2024: Ferner Frieden für die Ukraine

(8) FAZ vom 17.6.2024: Gipfel mit Schönheitsflecken

(9) FAZ vom 17.6.2024: Ukraine-Gipfel uneinig über weiteren Umgang mit Russland.

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