By Ron Holland

The entire world is watching Putin play poker with the Western politicians lead by Obama and followed by Washington quislings in London, Brussels and Berlin. America’s goal since the end of the Cold War has been to weaken, by economic and, if necessary, military means any real competition to its global domination through the petrodollar and world reserve currency status.

The current trade and economic sanctions against Russia and Iran follow this routine action that is never successful on its own, as we know from the 50-plus-year blockade of Cuba. But this strategy can lead to nations becoming desperate and retaliating by military means, often their only alternative to end blockades etc.. This is then an act of war that allows the US and allies to bring their ultimate superior military power to bear against the smaller nations. This worked for Lincoln against the Confederate States of America, by Woodrow Wilson against the Central Powers before World War One, against the Japanese Empire before World War 2, Iraq, Libya … the list is long.

Recently the US created an oil price collapse, scheming with its client state Saudi Arabia, to weaken the economy of both Iran and Russia, the two main nations opposing US hegemony and petrodollar policy. Yes, the scheme is hurting the US shale oil industry as well as London’s North Sea oil industry, but oil profits are less important than maintaining Western economic influence over Russia and China.

Putin must realize the US is not playing games here, as this is a financial and strategic war game for Washington and it’s Western allies. They have foolishly followed the Goldman Sachs/central banking cartel’s deadly recipe. The time is up; the west’s debts can never be repaid and sooner or later must be repudiated one way or the other.

China is the new world economic power and, while it is too big to challenge, US strategy is to work on its top two allies, Iran and Russia, to buy time for Wall Street and Washington. The strategy might be an economic course of action but the risk of military consequences and even a third world war loom on the horizon. But no country has ever defeated Russia in a land attack. This is risky brinkmanship to protect the banking and Wall Street elites and their profits at the expense of the American people. I might add, the US has done this before.

Is This Just a Repeat of the Versailles Treaty, Russian-style?

This has all happened before. It’s the same old game with different players. I fear we are watching a repeat of the Versailles Treaty, Russian-style. If you look closely at real history, rather than the establishment-directed propaganda dished out to the public, you’ll realize that the Western financial elites and central banking cartel seldom change tactics. Why should they? Their financial empires continue to grow during all major wars and financial crises. And if they should guess wrong, then they get taxpayers to bail them out.

The Goldman Sachs, Rothschild and Soros types control the Western democracies as well as the financial markets, and they use paid or blackmailed cheerleaders and front men to sell their schemes to the populace as acceptable economic or political policies.

For example, Woodrow Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” statement given on January 8, 1918, claiming the war and US intervention was a moral cause to advance peace in Europe after World War One, was one of the leading reasons the Germans sued for peace. In hindsight, we know that American intervention was really instituted to prevent an Allied loss in a negotiated settlement that would have caused a loss to the US banking establishment.

Once the war was over the platitudes about freedom, self-determination and “making the world safe for democracy” dissolved into the Treaty of Versailles, probably one of the most vengeful and unfair peace treaties ever forced on a defeated foe. The entire Austrian-Hungarian empire was totally destroyed except for the small area of present Austria and Germany, which was stripped of much of its territory and subjected to a vengeful, unpayable war debt. Sadly, the treaty created the public anger and economic chaos that eventually set the stage for the Second World War.

So Where Does Russia Go from Here?

First, the US cabal pundits are suggesting that Putin might retaliate by invading Ukraine. But why would Russia do that? Although Ukraine does have substantial agricultural resources, but that can be purchased on the open market. Ukraine is a bankrupt country with a long list of failed governments. The country has become a pawn in the battle between East and West, and its people are suffering. It is possible that Russia might move in the East to protect Russian-speaking areas. Plus Russia will likely build a land bridge to Crimea. But the military option appears quite limited and counter-productive at best.

No nation will win a shooting war between the US, UK and EU versus Russia and China. The consequences are too horrible to be contemplated. But Russia has an ace in the hole that can win the financial and economic battle going on today.

First, Russia should join with China in a new gold, oil and natural resource-backed monetary union as an alternative to the failed debt model pushed by the central bank cartel and self-serving politicians in the West. It simply does not work in the long term to finance a lifestyle through mountains of debt that will fall to future generations.

Washington has destroyed every tax haven and every bit of personal and financial privacy in the world because of its policy to control world revenue. Every financial haven has caved, including Switzerland, because they cannot hope to prevail against pressure from the US, UK and EU. The US intends to do the same to Russia by cutting it off from trade, funds transfer, banking and Western credit markets. It will continue until Putin is overthrown and Russia is compliant with, and a supporter of, the New World Order. Next in line following Russia will be China … if the US gets its way. But an eastern monetary union with China could provide the needed support for both Russia and China to guarantee independence and self-determination for them.

Second, Russia should act offensively rather than defensively on the financial front by creating corporate tax-free/low income tax zones and welcoming corporations, successful individuals and entrepreneurs to take up residence and create jobs and prosperity.

Russia needs more population and a larger middle class, and should offer residency and citizenship opportunities to productive and successful workers, entrepreneurial businesses and corporations etc. with the right of reasonable financial and corporate privacy along with the low tax benefits.

Canada offers permanent residency benefits together with low corporate tax and citizenship to hundreds of thousands of foreigners wanting to work and immigrate to Canada.

Russia can and should do the same. Russia should look at good climate areas like Crimea and other areas around the Black Sea and maybe Kaliningrad in the north.

Free markets, minimal regulation and low taxes are the 21st century solution to military aggression from over-indebted and resource-hungry empires. Putin said it best in his news conference last week.

“They won’t leave the bear alone. They will always seek to chain it. And once it’s chained, they’ll rip out its teeth and claws. The nuclear deterrence, speaking in present-day terms. As soon as this happens, nobody will need the bear anymore. They’ll stuff it. And start to put their hands on its Taiga [Siberian forest belt]. We’ve heard statements from Western officials that Russia’s owning Siberia was not fair.”

Vladimir Putin, now is the time to play your ace in the hole. Russia can win the financial and economic war being waged against it, but not by playing the same old game of poker where cheating prevails. Show the world that Russia is worthy of 21st century leadership in a peaceful and competitive manner by using the debt, currency and banking weaknesses of the West to defeat your opponent who is out to chain Russia as it has most of the world into surrender and serfdom.

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