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'''8:41 min.''' - "The question on the table for the Russians is, will they retain a buffer zone that's at least neutral or will [[the West]] penetrate so far in the Ukraine that they're 70 mil away from [[Stalingrad]] and 300 miles away from [[Moscow]]. For Russia the status of Ukraine

'''8:41 min.''' - "The question on the table for the Russians is, will they retain a buffer zone that's at least neutral or will [[the West]] penetrate so far in the Ukraine that they're 70 mil away from [[Stalingrad]] and 300 miles away from [[Moscow]]. For Russia the status of Ukraine

is an [[existential threat]] and the Russians cannot let go. For the United States, in the event that Russia holds on to the Ukraine, where will it stop. Therefore, it's not an accident that General Hodges, who's been appointed to be blamed for all of this, uh is talking about pre-positioning troops in Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, and the Baltics. this is the [[Intermarium]] the from the [[Black Sea]] to the [[Baltic]] that [[Pilsudski]] dreamt of. This is the solution for the United States. The issue to which we don't have the answer is, what will [[Germany]] do. So the real wild card in [[Europe]] is that, as the United States builds this ''codon sanitaire'', not in Ukraine but to the west, and the Russians try to figure out how to leverage Ukrainians out, we don't know the German position. Germany is in a very peculiar position. Its former Chancellor [[Gehard Schroeder]], is on the board of [[Gazprom]]. They have a very complex relationship to the Russians. The Germans themselves don't know what to do. They must export. The Russians can't take up the export. On the other hand, if they lose the [[free trade]] zone, they need to build something different. For the United States, the primordial fear is German [[technology]] and German [[capital]] and Russian [[natural resource]]s and Russian manpower as the only combination that has for centuries scared the hell out of the United States. So how does this play out. Well, the [[US]] has already put its cards on the table. It is the line from the Baltics to the Black Sea. For the Russians, their cards have always been on the table. They must have at least a neutral Ukraine, not a pro-[[Western alliance|western]] Ukraine. But Germany is another question. Now

is an [[existential threat]] and the Russians cannot let go. For the United States, in the event that Russia holds on to the Ukraine, where will it stop. Therefore, it's not an accident that General Hodges, who's been appointed to be blamed for all of this, uh is talking about pre-positioning troops in Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, and the Baltics. this is the [[Intermarium]] the from the [[Black Sea]] to the [[Baltic]] that [[Pilsudski]] dreamt of. This is the solution for the United States. The issue to which we don't have the answer is, what will [[Germany]] do. So the real wild card in [[Europe]] is that, as the United States builds this ''codon sanitaire'', not in Ukraine but to the west, and the Russians try to figure out how to leverage Ukrainians out, we don't know the German position. Germany is in a very peculiar position. Its former Chancellor [[Gehard Schroeder]], is on the board of [[Gazprom]]. They have a very complex relationship to the Russians. The Germans themselves don't know what to do. They must export. The Russians can't take up the export. On the other hand, if they lose the [[free trade]] zone, they need to build something different. For the United States, the primordial fear is German [[technology]] and German [[capital]] and Russian natural resources and Russian manpower as the only combination that has for centuries scared the hell out of the United States. So how does this play out. Well, the [[US]] has already put its cards on the table. It is the line from the Baltics to the Black Sea. For the Russians, their cards have always been on the table. They must have at least a neutral Ukraine, not a pro-[[Western alliance|western]] Ukraine. But Germany is another question. Now

whoever can tell me what the Germans are going to do is going to tell me about the next 20 years of [[history]]. But unfortunately, the Germans

whoever can tell me what the Germans are going to do is going to tell me about the next 20 years of [[history]]. But unfortunately, the Germans

haven't made up their mind. And this is the problem of Germany. Always enormously economically powerful, [[geopolitical]]ly very fragile, and

haven't made up their mind. And this is the problem of Germany. Always enormously economically powerful, [[geopolitical]]ly very fragile, and