In uniform

The general is authorized to declare

August 27, 2018 Alexander Golts

Those who are interested in the internal logic of modern Russian foreign policy (most often these are somewhat confused representatives of the diplomatic corps), each time I strongly recommend reading the spy detectives of Julian Semenov. I am sure that it was from them in the 1970-1980s that the lieutenants of state security, who then, before the decision centers, were, as before the moon, and drew their ideas about how international politics was arranged. And they have retained these ideas to our unfortunately, when they headed the state. And their propaganda servants strives, conducting active events, supporting these ideas.

Remember, for example, the novel "TASS is authorized to declare." There, the heroes-glassists, revealing an enemy agent in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, taking with the red-handed of his liaison-liter, they pulled a coup plan in a distant, but so close to all Soviet people, African country. And now the main Ministry of Defense Speaker Major General Konashenkov gets up to full height, in order to exactly the same way to expose insidious ideas. It turns out that the Western special services and the militants who were on their maintenance invented another provocation. Again they want, bastards, to blame the pure, as an lamb, Bashar al -Assad in the use of chemical weapons. The vigilant residents of the Idlib province (which is still controlled by the opposition by 70 percent), found the opportunity to inform the Russian military that “English -speaking” foreign experts who will participate in a staging of a chemical attack were in the village of Habit. These same specialists dare, obviously, smart to the aborigines about their plans: outfits with chlorine will be fired by the settlement of the firebox, after which specially brought rescuers from the “White Helmets” will be helped by the imaginary victims.

“In the cafe-litter itself, preparations of the group of residents brought from the north of the province of the“ defeat ”from the alleged“ chemical ammunition ”and“ barrel bombs ”of the Syrian government forces, as well as the preparation of the production of rowed rescuers from“ white helmets ”and the shooting of video shows for distribution to the Middle Eastern and English-language ones are carried out. Media. Thus, large provocations on the territory of Syria are once again prepared by interested non -regional forces using poisonous substances for a sharp destabilization of the situation and disruption of the peaceful process going with the stable dynamics of the peaceful process. Only the general from the information department of the Ministry of Defense knows why it is necessary to stage the chimataku if the malicious specialists are going to shell the settlement not by fake, but real ammunition with chlorine.

In fact, in the near future in Syria, a serious aggravation of the conflict will most likely happen. Now the opposition forces have concentrated in the so -called de -escalation zone in Idlib Province. Whoever remembers, it was there by agreement with the government troops surrounding Aleppo and the suburbs of Damascus that exported the militants. In Idlib, according to experts, the detachments of “moderate” controlled by Turkey and the formation of terrorist organizations are interspersed. The Russian military claims that several thousand terrorists armed with heavy equipment are going to attack Hama and Aleppo. However, it is possible that the prepared offensive is nothing more than an occasion for the final destruction of the opposition. Idlib is the last of the so -called de -escalation zones, which is not under the control of government forces. Assad, of course, has a great temptation with one blow, based on military support of Russia and Iran to end the entire opposition. In an effort to prevent just such a development of events, the head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, who asked the Kremlin to hold Assad, met with Putin the other day.

But if a new offensive of the forces of the regime is prepared, then perhaps the use of poisonous substances like chlorine. The fact is that the fighting in Syria is characterized by the fact that, preparing for a long defense, the militants create a very branched system of underground passages and tunnels. It is not easy to knock them out of there, especially since Russian aviation cannot help in this case. It was in these circumstances that the Syrian military applied poisonous substances, which was confirmed by the International Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (which, in the opinion of Moscow, who fell under American influence). Now the US National Security President’s assistant John Bolton warned the secretary of the Russian Council of People's Commissars Nikolai Patrushev about the readiness of the American side to strike on government forces in Syria if they use chemical weapons against the opposition. And in Moscow, the version voiced by Konashenkov was immediately born.

Unfortunately, all this again raises the question of the danger of a direct military clash between Russia and the USA. Thanks to the agreements reached by the Russian and American military, such a clash managed to avoid in April when the US forces and allies were struck by government objects associated with the use of poisonous substances. Then Sergey Shoigu boasted that thanks to Russian military-technical achievements, a large number of American Tomagavs managed to intercept. Now the American destroyer Sullivans, carrying 56 cruise missiles, entered the Persian bay. At the same time, the B-1B strategic bomber, also equipped with winged missiles for strokes for ground targets, arrived at the US Air Force base. At the same time, the Russian Mediterranean squadrons were replenished by Admiral Grigorovich frigates and Admiral Essen, capable of carrying Caliber cruise missiles. In early August, the Mediterranean Ship Vyshny Volochek, also equipped with Caliber-NK missile system, the Marshal Ustinov missile system and the Severomorsk Severomorsk missile system, were included in the Mediterranean Sea ... The parties seem to raise bets. Games according to the script of old spy novels can end very badly.


Photo: Major General Igor Konashenkov during a briefing at the National Center for Defense of the Russian Federation. Anton Novoderezhkin/TASS