Economist, 22 marzo 2014.

¿Cómo definir e intentar comprender el arte de la guerra de Putin..?

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Recuerdo a Chateaubriand:

«Tout à coup une porte s’ouvre : entre silencieusement le vice appuyé sur le bras du crime. M. de Talleyrand marchant soutenu par M. Fouché ; la vision infernale passe lentement devant moi, pénètre dans le cabinet du roi et disparaît …».

Hay otras componentes en la crisis & tragedia en curso:

-La ambición imperial del presidente ruso, de Alaska al corazón de Europa.

-La retórica del presidente de los EE. UU.

-Los acomodos europeos.

-La tragedia ucraniana, cuando sus dirigentes contemplan las divisiones europeos y trasatlánticas, tras la retórica de unos y otros.

Vladimir Putin:

«Since the 1990s, plans to reunite Ukraine and other post-Soviet states into a transcontinental superpower have been brewing in Russia. A revitalized theory of Eurasian empire informs Mr. Putin’s every move. [ .. ] In 2013, he declared that Eurasia was a major geopolitical zone where Russia’s “genetic code” and its many peoples would be defended against “extreme Western-style liberalism.” In July last year he announced that “Russians and Ukrainians are one people,” and in his furious rant on the eve of invasion, he described Ukraine as a “colony with a puppet regime,” where the Orthodox Church is under assault and NATO prepares for an attack on Russia. [ .. ] This brew of attitudes — complaints about Western aggression, exaltation of traditional values over the decadence of individual rights, assertions of Russia’s duty to unite Eurasia and subordinate Ukraine — developed in the cauldron of post-imperial resentment. Now they infuse Mr. Putin’s worldview and inspire his brutal war. The goal, plainly, is empire. And the line will not be drawn at Ukraine…» New York Times, Jane Burbank, The Grand Theory Driving Putin to War.

Joe Biden:

New York Times: Ralling Allies, Biden Says Putin «Cannot Remain in Power».

Macron:

«Nous voulons arrêter la guerre que la Russie a lancée en Ukraine sans faire la guerre. C’est l’objectif» et «si on veut faire cela, il ne faut pas être dans l’escalade ni des mots ni des actions», a estimé Emmanuel Macron. [ .. ] «Nous ne devons pas, nous Européens, céder à quelque escalade. Nous ne devons pas, nous Européens, oublier notre géographie et notre histoire. Nous ne sommes pas en guerre avec le peuple russe», a-t-il insisté, en soulignant que l’Europe n’était plus dans le contexte de «la Guerre froide» entre Moscou et Washington. Le Figaro, Emmanuel Macron «n’utiliserait pas» les propos de Biden, qui traite Poutine de «boucher».

Zelensky:

«Nous avons déjà attendu trente et un jours. Qui dirige l’OTAN ? Est-ce toujours Moscou, à coups d’intimidations ?«. Le Monde / BFMTV.

«Mr Zelensky divides NATO into five camps. First are those who “don’t mind a long war because it would mean exhausting Russia, even if this means the demise of Ukraine and comes at the cost of Ukrainian lives.” Others want a quick end to the ghting because “Russia’s market is a big one [and] their economies are suering”. They would like to see Russia keep certain markets. A third, more diverse, group of countries “recognise Nazism in Russia” and want Ukraine to prevail. They are joined by smaller liberal countries that “want the war to end quickly at any cost, because they think people come first”. And last are the embarrassed countries that want peace now and in any way possible, because they are “the offices of the Russian Federation in Europe.” The Economist, Volodymyr Zelensky on why Ukraine must defeat Putin.

Las negritas son mías.

Europa y el arte de la guerra de Putin (España, sonámbula).

El arte de la guerra de Putin visto por Le Monde y Quiñonero.

El asesinato político y el arte de la guerra de Putin.

Putin, Crimea, Obama, Europa, España, Cataluña y el arte de la guerra.

Putin y el arte de la guerra.

Ucrania, la guerra … Putin, “Europa ha parido un ratón”.

Putin despliega sus misiles balísticos y de crucero en Europa, de Ucrania a España.