Scott Ritter – Russia Military Strategy – Mercenaries – Ultimate Settlement

Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of ‘SCORPION KING: America’s Suicidal Embrace of Nuclear Weapons from FDR to Trump.’ He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, served in General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991 to 1998 served as a chief weapons inspector with the UN in Iraq. Follow him on Twitter @RealScottRitter Russian Strategy in this Intervention Demilitarization and DeNazification Not “Shock and Awe” What is their strategy? Explain encirclement – “cauldrons” – Status of Mariupol, Odessa, Karkhov, Kiev Civilians used as human shields Mercenaries Chechens – some 200 – on Russian side – to Mariupol ISIS, Al Qaeda, others – Several hundred killed yesterday at training centers with precision missiles….many fled and will not return US, Canada, UK others trained Ukrainian Army – Neo Nazis? weapons to civilians and prisoners released from jail Airlifted – tons and tons of tanks, artillery, grads, etc. Stinger and Javelin missiles – in the hands of Nazis and ISIS Political Settlement? Talks – Lavrov not giving in – Russia’s demands Zelinsky “peace by May” The Epic Battle for the Future Order of the World Between the USA and Russia/China One Bridge One Road – Europe as the Western Peninsula of Greater Eurasia Multipolar world vs Unipolar world Spells the end of the US Hegemon and US Dollar