We will not fight, but the hand of fighters in the arm of the sun. Denmark vs Russia?
I absolutely do not mind that any nation has the right to create its own state. Moreover, I consider that any state, whether I like it or not, has the right to exist. If this is what people who are citizens or nationals of this state want. But every cricket know your hearth. You can talk, you can even discuss. But attacking, even in the information space, against an admittedly strongest opponent is stupid and counterproductive.
On the other hand, spring exacerbation. In any country there are people for whom spring is really a problem period of life. Constantly risk getting to the medical facility behind the yellow fence. But the author, as it turned out, is quite an adequate politician. It is a politician, and not just another oracle. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, a member of the Folketing, Holger K. Nielsen (Holger K. Nielsen).
In order to understand the article by the former Minister, it is enough to read literally the first lines. Putin managed to bring Marine Le Pen to the second round of the presidential election in France! Further - like clockwork. Putin chose Trump. Putin ruined all EU policy. Today, no one can understand anything. Putin's hackers quietly "reign" in the information space, and no one in the whole world can stop them. How else can you explain the loss of Hillary Clinton in the United States?
Simply put, the usual for the western man in the street ode to Putin as the greatest policy of our time. As the lord of the world. Any citizen of the EU will perfectly explain to you today that the fate of the EU and the United States, as the elections showed, depends on which foot Vladimir Putin rose from in the morning. It is boring and does not even laugh. Yes, and distract the attention of readers such nonsense would not be worth it.
It would not be worth if not to read further. We, including myself, often complain about the education system in Russia. Deservedly or unfairly, it is not worth discussing here. Everyone has their own opinion. But for a person who was the foreign minister of the state, which means he communicated with fairly highly educated people by virtue of his position, the knowledge of Mr. Nielsen leaves much to be desired. At least send to our problem school.
You will not believe, but in the opinion of the Danish former minister of Russian politics, he is distinguished by ... aggressive nationalism! A country in which more than 150 peoples live together suffers from nationalism! By the way, in one conversation with a fairly competent Western businessman, I was already shocked ... by Stalin. As a typical representative of the Russian people. I had to show on the map the birthplace of Stalin and call his real name ... "otkhokiroval" back to the German ...
Moreover, we, it turns out, constantly intimidate our neighbors and all those who are in the "zone of our interests." Of course, it is not NATO that has moved its troops to the borders of Russia. It's just that Russia is so big. And NATO exercises on our borders are just exercises, but Russian exercises are a threat of attack.
Naturally, Nielsen is a Dane, which means that the main danger of such a policy is for Denmark. Therefore, the former minister deigned to “open” the eyes of ordinary Danes to the situation.
And how should the state respond to a military threat? At a minimum, the state should strengthen the army and reserve. This is an axiom. But only for us. The author is well aware that any proposal for the introduction of universal conscription will cause an explosion in society. The Danes won back nearly a thousand years ago. And more mood to die from them is not observed. And I don’t want to spend money on defense. How is it with Bismarck: "The army is a huge ulcer on the stomach of the state"?
The question of the defense of the native state, if, of course, all the calculations of the former foreign minister are correct, the author generously gives NATO. Moreover, NATO demonstrates a serious attitude "to the Musketeers' oath." Let all others fight. And we will dirty Russia on trifles. By the way, that’s why I wanted to “go through the article.”
In fact, it is precisely in such seemingly unpretentious articles intended for the local philistine that the tactics of actions in the near future are often described. What our diplomats and businessmen will soon have to face. So what does Nielsen offer?
First of all, do everything to preserve and strengthen the EU. For countries on a Danish scale, the preservation of such a union is a top priority. Only "under the wing of the mighty of this world" can they generally be preserved. And as part of the EU, most of the countries from the number of rarely immediately visible on the political map.
The next task is simpler and more difficult. This is the strengthening of energy independence from Russia. What is the difficulty of this task? And the difficulty is that the main breadwinner and advocate of the EU wants to earn ... Germany wants to become a hub for Russian gas. And this is possible only in the case of the construction of the Nord Stream - 2. But it is precisely this gas “stream” that will make Europe even more dependent on Russia.
It seems to me that our best "friends" from the Baltic states, Poland, and Northern Europe will be actively engaged in this very soon. So the bickering in the EU about the "SP-2" will flare up with a new force. Those five companies that are going to invest in construction, and hence the distribution of income of the "SP-2", will be excellent allies for Germany.
Further interesting too. Full support of Ukraine and all those who are against the Kremlin. It is noteworthy that for Nielsen it is not at all important who these forces are. Fascists, patriots, terrorists, nationalists. Though devils with horns. The main thing is that they are against Moscow. Declare yourself an enemy of Russia - and automatically become a friend of all "progressive humanity". By the way, isn’t this the reason for the terrorist situation in Syria? Or the sudden appearance of many Russian terrorists in Europe? For a long time, these were fighters against the Putin regime. Chechen patriots who fled to the EU from the KGB ...
Ukraine for Nielsen is such an opponent of Russia. And can do whatever he wants. The main thing is to spoil the nerves of the Kremlin. So, the hopes that the Europeans will adequately relate to the situation in Ukraine will be in a coma in the coming months ... Adequacy will appear, and even then, perhaps, after the “powerful people of the world” in the EU pass all these elective battles.
The last points of the tactical plan of Nielsen are the traditional fight against information and cyber attacks of Russia. It turns out that even the creation of a powerful network of counter-propaganda did not “discard” the western man in the street from the Russian media and Internet resources. And the whole cybernetic power of the Western world remained completely incapable of resisting the Russians.
What the former Danish minister quite logically formulated is the opinion of a fairly large group of countries. It is clear that politicians of this level do not “get lost in the routine of life” after leaving the post. Relations with former and current colleagues remain, and, of course, the opinion of these people Nielsen knows. And in today's situation, when most of the leading European countries are busy with themselves, such “kids” will come to the fore.
It is precisely for this reason that the UK declares, through the mouth of its Minister of Defense, claims for leading roles in European politics. That’s exactly why we see the activization of Polish politicians. Exactly why NATO is beginning to demand more attention. Exactly that is why Poroshenko almost openly demands money from Europe.
On the whole, Nielsen speaks rather negatively about the prospects for the alignment of relations between the EU and Russia. Russia's rejection in the form in which it exists today has already grown into the minds of Europeans, and Putin’s rejection as a truly independent politician has become pathological.
Probably, at the subconscious level, Europeans are ashamed that the once-freedom-loving European nations became slaves to the overseas master. Getting out of this addiction is difficult. Almost impossible. Therefore, one would like to turn others free into slaves. There are no masters among the slaves. And the slaves who lived long enough in slavery do not even seek freedom.
But, no matter how much our Western "friends" would like to equate Russia with themselves, this will never work out. We are too ... Too big to be swallowed. Too "hard" to tear apart. Too harsh, just because of the conditions of life. And climatic, and economic, and military ... We are, by the apt definition of Zadornov, Asiaopa.
And Europeans want this or not, but Russia will always have a decisive voice in European politics. It is decisive. If Europeans are able to find agreement with us, there will be a solution. If they fail, there will be nothing. It is impossible to isolate Russia from Europe. To isolate Russia from the world - all the more.
For many years we have been saying the same words: "Let's cooperate." Both sides. And for many years the words remain words. And they will remain exactly until the moment when Europe does not understand the simple truth. Russia can not be the second. Just by definition can not. The most we can do is equal partners. Russia - the EU. Equal ...
However, the article by Nielsen once again proved that in Europe there is a sufficiently large and influential group of politicians who do not need such cooperation. How right the sovereign was the emperor of Russia, speaking of Russia's allies! Nothing changes in this world.
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