Stoltenberg doesn't want to be nobody
Well, under the guise of beautiful words about European unity, about European security, NATO continues to escalate the situation on our western borders.
Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is actively traveling around European capitals and persuading the governments of the member countries of the bloc to take part in the "protection of the eastern borders."
Moreover, on Monday, January 24, he warned about the possibility of expanding the alliance with new members.
This was done defiantly enough: in a statement after negotiations with the foreign ministers of Sweden and Finland. We have already written about the situation in these countries and their attitude towards cooperation with the bloc.
"This may include the deployment of NATO battlegroups, this will be carried out proportionally in accordance with our international obligations in order to increase the level of security for all of us."
The logic of the head of the alliance is striking ... lack of logic.
It sounds something like this: NATO is a defensive bloc, but for the sake of defense we are ready to attack and destroy any other country. At the same time, the security of other countries means nothing to the alliance.
It is clear that today, when the world is waiting for a response from the American side to the conditions handed over by Russia, by the way, at the request of the American president, under which de-escalation is possible, Europe understands that the alliance is just a cover for the US occupation.
The Europeans will not be able to solve anything on their own. All those brigades, battalion groups, air squadrons, ships of various classes and so on are just targets without American support.
But I really want to puff out my cheeks and sit at least on a side chair at the talks between Presidents Putin and Biden. I really want to feel like something important, something really necessary. NATO today is the same fly on the ox's horn that squeaks "we plowed"!
Why do Europeans try to be...
Naturally, a simple question arises - why does Europe want to look formidable?
Why don't Europeans (I mean ordinary people, not politicians and officials) feel fear from the possible consequences of military conflicts that an alliance can unleash?
After all, there are enough examples of NATO participation in such conflicts. One collapse of Yugoslavia is worth something.
However, as soon as the Americans announced their readiness to transfer 8,5 troops to Eastern Europe, NATO's "military giants" immediately became alarmed.
Denmark urgently sends a frigate to the Baltic Sea. It also sends 4 F-16 fighters to Lithuania. The Netherlands sends 2 F-35 fighters to Bulgaria! Even an army as formidable as Ejercito de Tierra, Spain's army, wants to send its fighters to Romania. True, along with the French.
Such statements are just a balm for the soul for Stoltenberg:
“We continue to call on Russia to de-escalate and choose the path of diplomacy. NATO is a defensive alliance that does not threaten Russia or any other country, but we will always do whatever is necessary to protect... all of our allies, and I welcome the intensification of action by the allies...”
It is clear that such "huge forces" will not be able to strengthen the armed forces.
But the majority of the population perceives not so much the number of military personnel and equipment provided by the country as the number of states that participate in the action.
Let me remind you how it sounds, for example, in Ukraine:
“Military assistance to our country will be provided by Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, Romania and Poland. An agreement was reached on this…”
Perhaps because for quite a long time the alliance participated in “foreign wars”, on the territory of other states, played the role of a “helper” of the US army, the Europeans had the same picture as the Americans.
The war has gone from real to virtual.
War is a kind of game. Something in the style of the American film “Running Man”, where a limited number of players participate, and the rest are just spectators who can always turn off the TV if they don’t like the picture ... At the same time, the viewer is very interested in special effects in the form of huge bombers, huge aircraft carriers, crowds Rambo with aviation machine guns in hand.
Russia must bring Europeans back to the real world
I think that in conditions when the world has to go through quite serious cataclysms, and not at all military ones, I hope we just need to restore clarity of mind to Europe. Adequate attitude to the issues of war and peace. To what is happening.
Is it difficult?
Yes and no.
In the age of information freedom, when any Internet user can receive information not only from the media, but also from other sources, especially in developed countries, people can independently draw conclusions about who is right and who is wrong. About who speaks the truth and who brazenly lies. Even about the power of the armies of various countries.
I do not want to say that this completely eliminates the value of propaganda. But one can say that this quite seriously reduces its influence on the minds of people.
If so, then that's what you need to use. People must receive truthful information about the actions that the opposite side can take in response to aggression.
Quite a long time ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed a very sensible idea that Russia would no longer follow the path of an arms race. We see the result of this statement today. I'm talking about new systems weapons and new military equipment.
Today, it is not at all necessary to put missiles and other weapons aimed at specific targets on combat duty. Secondary targets can be destroyed using completely different technologies.
And now let me remind you of what our military doctrine says.
Specifically in Part III:
“22. As part of the implementation of measures of strategic containment of a forceful nature, the Russian Federation provides for the use of high-precision weapons.
The Russian Federation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in response to the use of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction against it and (or) its allies, as well as in the case of aggression against the Russian Federation with the use of conventional weapons, when the very existence of the state is threatened.
The decision to use nuclear weapons is made by the President of the Russian Federation.”
The Russian Federation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in response to the use of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction against it and (or) its allies, as well as in the case of aggression against the Russian Federation with the use of conventional weapons, when the very existence of the state is threatened.
The decision to use nuclear weapons is made by the President of the Russian Federation.”
So, in the event of aggression, we will use all the means at our disposal to destroy the enemy.
Moreover, it is applicable not only directly to the aggressor, but also to control centers, military infrastructure and locations of military units. And this means that the war will automatically be transferred to the territory of the attacking side.
Danes, Spaniards, Dutch and other “alliance activists” should know that the war they “sent” to other peoples will return to them.
Neither the sea, nor the ocean, nor long distances will save them from the war in their own home...
Such knowledge cools the brain well.
By the way, those who think that the NATO arsenals located on their territory will not be subjected to a massive strike are also greatly mistaken. These are the targets that must be destroyed first. And along with them, roads, bridges and other objects that can be used by a hostile army. It does not matter at all whether these countries are members of the alliance or not.
What are the prospects for the near future
I have repeatedly written that it is rather difficult, almost impossible, to predict “tomorrow”. But, in my opinion, subtle signs of some stabilization have appeared.
With a high probability, it can already be said that the United States and, consequently, NATO are not going to fight.
Only Kiev is unpredictable today.
Anything can be expected from the Ukrainian "hetman". Especially given the state of the economy in which the country has fallen today, following the instructions of Washington.
A huge amount of weapons that are completely useless for a war with a serious adversary, which are now being supplied to Ukraine, the arming of "activists" and militants of the oligarchs under the guise of creating territorial defense, the withdrawal of investors from the country, the complete collapse of social policy and much, much more - can push Zelensky to the beginning of another massacre in the Donbass.
But further ...
It is quite possible that we will be present at the de-dollarization of the world.
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