American capitalist cabal invented the narrative of
Russia being an enemy of Europe immediately after the end of WWII. Of course,
the American system needed an enemy to marshal the populace behind her. Accomplishing
this concept need a useful idiot. Europe fits that role.
The first step is to declare Soviet Union as “Iron Curtain”,
a sworn enemy of the capitalistic system whose pillars were declared as North
America and countries in the Western Europe. Subsequently, NATO was inaugurated
in 1949 as a defensive pact with 12 countries joining it. These are Belgium,
Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, United Kingdom, and United States.
Baron Hastings Ismay, the First Secretary General of NATO has this to say about the purpose of NATO, “to keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down”. Here Germany implies not a single country but the entirety of the Continental Europe.
Bogey man Soviet Union helped America to consolidate her power & influence over Europe. The latter neglected military security sub-contracting it to US military industrial complex except for France whose chief, Charles de Gaulle was adamant in having his own military industry located within France. He exploded a nuke in 1960 as the fourth country to do so after US, Soviet Union and the UK.
The fall of
Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 and subsequent ending of the Cold War on December 26, 1991 due to the
formal dissolution of the Soviet Union offered Europe the first and foremost opportunity to reconcile
with the rump Russian Federation.
Even though the Russian authorities gracefully
allowed the then East Germany officially joining West Germany on October 3,
1990, resulting in the formation of Federal Republic of Germany and immediately
recognising it as such, Germans
never wanted to bury the hatchet prodded by the White House.
Every Russian effort to enhance mutual relationship
between Russia and the countries in Europe was often dismissed as propaganda
stuff. There emerged a new unipolar global order when Europe wholeheartedly
joined the US as constituents of this group where rules based international
order is to be followed to the letter and America sets the rules and Europe has to obey like a vassal.
Ukraine war that began as a result of attempting to
bring her into NATO set in motion a bloody war never seen since the WWII.
Europe was forced to finance the war with men, money and materials. While America
gives techno-intelligence Europe has to pay by national treasury. Not only that
she has to fend for all those Ukraine refugees numbering over five million who fled
from the war zone. So far Europe has squandered around €180 billion. The strategy of backing the losing
horse has never been discerned in Europe especially by Germany.
At the time of writing, Europe as a whole is beating the drums of war except for rebels such as Hungary. Germany is in forefront and is planning for conscripts to fight a modern techno war with battle hardened Russia.
Time to walk back on bravado and let saner counsel prevails allowing strategy amid geoeconomics to bring progress in trade, economics and humanity.
Cheers!
Muthu Ashraff Rajulu
Strategy Adviser
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