Europe could face threats from Russia by the end of the decade, and EU countries need to build up their defence industries to be prepared, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said during an interview published on Welt am Sonntag on Saturday.
Well - I don’t dispute that the then-administrations of Poland and Hungary invited NATO.
But nevertheless, NATO as never a pacifistic alliance, they were always aiming at somehow outmaneuvering first the USSR and then Russia. There was a chance for an extended peace under Gorbachev, which NATO ruined by screwing over their gentleman’s agreement over “no eastward expansion” among other things.
After Gorbachev (and the drunkard Yeltsin), Russia elected a “strongman” who decided to be just as much of an asshole as NATO, so there’s no real innocent’s in this scenario EXCEPT for the people and country of Ukraine, who really are not at fault at all, but get mass-murdered.
So now we’re stuck with NATO, despite me personally despising the NATO doctrine and having wanted to smack Stoltenberg’s teeth in countless of times. But it’s the lesser evil, not because they became more peaceful, but because Russia became more evil.
In summary: It may not be entirely NATOs fault that it has come to this, but the NATO member countries had a chance to avoid this about 30 years ago, and they blew it.
Well - I don’t dispute that the then-administrations of Poland and Hungary invited NATO. But nevertheless, NATO as never a pacifistic alliance, they were always aiming at somehow outmaneuvering first the USSR and then Russia. There was a chance for an extended peace under Gorbachev, which NATO ruined by screwing over their gentleman’s agreement over “no eastward expansion” among other things. After Gorbachev (and the drunkard Yeltsin), Russia elected a “strongman” who decided to be just as much of an asshole as NATO, so there’s no real innocent’s in this scenario EXCEPT for the people and country of Ukraine, who really are not at fault at all, but get mass-murdered.
So now we’re stuck with NATO, despite me personally despising the NATO doctrine and having wanted to smack Stoltenberg’s teeth in countless of times. But it’s the lesser evil, not because they became more peaceful, but because Russia became more evil.
In summary: It may not be entirely NATOs fault that it has come to this, but the NATO member countries had a chance to avoid this about 30 years ago, and they blew it.