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Re: Atlantic Alliance Drifting Apart?
By: 90sRetroFan Date: January 28, 2022, 9:10 pm
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HTML https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/27/germanys-offer-to-send-5000-helmets-to-ukraine-provokes-outrage.html
[quote]Germany has provoked outrage in some quarters after it
offered to supply 5,000 military helmets to Ukraine to help it
defend itself against a possible Russian invasion.
About 100,000 Russian troops are believed to be on the border
with Ukraine. While countries like the U.S. and U.K. have sent
military hardware to Ukraine, Germany has been conspicuously
reluctant to send equipment.
The offer of helmets, made on Wednesday, has been derided by
some Ukraine officials. For one, Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko,
dismissed the offer as “a joke” and said it had left him
“speechless.”
“The behaviour of the German government leaves me speechless.
The defence ministry apparently hasn’t realized that we are
confronted with perfectly equipped Russian forces that can start
another invasion of Ukraine at any time,” he told the German
newspaper Bild on Wednesday.
“What kind of support will Germany send next?” he asked.
“Pillows?”[/quote]
Why is Germany behaving like this?
[quote]Germany’s reluctance to send defensive weapons to Ukraine
also likely has its roots in the 20th century, with the scars of
World War I and World War II deeply ingrained on Germany’s
political conscience, making it an easy target for criticism and
possible condemnation if it gets involved in military
confrontations.[/quote]
This is why we must teach Germans to be proud of Operation
Barbarossa once again:
HTML http://aryanism.net/blog/aryan-sanctuary/thank-you-for-remembering-us-duginists/
[quote]While Operation Barbarossa was ultimately a failure in
terms of territorial acquisition, in terms of personnel
attrition it was a considerable success. Imagine how much more
Turanian blood there might be in the world today if Operation
Barbarossa had not occurred and hence all those who had died
were instead left alive to reproduce![/quote]
HTML https://www.military-history.org/cover-feature/barbarossa-the-biggest-invasion-in-history.htm
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Re: Atlantic Alliance Drifting Apart?
By: guest55 Date: January 28, 2022, 10:39 pm
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Ukraine has new demand for Germany
[quote]According to the Ukrainian ambassador in Germany, its
officials are shying away by refusing to provide armaments
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[quote]Berlin must be bold and sign off on the transfer of
lethal weapons to Kiev in the face of a purported Russian
invasion, Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany has demanded despite
the country’s constant refusal to back down on its decision not
to provide the Eastern European nation with arms and ammunition.
Speaking to German news outlet dpa on Wednesday, Andrey Melnik
renewed his calls for the German government to send hardware to
the Eastern European nation, noting that while a delivery of
5,000 military helmets were welcomed, this is not enough.
According to him, this is a “purely symbolic gesture,” and
merely a “drop in the ocean.” Instead, Berlin would do better to
hand over weaponry to counter Russian aggression.
“We do not need tactics and maneuvering, but courageous action…
which will finally provide Ukraine with German defensive
weapons,” Melnik insisted, arguing that this is what the
country’s people “need most of all today.”[/quote]
[quote]The envoy also said that Kiev “is waiting for Germany to
make a 180-degree turn and a real paradigm shift.”
His remarks come after Berlin’s Defense Minister Christine
Lambrecht announced Germany would not send any weapons to
Ukraine, but would be shipping 5,000 protective helmets.
Kiev’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko also poured scorn on the move and
accused Lambrecht of not fully grasping that Kiev is “dealing
with a perfectly equipped Russian army that can start further
invading Ukraine at any time.”
“5,000 helmets are an absolute joke,” he said. “What will
Germany send in support next? Pillows?”
Western leaders have sounded the alarm in recent weeks, claiming
that Moscow could be planning to launch an invasion of its
neighbor. However, the Kremlin has repeatedly denied the
allegations and accused NATO of inflaming tensions on the
continent.[/quote]
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Re: Atlantic Alliance Drifting Apart?
By: 90sRetroFan Date: March 4, 2022, 8:12 pm
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Re: Atlantic Alliance Drifting Apart?
By: guest55 Date: March 4, 2022, 10:12 pm
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Transatlantic coordinator: Merkel‘s Russia strategy was not
successful | DW Interview
[quote]Germany focused on dialogue only in its relationship with
Russia for too long, Peter Beyer (CDU), the German government‘s
transatlantic coordinator, tells DW political correspondent Nina
Haase. Beyer urges Germany to swiftly rethink and refocus the
tasks of the German army in light of the war in Ukraine.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3bmkyjZwa4
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Re: Atlantic Alliance Drifting Apart?
By: 90sRetroFan Date: March 8, 2022, 8:42 pm
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HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/applying-join-nato-destabilize-security-152639747.html
[quote]STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena
Andersson on Tuesday rejected opposition calls to consider
joining NATO following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying an
application now would destabilize security in Europe.
...
"If Sweden were to choose to send in an application to join NATO
in the current situation, it would further destabilize this area
of Europe and increase tensions," Andersson told
reporters.[/quote]
This is like arguing that hiring a bodyguard will make it harder
for the assassin to kill you, therefore it is better to not hire
a bodyguard in case it annoys the assassin! WTF?!
[quote]Russia does not want Finland or Sweden to join NATO and
late last month, Moscow made its latest warning of "serious
military-political consequences" if they did.[/quote]
Certainly hiring a bodyguard would not annoy anyone who has no
intention of doing you harm. Therefore anyone who would be
annoyed by you hiring a bodyguard logically intends to do you
harm. Which is why you need the bodyguard!
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Re: Atlantic Alliance Drifting Apart?
By: rp Date: March 8, 2022, 8:53 pm
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False Leftism yet again fails to stand up to Duginism.... What a
shocker.
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Biden announces major non-NATO ally status for Colombia
By: guest55 Date: March 10, 2022, 8:34 pm
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Biden announces major non-NATO ally status for Colombia
[quote]WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that
he intends to designate Colombia as a major non-NATO ally, a
step that will provide the Latin American nation with benefits
in the areas of defense, trade and security cooperation.
Biden made the announcement as he hosted Colombian President
Ivan Duque at the White House for the first time. The visit
follows weekend talks between Biden administration officials and
the leftist government of Nicolás Maduro in neighboring
Venezuela, which has a tense relationship with both the U.S. and
Colombia.
Avoiding a potentially awkward moment, neither Biden nor Duque
raised the U.S.-Venezuela meeting in their public remarks.
Colombia is a close U.S. ally, and Duque leads opposition to
Maduro in the region,
Biden said he intends to bring Colombia into the NATO fold.
“That’s exactly what you are, a major, major non-NATO ally, and
this is a recognition of the unique and close relationship
between our countries,“ he told Duque, who sat directly across
from the president at a large table in the Cabinet Room, each
leader joined by a small group of advisers.
“Colombia is the lynchpin, in my view, to the whole hemisphere,“
Biden said.
Duque said Biden’s announcement recognized “values and the
principles” shared by both Western Hemisphere countries.
Back home, Duque has been criticized for not sitting down
earlier with the U.S. president, his strategic partner. The two
did meet briefly late last year at a gathering of world leaders
for a climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland.[/quote]
HTML https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2022/03/10/biden-announces-major-non-nato-ally-status-for-colombia.html
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Re: Atlantic Alliance Drifting Apart?
By: guest55 Date: March 15, 2022, 12:03 am
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How the Ukraine invasion drives military spending worldwide | DW
News
[quote]Germany has decided in principle to buy F-35 fighter-jets
from the US, that's according to new reports citing government
sources. Berlin plans to drastically beef-up military spending
as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Denmark and
Sweden say they're raising military-spending.
Traditionally, larger nations have spent more on defense: In
2020, the US led the world with a military budget of 778
bBillion dollars. China spent 252 Billion dollars on its
military, while Germany spent just 53 Billion. That year, Russia
had a military budget of 62 Billion dollars. That's ten times
what Ukraine spent. Its also a greater share of the Russia
economy compared to US and Chinese spending. So which companies
are the biggest players in Defense? US company Lockhead Martin -
which makes the F-35 - is one of the largest in the industry
with sales of 66 Billion dollars last year. It is followed by
Europe's Airbus (60.5) and two more US companies, Raytheon
Technologies (60.5) and Boeing (57). The Stockholm International
Peace Research Institute tracks military-expenditures: We asked
their senior researcher Lucie Beraud Sudreau to put recent
events into perspective.[/quote]
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Re: Atlantic Alliance Drifting Apart?
By: 90sRetroFan Date: March 21, 2022, 9:52 pm
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Atlanticism is revived! This is great!
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG8RxH9Q7sg
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6NvUWL4F0
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-may-not-stop-ukraine-100921388.html
[quote]It looks a lot like a return to the past. Founded in 1949
to defend against the Soviet threat, the NATO alliance is facing
a return to mechanised warfare, a huge increase in defence
spending, and potentially a new Iron Curtain falling across
Europe. After struggling to find a new post-Cold War role,
countering terrorism following the Sept. 11 attacks on the
United States in 2001 and a humiliating withdrawal from
Afghanistan in 2021, NATO is back defending against its original
nemesis.[/quote]
Russia should never have stopped being NATO's enemy. If
following the Soviet breakup NATO had insisted on at minumum
reducing Russia back to its pre-1533 borders:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/russia-the-last-colonial-empire/msg5125/#msg5125
it could have kept its focus on Russia all this time, and the
damage to relations between NATO and its old NAM allies (not
least Afghanistan!) caused by Islamophobia could have been
avoided altogether. Let's hope we can now finally get back on
track after more than 20 years of delay and bring NATO and NAM
closer together than before!
[quote]"We all thought that there wouldn't be an enemy anymore,"
Admiral Rob Bauer, the chairman of NATO's military committee,
told Reuters. "We now are confronted with a nation that is
showing that it is aggressive, that it has forces that we
thought were not going to be used anymore."[/quote]
Why did you think that? Because you thought the enemy was
communism, when all along the real enemy was Turanian blood.
Hitler was the only one who understood this.
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Re: Atlantic Alliance Drifting Apart?
By: rp Date: March 21, 2022, 11:38 pm
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You say “Russia should never have stopped being NATO's enemy.”
I agree, but False Leftists, even those who Dugin characterizes
as “Atlanticists”, ultimately do not view Russia as an enemy:
HTML https://www.rbth.com/international/2017/04/07/zbigniew-brzezinski-russia-should-form-a-closer-union-with-us-and-china_737177
Zbigniew Brzezinski: Russia should form a closer union with U.S.
and China
[quote]
President Jimmy Carter’s former national security advisor, and
now a senior trustee at the Center for International and
Strategic Studies in Washington D.C, Zbigniew Brzezinski
recently spoke to Gazeta.ru about Russia’s role in the world,
Ukraine, sanctions, and the phenomenon that is Donald Trump’s
presidency.
"Some Russians may believe America is trying to play China
against Russia, but that is more an ego-gratifying compliment
than a realistic judgement," Brzezinski said. "The fact of the
matter is that China is considerably more important than Russia
right now, but if America and China cooperate, Russia has
absolutely no choice but to join. That would be in America’s
interest, firstly, but it would also be beneficial to Russia in
the long run."
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So it seems that “Atlanticism” is just a blanket term that Dugin
throws on anyone that is ostensibly “anti Russia”, even if they
themselves are not. However, it does not seem to differentiate
between False Leftists and True Leftists, so presumably it
includes True Leftists as well since we are genuinely
anti-Russia. Thus, similar to “Chimerica”, we can claim the term
from him and use it to refer only to genuine anti-Russia True
Leftists, which I assume is what you are doing.
“Because you thought the enemy was communism,”
If the enemy had been Russia instead of communism, we could have
avoided the interventions against non-Western countries such as
Vietnam/Cambodia/etc. during the Cold War as well…
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