“[Putin] does not stop stressing what he’s really longing for, like, a renaissance of the Soviet empire,” Pistorius said of Putin. “He wants to be the dominant power in Europe. […]”
Germany’s biggest defense contractor, Rheinmetall, and its subsidiaries have won a commanding share of recent government contracts.
Rheinmetall was one of Germany’s major arms producers during WWI and WWII.
the only reason European “interests” are in defending an ever eastward ‘front’ against Russia are because of the US! if the EU was actually interested in pursuing an independent path they’d start by investigating and rectifying nordstream.
it’s all bluster and kayfabe from a euro ruling class utterly inextricable from US dominance.
Talking about rebuilding nordstream is a non-starter until the war is over. You can’t construct a pipeline during a war.
But the European ruling class don’t want to end the war, they want to extend it for the sake of American interests
What do you mean by “end the war”? Remove support for Ukraine so they are defeated?
They could have reached a ceasefire years ago but borris johnson made sure that didn’t happen
In 2022 borris Johnson went to Ukraine and talked zelensky out of taking it