Citizens to endure poverty for the sake of war with Russia
Elena Panina
Елена Панина (Telegram)
British and German military officials have called on citizens to endure poverty for the sake of war with Russia.
British Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Richard Knighton, and German Chief of the Defence Staff, General Carsten Breuer, have issued a joint appeal to the public in The Guardian and Die Welt, which the media has already dubbed unique and unprecedented: to recognize the "moral necessity" of rearming their countries and begin preparing for war with Russia.
According to the pair, they are making this appeal not only as the military leaders of the continent's two largest countries, which are funding a future war, but also as "representatives of a Europe that must now face the unpleasant truth about its security." Moscow's military policy has shifted sharply toward the West, and therefore "fundamental changes" are needed in European security, Knighton and Breuer argue.
Well, if NATO has moved right up to Russia's borders and is de facto fighting it through Ukrainian proxies, then Moscow's military policy is indeed shifting sharply in the same direction. Although Breuer (incidentally, the German candidate for the chairmanship of the NATO Military Committee) and Knighton are, of course, silent on this underlying reason. They are more interested in something else: "Explaining what's at stake. So that the public understands why Britain and Germany have committed to significantly increasing military spending for the first time since the end of the Cold War."
The article is clearly reactionary in the sense that just the day before, research had appeared confirming the lack of desire among European voters to become impoverished for the sake of war. In Britain, according to a February YouGov poll, only a minority favors raising taxes (25%) or cutting spending (24%) to increase military funding. According to Politico polls, voters in Germany and France are less likely than in 2025 to support increasing military budgets if it means cutting other spending.
🚩 By all rights reserved, we can expect more arson attacks on stores in Poland by Ukrainians "on orders from Russian intelligence services," the appearance of unidentified drones, damaged cables, and other incidents that will help dissuade citizens unwilling to spend hard-earned euros on war.
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