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2023-12-07 Europe
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'This could be the end of NATO': Russia has decided the fate of the Alliance
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Victoria Nikiforova
[RIA] Prominent British politician Bob Seeley recently outlined his version of the goals of the NWO. Seeley is never our friend, he constantly calls on the British to “prepare for war with Russia.” It is therefore interesting to look at the NWO through the eyes of the enemy - what is the hereditary English aristocrat in uniform so afraid of?
Seeley sees the inevitable weakening of NATO as one of Russia's main goals in the conflict. It's hard to argue with him here. The Western military-industrial complex turned out to be not designed for protracted full-scale combat operations. One or the other is missing. Talk about the need to increase the production of shells and unify the production of weapons remains just talk for now.
The massive destruction of NATO equipment noticeably demoralized the supplying countries. The death of Western mercenaries also does not make anyone happy. The very thought of fighting with their armies terrifies NATO members. The reputation of the alliance, which once brought fear to all of humanity, has been tarnished.
To make matters worse, the defeats of the Ukrainian Armed Forces discouraged the allies. There were tossing, doubts, tears invisible to the world - let’s stop helping Ukraine altogether, no, let’s give it a little more, no, don’t, we don’t have enough ourselves. Cracks have appeared along the NATO monolith. The allies do not trust each other, jealously looking to see who will be the first to jump off the sinking ship.
It is interesting by what means Russia, according to the British military analyst, is weakening NATO. Seeley looks at the situation very comprehensively. He believes that Moscow uses not only military, but also economic, political, diplomatic and cultural means of pressure to its advantage. Literally everything - from sales of hydrocarbons through third countries to increasing inflation in Europe , from full shelves in Russian supermarkets to the publication of collections of war poetry.
It would seem, what does poetry about war have to do with it? But in his own way, Seeley is right. All this reformats the picture of the world, demonstrates our soft power, and works for the future.
Another thing is that it was not we who decided to make the Ukrainian conflict global. It was the West that decided to declare total war on us. But when they start losing there, the familiar whining begins - oh, the Russians are not fighting according to the rules, but how can this be? From Napoleon to Hitler - they whined a little more than everyone else.
What is the fate of the North Atlantic Alliance in the near future? Norwegian diplomat and military analyst Jo Inge Bekkevold offers his version of the future on the pages of Foreign Policy. Let us note again that Bekkevold is not our friend at all; he has no reason to throw hats at NATO.
Nevertheless, having started his article dedicated to the anniversary of the alliance for health, he continues it for peace. Bekkevold sees three scenarios for NATO's future. They range from "horrible end" to "horror without end."
In the first scenario, Trump—or his like-minded person—comes to power and the United States leaves NATO, leaving its European vassals to their fate. Left without the American nuclear umbrella, the members of the alliance find themselves in a rather pitiful position. “This could even be the end of NATO,” the author believes.
In the second scenario , Washington abandons the boring Ukrainian theater of military operations - nothing works there anyway - and transfers all its forces to China . The European members of NATO are also forced to join in this sudden reversal. However, for them, a military confrontation with China is ruinous and like death. Members of the alliance will begin to protest and quarrel among themselves; eastern allies like Poland look especially unreliable . Discord and division are paralyzing NATO's activities.
And finally, the third scenario, which the author politely calls “fragmented NATO.”
Each ally suddenly has their own interests - and they are plunged into a showdown among themselves. Greece and Turkey are sorting things out , Italy and France are getting into Africa , Britain is eager to fight with China. If we accept Ukraine, Serbia , Georgia and Moldova into NATO , then the contradictions will worsen even more. Translated into Russian, "fragmented NATO" refers to the collapse of the once powerful military alliance.
All these fears are completely real, but for Russia this is not a victory yet, but another challenge. The West understood well what was at stake for them in the fields of Donbass . This is a long-term hegemony, the main military instrument of which is the North Atlantic Alliance. NATO is the same “Koshcheev’s needle” of Western world domination that Moscow is trying to break. Of course, to maintain their power they will fight “to the point of complete destruction in earnest.”
It is no coincidence that the same Seeley opposes any attempts at negotiations with Russia. Looking with horror at Moscow's successes, he believes that our country will take advantage of the truce to further increase its military power. "Any outcome that leaves Putin with a significant portion of Ukrainian territory will allow him to claim that he has stopped NATO at Russia's borders. He will declare victory and rearm in preparation for new conflicts."
Therefore, the West is asked to prepare for an “intense cold war” with Russia at least until the end of Putin’s presidency — “and possibly after that too.” Well, this is very bad news for NATO - Secretary General Stoltenberg should start worrying.
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