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Soul singer Edwin Starr once suggested that war was good for absolutely nothing (say it again). That was naive if well-intentioned. Elites have always done well out of war and such is the fallen nature of mankind. Which brings us to NATO.
Mark Rutte, secretary general of the Nato alliance, said its members, including Britain, must prepare ‘for the scale of conflict our grandparents and great grandparents endured’.
He is talking about a World War, to be clear.
Britain was told to prepare for armed conflict with Russia last night. Armed Forces minister Al Carns said the country was on a ‘war footing’ and warned that the ‘shadow of war was at Europe’s door’
Considering that the US and Russia are doing their best to bring the Ukrainian war to and end, it seems curious that the likes of Rutte and Carns think that conflict with Russia is imminent. Why might that be?
I’ll tell you why – they WANT war.
NATO has turned into a global predator and rather than seeking to preserve the peace it actively hungers for war. It is surely obvious to all that Russia does NOT want any war, let alone a conflict with Europe and yet this is what we are being propagandised into believing. At any moment, the Russian hordes will sweep down the Mall and seize control of our country.
People talk about the Deep State, I think NATO is a globalised version for that and it seems to me the only brake on its bloodlust is President Trump who patently sees himself as a Peace President. Without the US, NATO is nothing and I would love to see the US withdraw from NATO and set up an alternative structure.
NATO was set up as a bulwark against the USSR. When the latter fell at the end of 1991, NATO should have folded up shop and left the scene. But it didn’t. Instead it morphed into this global predator with the utterly insane Article 5.
NATO needs war and those at the top cheerlead for war. They seem unconcerned that Russia is a nuclear armed nation and could win out western Europe in minutes. Then again, is that their undeclared aim?
