Full article
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/18/ukraine-war-west-gloom/
Germany rediscovering its sense of values doesn't always go so well.
At least this time they're de-industrializing because our new oil and gas monopoly makes domestic manufacturing too expensive to be feasible
I know not a lot of folks here read Biden's policy positions very carefully, but he was actually a big proponent of the Morgenthau Plan
"Say what you will about the Nazis, but the war sure taught the Germans resourcefulness!"
-- Some anglo fucker in a private jet rn
Don't let the Ukronazis read that one. They probably still think NATO is coming to help them any day now.
They promised us the same thing about drones in the Middle East
When you get a strategic windfall at a low cost (except a bunch foreigners dying)
It what way are they deluding themselves into believing NATO is stronger now?
I can think of shorterm victories for the US only, mostly at the expense of their European "allies" that they've seemingly demoted to vassals. Destroying the pipeline, compeling Germany and the rest of Europe to buy overpriced natural gas, poaching European companies, and bringing Sweden and Finland into NATO to accelerate the hollowing out of their social programs.
All these gains for US empire seem likely to set them up for more longterm losses.
The US doesn't seem to have considered (because they forget that economic crises are part of capitalism) that it can't pull this trick to save it's economy twice. As you say it was looting Europe not sanctioning Russia that bolstered the US economy. There's going to be nothing left to loot the next time. They can't pull the same stunt against China (although there may be similar tricks but for Asian vassals). With every action the imperialists dig an ever deeper hole for themselves.
You can bet that a hollowed out south Korea is gonna lead to reunification
They literally had to sabatoge a pipe line to force Germany off non US controled energy
Hey remember a few years ago when only weird internet Nazis talked about The West?
Always gets me that WaPo just puts their mission statement right there under their name
"Democracy dies in darkness"- Because that's where WaPo cut Democracy's throat.
NATO has grown much stronger (other than Economically) with the additions of...
They're not stronger militarily either if those news reports about Germany's inventory of artillery shells being down to 1 day of fighting are to be believed.
They don't even have a good track record against defenseless countries either.
Look this bozo lol:
Show
Liberals are seriously on the page that Baltics can somehow militarily defeat Russia (all three have collectively 50000 people in armed forces counting pencil pushers and techs, with very little armor and prectically zero navy and airforce). Finland and Sweden together have about as many soldiers as Baltics, but both have significantly better arms including actual airforce.
This is what the U.S. actually thinks of Ukraine. A means to an end, with the immense human suffering caused by American geopolitics relegated to a parenthetical.
Feel gloomy about whatnow? I've been assured that Moscow will fall any day now and that the Russian army is out of missiles again
other than for the Ukrainians.
Ah, well, they were only relatively civilized and relatively European to begin with.
The west's most reckless antagonist has been rocked.
The ruble is actually stronger than before, and Russia is turning from the west toward China -- the nightmare outcome for western strategists during the Cold War.
Germany has weaned itself from dependence on Russian energy
If "weaned" means high energy costs and declining living standards for ordinary Germans. Or maybe Germans too are only relatively civilized and relatively European, so it's worth it?
and has, in many ways, rediscovered its sense of values.
Only if you think the Nazis -- who tried to remake Germany in the image of the British Empire -- represented some sort of authentically German tradition (they didn't).
Or maybe Germans too are only relatively civilized and relatively European, so it’s worth it?
Lmao if Germans actually shake off this US yoke someday, it would be the day when anglo press will call them Krauts and Huns again.
high energy costs and declining living standards for ordinary Germans
This doesn't hold much truth. Energy cost is capped and living standards don't deteriorate more than anywhere else, mostly thanks to LSC and climate change.
Literally everything in that article was wrong. Are these people actually this dumb?
Imperialists have no allies, only sheep to be slaughtered.
