The alert of the military leaders of Germany and Uk

An attack from Russia on NATO countries and the risk of war in the future of Europe? Unfortunately, the hypothesis exists, at least according to what they say the military leaders of Germany and the United Kingdom, who today launch a joint appeal to European citizens urging them to prepare to the eventuality.

“Risk of conflict with Russia, a reality for which we must prepare”

“As military leaders – they write in a double-signed article in the ‘Guardian’ and ‘Die Welt’ the Inspector General of the Bundewehr, Carsten Breuer and the British Chief of Defense Staff, Sir Richard Knighton – we see every day”, how “Russia’s military posture has shifted decisively towards the west. Its forces are rearming and learning from the war in Ukraine, reorganizing in ways that could increase the risk of conflict with NATO countries. This is a reality we must prepare for; we cannot be complacent. Moscow’s military buildup, combined with its willingness to declare war on our continent, as painfully demonstrated in Ukraine, represents a growing risk that requires our collective attention.”

“Rearmament to protect peoples and preserve peace”

This implies, according to the authors of the article, not only the need to consolidate defense readiness, but also to expand the defense industry europea.

“Ukraine shows us that the industrial bases are fundamental to sustain and, ultimately, win any major war”, write Breuer and Knighton, for whom rearmament is not the result of a warmongering spirit but – say the two military leaders, who speaking of “a moral dimension in this effort” – is instead “the responsible action of nations determined to protect their peoples and preserve peace”. “Force discourages aggression“, continue the generals. “Weakness stimulates it.”