The Weimar Triangle RSVP's the Next World War
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Last week, leaders from Germany, France, and Poland met in Berlin as part of the "Weimar Triangle," a trilateral coalition that plays a significant role in the European Union.
Established amidst the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the focal point of such meetings are centered around Eastern European security concerns relating to former Soviet states. Victoria Nuland’s infamous 2014 coup under the Obama administration and the start of Putin’s military operation are just two examples of events significant enough to call a meeting of the Triangle to order. Indeed, this time is no different, as significant developments have been rapidly underway in the Ukrainian conflict, and the War Lords of the West have most certainly been paying attention.
Vladimir Putin’s democratic success, as well as the advances made by Russian forces in villages such as Krasnoye, Tonenkoe, and Mirnoe, would almost certainly be enough to rattle NATO’s feathers as it were. The accompanying Ukrainian retreats in Donetsk and, significantly, the capture of Avdeevka, have lead to a turn of events, clearly noticed by Macron, whose ominous commentary preceded the arrival of regular French troops to Cherkassy, Ukraine.
European mercenaries and the French Foreign Legion have been buying tickets to Bandera for years—even before the escalations of 2022. But this newfound arrival of standard troops, reportedly being held in school buildings, NATO-style, marks a significant transition in the conflict. NATO’s grasp on the reality is likewise being expressed by the formation of new specialized battalions in the training camps of La Courtine.
Such developments have not occurred in a vacuum.
On March 22, Crocus City Hall in Moscow suffered a terrorist attack which claimed over 130 lives. The attack and its timing ought to send a shiver down civilian spines the world over. The fact that the Crocus City Hall building is owned by the Alagarov family, a prominent Azeri-Russian family with connections to former US president Donald Trump, is something to keep in mind as investigations into the account continue.
When interests align, there is no need for a “conspiracy,” and so it follows that the key question to ask when presented with so many coinciding events is “Who benefits?—What are the gains, and who is receiving them?”
The answers to such questions typically come from the beneficiaries themselves as shown by sentiments expressed by Ukrainian defense officials immediately following the attacks of March 22. Consider the following statement, made by Ukraine’s Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, “Is it fun in Moscow today? I think it’s a lot of fun. I would like to believe that we will arrange such fun for them more often. After all, they are “brotherly” people, and we need to please our relatives more often, go to visit them more often. So, we will go."
Both blood-bats can consider their message dually noted.
Consider, also, the Anti-Russian sentiment expressed by comparing Vladimir Putin to the likes of Adolf Hitler, obnoxiously placing Donald Trump in the same camp. The idea that Vladimir Putin, and Russia by proxy, is in any way similar to Nazi Germany, forms the mainstay of modern day anti-Russian/pro-interventionist propaganda campaigns. Already, just such a call for intervention was made by one Emmanuel Macron during this most recent gathering of the Weimar Triangle leaders. “What will it take?” he quipped loudly to a group of horrified and silent journalists “What will it take before we finally stand up to Russia?”
This sort of talk has been heard before, especially in the Weimar Republic preceding the Great War at the start of the last century. This bloodthirsty ideology, which effectively boiled the tensions of the First World War, also accompanied a significant increase in arms, such as is witnessed by the world today. The Bundeswehr of Germany received approval from the nation’s Budget Committee this week for a €2.7 billion contract, which will procure up to 123 units of "Schwerer Waffenträger Infanterie" vehicles, the delivery of which is scheduled to begin in 2025. Would such massive funds not be better spent on literally anything else? How can populations tolerate such excess militarism while the costs of living increase and crime rates skyrocket?
-the Shultz Report by M. Shultz