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Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher
German and French military leaders have expressed doubts about the European Union’s ability to defend itself in a modern conflict, especially with the massive use of drones, given that even some terrorist groups have advanced further in this sector than the bloc, reported the British newspaper The Times. This revelation comes as Ukraine continues to lose territory under the Russian military advance, which it cannot halt, and the administration of US President-elect Donald Trump is developing plans to resolve the conflict.
General Alfons Mais, head of the German army, warned that the European “way of life” was in danger. According to him, the security price that European citizens will have to pay is much higher than the current costs.
“It’s our task to convey the message that the threat is real,” Mais said.
With his comment, the German army chief referred to the expectation that Trump will cut US spending on European defence, handing over the responsibility for maintaining it to European countries themselves.
It is recalled that during his first term in the White House, the president-elect lambasted European NATO members for not spending enough on their defence and sponging off the US for their security before threatening to not make good on the Atlantic Alliance’s mutual defence clause if spending was not increased. This caused a lot of controversy in Europe.
For his part, the French Army’s Chief of Staff, Pierre Schill, expressed concern about new military technologies being increasingly developed outside Europe.
“What we have before our eyes now is that technological capabilities [mean] some enemies that are less rich than we are are overtaking us,” he complained before specifically highlighting how terrorist groups have acquired drone and cyber capabilities that can threaten Western forces.
Mais also said that the West is trying to catch up with some actors in other parts of the world who are already far ahead in this regard, acknowledging that the German military overlooked the experience of using drones by Azerbaijan when they captured much of Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenian forces in 2020 and by ISIS in Iraq in 2016. He added that the German military was attempting to catch up on new types of warfare, such as the use of drones, which have rapidly developed during the Ukraine conflict, especially in favour of Russian forces.
“We missed this development a little bit,” Mais said. “I think we failed more or less altogether to draw the right conclusions. And now we need time to close the gap.”
Closing this gap will be extremely difficult, considering the many deficiencies in the German military. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that at a recent Hamburg Chamber of Commerce meeting, a German officer provided concrete suggestions to company representatives based on various conflict scenarios.
“Seventy percent of all trucks on Germany’s roads are driven by Eastern Europeans. If there’s a war there, where will these people be?” he reportedly said. He also suggested: “For every 100 employees, train at least five additional truck drivers that you don’t need.”
The meetings are part of the Operations Plan Germany, a 1,000-page classified strategy document detailing plans to prepare companies in various sectors, as well as civilian organizations, for possible crisis and conflict scenarios, according to Die Welt. The document reportedly lists buildings and infrastructure facilities deemed crucial for military purposes and outlines response plans for crisis and conflict situations, including potential war with Russia in Eastern Europe.
According to NATO’s defence plans, in the event of a conflict in Eastern Europe, Germany would serve as a hub for tens of thousands of NATO soldiers who would need to be transported eastward, along with military equipment, food, and medicine. However, becoming such a hub puts Germany at great risk. Military experts warn that if infrastructure is used for military purposes, the risk of cyberattacks and sabotage rises significantly, potentially impacting German industries and companies.
Since the launch of the Russian military operation in February 2022, NATO countries have significantly raised their military spending—including Germany, historically a laggard. Neighbouring countries of Russia, specifically Poland and the Baltics, are increasing their spending to four percent of their GDP. In 2014, only three NATO member states reached the two percent pledge, but now 23 states are hitting the target.
Although European countries, including Germany, are investing heavily in their military, they are beginning from a position of weakness and deindustrialization, which is why even some terrorist outfits have more advanced capabilities in specific sectors, such as drone warfare. If Germany and other European countries lag behind jihadist non-state actors, it can only be imagined how far behind they are from Russia and China.
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the current wehrmacht can unleash diverse brigades of gays and battalions of trannies on russia. i don’t know what effect they will have on putin, but they certainly frighten me. rommel and guderian could never command such resources. all they had were some panzer divisions. putin must be quaking in his boots right now.
westerners always disguised themselves, they never show their real face, they will send vassals and lackeys of trannies but while they are doing this, they will attack from another flank. have you forgotten that u.s.a has the biggest army, the best training, the best technology. why do you think russia are just defending himself from westerners and the supreme hegemon and their second layer lackeys and wannabe hegemons?
yup you dont get many man teuffels or man steins these days in the german army or in the finnish forces like man nerheim. there’s a real lack of model students on the list- things are getting much halder now. you could write a bock about it.
typical over institutionalised dumb and dumber idiots put into position as puppets just plain stupid. couldn’t spot a turd in a toilet without an adjutant to help them .
they thought they can have a 4th reich and not spend a cent for it? evidently their arrogance led them to this point in history, and it looks like, to their demise in the end.
intentions entrapments are their favourite things nothing is what it seems
google you tube. royal flight : helicopter spotted at buckingham palace listen to the rather curiously timed voice over s ,conveniently over dubbed ipso facto maybe . who is that large gentleman ? is that exactly king juan carlos, the alleged biological father of will , by artificial insemination of dianna ,” they used me like a brood mare ” .and giggling nervously ” somehow i fell pregnant with william “
russian mod said a retaliation is being prepared. imho there ae 3 scenarios (among others): 1-to destroy the telecommunication cable under the atlantic (then play dumb like they played dumb with ns1 and ns2). 2-give all civilians in kiev 24 hours to leave the city , then tactical nuke it. 3- the bold one: nukeneutralized all nato hubs.
“even terrorists are better armed than european soldiers”
correct, because terrorists are armed by nato (europe & usa).
just like israel and isis in the midfle east…
actually, french terrorists don’t need many fancy arms to murder civilians in ukraine.
banderites used axes and pitchforks. the french use stale baguettes and roquefort cheese.
the european “way of life” has been systematically undermined by the jewish counterfieting hyperinflation, media disinfo, education capture and corruption and government subversion to suite the kalurgy plan to disarm, demoralize and destroy the europeans, and now these same criminals are crying that thier subjugated populations are no longer fit for the purpose of war fighting, the jews have only themselves to blame for their daft choices and failures.
bet the french have more white flags though and can surrender more easily.
dimwit amerikunt–french far more capable than germs
childrens were not permitted to have weapons, just toy weapons and the head of the snake that leads their goverment. they call democracy of the free radical liberal democracy, or the western kind of government usa and british empires created to enslave all their colonies into a new order of the vassals and lackeys. the church institution is an allied on this manipulation of belief. you have a psyop religions cage, a propaganda cage, a cultural cage.
psychological operation everywhere in today’s western world, people did not realize they were playing with their minds since childhood anymore. france and germany are the childrens of the post wwii illumination, the masters created their garden, and placed the head of the snake into their goverment. westerners childrens, you only have to obey kid france and kid germany.
many frenchs did vote for that.
they really assume that in a war they can transfer and transport people and supply as well as hardware to the front in the east via germany 😂 it won’t exist 10 min after the war started missiles fly fast ⏩ no need for cyber attacks it will be destroyed permanently not just hacked…😅
europe needs to wipe its own as, european countries need to work on reserves, national guard, civil defense, police auxiliary, and individual right of self defense. maybe even 2a. fitness, martial arts, community preparedness, citizen’s arrest, and they need to pay for it themselves. make europe inhospitable for foreign militants and domestic malcontents.
childrens are not allowed to have anything… just to obey their masters in the other side of the atlantic. that’s why they didn’t have army in the first place.
most transgender population in world are :
1.thailand
2.united states of america
3.brazil
send all usa transgender 15000 troops to ukraine army and
make ukraine army great again.
mass deportation now,
7 million transgenders, 40 million undocumentad illegal refugees send them to mexica immediattely .
promises made promises done.
make amirica great again