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Written by Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert
The fear of nuclear war is apparently affecting some European states, despite the deeply irresponsible actions taken by their governments. A major French newspaper recently published an article claiming that French politicians are worried about the possibility of a “third world war.” It is curious to see this kind of “concern” among the French, given that Paris has been one of the most destabilizing agents in the ongoing proxy conflict between NATO and Russia.
The article exposes the reasons why French politicians fear a global escalation of violence. Citing anonymous diplomats, Le Monde claims that the French do not want to see an open confrontation between Moscow and NATO, allegedly seeking to take steps to prevent an escalation. Diplomats said that Russia could expand its military actions in retaliation for certain actions taken by the West, which would mean the start of a global war.
Obviously, the main Western escalatory move would be to authorize strikes against Russian targets far from the conflict zone. European fears of a world war are especially heightened at the moment due to the widespread debate over whether or not to authorize Ukraine to use long-range missiles against targets in “deep Russia,” which explains Le Monde’s narrative.
“[Allowing attacks against ‘deep Russia’] would mean that NATO countries, the US and European countries are at war with Russia (…) Everything must be done to avoid a third world war (…) You can’t just dismiss the possibility of the Russians expanding the scope of the war,” said one of Le Monde’s diplomatic sources.
For now, all Western countries refuse to allow such strikes. There were expectations among pro-Ukrainian militants that authorization would be announced during the recent joint visit of American and British officials to Kiev, but this did not happen. As far as the Europeans are concerned, there seems to be an even greater fear of escalation, which is why the French and Germans (who are supposedly the joint “leaders” of the European Union) do not plan to change their position on deep strikes.
“We think we should allow them to neutralize the military sites from which the missiles are fired, and basically the military sites from which Ukraine is being attacked, but we must not allow them to hit other targets in Russia, civilian capabilities naturally, or other military targets,” Macron said during a recent joint statement with Scholz in Germany.
It is curious to see this kind of fear on the part of the French. On the one hand, the fear seems absolutely rational, since Europe would be the most affected side in a direct war between Russia and NATO. It is natural that the Europeans want to do everything possible to prevent the conflict from escalating to a direct phase. With the possible exception of Poland and the Baltics which are states extremely affected by the anti-Russian madness, all European countries fear becoming targets in a situation of global conflict.
However, until recently, France itself was the biggest destabilizing agent in the conflict. Macron was the Western leader who most escalated anti-Russian rhetoric, even promising to send official French troops to fight alongside Kiev. It was precisely the fear of a direct war that made Macron reduce his anti-Russian attitudes in recent months, as Moscow made it clear that all French military personnel on Ukrainian soil would be legitimate and priority targets. Now, Macron no longer depends on his own decisions to avoid a direct war – he is at the mercy of the conscience and strategic sense of the Americans, who actually lead NATO.
It is important for Western analysts and officials to understand that WWIII has already “de facto” begun. There is a Western-led international coalition that has been attacking the Russian Federation for two years. The nature of the current conflict is absolutely international, and there are even other fronts outside Ukraine – as in the case of Western-backed terrorists attacking Russian citizens in African countries. Fearing the beginning of an open phase of the conflict is reasonable, but it is important to understand that this “world war” is already a reality – precisely because of the irresponsible actions of Western countries, including France.
Given the fear of escalation, Europeans should break with the US and NATO, seeking to free themselves from the consequences of the conflict by reestablishing ties with Russia. Unfortunately, however, European subservience is bigger than their fear. If the US authorizes deep strikes, it is likely that, despite their fear, all European countries will endorse the measure immediately.
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oh no, we would never send tanks ….. aircraft ….. missiles ….. wonder weapons ….. to ukraine, would we? we would never send nato troops to fight in ukraine ….. would we?
they don’t send them, they sell them as the sales agents of the privatised mitary industrialists
maybe french foreign legion should try mexico again? or maybe aim lower like honduras or guatemala? maybe that is more attainable
actually, all jokes aside, i think some frenchmen got arrested in venezuela alongside other western intelligence “assets” over the weekend. accused of conspiring to commit assassinations…
americans got sentenced to death in the congo for their coup attempt, and some others are accused in venzuala of something or other whilst maduros stolen the election. and zelensky being summonsed to court or his opponent who he’s locked up over accusations of corruption about him invoking martial law to steal democracy from tbe people
they should try northern suburbs of paris. it could bé a good start.
now’s a good time for france to ‘retake’ haiti, most of their haitian army is advancing in springfield, decimating republican cats, dogs and ducks.
has the french people learned yet that marxist communist ideology doesn’t work well being you runout of other people’s money.. sooner or later, and in this case ..later is now..!
so send them a container full of peanut butter skippy.
another new character creation everyday
above all, the french people have learned that the imperialist-capitalist ideology only works because it is a lot of fun for ruling politicians to spend other people’s money, and in this case “ever since”!
the original french revolution was based on the ideology of building the commune and atheistic pagan type of religious values. it was anti christian “first them, then us” marie antoinette was heard to whisper to her companion at the estates general meeting them being the catholic church. the french haveckearbexctbag they were deceived france was thd greatest superpower on earth before the revolution just as russia was poised to become if they didnt set up that revolution too.
exact. but the monarchy was guilt too. they lived on crédits and ended in debt. broken, financially enslaved by usury the french nobility was in the end of the bourgeoisy and thé jews under louis xv. the révolution happened under the next king louis xvi.
in the hand of… (sry)
friday the 13th… just saying…
a good read on the subject : monseigneur henri delassus – la conjuration antichrétienne.(1910)
it doesn’t work because moneys fiat. that’s a other way of saying like fiction like a poer back writers cheap attempts at creating characters to fill inches in columns. and the other reason is first marx didn’t invent communism at all
the vatican did and were practicing it in south america from tbe 1600s calling it reductions. and they the materialist capitalists don’t want it to work. pope francis is straight out a materialist and he has said so very bluntly. that needs capitalism for economic growth
capitalism, the conspiracy to commit profit off the arses of others…basically piracy, theft, murder, slavery, by another name. the insanity of people who still think they can “take it with them”… the genocidal pursuit of an imaginary substance ‘money’. darwin was wrong, this isn’t what a sane person would call ‘evolution’. but we’re not ruled by the sane or philosophical are we?
frenchy faggots always crap themselves after a major war, it’s a tradition with these bread, cheese munching freaks.
ignorance as usual from fake names. france was the greatest superpower on earth before they subverted her and destroyed her udin the revution and then bonaparte to destroy more if their rivals he worked it out he told in his book his biography. which none of you have ever read cause it’s a book
books plural… i like the book about how a king cursed his nation by murdering and ripping off the knights templar. the knights are still kicking… what’s left of that kings lineage is a smudge…
that is really a totally dumb article considering it is the uk currently trying to impose missile strike inside russia. 6 british diplomats were expelled from moscow last week. putin made clear it is not ukraine using those missile but the country providing those missile (fr/uk)
france is more involved on the ground with thousands of mercenaries including regular troops and officers. many of whom perished… in “ski accidents” and such
send in the cheese eating surrender monkeys.
clown picaddily circus dingaling
you’re waking up well done
if the french join in they will surrender by lunch time.
stupid, france is a country who win the most battles/war in % in thé history ! vive la france !
true because the nobility class were their warrior class in the way the world worked before and they murdered then and left the artists and tradesmen shopkeeper class alive
to this day, the french make fun of how the russians had to burn moscow when napoleon came. they then needed the help of the english to defeat the french. later, the us helped defeat hitler. and today they can’t even deal with ukraine.
sure pigs arse
old boney invaded russia with the 630,000 grande armee, 40% french, 60% the dregs of europe, because “russia is a colossus with feet of clay.” over 5 out of every 6 men he took into russia died there. eventually 95,000 starving frostbitten survivors staggered over the lithuanian border, all order and discipline gone. most of them died of typhus soon after. all the cavalry and draught horses were lost. boney was a dead man walking, his valet hid his pistols
to stop him blowing his brains out. he certainly wasn’t laughing about it, neither were all the dead froggies lying in the snow. “rule one on page one of the book of war: do not march on moscow.” – monty.
nato is now acting like little boys figuring our how to gang up on the big kid who wont be part of their club. ”all the world is junior high”.tom brokaw if if they were honestly worried, they would be on the phone with russia. if it ever goes big, europe will be no more, at least not as we know it today. if france pulls out of the eu, so will other countries and maybe after that they will remember themselves.
quite right its dumb and dumber by devious design implemented by the quasi military director generals if education who are run by the liveries in the city of london together with secret science
yep, western media hungering for and talking up aggression and escalation and more war, goading their govts to increase direct involvement. no doubt about that.
france wasn’t in nato until 2008 when the jew sarkozy decided to join the alliance. french président de gaulle always refused to bé fully integrated in nato to stay independant. it’s always ((( them ))). every.single.time.
funny how having a 5 tier justice system that lets the lizards feast on babies, and all the counterfieting money in the world… but still can’t escape the consequences of nuclear war… yet these loons still pretent to be gods, even though they’ll end up dead like the rest of us, but unlike most of us unknowns, they’ll be hated for eternity…by their own kids, for the shit they left the kids to deal with…nuclear winter…