Just when you think NATO humiliation has reached a crescendo. The Leopard tank barn burning has taken NATO to new heights in propaganda and deception. In many ways, we have all been asked to swallow endless amounts of anti-Russian propaganda from the dumbshits in Washington.
The real problem regarding anti-Russian propaganda is that real-world defense issues are obfuscated by the insouciant compliant neo-liberal and neo-conservative classes.
This is done through portals like Hamilton 68 that give false narratives to both the NYT and WP. From here, these media deceptions are shared with all the other publications in the United States. Giving Americans a distorted view of reality.
As a consequence, our blundering is never properly debated and the Leopard 2 tank deception is a case in point.
First Blunder
In regards to the Leopards, it is completely obvious what the United States is trying to accomplish regarding the tank debacle. By encouraging the export and or re-export of an insignificant amount of Leopards to Ukraine; the United States is doing everything it can to try and divide Germany and Russia from future economic agreements.
The logic is, if Germany sends the armor to Ukraine the normalization of relations between the countries will be difficult in the future if not impossible. It also helps foster hostility between the Russian and German political classes―a ploy that is pitifully obvious.
Second Blunder
Even if you put the childish antics between the United States and Germany aside for a moment. You are faced with the reality of the complete inability of NATO to mobilize even a fraction of the amount of armor, artillery, and infantry required to meet the Russians on their own ground. If the belligerents were to fight right now, the NATO defeat would be on the order of the French in 1940.
Of course, no one is aware of this disparity enforces (because) the media are― lying their asses off.
Third Blunder
The entire Ukrainian War exposes the utter disunity of NATO.
From the Turkish inability to accept Finland and Sweden into the NATO alliance to the Germans and Polish bickering over the reexport of tanks to Ukraine. We can never forget NATO unity has never been tested in a real war. It is being tested now and it is quickly falling apart. Middle-aged European disputes are quickly surfacing again and the loose confederation of European states is once again devolving into their medieval historical psychologies.
In fact, at this moment, Poland in Germany are rehashing old territorial disputes from 1945―at the same time when their existential existence is in question. As we know, this dispute between Germany and Poland is precisely when the war in Ukraine is reaching its peak intensity. Finally, we can never forget that Germany would not send any armor to Ukraine unless the United States sent its own. Where are Western journalists? MIA, I suppose.
Fourth Blunder
The war in Ukraine demonstrates to near-peer competitors around the world that the United States no longer has an unassailable position in global affairs. Of course, the American establishment will claim that Russia is incompetent and cannot fight a combined-arms war and suffers from political disunity in Moscow.
But, does that make any sense?
If that were true the United States would be able to easly defeat Russia through its proxy in Ukraine and this is not the case. Therefore, regardless of the western rhetoric, the global Military establishment perceives the United States and NATO in defeat.
Especially after the unceremonious evacuation from Afghanistan. If the United States can’t win against a lightly armed Taliban insurgency. How can America turn around and defeat a combined arms Russia?
It’s a fair question― and the answer is obvious.
That is precisely how the global community perceives the situation. That is precisely why American sanctions or being ignored globally and why you hear the language of multipolarity and the abandonment of the dollar as the reserve currency.
If Russia was militarily incompetent we would not have a debate and none of this would be happening.
―Chris
Note: I would like to thank Matt Taibbi for his work with the ‘Twitter Files and ‘Hamilton 68’