The Russians say they have no plans to invade other countries in Europe, but NATO is talking up plans for a war against Russia.

 

The Russians say they have no plans to invade other European countries, but I remember Putin saying that he had no plans to invade the Ukraine and then they tried to take Kiev in February 2022, but got bogged down and had to turn back. The Russian invasion was a complete fiasco and that didn't go unnoticed. That Russian convoy stretched back for many miles and they would have been sitting ducks for any country with a decent air force or a missile system. Although the Ukraine as a Jewish President, Putin called it a "special operation' aimed at the denazification of the Ukraine.

Is it really credible that Putin would want to extend this war into a war against the rest of Europe? I don't believe for moment that most Russians feel threatened by NATO, but many eastern European countries, feel threatened by Russia. Putin certainly wants to destabilize Europe and he must be rubbing his hands with glee, in the way in which, he's managed to drive a wedge between Europe and America. However, I think Trump's isolationism and is MAGA movement, is more responsible for that.

The Russians have struggled to get anywhere in the Ukraine and that war has been going on since 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimea. The Russians are now using troops from North Korea. When Russia annexed the Crimea, most European countries did nothing. Denmark has called Donald Trump a security threat and Trump definitely seems to be dancing to Putin's tune. NATO is now talking up a war against Russia, but for the last 80 years, Europe has relied on American military might for its security. Under Donald Trump, America is no longer a reliable ally and the transatlantic alliance, has never looked more fragile. NATO is effectively American military power and if that can't be relied on, then NATO is nothing.

In Britain, the Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer seems to be itching to drag Britain into the war raging in the Ukraine. Both Starmer and his Labour government are so unpopular that they're desperate for a diversion and Starmer is clinging on to power. It's a 'Wag the Dog' scenario.

It's not that many weeks ago, that we were being told that in the event of a full-scale war, Britain would run out of ammunition within ten days. Russia does have many nuclear weapons and so do other European countries, but I don't think there's any winners in a nuclear war. It's mutually assured self-destruction.