History is a good advisor

Ricardo Nuno Costa

The Teutonic insistence on wanting to inflict defeat on Russia should instil fear in the German population.

 In his short book “Ernstfall für Deutschland: Ein Handbuch gegen den Krieg” (Emergency Situation for Germany: A Handbook Against War), retired Bundeswehr general Erich Vad lucidly reminds us that ‘no matter how many German politicians close their eyes to Russia’s interests, and regardless of whether those interests are justified or not, they will not simply disappear by ignoring them.’ Indeed.

At the present time, when Germany is experiencing unprecedented political instability since its reunification three decades ago, it would be important for Berlin to commit itself to the search for peace and strategic stability on the continent.

The unfortunate conflict in Ukraine, which began a decade ago in Kiev under the Obama-Biden administration, can only be resolved between the parties involved: Moscow and Washington. ‘Tout court!’

Everyone here has heard horror stories from their parents or grandparents, which should serve as a lesson 

Germany’s role is simply to work towards peace, diplomacy and trade. This is no small task. Russia and Germany, the two largest, richest and most populous countries in Europe, not only must but are obliged to reach an agreement that will enable a rapprochement in the energy and trade spheres, which has brought such remarkable benefits to both countries and to Europe in recent decades.

Germany is too important a country in the concert of nations to lend itself to cheap hostility, whether towards the US on the one hand, or Russia and China on the other. Thanks to the strength of its economy, it is still a key player in the necessary accommodation of European, North American and the flourishing Euro-Asian interests. And, of course, its own national interests.

The recent threats by the new German chancellor to attack Russia with Taurus missiles via the proxy regime in Kiev are therefore a dangerous bravado, which history does not endorse in any way. Although fundamental at the economic level, Germany should understand that it lost its military relevance 80 years ago and remember that revanchism has only brought it bitter rewards.

A rearmament with an eye on a war in the East would literally take decades to have any relevance. It won’t happen! The Teutonic insistence on wanting to inflict defeat on Russia should instil fear in the German population. After all, everyone here has heard horror stories from their parents or grandparents, which should serve as a lesson.

Merz and the German political class, instead of parading around Kiev in a fanfare, should have enjoyed today’s beautiful Spring day in Berlin and taken a walk around the Bundestag, on the banks of the Spree, appreciating the beautiful but disordered architecture of the rebuilt city, and engaging in an exercise of remembrance. Such an epiphany would perhaps help them understand that today there is no other path left but reconciliation and understanding.

History is a good advisor.

 

Ricardo Nuno Costa ‒ geopolitical expert, writer, columnist, and editor-in-chief of geopol.pt

 

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Played by Vladimir Putin, a 'weary' Donald Trump could walk away from Ukraine
By Americas editor John Lyons and Brad Ryan

 

When Vladimir Putin refused to attend ceasefire talks in Istanbul last week, Donald Trump said it showed the pair needed to have another chat.

"Nothing's going to happen until Putin and I get together," he said.

Now, the US and Russian leaders have spoken in a two-hour conversation that Trump says went very well. He says Russia and Ukraine will "immediately start negotiations towards a ceasefire" as a result.

"Let the process begin!" he wrote on social media.

But the truth is, Trump has comprehensively failed to achieve his aim of ending the war in Ukraine.

During the US presidential election campaign, he repeatedly said he would end the conflict within 24 hours of coming into office.

Four months on, there is no end in sight.

Putin is playing Trump

It's apparent Putin has been slow-walking his talks with Trump from the start. Monday's phone call only made that clearer.

Far from a genuine commitment to a ceasefire, Putin stalled the process, talking only about a memorandum that would lay out the terms of a possible deal.

He's long refused to budge on those terms, and he knows they're terms Ukraine and its allies won't agree to.

Trump, though, says he still believes Putin wants peace.

"I said: 'When are we going to end this, Vladimir?'" Trump told a press conference afterwards.

"I've known him for a long time now … and I do believe he wants to end it."

But there's only one reason there's a war in Ukraine: Because Putin wants one.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-20/played-by-putin-weary-trump-could-walk-away-from-ukraine/105312426

 

NON-NO-NIET-NADA... JOHN LYONS, WRITER OF THE PIECE ABOVE, IS WANKINGLYRICAL (I MEAN WAXING THE LYRICAL FLOORBOARDS)... PUTIN IS NOT PLAYING TRUMP... THE WEST IS PLAYING PUTIN AND PUTIN RESPONDS ACCORDINGLY... 

FROM THE BEGINNING, PUTIN HAS WANTED PEACE (AND NO NATO IN YUCKRAINE), BUT THE WEST DOES NOT WANT TO AGREE TO WHAT PUTIN WANTS:

FIRST, PUTIN WANTED YUCKRAINE (THE KIEV NAZI REGIME) ADHERED TO THE MINSK AGREEMENTS...

THE WEST PUSHED YUCKRAINE TO REFUSE THIS VERY DECENT OFFER....

LIKE WHATIZNAME PILOTING HIS "TOMBSTONE" BOT, PUTIN SAID: "DO YOU WANT MORE?"

"SURE," SAID THE WEST, "WE'LL CARRY ON FIGHTING UNTIL OUR ARSE IN ON FIRE..."

PUTIN MADE MORE OFFERS, LESS AND LESS FAVOURABLE TO THE NAZI KIEV REGIME, WHILE BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF IT...

THE WEST INSISTED KIEV NEGOTIATED FROM A "POSITION OF STRENGTH"... AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN....

NEWS BREAK: THE MORE YOU WAIT, THE MORE RUSSIA IS WINNING....

MAKE A DEAL NOW. ACCEPT RUSSIA'S TERMS. FULL BLEEDING STOP. THEN WE CAN GO BACK TO THE "AFFAIRES DE FESSES" OF THE WESTERN LEADERS AND TO THE BIDEN GRAND DECEPTION....

 

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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.

 

         Gus Leonisky

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