The belligerent stance of European NATO members risks triggering an all-out war with Russia that could spell the end of the bloc, Dmitry Trenin, the president of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), wrote in an op-ed for RT.

Trenin argued that the European elites are seeking “Russia’s destruction as a major power” rather than deterrence, as was the case during the Cold War. They are using the Ukraine conflict as a convenient opportunity, he said.

Europe’s bellicose posturing risks direct war with Russia, expert warns
An all-out war would bring an end to NATO, Dmitry Trenin wrote in an op-ed for RT

“The European NATO leaders’ enormous deficit of modern strategic culture – unsurprising after the eight decades of having delegated their security to the United States – and their blind Russophobia, a result of deep-seated vintage European racism and the real or perceived grudges against Russia piled over the last five centuries, have put Europe on a direct collision course with Russia,” he warned, adding that this strategy essentially “means war.”

Trenin argued that the fundamental flaw of this is the “belief that Russia would rather accept defeat, degradation, and disintegration than use the arsenal which it currently possesses.”

He warned that the Russian leadership and the people would not “surrender to NATO,” and that “there will be no more NATO” if war breaks out.

Last year, NATO members pledged to increase annual defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035. European leaders and top military commanders have argued that the West must be prepared for a war with Russia by the end of the decade, which the Kremlin has called baseless and dangerous warmongering.

President Vladimir Putin has said Russia will not attack a NATO country unless attacked first. However, Moscow has warned that Western weapons deliveries to Ukraine make the risk of a direct confrontation more likely.

https://www.rt.com/news/642709-europe-aggressive-posture-conflict-russia/

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QUITE EXTRAORDINARY. THE WESTERN PROPAGANDA ABOUT PUTIN WANTING TO RECREATE THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE IS STILL HAVING MAJOR TRACTION IN THE MIND OF MANY INTELLIGENT WESTERNERS. WHY? THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE. INTELLIGENT PEOPLE ARE CONDITIONED AS MUCH AS DUMB PEOPLE BY A SERIES OF VERY POWERFUL WESTERN LIES AND AN UNWILLINGNESS TO INVESTIGATE, BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS MUCH HARDER TO SEEK. 

PUTIN IS EVIL BECAUSE HE INVADED UKRAINE. FULL STOP.

NO CHESS-BEATING WESTERNERS IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD ASK WHY DID PUTIN LAUNCH A LIMITED MILITARY OPERATION IN UKRAINE NOR WHY THE PEACE TREATY IN 2022 FAILED. IF SOMEONE ASK THEM THE QUESTION WHY, THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE: PUTIN IS EVIL.

ANY EXPLANATION ABOUT WHAT UKRAINE/NATO WAS DOING TO THE PEOPLE OF THE DONBASS WILL BE PROMOTED AS "RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA" ESPECIALLY IF THIS IS TRUE. BORIS JOHNSON IS A HERO FOR DESTROYING ANY PEACE DEAL IN 2022. A PEACE DEAL WITH PUTIN IS A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL.

THE WEST IS PERVERSE.

ONE OF THE MOST VIRULENT WESTERN PROPAGANDA DESIGNED TO VILIFY THE RUSSIAN POINT OF VIEW COMES FROM A US/GERMAN "INDEPENDENT" SOURCE THAT STILL INVOKES THE "MARSHALL PLAN". 

LUCKILY, WE HAVE FORMER CIA ANALYSTS LIKE LARRY JOHNSON AND OTHERS TO COUNTER THE WESTERN DISINFORMATION BULLSHIT, BUT IT IS VERY HARD WORK. PROOFS AND EVIDENCE ARE OBVIOUS LIKE THE SUN, BUT THE BRAINWASHING HAS BEEN SO WELL STRUCTURED INSIDE THE MIND OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE THAT "THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW".

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PUTIN IS NOT EVIL. PUTIN DOES NOT WANT TO RECREATE THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. PUTIN IS SERIOUSLY MODERATE AND HE IS ONLY CARING ABOUT RUSSIA'S WELL-BEING WHICH HAS BEEN THREATENED BY NATO AND THE NAZIS IN UKRAINE. WE HATE PUTIN FOR THIS.

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OUR WESTERN LEADERS ARE DAMAGING ANY PROSPECT OF PEACE BECAUSE OF HATE. A GOOD DOSE OF REASON WOULD OVERCOME THIS HATE BUT THE WESTERNERS HATE THIS POSSIBILITY. "THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW" BEYOND THEIR HATE: "PUTIN IS EVIL"....

IT'S PERVERSE.