Until the West overcomes its addiction to post heroic values NATO's programme of rearmament will do little to provide their nations with genuine security
War, fought by these western countries with the exception of Israel is done at a distance, not close up. Western countries don’t feel threatened even if they are. Even the last foray , whilst being a very brilliant exercise of might and power was done at a distance. Bombs are dropped, key installations are destroyed, even lives taken very cleverly. Drones are sent to fight both in the Middle East and Ukraine. Apart from the lack of patriotism, war will be fought as cyber attacks, taking down the communication and energy systems of countries. Sleeper cells consisting of middle eastern, African, perhaps Indian and Chinese will attack from within because we have been stupid enough to allow these cultures to come and live in our countries and haven’t insisted on them giving up their allegiances, clothing, customs and embracing judeo Christian virtues.
It is indeed strangeness to increase defence spending when the threats are mostly within. Most western countries don’t even see the “Palestinian “ supporting protest as a threat to their realms. They don’t see the climate nonsense as a threat to their well being. And they certainly didn’t see the COVID charades as an attack on the west. So increasing spending for what kinds of defence? I think they have to define the threat first.
The unwillingness of so many young people to defend their own society seems to be another tangible expression of the detachment of the masses from the elites. The denigration of the values of Heroism has coincided with the rejection of the past by the ruling elites. It must be acknowledged the elites now running Europe and the West are themselves the product of the long 1960’s with legacies of the associated crises of Meaning and Legitimation, which has seen the bulk of the Academy pivot against tradition, and by extension The West. What this has created is a Europe and a West that cannot, and indeed does not want to command loyalty, merely obedience; it is not able to project power and exists in name only. It seems insane that the Visegrád group can coexist with Germany or France in the EU.
War, fought by these western countries with the exception of Israel is done at a distance, not close up. Western countries don’t feel threatened even if they are. Even the last foray , whilst being a very brilliant exercise of might and power was done at a distance. Bombs are dropped, key installations are destroyed, even lives taken very cleverly. Drones are sent to fight both in the Middle East and Ukraine. Apart from the lack of patriotism, war will be fought as cyber attacks, taking down the communication and energy systems of countries. Sleeper cells consisting of middle eastern, African, perhaps Indian and Chinese will attack from within because we have been stupid enough to allow these cultures to come and live in our countries and haven’t insisted on them giving up their allegiances, clothing, customs and embracing judeo Christian virtues.
It is indeed strangeness to increase defence spending when the threats are mostly within. Most western countries don’t even see the “Palestinian “ supporting protest as a threat to their realms. They don’t see the climate nonsense as a threat to their well being. And they certainly didn’t see the COVID charades as an attack on the west. So increasing spending for what kinds of defence? I think they have to define the threat first.
Who would fight to save the EU?
The unwillingness of so many young people to defend their own society seems to be another tangible expression of the detachment of the masses from the elites. The denigration of the values of Heroism has coincided with the rejection of the past by the ruling elites. It must be acknowledged the elites now running Europe and the West are themselves the product of the long 1960’s with legacies of the associated crises of Meaning and Legitimation, which has seen the bulk of the Academy pivot against tradition, and by extension The West. What this has created is a Europe and a West that cannot, and indeed does not want to command loyalty, merely obedience; it is not able to project power and exists in name only. It seems insane that the Visegrád group can coexist with Germany or France in the EU.