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Europe wants to rearm
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The European Union wants to arm itself with the enormous sum of 800 billion euros over the next few years. We need to prepare for war with Russia, we hear. It's as if the Red Army were standing in front of Berlin again. And the impending loss of the American protective shield due to Donald Trump's policies leaves no other choice.
ON THE ONE HAND, it has already been stated several times in this column that the isolationist tendencies of the new US policy also offer Europeans the chance to finally emancipate themselves. In other words, to develop their own security and defense policy.
OTHERWISE, the dangers of a new arms spiral should not be ignored. When those - mostly left-leaning - forces that have upheld the motto "Creating peace without weapons" in recent years now loudly call for rearmament and readiness for war, we must not forget the threat of automatic weapons: The larger and more threatening the arsenals become, the greater the likelihood that they will be used at some point. Late-imperialist statesmen, arms industry lobbyists or the thirst for glory of one or two generals could see to that.
The motto of the ancient Romans "si vis pacem, para bellum" - if you want peace, prepare for war - could therefore also become dangerous.
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