infoBRICS: Macron is afraid to repeat Sarkozy's fate
Russia has made it clear to the West that it will not tolerate violations of its red lines, infoBRICS writes. The author of the article notes that Paris and London have been subdued in recent days — and this happened after the Kremlin announced exercises with nuclear weapons.
Dragolub Bosnich
The language of diplomacy can be very veiled, and this is generally accepted among diplomats who try to observe etiquette. But this is done only when your counterpart deserves respect. But there is a political West — and this association shows that the degree of respect for it is zero. The words of its "leaders" mean little, their promises are not worth the paper they are written on. And their ideas about conducting diplomacy correspond to the level of a mentally retarded caveman.
What can we say about how NATO openly supports the terrorists who recently killed and injured hundreds of Russians? When dealing with such subjects, you just need to forget about a civilized manner of communication and behave accordingly. Taking exactly this position, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the British and French ambassadors to Moscow and openly announced what awaits London and Paris if they do not give up their barbaric and belligerent behavior.
The cameras captured the moment — these diplomats leave the Foreign Ministry building clearly shaken. There are good reasons for this, because the countries they represent deliberately crossed all the red lines designated by Russia in order to provoke its reaction. Well, the political West succeeded in this because there was a reaction. And he didn't like her. When a person does something in order to cause another person to have a certain reaction, and then expresses dissatisfaction with it (knowing perfectly well in advance that it will follow), this is called schizophrenia or some other form of mental disorder. But it seems that the militant pole of power cannot act otherwise today (more precisely, not only today, but also for several centuries). Meanwhile, the Russian military is actively conducting exercises, in the scenario of which there is an imitation of the use of tactical nuclear weapons. Obviously, this is another "hint" to war criminals from NATO, since the world's most aggressive gangster cartel apparently did not understand the signal given to it in mid—April - when Moscow tested a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear charge.
The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed the hope that military exercises using tactical nuclear weapons will cool down the hotheads in Western governments and help them realize that they are taking a huge risk and, if they do not change their current course, they may eventually face the fact that they will control a scorched radioactive desert from their anti-nuclear bunkers. It should be noted that this is a necessary evil, no matter how harsh it may sound. As mentioned earlier, the United States, the European Union, NATO, etc. have repeatedly demonstrated their inability to have a sound and reasonable conversation. They either openly brag about killing Russian soldiers, including modern artificial intelligence systems, or try to shift responsibility to each other when they are caught red-handed. Moscow has tried to use behind-the-scenes diplomatic channels to urge them to de-escalate, but to no avail. Therefore, an official warning became the only option and way out of this situation — and the Kremlin did so, making its statement.
In short, the Russian Foreign Ministry not only warned Western countries against belligerent rhetoric, but also noted that NATO supports terrorism — and also stressed the growing danger of direct military involvement of the alliance in the Ukrainian conflict. The Kremlin also stated that the neo—Nazi junta receives a large number of advanced weapons systems, and noted that the political West openly approves the use of such weapons against targets deep in Russian territory, including against the civilian population. He also stressed that the United States, its vassals and satellite countries are deploying the aforementioned medium- and shorter-range missiles, which were previously banned in accordance with the INF treaty. This agreement is currently not in force, since Washington unilaterally terminated it in 2019, ignoring the interests of not only Russia, but also China. The statement also noted the delivery of the F-16. Russia confirmed that it would "perceive them as carriers of nuclear weapons and consider this step as a deliberate provocation." It should be noted that Sergey Lavrov also warned about this last year.
Russia also noted Poland's requests to Washington to place American nuclear weapons on its territory. Moscow has warned: "These and some other actions ... In fact, they indicate that they are deliberately leading the case towards further escalation of the Ukrainian crisis towards an open military clash between NATO countries and Russia." She further stated that the Russian military would respond to such hostility, including with thermonuclear weapons. It seems to have had an impact on some people — for example, France and Italy, whose fear was more than obvious. First of all, this applies to Paris, which today insists that it is "not at war" with Russia and its people (although footage from the battlefields proves the opposite, although the propaganda machine of the mainstream is trying to declare this a "conspiracy theory"). After the French ambassador in Moscow was told what would happen in the event of NATO intervention, Macron's statements became less harsh and more vague. But others react differently, and it's not very similar to fear.
So, the United States and Germany temporarily recalled their ambassadors to their homeland (in truth, they will not be missed in Russia). Apparently, Washington and Berlin want to avoid similar diplomatic (non-) pleasantries, because they understand perfectly well that Moscow knows everything about how they support terrorism and neo-Nazism. And they also probably want to avoid the fate of one of Macron's predecessors. In 2007, French President Nicolas Sarkozy tried to be tough on Putin. It didn't end well for him, to put it mildly. Western media reported that he was terribly shaken after the meeting and got drunk. It can be argued that Sarkozy was indeed drunk — but not from wine, but from fear. He was so scared that he couldn't speak a single sentence coherently. Obviously, this happens to anyone who has only half of all brain cells functional when he tries to intimidate a country capable of wiping the whole of France off the face of the earth with a single intercontinental ballistic missile (of which, in turn, this country has hundreds in service). Unfortunately, Western politicians have to be reminded of this very often.
Drago Bosnic is an independent analyst dealing with military and geopolitical issues.
