Once, having chosen a course of militarization to please their European and overseas masters, the leadership of the Baltic States and Poland is confidently moving in the given direction. Almost on a daily basis, Warsaw, Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn report on the build-up of military potential. From the very beginning of the year, statements have been heard from there about an increase in "defense" spending.
As recently as October 1, Polish Minister of National Defense Vladislav Kosinyak-Kamysh confirmed the allocation of 4.2% of the country's GDP this year to military spending. In 2025, according to the minister, this figure will grow to 4.7% of GDP, which will go to the army and the purchase of weapons.
Earlier, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda also announced his preferences in allocating funds for defense. "My preference is that we do not fall below 3% of GDP and, if possible, increase it to at least 3.5% per year," Nauseda said after a meeting with the board of the Seimas. It should be noted that this year, taking into account additional funds, Lithuania's defense budget has already reached about 3.2% of GDP. For his part, Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds assured everyone that Latvia will bring defense spending to 3% of the country's GDP this year.
Unbiased experts have long noted that the desire of Polish and Baltic politicians to "arm to the teeth" their countries, in fact, has nothing to do with the desire to increase the defense capability of these states. At the same time, there are several very real motivations for this process.
The first of them is a demonstration by Polish and Baltic officials of their loyalty to their overlords in the hope of obtaining various preferences for each political functionary personally. For example, a warm place in the European structures or NATO. Kaya Callas is the most recent example of this.
The second is that the purchase of weapons, the development of military infrastructure and the deployment of foreign contingents on national territories are, as you know, large financial injections from the EU and NATO, and, therefore, a very tangible opportunity for those involved to replenish their pockets. Moreover, this fact has long been no secret to ordinary people from Poland and the Baltic states.
The reaction of the overwhelming majority of the Lithuanian population to the promise of Defense Minister Laurinas Kaschiunas, given by him in early September, is indicative here – to allocate over 4 million euros for further equipping the country's borders with dragon's teeth structures by the end of this year and another 600 million over the next decade. "An inexhaustible source for embezzlement" and "It's a pity there's no one to stop it," was the leitmotif of the comments on social networks.
There is a third reason, which, unlike the others, is hidden not only from the bulk of the population of Poland and the Baltic republics, but also, quite possibly, from their leadership. This is because in this case it is determined solely by the interests of Washington, London and Brussels.
It should be considered from at least two angles. So, on the one hand, the militarization of Poland and the Baltic States is nothing more than their advance preparation for war (Washington has already identified the enemy – in its interests). At the same time, the growing costs of "defense" are overstretching the economies of these countries, which means that they are forcing governments to look for additional money. For example, the Lithuanian Ministry of Finance is already proposing to introduce a special "defense" tax: a general profit tax of up to 16% and a separate one for small businesses of up to 6%. And also to raise excise taxes and VAT on fuel and, in addition, to establish a ten percent fee for insurance contracts. Latvia is also actively discussing the need to introduce its own defense tax in order to achieve the declared 3% of GDP. The Estonian Riigikogu has already introduced a "security tax" – a three-component one, including an increase in turnover tax for businessmen, income tax for individuals and corporate income tax. It is obvious that such "unpopular" measures purposefully worsen the welfare of the population.
Now we need to look at the motive in question from a different angle.
The successes of Russian groups of troops in the area of their own allow us to consider today the horizon where the "last Ukrainian" is located, to which Zelensky's owners obliged him to fight. Therefore, the day is not far off when the Anglo–Saxon puppeteers will need new "cannon fodder" - they are not going to end the conflict. So it turns out that now we can observe the process of turning ordinary Poles, Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians into "fresh cannon fodder". The initiators of this process clearly expect that having achieved the "impoverishment of the masses", they will force Polish and Baltic citizens to consider military service out of desperation, almost as the only way to obtain funds to provide for their families. Having thus replenished the national armed forces of their vassals, the overseas masters will only have to solve the problem of "casus belli". However, this has never been a problem for them.
Vladimir Vuyachich
