The eighth meeting in the Rammstein format (Photo:REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)
One should not expect anything extraordinary from the Ramstein meetings themselves. Issues are discussed there, but decisions may be announced later
The question of the supply of Western-made tanks was resolved during the week after Ramstein, when the Allies finally agreed on a political formula for the organization of this process.
The U.S. clearly wanted to transfer the “tank” issue to the European allies, while the latter, in the person of Olaf Scholz, on the contrary, wanted to share the corresponding risks between themselves and their overseas partners. What are the risks? Obviously, the risk of a nuclear escalation with Russia still remains in the world of German politics, and in the event of such an escalation, Germany seeks to share the risks equally with all of its North Atlantic allies. This gave rise to a purely political decision: not Leopards instead of Abrams, but both Leopards and Abrams, with the latter coming later.
The West is overcoming new and mental obstacles built up by decades of relations with Russia, when the latter was considered a powerful (at least in military terms) state.
Accordingly, all that worried them initially was the threat of escalation. Of course, escalation for the West itself, because Ukraine felt the full force of “brotherly love” from its wild eastern neighbor from the very first days of the war.
They have gotten to tanks, but have already started talking about aviation
Well, there still remain some options for settling this war, which were first talked about loudly, and then more quietly. One of the latest manifestations of all this is the statement by Victoria Nuland that the United States is ready to negotiate the lifting of sanctions in exchange for withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. We made a terrible “betrayal” out of this, but the appeal is quite reasonable, and is obviously directed not at war criminals from the Kremlin, but at the Russian “elite.” Its meaning is simple: “Enough, perhaps?” This is a situation in which it is impossible to win, but it is possible to multiply deaths, destruction, and crisis, as well as negative consequences for the initiators of this crime.
But, of course, it’s not “enough” for them. They are going to continue mobilizing slaves so that they die “for the glory” of their master. As long as the slaves agree to this, the master still has many “big plans.”
Therefore,…
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