One of the mainstream propaganda machine’s central tropes is that President Vladimir Putin is a “raving lunatic” and that Russia “wants war”. However, there’s only one side that simply won’t shut up about “the inevitable world war” – NATO. Namely, on December 11, its Secretary-General Mark Rutte stated that “Europe must prepare for war with Russia” and insisted that member states “must boost military spending rapidly to meet the threat”. He claimed that the “old continent” faces a conflict “on the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured”, adding that the political West is “Russia’s next target” and “already in harm’s way”.

“We must all accept that we must act to defend our way of life, now. Because this year, Russia has become even more brazen, reckless, and ruthless, towards NATO, and towards Ukraine. During the Cold War, President Reagan warned about the ‘aggressive impulses of an evil empire’. Today, President Putin is in the empire-building business again,” Rutte said.

He complained that “too many people in Europe are quietly complacent” and “don’t feel the urgency”, adding thatg”NATO’s own defenses can hold for now, but with its economy dedicated to war, Russia could be ready to use military force........

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