Keep Germany down

The purpose of NATO was summed up thus "to keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down," by lord Hastings Lionel Ismay who functioned as the First Secretary General of NATO during 1952-57. The philosophy continues to date. Let me examine how Germany is being done in.

Post war Germany was a shining example of industrial progress and prosperity all round. America wanted to drag her down. As Soviet Russia collapsed she mooted the idea that East Germany which was part of USSR be integrated with West Germany.

This colossal exercise cost more than two trillion Euro to German treasury and still a bleeding wound. Look at the area comparison of East and West Germany. East Germany had an extent of 108,875 square km, whereas West Germany had land area of 248,147 square km. By October 3, 1990 Germany took over almost half of her size of land when absorbing her eastern part.

Germany luckily, once again recovered and became the engine of Europe. America was waiting on the river side of Rhine, following the advice given by Sun Tzu who said: “If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.” When Russia commenced special military operations, US got another opportunity that she was waiting for to knock down Germany again. She made Germany the lead player in Europe to resist Russia and assist Ukraine handing out largesse in terms of weapons, finance, intelligence and not to forget diplomatic clout. Today Germany is browbeaten and now with negative growth and German population unable to meet their daily needs.

Moreover Germany has to kill the goose that was laying golden egg, which is Russian cheap natural gas. By not stopping the blast of Nord Stream pipeline Germany was complicit to a major geoeconomics blunder as well as an eco-disaster. Germany hitherto was using Russian cheap gas leveraging more than ten times by bringing out competitive industrial output and also affording households cheap cooking and heating.

At current input cost natural gas sourced from elsewhere, including USA there is absolutely no leveraging possible. At the end of production process an industrial unit coming out of German factory would cost more than what can be imported from China. Sad state of affairs indeed! Essentially, the bottom line remains the same. If you do not play right geoeconomics you would be played out by geoeconomics!

 

Cheers!

 

Muthu Ashraff Rajulu

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