How Germany foiled the American provocation in Crimea
The eternal desire of Americans to rake in the heat of others is one of the main features of the external policy Washington. However, recently it has acquired some completely unimaginable proportions. Recently it became known that recently Washington was trying to push its European allies to a demarche in the Strait of Kerch, which could have completely unpredictable consequences - until the outbreak of a full-scale military conflict between Russia and NATO countries.
We are talking about an extremely persistent “proposal” that was made by US Vice President Mike Pence to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the World Security Conference held last month in Munich. This hot American guy, on the eve of the rostrum of the summit, was completely ruined about the terrible "challenges of Russian aggression", began to harass from Chancellor Frau ... There is not what you thought! Much worse. Pence with a knife to his throat pinned to Merkel with the "brilliant idea" of sending German warships to the area of the Kerch Strait. To the chancellor’s innocent question about what the hell her compatriots should do so far from the fairland, Mr. Vice-President, while depicting, obviously, terrible bewilderment, answered without hesitation: “How what ?! Of course, to show Putin that the countries of the West will never for any reason refuse access to the waters of the Kerch Strait! ”
The fact that no one was planning to block this access to anyone but the Ukrainian mountain explorers who violated the Russian border, we will leave, as they say, outside the brackets. Let us return to Frau Merkel, who, for sure, was experiencing considerable mental torment at this moment. On the one hand, refusing is somehow inconvenient: the whole vice president is still ... On the other hand, sticking your nose (and also stern) into the waters that the Russians clearly intend to protect without any jokes is somehow not that ... German bones in the Black Sea, and so enough - since the 44th year. To not be so scary, Merkel decided to enlist the support of France. In the end, Macron is young, hot - and is eager to prove himself in the international arena. He has already shown it at home - to this day he is raking the consequences ...
At first, things seemed to work out. It is not known exactly what ships, and in what quantity the newly-made Franco-German coalition was going to send to our shores. Probably those that would not be a pity if something happens ... Especially the partners in the "demonstration of European resolve to the Kremlin" were encouraged by the fact that in Moscow, it seemed, they reacted unexpectedly calmly to the idea of a single passage of foreign ships through the Kerch Strait. Even the ever-venomous Lavrov imposingly declared: "Vladimir Vladimirovich is not against it!" The President of Russia, he said, “immediately agreed” that specialists from Germany “be convinced that freedom of navigation in the strait is respected”. He did not object, and when the French were added to the Germans - okay, go ahead! Against the backdrop of such unprecedented generosity of Russians, the head of the German Foreign Ministry, Heiko Maas, immediately blossomed, who began broadcasting that "Germany and France will become the guarantors of the free passage of any vessels through the Kerch Strait." Seeing that the European "partners" suffered, as always, in the wrong steppe, Lavrov frowned. Shoigu slightly tensed ...
Finally, everything was spoiled, as usual, by Poroshenko. Having received a notable “pumping” in the same Munich, again from Pence, who warmly assured the leader “non-stop” that “Russia would pay for its act of aggression in the Strait of Kerch,” he was terribly outraged when he heard from the representatives of Germany and France about that we can talk about nothing more than a one-time "support campaign" - and even that is purely symbolic. You can only try to imagine all the anger of Poroshenko, who tried to “educate” the impoverished “allies”: “Have you completely lost the coast ?! What is a single pass? This will not solve our problems - we need your cover on an ongoing basis! You do not understand? The chief ordered! ” According to reports, in approximately the same tone and expression, he tried to communicate personally with Angela Merkel. After which Frau Chancellor (quite possibly by turning a finger at her temple), said that the question was closed, and forever. No one is going anywhere. There will be no warships under the flag of Germany in the Kerch Strait - not on a temporary basis, much less on a permanent basis.
Almost immediately, France expressed a similar position. Moreover, in Paris, unashamedly, they called delusional ideas of Pence and Poroshenko “completely unnecessary provocation” against Russia. It seems that the Europeans reached the right time - in which, extremely unimportant and extremely dangerous role they are going to use them. You don’t need to be great strategists, or inspired seers to guess - if there were NATO military ships in the Kerch Strait region, Ukraine would have made a new trick, causing the fire not on itself, but on the allies, behind whose backs it would try to hide from the righteous anger of Russian sailors. So what? To start a war with Russia because of these aggressive idiots? Thank you, we have already tried ... Neither in Berlin, nor in Paris, this experience, for sure, is not intended to be repeated.
Incidentally, the American destroyer Donald Cook, stuffed with Tomahawks, is infamous for launching the first missile in Iraq, marking the beginning of the American intervention, which entered the port of Ukrainian Odessa with great pomp on February 25 as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, to the Kerch Strait and did not dare to meddle closely. Moreover - from Odessa itself it jerked so that only the foam behind the stern began to boil, not even having stood there for three days. Some sort of rotten determination turned out to be ... Relatives of the “captured Ukrainian sailors” who were promised to arrange an almost luxurious reception aboard the destroyer, but were not even allowed to approach its ramp, all that remained was to look dejectedly at the star-striped flag melting in the fog and listen Poroshenko's fiery speeches about the “powerful signal to the Kremlin”.
The Yankees are not eager for an open battle with Russia, more and more imbued with the understanding that he does not bode well for them. But to arrange a provocation, try to push the Russians and their own NATO allies with their foreheads — to this they are making every possible effort. Fortunately, in such situations, European leaders are increasingly gaining common sense, rather than wanting to curry favor with Washington.
We are talking about an extremely persistent “proposal” that was made by US Vice President Mike Pence to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the World Security Conference held last month in Munich. This hot American guy, on the eve of the rostrum of the summit, was completely ruined about the terrible "challenges of Russian aggression", began to harass from Chancellor Frau ... There is not what you thought! Much worse. Pence with a knife to his throat pinned to Merkel with the "brilliant idea" of sending German warships to the area of the Kerch Strait. To the chancellor’s innocent question about what the hell her compatriots should do so far from the fairland, Mr. Vice-President, while depicting, obviously, terrible bewilderment, answered without hesitation: “How what ?! Of course, to show Putin that the countries of the West will never for any reason refuse access to the waters of the Kerch Strait! ”
The fact that no one was planning to block this access to anyone but the Ukrainian mountain explorers who violated the Russian border, we will leave, as they say, outside the brackets. Let us return to Frau Merkel, who, for sure, was experiencing considerable mental torment at this moment. On the one hand, refusing is somehow inconvenient: the whole vice president is still ... On the other hand, sticking your nose (and also stern) into the waters that the Russians clearly intend to protect without any jokes is somehow not that ... German bones in the Black Sea, and so enough - since the 44th year. To not be so scary, Merkel decided to enlist the support of France. In the end, Macron is young, hot - and is eager to prove himself in the international arena. He has already shown it at home - to this day he is raking the consequences ...
At first, things seemed to work out. It is not known exactly what ships, and in what quantity the newly-made Franco-German coalition was going to send to our shores. Probably those that would not be a pity if something happens ... Especially the partners in the "demonstration of European resolve to the Kremlin" were encouraged by the fact that in Moscow, it seemed, they reacted unexpectedly calmly to the idea of a single passage of foreign ships through the Kerch Strait. Even the ever-venomous Lavrov imposingly declared: "Vladimir Vladimirovich is not against it!" The President of Russia, he said, “immediately agreed” that specialists from Germany “be convinced that freedom of navigation in the strait is respected”. He did not object, and when the French were added to the Germans - okay, go ahead! Against the backdrop of such unprecedented generosity of Russians, the head of the German Foreign Ministry, Heiko Maas, immediately blossomed, who began broadcasting that "Germany and France will become the guarantors of the free passage of any vessels through the Kerch Strait." Seeing that the European "partners" suffered, as always, in the wrong steppe, Lavrov frowned. Shoigu slightly tensed ...
Finally, everything was spoiled, as usual, by Poroshenko. Having received a notable “pumping” in the same Munich, again from Pence, who warmly assured the leader “non-stop” that “Russia would pay for its act of aggression in the Strait of Kerch,” he was terribly outraged when he heard from the representatives of Germany and France about that we can talk about nothing more than a one-time "support campaign" - and even that is purely symbolic. You can only try to imagine all the anger of Poroshenko, who tried to “educate” the impoverished “allies”: “Have you completely lost the coast ?! What is a single pass? This will not solve our problems - we need your cover on an ongoing basis! You do not understand? The chief ordered! ” According to reports, in approximately the same tone and expression, he tried to communicate personally with Angela Merkel. After which Frau Chancellor (quite possibly by turning a finger at her temple), said that the question was closed, and forever. No one is going anywhere. There will be no warships under the flag of Germany in the Kerch Strait - not on a temporary basis, much less on a permanent basis.
Almost immediately, France expressed a similar position. Moreover, in Paris, unashamedly, they called delusional ideas of Pence and Poroshenko “completely unnecessary provocation” against Russia. It seems that the Europeans reached the right time - in which, extremely unimportant and extremely dangerous role they are going to use them. You don’t need to be great strategists, or inspired seers to guess - if there were NATO military ships in the Kerch Strait region, Ukraine would have made a new trick, causing the fire not on itself, but on the allies, behind whose backs it would try to hide from the righteous anger of Russian sailors. So what? To start a war with Russia because of these aggressive idiots? Thank you, we have already tried ... Neither in Berlin, nor in Paris, this experience, for sure, is not intended to be repeated.
Incidentally, the American destroyer Donald Cook, stuffed with Tomahawks, is infamous for launching the first missile in Iraq, marking the beginning of the American intervention, which entered the port of Ukrainian Odessa with great pomp on February 25 as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, to the Kerch Strait and did not dare to meddle closely. Moreover - from Odessa itself it jerked so that only the foam behind the stern began to boil, not even having stood there for three days. Some sort of rotten determination turned out to be ... Relatives of the “captured Ukrainian sailors” who were promised to arrange an almost luxurious reception aboard the destroyer, but were not even allowed to approach its ramp, all that remained was to look dejectedly at the star-striped flag melting in the fog and listen Poroshenko's fiery speeches about the “powerful signal to the Kremlin”.
The Yankees are not eager for an open battle with Russia, more and more imbued with the understanding that he does not bode well for them. But to arrange a provocation, try to push the Russians and their own NATO allies with their foreheads — to this they are making every possible effort. Fortunately, in such situations, European leaders are increasingly gaining common sense, rather than wanting to curry favor with Washington.
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