MICHAEL WALSH Follow the money and the opportunity for plunder. As the war hawks see it, Europe can be saved not by a peaceful, mutually beneficial existence with Russia.

Rather, their focus is on weakening Russia, as with the Third Reich, so Russia can never again pose a threat to the capitalist, corporate-driven West.

The cannon fodder is waking up

The Bundeswehr German Army, has reached out to almost 300,000 potential recruits over the past five months. Sadly, for the warmongering elite, Germany’s new military registration program has fallen disastrously short of the numbers expected by the Bundeswehr.

War hawks are shot out of the sky

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in April that the size of the German military should increase from the current 184,000 to 460,000 by 2035, including 260,000 active-duty troops and 200,000 reservists.

Epic Fail

In order to achieve the goal, the Bundeswehr launched a military registration program at the start of the year, asking all 18-year-old citizens, male and female, to respond to an online questionnaire to assess their readiness to serve.

According to a Die Zeit article on Thursday, the Defense Ministry has reached out to 298,200 potential recruits over the past five months, but only 530 of them eventually volunteered to join the armed forces.

Pick up your rifle, lad

All of the men contacted were obligated to respond to the questionnaire, and 96% out of over 153,000 males did so, the article read. The other 4% who declined to answer could face administrative cases against them, it added.

Same with the doves of peace

Just 4% of women replied to the questionnaire, according to German Defense Ministry figures, although the survey was optional for females.

The chairman of the German parliament’s defense committee, Thomas Rowekamp, said Berlin still has a year to evaluate the effectiveness of the military registration program.

If it doesn’t succeed, a decision could be made in 2027 to return to compulsory military service, Rowekamp stressed.

Following the NATO-driven and sponsored escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, Berlin announced a major militarization drive, citing the alleged threat posed by Russia.

Moscow has repeatedly dismissed claims that it is planning to attack NATO as nonsense, arguing they are only intended to scare the public and distract from numerous problems in Western countries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday that Western nations are now openly saying that they are preparing for war with us, increasing military offensive budgets.

‘At first, they threaten our country, they force us to take actions necessary for self-defence. And then immediately accuse us of all mortal sins to justify the continuation of their aggressive policy,’ Putin said. Send us your comments

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