Germany Pushes European Rearmament, Using Trump As Excuse

By Mark Ellmann With U.S. imperialism focused on solidifying control over the Americas, Berlin aspires to become the “core” of a militarized European Union. MUNICH—These days, the Bavarian capital resembles a fortress. Dozens of heads of government and foreign ministers from around the world have arrived for the Munich Security Conference, which will be opened by Germany’s conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday, Feb. 13.The private event has grown so large that the luxury Hotel Bayerischer Hof has become too small as a venue. Therefore, additional buildings have been rented for the “Siko,” a nickname shortened from the German sicherheitskonferenz, or Security Conference. The entire area surrounding the hotel has been designated a restricted zone, with protesters kept at a distance.Conference Director Wolfgang Ischinger, a long-time representative of German imperialism in Washington, has transformed the war conference from its origins as a meeting to discuss military science into a transatlantic think tank highly regarded in capitals on both sides of the ocean…. Read More

Germany Pushes European Rearmament, Using Trump As Excuse

By Mark Ellmann

With U.S. imperialism focused on solidifying control over the Americas, Berlin aspires to become the “core” of a militarized European Union.

MUNICH—These days, the Bavarian capital resembles a fortress. Dozens of heads of government and foreign ministers from around the world have arrived for the Munich Security Conference, which will be opened by Germany’s conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday, Feb. 13.

The private event has grown so large that the luxury Hotel Bayerischer Hof has become too small as a venue. Therefore, additional buildings have been rented for the “Siko,” a nickname shortened from the German sicherheitskonferenz, or Security Conference. The entire area surrounding the hotel has been designated a restricted zone, with protesters kept at a distance.

Conference Director Wolfgang Ischinger, a long-time representative of German imperialism in Washington, has transformed the war conference from its origins as a meeting to discuss military science into a transatlantic think tank highly regarded in capitals on both sides of the ocean….
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