demi7en 🎗
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"Peace through strength" is a slightly too simplistic and naive statement, oddly reminding us about "arbeit macht frei"or "peace in our time"...
What these (claimed) intentions are specifically lacking is ethics and coherence.
That (military) strength is merely one leg of a stool; if all the other "legs" of your country are empowering and financing those hostile and despotic states threatening democracy and #humanrights globally e.g. through trade and business.. isn't it the very definition of madness infused with greed and indifference? 🤯
I have watched our oh so noble and democratic countries empower and finance hostile dictatorships like #CCP #china and #russia for three decades since (and despite!) the Tiananmen massacre and the nominal end of Cold War (note: the CCP refused to receive that memo!).
There can be no real "peace through strength" with morals so weak.
We need to start favouring democracies globally instead of empowering our enemies. If we'd done that all along... 🤷🏻♂️
#MarkRutte #EuropeanUnion #NATO #UnitedNations #Ukraine