To avoid being confused by editorializing that's based on deception, we first pretend that the editors of the Washington Examiner did not come up with a piece they might have written under the title: “Germany has become an unreliable ally,” or that they published the piece on March 8, 2021 in their online rag. Let's instead consider the facts on the ground as we find them. What do we see?
We see that for a period of
four years before the election of Joe Biden's administration to the presidency
of the United States, the country was governed from a White House that was
populated by a family of lunatics. The loonies forced America's longtime allies
in NATO to do the opposite of what the alliance was set up to do. That is, the
alliance had embarked on a project meant to bring forth peace. It did so by
adhering to a mode of behavior that was so attractive to other nations, they
could not resist trying to join the alliance.
Whereas the project began to
take shape shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it came to an
abrupt halt with the advent of the loonies into the White House. In fact, the
nations that had joined the alliance before the start of America's lunacy,
began to have second thoughts about the sanity of their joining. Not only have
they questioned what the alliance stood for, it happened that even the
staunchest of America's old allies began to rebuff the unreasonable demands
imposed on them by the loony White House.
Here is a useful development
that serves not only Germany but all of Europe, and yet turned out to displease
the loonies for no reason that they could explain adequately: “Chancellor
Angela Merkel of Germany continues to prioritize Chinese investment.” The only
criticism they leveled against this move, was to say that the German priority
went over the US and Western security concerns. Furthermore, Germany continued
to do as it pleased even after the American electors had tossed the crazy
family out of the White House. Here is what else Germany is said to have done:
“Germany has decided to spend
only 1.3% to 1.4% of its GDP on defense, far less than the 2% demanded by the
tossed-out lunatic-in-chief. In addition, Germany has refused to relinquish its
support for Russia's Nord Stream II energy pipeline, and continues to pressure
Ukraine to accept a bad ceasefire agreement proposed by Russia. As if this were
not enough, Germany refuses to shut down Russian chemical weapons facilities
that have been on its soil since the days of the Cold War”.
Having made the point that it
was America, and not Germany, that became unreliable during a four-year period
of time, we end the pretense that it was not the editors of the Washington
Examiner who wrote most of the words above. We now look at what these editors
have continued to whine about. Here is a stretched-out moaning exercise concerning
the German situation as they see it:
“Allies are supposed to be
partners who share common interests and act in common cause. The facts do not
evince a common cause between Germany and the US. Biden continues to enable
Germany's bad behavior with words and deeds. Biden refuses to enforce sanctions
against those involved in Nord Stream II's construction and licensing. Nor have
we seen anything in pressuring NATO allies to invest more in defense”.
And here is why the editors of
the Washington Examiner take heart in what France and Britain––two NATO
allies––have done with regard to what the editors of the Examiner perceive as
the challenge posed by China's growing power and influence, whereas France and
Britain, along with Germany, consider what they did as no more than routine
redeployment of their maritime forces:
“Germany deployed a naval
warship to challenge Beijing's territorial claims in the South China Sea. Even
then, Berlin was keen to let Beijing know its warship won't travel within 12
miles of China's claimed islands. The French deployed attack submarines to the
South China Sea to conduct war exercises alongside the US Navy. The British
will send their aircraft carrier to the South China Sea to embark with a US
Marine Corps fighter squadron”.
Unable to sustain criticism of
the newly elected moderate administration of Joe Biden, the hawkish editors of
the Washington Examiner, could only ask a silly question with which to close
their presentation. This is what they wrote: “So, why is Biden so deferential
toward an ally that undermines America's core interests?”
What these editors fail to
see, is that “core interests” remains in the eye of the beholders even if they
don't see it. Peace is the lens through which the Biden team sees the world,
and from that point of view Germany's stance makes sense. This contrasts with
their point of view, which is that war, chaos, mayhem, blood and gore is more
fun to watch and write about than the boring peaceful times where nothing
happens.
Perhaps, the United Nations could turn one of those deserted islands in the Pacific Ocean into a “Fantasy Island” kind of amusement park where the theme will be war, chaos, mayhem, blood and gore. All those who hunger for that kind of amusement can go there and spend a week or two each year, satisfying their urges by living what they never cease to fantasize about. And leave the rest of us alone.