Time ▾ Value ▴ Analysis: How the US destroyed the German Economic system

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To be an enemy of the US is harmful, however to be a pal is deadly. This well-known quote from Henry Kissinger is now unfolding in actual time: Germany, Europe’s greatest economic system and its industrial powerhouse by far, is now collapsing. Final yr, Germany posted the worst efficiency throughout all main world economies, with its economic system being the one one to really shrink by 0.3%. And just final month, Germany’s financial minister, Robert Habeck, stated that the German economic system is performing dramatically unhealthy. And but the Western media has hidden the true trigger.

 

» NATO’s objective is: Maintain the Russians out, the Individuals in, and the Germans down. «
Lord Hastings Lionel Ismay, NATO’s first Secretary Common, 1952.

» Our objective in Europe is: Maintain the Russians out, the Individuals in, and the Germans down. «
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, 2008

» Fuck the European Union ! «
Below Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, 2014 – 2024

 

Even worse, this
bleak state of affairs exhibits no indicators of bettering. There have been excessive hopes that
2024 would flip issues round and be a comeback yr for Germany. And
till just lately, the German authorities projected a progress fee of 1.3%.
Nonetheless, shockingly, they’ve now been pressured to slash this forecast to a
mere 0.2%. The scariest half is that almost all economists and enterprise
leaders agree. This is not some short-term recession, however a deeper
structural drawback of the German financial mannequin. Should you suppose that is an
exaggeration, perceive that by now, an astonishing two in three
German firms have left Germany, or at the least partially relocated
overseas, with most citing the sky excessive vitality costs, inflation,
over-regulation, and countless political debates as their causes for
leaving. What or who’s inflicting this catastrophic collapse of Germany’s
long-standing financial and industrial prowess? 

 

   » Halting Russian provides can nicely create a systemic disaster that might be devastating

for the German economic system and, not directly, for your entire European Union. «

Germany was performed by america and continues to attain personal targets in tackling this financial disaster. Germany’s dire state of affairs is being attributable to three essential causes: Quantity one, the nation’s sky excessive vitality costs. Quantity two, its decreased exports to Russia and China. And quantity three, its will increase in army expenditure. 

 

   » China known as the Nord Stream pipeline blast an act of worldwide terrorism,
and an act of conflict towards Germany and Russia.
«

[…] As a lot because the US is accountable right here, astonishingly, nearly all of Germany’s political elite, mainstream media, and basic inhabitants, have eagerly obeyed America’s needs to demonize and decouple from Russia and China. That is completely weird and albeit silly, as a result of quite a few consultants and German enterprise leaders have repeatedly warned that decoupling would destroy the German economic system. The unhappy reality is that a lot of Germany’s political and media institution has a protracted historical past of blindly taking US-formed coverage narratives at face worth – even once they themselves are those getting screwed. One of the best current instance of that is the bombing of the Nord Stream pipeline, whose sole objective was to move pure fuel from Russia to Germany and the remainder of Western Europe.
 

 » Germany’s institution has been one of many greatest cheerleaders for severing its vitality ties with Russia.

You significantly cannot make these items up. «

Cyrus Janssen – March 12, 2024.

[…] After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Germany and the EU launched sanctions towards Russia, whereas Russia responded by sharply reducing its supply of pure fuel to Europe. This skyrocketed Germany’s vitality costs and severely broken its economic system. It’s because earlier than the invasion, Germany imported a whopping 55% of their fuel from Russia. And it is exactly this low cost Russian fuel that has been so necessary in enabling Germany to change into an financial and industrial powerhouse. After all, sanctioning your essential vitality provider was by no means the neatest alternative to start with. The fallout can’t be understated. In the identical yr the conflict began, the market worth for pure fuel has elevated greater than 10 fold. 

 Biden vows US will ‘deliver an finish ‘ to Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine, 

and German vassal chancellor Scholz merely agrees – February 7, 2022.

But it surely’s not simply atypical Germans who suffered. An astonishing 70% of Germany’s mechanical engineering, industrial items, and automotive sectors have relocated overseas, and it isn’t exhausting to see why Germany’s financial and industrial energy has collapsed so quickly. […] The US function in Germany’s vitality disaster is way greater than simply ripping off the Germans. Not solely did the US brazenly want to wipe out Germany’s vitality relationship with Russia, however the US shares vital blame for inflicting this conflict in Ukraine, which led to Germany’s disaster within the first place. […] Nonetheless, as soon as once more, Germany shares the blame right here: Germany’s institution is in digital lockstep with america and has been one of many greatest cheerleaders for severing its vitality ties with Russia. You significantly cannot make these items up. 

 

 » Ukraine’s victory: no matter it takes, so long as it takes. «

German vassal chancellor Scholz – Could 7, 2024.

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