The military, the media and politicians are gearing up for a Third World
War with warmongering talk. We had British Defence Secretary GrantShapps telling us that Britain was "moving from a post-war to pre-warworld." ---- Two top Estonian defence officials took advantage of ameeting with counterparts from Latvia and Lithuania and a visit from USDefence Secretary Lloyd Austin to argue for preparedness for war withRussia. The head of the Norwegian army, General Eirik Kristoffersen alsoadded his two bits, saying that a Russian attack would come within threeyears and that Norwegians should be ready for war and should stockpileessentials. Earlier, a scare story in the German newspaper Bild declaredthat Russia was planning for an offensive against the Baltic countries.This was based on a possible scenario as envisaged by German armygenerals, which draws a picture of all-out war between Russia and NATOby 2025.His counterpart in Sweden, Commander-in-Chief Mikael Bydén alsoemphasised war preparedness, as did the head of NATO, Admiral Rob Bauer,at a summit meeting.The British media avidly took this up. The Daily Telegraph screamed that"Britain must prepare for war. America won't save us this time." The Sunalso babbled about "wars in Russia, China, Iran and North Korea in fiveyears," whilst the Daily Mail envisaged war with Russia in the next 20years and that Britons should prepare for cataclysmic circumstances andconscription. The right wing rag The Spectator quoted Shapps and saidthat "the West must stop playing Mr Nice Guy."The British press media took up the subject of conscription with zeal,emboldened by comments by Army chief Sir Patrick Sanders at theInternational Armoured Vehicles conference in Twickenham, that Britainmust engage with Russia in a future war, that conscription should beconsidered, as well as the raising of a 'citizen army.' He was backedup on this by a so-called 'expert,' Professor Anthony Glees, from theUniversity of Buckingham, who said that conscription must be preparedfor within six years unless Putin is defeated. "I would see a 'limitedconscription', a call-up of incentivised volunteers, as being very muchon the cards if Putin is now thrown out of Ukraine. Obviously, if therewere a wider European or world war conscription would follow at once."Another military beast, the former NATO commander General Sir RichardShirreff also waded in, talking about a situation where men as old as 60would be conscripted, and that this conscription would involve hundredsof thousands. Another general, General Sir Nick Parker, alsointervened, backing Sanders, as did Professor Michael Clarke of theDepartment of War Studies at King's College. The defence Editor of theLondon Evening Standard, Robert Fox, also wrote about the need forpart-time or full-time national service.The discredited Boris Johnson took advantage of the situation to writein a newspaper column that he would "jolly well" join the British Army"to fight the Russian threat"(unlikely). Johnson, an enthusiastic backerof the Zelenskyy regime, supported the call to use conscription to trainand equip a "citizen army".Despite this barrage from assorted generals, academics, politicians andpress hacks, a recent survey indicated that only one in ten would bewilling to join up, with more than 50% not supporting a return ofconscription.Against this militaristic hype, action and agitation against the armstrade, against conscription and the armed forces themselves needs to bestepped up. The orchestrated campaign by the USA and its allies and themilitary chiefs throughout Europe, are meant to distract us from thedire economic situation, to reinforce the idea of nationhood, to bolsterthe profits of the arms traders. We are no friends of the Putin regime, but neither are we lovers ofNATO. The Ukraine war has been used to legitimise NATO. In this someanarchists, both here and abroad, have assisted in this coming about byblatantly ignoring the belligerent character of NATO. This support forNATO as a benign force amongst socialists, leftists and even anarchists,all helps to adds to the positive public image of NATO, boosting itsconfidence in preparing for war.Neither Moscow nor NATONo War But The Class WarNo to Militarism and Conscriptionhttps://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2024/01/28/drums-beating-louder-sabres-rattling-for-war/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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