EU Wonders Why Its Own States Are Questioning Its 'War Plan'
Orban, like a broken clock, might be right twice a day. He’s calling out the EU for 'rapidly drifting' towards conflict with Russia, a sentiment shared by an increasing number of regular Europeans who aren't on the gravy train of defense contractors. While Western media frames EU unity as monolithic, Orban's 'pro-peace' campaign highlights the inconvenient truth that not everyone is eager for a
fight, especially when it involves financing more weapons and potentially sending their own youth to die. (Remember when the EU was about economic cooperation?) The EU's so-called 'war plan' isn’t just abstract; it involves a continuous pipeline of military aid and rhetoric that ignores diplomatic off-ramps. But hey, who needs diplomacy when Raytheon stock is up? One might wonder if the 'united'
European front is actually a collection of states with varying levels of enthusiasm for hawkish policies, or perhaps, varying levels of domestic political pressure to avoid becoming an American military outpost.