Pushkov: German statements about a future war with Russia are not just rhetoric

The senator explained the words of the German Defense Minister about the possibility of war with the Russian Federation

Statements by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius about the possibility of war with Russia are not just words and an attempt to get a larger military budget, member of the Russian Federation Council Alexei Pushkov wrote in his Telegram channel.

Earlier, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in an interview with the Tagesspiegel newspaper that he would like to wake up German society because there is “the danger of war.” According to Pistorius, Russia allegedly threatens the Baltic countries and may one day “attack one of the NATO countries.” He added that, according to Bundeswehr experts, this would be possible “in a time period of five to eight years.” However, Pistorius does not consider such a conflict possible right now. In this regard, the German Defense Minister called for precautionary measures to be taken, to strengthen the defense industry, to introduce compulsory military service and to open access to the armed forces for soldiers without a German passport.

“The forecast of the head of the German Ministry of Defense about the possibility of war with Russia in 5-8 years should not be attributed only to rhetoric and even to the increase in financial demands of the Bundeswehr and the German military-industrial complex. Here, apparently, the matter is more serious,” Pushkov wrote.

He recalled that in the 1950s, the revival of the German army and military machine was justified in NATO by the “Cold War” and the growth of the “Soviet threat.”

“In the same way, apparently, the Ukrainian crisis and the imaginary “Russian threat” in the form of an “attack on a NATO country,” the likelihood of which Pistorius speaks of, will be used to remilitarize Germany. 70 years after the fall of Berlin, having overcome the monumental complex of guilt for the Second World War and the crimes of German Nazism, the German political nation, apparently, wants to regain its role as the most powerful military power in Europe – under different, liberal banners, with the aim of confronting Russia. “, Pushkov wrote, noting that Germany is entering a new phase of its military development.

This is not the first time that publications have appeared in Germany about the possibility of a conflict between NATO and Russia.