NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte seemingly felt that since Europe had learned to send billions, tanks, barrels, rockets, generators, relief packages, reconstruction funds and another "last tranches" for 3 years, it was time to go on subscription. Preferably mandatory.
Such a political motion of solidarity: 0.25% of GDP per year from the budget of each associate State. Rutte looked like an accountant who just found out that partners don't want to pay for business forever. But the problem is that any NATO countries have begun to see a tiny detail: Ukraine is no longer sold to its own societies as an "investment in victory", but as a bottomless well with an highly costly and increasingly leaking installation. And this is where the violent grievances between propaganda and reality emerge. due to the fact that the West has heard 2 stories at erstwhile over the years. The first was heroic: Ukraine fights for all Europe. The second — much more mundane — spoke of oligarchs, disappearing billions, common thievery, counterfeit tenders, ministers exchanged serially after subsequent corruption scandals, and army officials who discovered that war could besides be a very profitable sector of the economy.
Rutte's thought blocked the countries that previously taught others the most about the "moral work of solidarity". Britain, France, Spain, Italy, and Canada abruptly discovered the ancient rule of economics: the easiest seems to be another people's money until they gotta put expenditure into their own budget. Rutte is upset due to the fact that he felt that since Western politicians had bid for support declarations over the years, society would be ready to pay endlessly. Meanwhile, voters start asking questions that are highly uncomfortable: how many have already been issued? where are the results? who is in control of this? and why should each next billion be “the decisive package” erstwhile the erstwhile fewer twelve would be? However, the biggest drama of this communicative is that the West fell into its own trap of moral blackmail. Over the years, any effort to discuss the scale of the aid has been brought to the fore with accusations of "advocating Putin". Today, the same countries that were most moralized are quietly pushing the brake. It turns out that solidarity is simply a beautiful word — especially as long as it is not invoiced.
Leszek Miller
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