Of more importance, NDS\u2019s editor-in chief, Albrecht Mueller, saw fit to attach (1) a preface; (2) a detailed comparison of what VIPs wrote with what German media are saying; and (3) his conclusions (Fazit<\/em>), based largely on Germany\u2019s increasingly hawkish Ukraine-related actions – some of them unprecedented since WWII – which are stoked and widely applauded by the mainstream media there. I found Mueller\u2019s presentation, especially his description of front-page coverage in his newspaper, \u201cDie Rheinpfalz am Sonntag\u201d, somewhat shocking.<\/p>\n Albrecht Mueller was chief of planning for Willy Brandt and Helmut Schmidt and also a member of the Bundestag from 1987 to 1994 (and the author of bestsellers). Not surprisingly, he is distraught at what has happened to the SPD (Social Democratic Party) and to the media – and the dangers posed to peace in Europe. This is the bad news, just as the 77th anniversary of VE Day is about to be celebrated in Moscow and elsewhere.<\/p>\n Has it taken Germany only two generations to forget the horrors of the war inflicted by the Nazis under Hitler? The Russians, having lost 26 million during that war, have not forgotten This is a combustible mixture.<\/p>\n Dissecting One Front Page<\/strong><\/p>\n I found Albrecht Mueller\u2019s observations about the captive, one-sided press so much on point that I translated them into English, including the detailed critique he gives to his regional newspaper on May 1. It follows, together with his preface and conclusions, below:<\/p>\n NachDenkSeiten – Die kritsche Website<\/em><\/strong> [With preface and conclusion by editor-in-Chief Albrecht Mueller in English translation]<\/em><\/p>\n Preface<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n Veteran US intelligence officers, in a Memo to President Biden, warn him not to dismiss as an empty threat Russian President Putin\u2019s references to nuclear weapons. The recent Memo from Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity<\/a> (VIPs) was translated by Thilo Haase. Ray McGovern notes that this is probably the most important VIPs Memo since the one sent to President Bush on Feb. 5, 2003 exposing Colin Powell\u2019s lies earlier that day at the UN.<\/p>\n Bearing in mind the warning published by VIPs on May 1 about the abominable risks of the ongoing war [in Ukraine], I call your attention to the front page my regional newspaper [Die RheinPfalz am Sonntag<\/em>] on May 1. That page is peppered with attempts to play down the dangers of war and to offer encouraging reassurances for providing weapons for the war. That is typical for many products of our major media. And so I make concrete reference to that and compare it with the warning from the veteran intelligence officers.<\/p>\n [At this point NachDenkSeiten publishes a German translation of the full text of the VIPs Memo and adds a <\/em>Conclusion critique by editor Mueller.]<\/em><\/p>\n From \u201cNie Wieder Krieg\u201d to \u201cWar? No Problem!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n After the end of the horrible Second World War there was at least a large consensus: War Never Again! (Nie Wieder Krieg!) This avowal came also from people who were connected with the Nazis and\/or with the German military. The shock of the many killed, the destroyed cities, and the millions of refugees at least had the result that the lust for war and for the military shrunk to almost zero. Nie Wieder Krieg was the common watchword. By the way, even in 1980 there was clearly a majority for this attitude. And so the SPD on May 11 won the Landtag election in Nordrhein Westphalia with an absolute majority precisely with this avowal: Nie Wieder Krieg.<\/p>\n Today that is pretty much forgotten. We have become accustomed to this reality that the Bundeswehr has been transformed from an army for defense into an instrument of military intervention abroad, fumbling around outside the NATO area. Now we talk about and admit to delivering weapons, training Ukrainian soldiers by the USA on German soil, ammunition for tanks, etc.<\/p>\n
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Putins Nuklearwarnung ist KEINE Leere Drohung<\/strong>
(Putin\u2019s Nuclear Warning is NO Empty Threat)<\/em>
2 Mai 2022<\/p>\n
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