Mobilization in the West and Russian Propaganda

We all feel it in our bones. Ok, those of us paying attention. We are, at the very least, heading towards a Cold War. To paraphrase Naftali Bennett about Israel after October 7, “The Truman Wall has been pierced.”

This refers to The Truman Show, a perfect but dystopian movie. It was the ultimate reality show, and in the end, it collapsed when the protagonist found the exit from the set.

So, the Russia-Ukraine war has pierced that wall. We are now slowly realizing we will need troops:

To be able to defend itself in the event of a Russian attack, NATO will need 35–50 additional brigades — Reuters , citing a military source familiar with the situation. In terms of fighters (considering that there are from 3,000 to 7,000 soldiers in a NATO brigade), to defend Europe, the Alliance needs to find/train somewhere from 150 to 300 thousand military reserve personnel.

According to the source, Germany alone, for example, will have to quadruple its air defense forces and means, which is “another marker of the scale of the challenge facing NATO.” Thus, during the Cold War, Germany had 36 Patriot air defense systems, “and even then relied on additional support from the allies.” Now, after the transfer of three systems to Ukraine, the total number of Patriot complexes known to the Germans has been…