Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum: If You Want Peace, Prepare for War

There is an awareness rising in Europe. There is a sense of urgency, too. One that is absent from our national leaders. Or if they share it, it’s not been made public.

If they share this level of awareness, it’s time to start talking about it because war is coming. This is the language of Europe. It’s not just France:

The European Union faces its biggest security challenge since the Second World War. If European countries do not provide enough help to Ukraine to stop Russia, they will be next. The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, wrote about this in his column for the French publication La Libre on Monday, March 18.

“We must prepare in terms of defense and move into war economy mode,” Michel wrote.

According to him, two years after the start of a full-scale war, it is clear that Russia will not stop at Ukraine , just as it did not stop at Crimea ten years ago.

“Russia poses a serious military threat to our European continent and to global security. If we do not react properly at the EU level and do not provide enough assistance to Ukraine to stop Russia, then we will be next,” says the President of the European Council.

Michel writes that Europe can no longer rely on others or depend on electoral…