Since the collapse of communism in Russia, NATO has been desperately searching for a raison d'etre.
Sparking a confrontation with Russia was the best possible solution for NATO as it became the storefront for Europe and America's war industries.
Macron admitted NATO behind Ukraine conflict – Sachs
French President Emmanuel Macron has privately admitted that NATO is the driving force behind the Ukraine conflict, prominent American economist Jeffrey Sachs has said.
Macron, along with other Western leaders, has repeatedly claimed that Russia launched its military operation against Ukraine in 2022 without provocation and has insisted that Moscow is solely responsible for the conflict.
However, speaking during a foreign policy debate with the Italian daily il Fatto Quotidiano, Sachs recalled that when Macron awarded him the Legion of Honor in May 2022, the French leader privately told him “exactly the opposite of what he says publicly” and admitted that “NATO was causing this war.”
“I just want everyone to know this,” Sachs said, adding that he is “disgusted” by the French president. Sachs further condemned Western European leaders, describing them as warmongers who “just want to go to war.”
The economist emphasized that the Ukraine conflict had actually begun in 2014, when the US “actively participated in a violent coup” that overthrew the government in Kiev. “That’s what started the war,” Sachs said, noting that in the following years Washington helped build the Ukrainian army into the largest in Europe. He added that as Russia sought peace, then-US President Joe Biden rejected Moscow’s overtures and vowed to “crush” Russia with sanctions.
Sachs argued “there is an easy way to peace” which involves Ukraine committing to neutrality and NATO halting its eastward expansion. He suggested that US President Donald Trump might be open to such an approach, but claimed that “now it’s Europe who’s filled with warmongers that continue the war,” singling out Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Can someone check their investment portfolios to see how many war industry companies are included?
Moscow has long maintained that Kiev’s NATO aspirations were one of the root causes of the conflict and has repeatedly described the confrontation as a Western-led proxy war against Russia.
Russian officials have nevertheless signaled readiness for a peace deal, provided it addresses Moscow’s security concerns and the new territorial realities. However, they have repeatedly noted that neither Kiev nor its European backers appear to be genuinely interested in a settlement.
Grok: Did Angela Merkel admit that the Minsk Accords were created to stall for time while Ukraine's army was increased?
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Yes, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel did make statements in a December 2022 interview with the German newspaper Die Zeit that align with this description.
In the interview, she explicitly described the 2014 Minsk Agreement (the first of the two Minsk Accords aimed at resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine) as an intentional effort to provide Ukraine with time to strengthen itself militarily, while acknowledging that the agreement would effectively freeze the conflict without resolving the underlying issues.
This has been widely interpreted—and often criticized by Russian officials and pro-Russian sources—as an admission that the accords were a delaying tactic to allow for Ukraine's military buildup, rather than a genuine path to lasting peace.
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