National Interest: This is how Germany is foolishly planning a war against Russia

The National Interest’s senior national security editor calls the leaked document in Germany — called “Germany’s Operational Plan” — stupid, will lead to disastrous military policies and force the United States to intervene to save Europe.

Writer Brandon J. Weichert explained in an article on the website that this leaked document outlines how Germany could become a major focus of NATO’s military planning against Russia.

The plan, according to Weichert, is a vivid example of what he called “Europhoria,” a term Weichert coined to refer to the overly optimistic view that European elites hold about their dismal geopolitical situation.

The plan, drawn up by NATO and Germany in 1,200 pages, is the most aggressive and ambitious since the end of the Cold War, and calls for up to 800,000 NATO troops to be moved across Europe in the event of a Russian attack.

He said that a plan involves turning Germany into a country on the front lines of the conflict with nuclear-armed Russia.

Weichert drew attention to the fact that before 2023, Germany maintained a close trade relationship with Russia, especially in the energy sector, and its post-Cold War economic miracle was based on cheap Russian energy supplies, but these days are over.

Speaking about the content of the plan, Weichert went on to say that it calls for the integration of European civil defense companies into government agencies.

He criticized the way the plan was drafted, saying that German citizens weren’t consulted about their support for it, as 59% of them oppose the war with Russia and wouldn’t defend Germany even if it were attacked, commenting that this reflects the lack of a strong basis for this military mobilization.

The German economy has been in a state of deterioration since the beginning of the Ukraine war and the destruction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and the German political system has been significantly shaken and moved away from the neoliberal system prevailing after the Cold War.

The plan’s plans to equip troops, tanks, artillery, and fighter jets over the next decade represent only a small fraction of Germany’s military capabilities in the early 1990s.

Weichert describes the plan as a living example of the misguided optimism of Europeans, as opposed to what he calls the delusional Russian threat from European elites who continue to push agendas that could lead to escalation of military tensions and reliance on US intervention.