"Britain and Germany's highest ranking military chiefs have made an unprecedented joint appeal to the public to accept the moral case for rearmament and prepare for the threat of war with Russia. The pair said they were making the plea not just as the military leaders of two of Europe's largest military spenders, but as voices for a Europe that must now confront uncomfortable truths about its security."
"In a joint article published in the Guardian and the German newspaper, Die Welt, in the wake of the Munich Security Conference, the soldiers said they had a duty to explain what is at stake so that the public could understand why the UK and Germany have committed to the biggest sustained increases in defence spending since the end of the cold war."
Britain and Germany face a westward shift in Russia's military posture that requires a step change in European defence and security. The UK and Germany have committed to the biggest sustained increases in defence spending since the cold war. Rearmament is presented as a moral responsibility to protect populations and preserve peace rather than warmongering. Significant public reluctance exists to accept tax rises or spending cuts to fund increased defence budgets. Polling shows minorities support tax rises (25%) or spending cuts (24%) in Britain, and German and French publics are less willing than last year to trade other investment for higher defence budgets. The UK prime minister called for closer UK–Europe defence ties.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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