Germany is rearming. It claims this is because Russia could be in a position to attack Europe as early as 2029, and, therefore, Germany needs to be war-ready itself. Yet, as Clausewitz once said, “War is the continuation of politics by other means”. Lenin added, politics is, in the final analysis, concentrated economics. So why does Germany really want to become war-ready?

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