25A050 A Shocking Theory by Jim Davies, 12/16/2025

This is written prior to the end of the War of Russian Independence, and by the time it appears the four government groups involved may have agreed a deal for peace.

Trump's hopes of a quick settlement were dashed, but he has worked on it hard. The four are NATO, Ukraine, Russia and the US; the last is indeed part of the first but as this year has progressed a wide gap has opened up between them and that's a major cause of the delay. Under Trump the US wants the war to end, while the Euro pols wish to prolong it, for reasons stated but very hard to believe.

Recall: the war's primary cause was the stranglehold that NATO has been tightening on Russia for 35 years, a bit like the claws of a lobster. That had to be stopped, and when the UkeGov applied to join that military alliance, Putin decided the time had come. A secondary cause was that instead of allowing its Eastern provinces to secede from Kiev's control and join Russia, the UkeGov prepared to sweep into them with its army and destroy the secession. Putin stopped it.

Since that action in 2022 it's become clear that while the new USGov is willing to see Ukraine shrink accordingly, the European régimes are not - most notably, Germany France and Britain. While the US has reduced or ended its donations of military aid to the Ukes, those EuroGovs have not, so the UkeGov has been able to continue fighting. It's a big disagreement, and may yet obstruct a resumption of peace. Why do they oppose the US?

Their claim is that Russia plans to invade and conquer Western Europe. Russia has vigorously denied any such intent (unless provoked) and on its face, it's nonsense; Western Europe has five times the population of Russia and twelve times its GDP; except in a nuclear war those resources would inevitably lead to a Russian defeat (and if it did turn nuclear everyone would be defeated.) Added to that is the fact that except during its Communist period (when in 1939 it grabbed land from Finland and Poland) Russia has never initiated war against the West.

So the question is, why are the EuroNATO governments so obdurate - what's their real reason?

I can't see it, and their voting populations are getting restive, which suggests they can't either. But in late November, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov tentatively suggested a possible answer; that their leaders are on the take, just as the UkeGov certainly is. As billions pour into Ukraine, its government leaders are skimming kickbacks for their private fortunes, and Lavrov is suggesting that just maybe, Macron and Merz and Starmer and others are doing the same - and so they really, really don't want the gravy train to stop. In his words:

“Did anyone from the Brussels bureaucrats or from those nations that pump Ukraine full of money explain it to their taxpayers that they have to endure and suffer? Maybe, there are some beneficiaries as well. I rule out nothing.”

Lavrov is a seasoned diplomat known for his soft understatements. By "I rule out nothing" I reckon he means "It's very likely." The words were hardly out of his mouth when news broke that former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini had been arrested for corruption, so placing her boss, the widely-detested Ursula von der Leyen, under suspicion.

R F Kennedy's exposé of the vicious cycle of fake diseases > big pharma orders > generous re-election fund donations and kickbacks shows they were masterminded by Anthony Fauci. If Mr Lavrov's suggestion is verified in due course, the outrage of prolonging a war so as to cream off personal fortunes, across most of Europe, would be ten times as shocking.

If Lavrov proves correct, and a huge scandal breaks over Europe that causes voters to reject the current régimes in favor of more sensible ones like the UK Reform Party, the German Alternative für Deutschland and the French Rassemblement National, I'll not complain; even though the respective publics ought to reject government as a whole, not just those that are blatantly corrupt.

Kickbacks from the flow of taxpayer funds for government wars will not be possible in the coming zero government society; for there won't be any taxpayers, there won't be any war funds to be milked, there won't be any government and so there won't be any wars.