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:*[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/07/11/turkey-gave-nato-leaders-handguns-as-gifts-eu-leaders-dont-know-what-to-do/ Turkey Gave NATO Leaders Handguns as Gifts – EU Leaders Don’t Know What to Do].

:*[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/07/11/turkey-gave-nato-leaders-handguns-as-gifts-eu-leaders-dont-know-what-to-do/ Turkey Gave NATO Leaders Handguns as Gifts – EU Leaders Don’t Know What to Do].

:*[https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/natos-plan-backfires-russia-ramps NATO's Plan BACKFIRES - Russia Ramps Up Ukraine OFFENSIVE] | [[Vladimir Brovkin]].

:*[https://www.worldaffairsincontext.com/p/natos-plan-backfires-russia-ramps NATO's Plan BACKFIRES - Russia Ramps Up Ukraine OFFENSIVE] | [[Vladimir Brovkin]].

{{Cquote|As you know I'm a [[historian]] of the [[Soviet Union]]. So I was a [[Soviet]] [[history]] [[professor]]. Soviet history, 20th century [[Russia]] and one of the key aspects of Soviet history was a kind of a [[fake]] [[reality]] that everybody was supposed to [[believe]] that everything is wonderful that the [[party]] is leading the masses towards bright future, everything is always good and getting better all the time. This is kind of a Soviet [[idea]]lized picture. As I was watching this so-called [[NATO]] summit, I couldn't escape the idea that it's Soviet. Everything is wonderful. Everybody is [[friend]]ly. Oh, his is such a good chap and he pats at the back, you know, [[Trump]] with [[Zelensky]] or Trump with [[Erdogan]]. The [[reality]] of [[relation]]ship is much more complex and it's certainly not just on the level of good chap. In other words, in one word, I think this is a [[fake]] summit or at least a fake in a sense of outward unity. There is no unity. There are serious profound contradictions between all of them. I could just outline between the [[West European]] hawks and Trump with all of the [[European]]s about [[Israel]] and about the Israeli connection for Trump about the [[Iran war|war in in Iran]] which they don't want to have anything to do with. And Trump [[hate]]s them for that. There are many, many other things that all this so-called unity is just a show behind which one could try to analyze who is with whom, who wants what. and then we will see there is no unity.}}

{{Cquote|As you know I'm a [[historian]] of the [[Soviet Union]]. So I was a [[Soviet]] [[history]] [[professor]]. Soviet history, 20th century [[Russia]]. And one of the key aspects of Soviet history was a kind of a [[fake]] [[reality]] that everybody was supposed to [[believe]], that everything is wonderful, that the [[party]] is leading the masses towards a bright future, everything is always good and getting better all the time. This is kind of a Soviet [[idea]]lized picture. As I was watching this so-called [[NATO]] summit, I couldn't escape the idea that it's Soviet. Everything is wonderful. Everybody is [[friend]]ly. Oh, he is such a good chap and he pats on the back, you know, [[Trump]] with [[Zelensky]] or Trump with [[Erdogan]].  

 

The [[reality]] of [[relation]]ship is much more complex, and it's certainly not just on the level of good chap. In other words, in one word, I think this is a [[fake]] summit or at least a fake in a sense of outward unity. There is no unity. There are serious profound contradictions between all of them. I could just outline between the [[West European]] [[warmonger|hawks]] and Trump with all of the [[European]]s about [[Israel]] and about the Israeli connection for Trump about the [[Iran war|war in in Iran]] which they don't want to have anything to do with. And Trump [[hate]]s them for that. There are many, many other things that all this so-called unity is just a show behind which one could try to analyze who is with whom, who wants what. and then we will see there is no unity.}}