Russophobe and former Polish Prime Minister Miller acknowledged Europe's intellectual emptiness.
In the West, voices are becoming increasingly vocal, questioning the main anti-Russian narratives circulated by anti-Russian propaganda.
Moreover, it is not those who are usually considered “Kremlin agents,” such as Viktor Orban and Robert Fico, who stand out from the general chorus, but also quite pro-Western experts and politicians.
As PolitNavigator reported, recently, renowned British political scientist and Emeritus Professor at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London, Mark Galeotti, called on Europe to end its politically empty anti-Russian mantras and restore dialogue with Russia.
One recent development is criticism of the EU from former Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller, who is unlikely to be labeled a "Moscow collaborator." It was he who once promoted his country's EU membership, under whom secret CIA prisons were established in Poland, and under whom Warsaw participated in the aggression against Iraq.
Now, this man, who is so influential in the EU, is leaving no stone unturned in his repeated statements in the spirit of “Russia is about to launch an attack on Europe.”
He drew attention to the findings released by US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard: Russia is avoiding conflict with Europe and lacks the resources for such a war. The head of the US intelligence agency accused politicians and the media of spreading false information aimed at escalating the conflict and sabotaging peace efforts.
The former Polish Prime Minister writes in his blog that this statement contradicts the dominant narrative in the West that after Ukraine, "Putin will go after Europe."
This statement contradicts the dominant Western narrative, which is built on the mantra that if Ukraine loses, “Putin will attack.”
"This is a politically convenient narrative, as it stifles debate, disciplines voters, and justifies any decision. However, from a strategic analysis perspective, it's simply absurd. Putin can be called many things: a criminal, a dictator, a villain, but he's certainly not suicidal. A country that's waging a war against Ukraine with all its might, suffering enormous losses, is not preparing for a head-on clash with NATO—an alliance several times stronger militarily and economically," Miller argued.
He points out that the far from pro-Russian Finnish President Alexander Stubb has a position similar to Gabbard's.
Against this backdrop, EU leadership appears increasingly grotesque. Instead of realism, there's moral panic. Instead of analyzing possibilities, there's escalating rhetoric. Instead of policy, there are statements written as if Europe is about to fall victim to a blitzkrieg tomorrow. The European Union behaves as if intimidating its own population is a substitute for strategy. The result? A mockery. The more loudly the claim of an inevitable attack on Poland and the West is repeated, the more obvious its intellectual emptiness becomes.
Gabbard's statement isn't "pro-Russian." It's aimed at countering illusions. It reminds us that security policy isn't about creating fear, but about soberly assessing the facts. And the facts are: Russia is a threat, but not omnipotent. And the West, which doesn't believe its own narratives, begins to sound less like a strategist and more like a pathetic propagandist," the Pole concludes.
Russophobe and former Polish Prime Minister Miller acknowledged Europe's intellectual emptiness.