The many political uses of the word “iron” as in iron curtain or iron dome should take on its’ most recent iteration for the European Union (EU), or Iron Wall.
Perhaps this group is best encapsulated in Henry the Fifth by Shakespeare: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
Well not happy, not all the time anyway.
Aspirant Ukraine is also adequetly described by Shakespeare: “Men of few words are the best men. That’s a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.”
Since February 2022 people have forgotten how valiant Ukraine has gone from bare survival to being graded on performance, use of weapons and corruption.
Their outsized but desperate opponent have endured a flea becoming a wasp that stung the tongue of the invaders which has now swelled to a choke point, literally.
A blend of countries as culturally diverse as Turkey and Finland – backed up by their NATO military brand – despite occasional Russian penetration, is an immense achievement.
This against a United Nations or coffee house backdrop that has now become a job creation scheme with little achievement.
Turkey has now risen to be the EU lynchpin.
It has been a difficult recent journey,navigating between what is best for Turkey and what is best for the EU.
Thankfully, it has mostly been the same, even with the prevention of UK minesweepers passing through their territorial waters, one of the most important sea-lanes in the world at this time.
We should also remember that the UK left the EU.
Finland is a veteran of optimum sensibility in the closure of its border with the territorial pirate Russia.
There cannot be much worry there, with the cream of Russian military having been wasted in Ukraine, particularly during the attempted airborne capture of the Hostomel airfield.
The young soldiers of entire units with irreplaceable experience have disappeared although some units have been reconstituted like a Potemkin village. Faux to the core.
Being a proven performer has led to many recent recruits so much so that Brussels might perhaps consider a name change to World Union.
A selective membership drive could then go South and further East for the most qualified and amenable.
For sure this association would not see such autocratic, now desperate, pure evil members in their inner security council leadership like Russia.
Their populace who doubled down on their poor leadership could find themselves out in the cold. Food for thought.
The capable Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg would be the best executive to lead this group, a reflection of the new now military priority.
The compelling and urgent necessity of this endeavour comes from the Emperor with no clothes (or the United Nations, as it is known.)
There is clearly a gap to be filled, and who better than a proven performer?
It would be like McKinsey & Company running a company.
Running around with diplomatic words would not make this more than a moot point.
The world should prepare for a future of us or them!
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Read also: Innocence is no Defence – Gaza and others, by Peter Polack
“Innocence is no Defence” is a term familiar to defence attorneys in a criminal trial where the accused is facing protracted incarceration prior to delivery of a verdict by the court that has a greater application in the wider world.
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Ukraine: Z has now become zero, writes Peter Polack – EU Today
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