Britain and Germany Team Up to Tell You: Buy More Guns, Peace Is Expensive
KEY POINTS
- •On February 15, 2026, top defence chiefs Richard Knighton from Britain and Carsten Breuer from Germany issued a joint public plea.
- •They urged people to accept the ‘moral’ necessity of rearmament amid growing fears of war with Russia.
- •Their appeal emphasized confronting harsh security realities for Europe, stressing that increased military spending is about protection, not aggression.
In a historic tag-team that sounds like the Avengers but with less charm, Britain’s Richard Knighton and Germany’s Carsten Breuer have jointly begged their citizens to cozy up to the idea of rearmament. Published on Feb 15, 2026, their message emerged from the depths of Europe’s top military brains—aka two of the continent’s biggest wallet-wielders—warning that preparing for a Russian smackdown is just ‘doing what’s right.' They tried to make it sound less like a bunker stockpile panic and more like a moral epiphany about ‘uncomfortable truths’ and ‘security.’ In other words, buckle up, buttercup: war prep isn’t warmongering, it’s European virtue signaling with tanks.
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When the UK and Germany say ‘rearm!’ but swear it’s not warmongering, you know diplomacy just got a makeover with Kevlar and moral crisis chic.
Nothing says ‘we want peace’ like a joint war chest announcement from Europe’s most expensive paperweights.
Britain and Germany’s military chiefs basically told citizens, ‘Sure, it’s scary, but at least we’re trying really hard to sound responsible.’
Source: Theguardian | Published: 2/15/2026 | Author: Ben Quinn Political correspondent
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