PESCO: EU’s alternative to NATO?
A reader sent me a link to the following article, originally written in Italian, which has been machine-translated into English:
Nato is at its sunset
Alternatives to the Alliance18 July 2018
After a summit like the one in Brussels, many believe that unity of purpose between the United States and Europe, represented by NATO, is destined to end. …
The division between European states, from a strategic point of view, is there for all to see. What common strategic interests already link only Eastern and Western partners when they have completely different goals?
This inability to find a common plan on which to act is the reason why NATO is still substantially alive. Because nobody could find a credible alternative .
Is there a European alternative to NATO?
But are there really any alternatives? The question, for many, is contained in Pesco , that is, the permanent structured Cooperation . This is what has been defined as the Common European Defense. Officially established in December 2017, 25 States currently participate: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Hungary.
Pesco, for many within the European Union, could indeed represent a credible alternative to NATO. …
And it is hard to believe that, once the Atlantic Alliance is over, the same European states get together to form a new community. Also because the United States and Britain row against . …
Trump intends to strengthen ties with Britain by supporting the special relationship with London and Brexit in an anti-German key. (Here is a link to the actual article as written in Italian: http://www.occhidellaguerra.it/fine-nato-alternative/)
Notice that the article points to the end of NATO and the need for an alternative. It points to PESCO as a possible alternative, and then says that the USA and UK will oppose EU military unity and that the USA and UK are anti-German allies.
Well, yes, there will be a separation between Europe and the USA-UK alliance.
PESCO officially started in December of 2017. Here is a chart of what it says it has been doing and hopes to do this year:
Now that the NATO summit is past, that will also likely motivate EU nations to give PESCO further consideration as an alternative to NATO.
Foreign Affairs reported the following about PESCO:
The Trump administration seems to believe that allies are meant to pay and obey. When it comes to Europe, this may pose a problem. During the Cold War, what was good for the United States was good for Western Europe. But in a multipolar world in which multiple powers are competing and cooperating with each other, this is not always the case. In June 2016, the EU adopted a new Global Strategy that formally called for strategic autonomy—the ability to pursue its own interests without being constrained by other states. …
In December 2017, amid rising anxieties about the Trump administration’s commitment to European security, the EU launched Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), which pools the defense efforts of 25 of the EU’s 28 member states. To the surprise of Brussels, however, the United States swiftly condemned the new initiative as a threat to NATO. …
If PESCO succeeds, it will improve, not damage, transatlantic security. …
Despite what its critics have claimed, PESCO is the answer to the long-standing American demand for more burden-sharing in NATO. This is true precisely because it is an EU, rather than a NATO, initiative. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2018-07-06/letting-europe-go-its-own-way
While the article in Foreign Affairs considers that PESCO is good for the USA, it seems to not realize the ramifications of its first few statements. When Europe has to pay more for defense, it will demand a greater say in how the funds are spent as well as what to do with its military capabilities.
Contrary to the view in that Foreign Affairs article, this will turn out to be disastrous for the USA and its Anglo-Saxon allies like the UK and Canada.
It has been (correctly) reported that PESCO is about war, not peace (see ‘PESCO is not about peace, it is about preparing for EU wars’). But PESCO will be more than about some small war, what is happening in Europe (whether or not the term PESCO will be used) is going to result in World War III.
Over fifty years ago, the old Radio Church of God published the following:
GERMANY in Prophecy!
Notice an amazing prophecy about the Middle East in Psalm 83:1-8. It is a time of war. “Hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo, Thine enemies… have taken crafty counsel against Thy people.”
They have dealt treacherously with Judah and Israel — with the Jews and with America and Britain! We are God’s people, Israel. The Jews are merely the tribe of Judah. But to continue: “They have said, ‘Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation.'” Isn’t this exactly what the Iraqi leaders have said? “For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against Thee…”
What nations are these in confederation against God’s people? Here is the answer of this prophecy! Here is what is yet going to take shape in the Middle East!
“Edom (Turkey), and the Ishmaelites (Saudi Arabia); Moab (part of Jordan), and the Hagarenes (part of Arabia); Gebal (this is the ancient name for Byblos in Lebanon), and Ammon (Jordan) and Amalek (part of the Turks); the Philistines (the displaced Moslems from Palestine) with the inhabitants of Tyre; ASSUR IS JOINED WITH THEM: they have helped the children of Lot.”
Who is Assur? GERMANY!
So Germany — NOT atheistic, communist Russia — is ultimately going to support an Arab union against the Jews and against Israel — Britain and America! This is what prophecy foretells. This is God’s warning to us today. …
Germany and World War III
But Germany is not only going to be embroiled in the hot Middle East controversy, she is going to spark World War III!
Notice the prophecies!
“O Asshur, the rod of Mine anger,” declares God. Here is a prophecy concerning Germany — the descendants of Asshur today! “The staff,” says God, “in their hand is Mine indignation. I will send him against an hypocritical nation (that is, Israel — America and Britain today), and… I will give him a charge to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets” (Isaiah 10:5-6).
Our sins are mounting to heaven itself. And God is going to punish us by the very nation whom we have tried to buy for an ally! It is God who is going to permit the revival of Germany — this time in a gigantic union of 10 European powers united with a great religious power — to punish us in World War III.
We won two major wars against Germany in one generation. But the third time God is going to punish us as we have never been punished before! The sword of war is going to strike us “the third time” (Ezekiel 21:14), and we are going to be led away captive to Assyria and to all nations (Isaiah 11:10-12).
Literally dozens of prophecies speak of this terrible calamity to befall us in the 1970’s. …
Germany is to be warned of her sins. Because she will not now repent, God will use her to punish us first. Then He is going to punish her.
The entire book of Nahum — one of the so-called Minor Prophets — is devoted to the final punishment of the German-dominated Church-State union yet to arise in Europe. The setting of the prophecy is the original fall of Nineveh about 612 B.C. What happened to Nineveh, the ancient capital of Assyria, was a type of what will happen in our day! Notice that the actual setting of this prophecy is the time of God’s “wrath” — the Day of the Lord (Nahum 1:2, 6). That day of God’s intervention is YET FUTURE. It has not happened yet! (Isaiah 19:23-25). (Hoeh H. GERMANY in Prophecy! – Part 2. Plain Truth, January 1963)
While his timing was off by many decades, we are seeing German-dominated political (European Union, which will reorganize per Revelation 17:12), economic (Eurozone), and military alliances (PESCO) beginning to rise in Europe. Expect to see church involvement in the future as well.
US President Donald Trump’s style, statements, and pressures are getting Europe to look for an alternative to the USA-dominated NATO.
This does not mean that Europe will pull out of NATO. It means that the Europeans will develop military capabilities that they can use on their own as well as against the interests of the USA-UK.
The Bible teaches that Europe will have a great army:
25 “He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South with a great army. (Daniel 11:25)
The “He” is identified as the final prophesied European King of the North in Daniel 11:40 (watch also Can You Prove that the Beast to Come is European?).
Europe does not have a great army yet, but PESCO may well be the instrument under which such an army is developed.
The Bible clearly shows that Europe will be a warring power (Daniel 11:39-44). It also shows that the success of the European Beast, King of the North, power will cause the world to marvel as well as defeat the strongest military power:
3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. 4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?” (Revelation 13:3-4)
39 Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain. (Daniel 11:39)
The Beast of Revelation 13 and the “he” of Daniel 11:39 is a European leader, also called the King of the North in Daniel 11:40. Notice that Daniel 11:39 states that the strongest military power–which currently is the USA–will be taken over.
Europe is being pressured by Donald Trump to arise militarily. The world will be surprised when conquering by Europe happens, which is part of why I have long written that European technology will be a key factor in this (as will be deception and problems in the USA).
While Europe has been relying on the USA for defense, after developing more of its own military the time will come when Europe will conclude that it not only does not need the USA, but that it would prefer to destroy it!
The Europeans are mad at the USA for many reasons including its President Trump, the UK for the Brexit vote, and will decide that places like Canada are too connected to them to remain.
The USA and its Anglo-Saxon descended allies will be defeated (Daniel 8:24-25; Isaiah 17:3; Jeremiah 30:7).
The Bible teaches that this will come to pass (Daniel 11:39; see also USA in Prophecy: The Strongest Fortresses).
Europe is looking for an alternative to NATO. Currently, that looks like PESCO. This will not turn out well for the USA or its Anglo-Saxon descended allies.
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