Macron leads NATO into shallow water

Business or politically, anyone with leadership is most likely to ask themselves a question at some point: What is the most worth seeking in growing up, what is the breadth or depth? Aristotle, known for his despicable belief in gold, recommended both. But he carefully distinguished them: the breadth of wisdom (Sofia), the depth of scientific knowledge (Cognition).

The debate led to various theories, including the traditional folk warning wisdom, the risk of “spreading too thin” (over-bread, insufficient depth) or the well-known point of view that “jacks in all industries are unmanned,” expressing bias in favor of depth.

From a prudent perspective, seeking depth seems to be a safer, safer approach. But the modern economy and examples provided by Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon have produced a model of growth and ambition, in which the perceived depth (based on the original laser type, similar to hardware, software, and even books sold) is quickly achieved to install a certain platform to make it higher and higher, and to use infinite bread bread in real time. When people are firmly rooted in a fertile earth, it is natural to spread throughout the landscape.

Psychologist Angela Duckworth famously adheres to the importance of depth, which she describes as “perseverance,” or perseverance in one direction. Others, such as Todd Kashdan, emphasize the breadth displayed by curiosity and cognitive flexibility of generalists.

If Genghis Khan is more successful than other shorter military conquerors like Alexander the Great, Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler, it is because of the organizational depth of Khan’s original nonlinear logistical focus, featuring his “YAM System”, a complex relay for a cyclist messenger. Is Chengji our first online thinker? The depth of this underlying idea makes it possible to expand the fastest geographical breadth in world history.

As we continue to witness an increasingly destructive war of expansion, the illegal pursuit of NATO or Russia’s expansion breadth depends on who you wish to blame – the question of depth and breadth is emerging again. A few days ago, Ukraine’s spectacular “Operation Spider Web” hit Russia’s military targets in depth even 4,000 kilometers outside its national borders. It achieved a clear breadth and impressed the Russians, especially the Western media. What it lacks, however, is depth, as most successful operations focus on PR. This sentence may apply to NATO’s entire history, which over the past 30 years has been very successful in expanding its breadth (after solemn commitment not to do so) at the expense of its depth.

If we believe that French President Emmanuel Macron is one of NATO’s most vocal leaders, the trend of breadth is still in the card. Why stop in Europe (Ukraine), West Asia (Afghanistan) and North Africa (Libya) when it is possible to reach around the earth? according to politics Article published on Friday: “Emmanuel Macron warned China that NATO could be more deeply involved in Asia if Beijing does not do more to stop North Korea from participating in the Russian war against Ukraine.”

Today’s Weekly Devil’s Dictionary definition:

In-depth participation:

In geopolitics – Based on the use of possible democratic models guiding Western Europe and North America – Follow the model of jewelry cockroaches, secretly install it in a specific place to exert influence and ultimately control it Wasp By the rigid master.

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Even in promoting the idea of ​​breadth in promoting NATO’s role in the extreme East, Macron felt the need to pay for depth of verbal service by committing to seeing it “in-depth engagement.” politics It points out a disturbing paradox: “France has long insisted that the transatlantic military alliance should not expand its coverage to Asia and lead to campaigns to prevent the opening of NATO liaison offices in Japan in 2023.” But Macron is the kind of politician who has always had the ability to transform from one position to the opposite. In his first political campaign, he declared himself embracing the right to oppose “at the same time” (literally, “at the same time”). That was his official slogan in 2016, when he boldly asserted that he was the one who was in power.

We wouldn’t be surprised to see Macron’s goal to do breadth and depth at the same time, even about institutions that he can’t control. The problem, however, is that compared with Aristotle, his reasoning is not inclined to Sofia nor Cognition. In the 2025 geopolitical landscape, dominated by impulsive, turbulent and capricious orange “leaders of the free world” and NATO’s de facto dictators, it shows that NATO’s goal of fundamental expansion and deep participation sounds like an irrational summit.

NATO’s expansion, consciously or not, attributes Europe to a state of permanent chaos. Political, military and economic chaos. Putin warned us in 2008 and even explained the reasons in detail. U.S. Ambassador Bill Burns and later political scientist John Mearsheimer believed that if expansion was to be made, it was inevitable. Common sense shows that such conflict is impossible for Europeans, which is why Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy opposed the expansion to Ukraine at the time. In contrast, even Duns, a class on the other side of the Atlantic (Linsey Graham, of course) can appreciate the monetary value of this conflict to the American military industrial complex.

The regrettable result is that democracy in Europe has taken a severe blow. The European Commission’s Toolbox – The pseudo-democratic institutions, if any, now include support for the cancellation of the election results (Romania in December 2024), whenever they seem to threaten increasingly isolated political elites. France and Germany have set out to disqualify popular candidates (Marines), or threaten to ban rising parties.

Thanks in large part to a long history, ultimately meeting the 2021 rejection with the initiative of U.S. President Joe Biden, who rejected any residual concept as inefficient, has thus found the most reliable way to ensure democracy only makes people’s side jobs. Europe is no longer a community of sovereign states, but rather concentrates its identity in NATO. The Ukrainian war created a unified appearance, rather than a common market, but an imaginary future federal army.

This ongoing drama becomes something like Alfred Jarry’s famous ridiculous tragi-comedy “Ubu Roi”. Its Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer play the leading role on the alternative date. Assuming the position of director, Starmer called for support and additional roles this week: “Every region of society, every citizen of this country, has a role because we must recognize that things have changed in today’s world.”

History

No one would suspect that this is an important transitional period in world history. Starmer and Macron see themselves as visionary leaders who can guide global events by verbally dramatizing the gravity of problems and claiming to be central players. In fact, Europe may be the first time in two thousand years – finding itself in historical dilemmas, tramplings and troubles, like a careless actor spitting on a cheesy stage. It’s Starmer’s bold announcement: “The frontline, if you want, is here.” Maybe he’ll “hope” you believe that the frontline is “here” (he gave a speech in Glasgow? Or at 10 Downing Street?). This sentence “if you want” emphasizes the lame comedy of his script.

Macron has an equally compelling message about the course of history, and as Starmer’s help points out, “things have changed.” “French President” politics “Also warned against the risks of nuclear proliferation established after World War II and the potential collapse of the global order.” Comments like Starmer in a changing world reveal their shared commitment to Hamlet’s speculation about “fighting the sea of ​​trouble” (Russia). They believe that this truly impossible task is the key to preventing the collapse of the Wonderful Order, which is sorry, dear Manu – it can no longer be fixed.

All these militarist bombings are bound together by all these military bombings that are fused together in powerless unstructured union, in any coherent way, not to define the future of Europe, but to hope that their opera bells will make Donald Trump take them seriously and build on it. The moment their savage in the White House showed his unwillingness to listen to their pleas, raised their appeal.

The comedy we witness reveals extensive but unintentional humor against an ironic context. It clearly points out the consequences of a tragedy that could make the audience look like an accessible tragedy.

* (In the time of Oscar Wilde and Mark Twain, another American, journalist Ambrose Bierce, produced a series of satirical definitions of common terms that articulate their hidden meaning in real discourse. Bierce eventually collected and published it as a book, as a book, the devil’s desire, our interest in 1911. We continue to work hard, and his title is his title. News readers The Dictionary of Fair Observer Devil)

((Lee Thompson-Kolar Edited this. )

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