Boss, hold on tight, because now something really happened that makes you want to crap your pants. The head of the German air force, the Luftwaffe, General Holger Neumann, said in an interview with The Telegraph that the Germans are ready to fight 'from this evening' against Russia. And he's not joking! He says they'll defend 'every inch' of NATO, so if you drop a bomb on Estonia, it's like bombing London. Now, I'm looking out the window of my 2008 BMW and wondering: can Putin see me from here?
The general made it clear that if Russia attacks, NATO strikes the Kola Peninsula, Kaliningrad, and the Black Sea. That is, right around where I took a trip to Kavarna with Mioara three summers ago. And he says their forces are ready to go in 'with everything they've got' - Patriot missiles, Iris-T, Arrow 3. Listen, Arrow 3, sounds like an arrow from a Batman movie. But wait, the Germans aren't messing around: Chancellor Merz is pouring billions of euros to build 'the strongest conventional army' in Europe. And I barely scraped together enough for my car inspection tax.
Now, Neumann isn't crazy. He says: 'Rule number one: never underestimate your adversary.' And he lists Russian planes like it's a toy catalog: Su-35 Flanker, Su-57 Felon, MiG-31 Foxhound. Plus hypersonic missiles. Man, if those come over the block in Berceni, even Tyson won't bark. But on the other hand, NATO is 32 countries. The general says: '32 against X.' And I curse alone when FCSB loses.
What bugs me is that the Germans don't want to break away from the Americans. Neumann says: 'I'm a big fan of NATO and the transatlantic link. I don't want European autonomy.' That is, even though Trump keeps pushing them to be the bosses, they're hesitating. And so, the eastern flank - Poland, the Baltic states - is still watching the sky. Meanwhile, England changed its Defense Minister. What can I say, interesting times. I'm going to explain to Mioara why I put an extra 50 lei on gas, because maybe war is coming.
