Albeit a parody of the lyrics (by Luigi Landi) of the well-known 1923 song (derived in turn from the Anthem of the Bersaglieri cyclists), I would say these words perfectly identify all the controversy currently raging about the “rearmament” race of the Old Continent.

By now there is no television or radio broadcast (no matter in which country) or website that does not talk about it: because of the bad guy Trump, who has decided to abandon the fight for Ukraine’s victory against Russia and who threatens to leave Europe stripped of the military defence of the “Big American Brother”, it is suddenly necessary to run for cover. So, billions galore, raining down as if in a deluge, the likes of which have never been seen for social services (Healthcare, Education, Infrastructure and whatever else might be needed in each European country). But as we know, ubi maior, minor cessat!

As I was saying, everything “seems” to have erupted suddenly after the talks held in the States at the end of February between the blonde quiff and the various heads of government of the major EU countries, plus that of Great Britain and “Sniffles”, alias Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian comedian.

Quite the pantomime, it must be said, worthy of the best Commedia dell’Arte, where all the masks staged a show for the cameras for the whole world to see. Everyone played their part: the Americans as the “bad cop”, all the others, starting with Keir Starmer, the British Prime Minister, as the “good cop”.

And so it was that Ursula and all the other little lapdogs started yapping to rouse the masses. Faced with the danger that Russia might not stop at the mere conquest of Ukraine (despite fighting, as has been known for some time, with hoes and recycled washing machine parts), but might continue on a raiding spree across the entire European territory, even letting their Cossack horses drink from the fountains of St Peter’s in Rome, it is necessary to close ranks and repel the invader. But…, wait: there is a problem! We gave all our old scrap metal to Ukraine, to defend themselves from the enemy. And now what do we do? Simple, we print money galore to supply ourselves with weapons and in about ten years we will be ready to face the terrible enemy. Obviously, we print in Frankfurt and you pay.

I think not even a primary school child could swallow such a string of idiocies, but as we know, the Scamdemic (Pandeminchia) docet, there is no limit to the moronic gullibility of the pro-European militant moron (militonto). And for this very reason I shall omit citing the various pieces of bullshit currently doing the rounds, pushed by the narrative of various lackeys (like the three-day survival kits) and various monologues about Ventotene…

Thus, with Krautlandia (Krucklandia) in the lead (which purposely changed the iron rule of a balanced budget written in its Constitution for the occasion), everyone immediately declared themselves willing to fork out eye-watering sums to enrich the arms industries, both European and transatlantic. Sacrifices must be made to defend the Homeland! So make them!

Indeed, for what better occasion to renew the arsenal of weaponry than a presumed defence against a presumed danger, which we ordinary citizens will have to pay for in the years to come? None, obviously.

And so Big Trump (Trumpone) secures an economic uplift for the American military industry (both for the orders it will receive and because US armaments can all be used to face the States’ real competitor, namely China) and the European Union finally has an excuse to form the so-called “European army”. Now it remains to be seen what this army will actually be used for. Something tells me it will be used almost exclusively against future rebellious movements of the European populations themselves, oppressed by the elites. The fairy tale of the race to enlist young (and less young) saplings to defend the homeland’s borders doesn’t even hold up as a joke: assuming for the sake of argument they found enough of them to counter the massive “enemy forces”, they would be efficient at the minimum required level, at best, not before several years. In practice, bishops and cardinals would have time to learn old Cossack songs in Russian (during the watering breaks of the aforementioned horses). Furthermore, if, as I believe, they will be used mainly to quell internal uprisings within the Union, these recruits might experience “dangerous” pangs of conscience, seeing as many of those they would be required to repress could be their relatives and acquaintances.

And so? And so, in addition to conventional weaponry (6th generation aircraft, tanks, ships, submarines and whatever else is produced as the flagship of specialised industries in the sector), I really think an objective will be the construction of robots controlled by Artificial Intelligence. There are various types already extensively tested in all the producing nations (China and the United States in the lead). They have no moral scruples and can be highly effective in the most difficult situations. I would say the ideal solution for both “policing” and combat tasks.

And Putin in all this? Russia stands watching (having absolutely no intention of “invading” any European country) and takes notes. It already has AI technologies and has started applying them to its own population. What better opportunity to see how the reaction of the Euro-idiot populace develops? I can imagine the laughs they must all be having at the highest echelons, starting with the true puppet masters of this Pantomime…