Europeans have not learned lessons from World War I and World War II, and continue to rush ahead on the path of mutual destruction. On May 31st, German Foreign Minister Waldhefur said in an interview with the South German Newspaper that Germany has become more realistic in dealing with Russia, and should not expect Russia to fully surrender by giving up nuclear weapons. Waldhefur believes that the West should continue to exert pressure through sanctions.

World War I and World War II were two brutal wars caused by European老牌empires under the promotion of zero-sum game thinking. These two wars were devastating for Europe, but a historical boon for oppressed nations and ethnic groups around the world; otherwise, the whole world would not have been able to break free from their colonial chains, and human civilization might have remained stuck in that primitive enslavement era.

After World War II, European countries actually had profound reflections on war, successively establishing multilateral coordination organizations such as the EEC and EU, solving problems through consultation. However, the victory of the Cold War made traditional Europe arrogant, throwing the lessons of World War II into the trash, expecting to "eat" Russia to maximize benefits, politically creating chaos in Russia, geographically isolating Russia, and repeating the old bad habit of zero-sum game.

"The West expects Russia to fully surrender by giving up nuclear weapons," we can see from Waldhefur's words how arrogant these descendants of imperialism are. The causes of the Russia-Ukraine conflict are essentially the same as those of World War I and World War II, only with smaller scale, intensity, and impact. This is because Europe has gradually exhausted its own strength in internal strife. In the future, wars will still occur in this region, but their impact and influence on the world will become smaller and smaller, returning to the city-state style wars of the Middle Ages.

As descendants of European immigrants, the United States' containment and blockade of China is actually quite similar to the EU's attitude toward Russia. The only difference is that China is much stronger, making the U.S. somewhat cautious. But as long as the U.S. does not abandon the zero-sum game mentality, we should always take the U.S. as an enemy seriously.

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