Our Enemies--the Europeans
Europe wants endless war, making them our enemies.
Present day Europe is desperate to continue the proxy war against Russia. Why? With amazing prescience, George Orwell explained this dynamic in his novel 1984 (as summarized by Grok):
In George Orwell’s 1984, the world is locked in a state of perpetual (constant) war among three superstates: Oceania(where the protagonist Winston Smith lives, encompassing the Americas, the British Isles, Australasia, and southern Africa), Eurasia (roughly the Soviet Union and continental Europe), and Eastasia (China and much of East/Southeast Asia, including Japan).
This war is never-ending, with no decisive victories, no conquest of core territories, and no realistic prospect of peace. The fighting is confined to disputed border zones (primarily equatorial regions in Africa, India, and the Indonesian archipelago), involving limited engagements by small numbers of highly trained specialists rather than total mobilization. Casualties remain relatively low compared to past wars, and the front lines shift minimally—if at all.
The true purpose of this endless war—explained in The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism (the forbidden book attributed to Emmanuel Goldstein)—is not territorial gain, ideological triumph, or defense. Instead, perpetual war serves several interlocking functions that preserve the Party’s absolute power:
It consumes surplus production. Industrial output in the superstates far exceeds what is needed for basic subsistence. Without war, excess goods would raise living standards, create leisure, education, and eventually demands for equality and freedom—threatening the hierarchical structure (High → Inner Party; Middle → Outer Party; Low → proles). War destroys resources (bombs, weapons, floating fortresses) as fast as they are produced, keeping society poor and dependent.
It maintains psychological control and social cohesion. Constant war provides an external enemy to hate, channeling frustration, aggression, and patriotism outward instead of toward the Party. It justifies shortages, sacrifices, and obedience in the name of “the greater good.”
It prevents genuine contact with reality. The war is largely staged or exaggerated (and possibly coordinated at the highest levels between the superstates). Because no side can truly conquer the others—due to roughly equal strength, nuclear stalemate from earlier atomic wars, and the difficulty of occupying vast, culturally alien territories—the conflict becomes a purely internal affair of each state. War absorbs destructive impulses without risking the rulers’ power.
This leads to one of the Party’s core slogans: “War is Peace.” A truly permanent peace would be intolerable to the regime, as it would allow wealth, leisure, and independent thought to flourish. Perpetual, limited, unwinnable war is functionally equivalent to a twisted form of peace—it stabilizes the dystopia by keeping society in a state of controlled crisis, fear, and poverty.
In short, the constant war in 1984 is the central economic, psychological, and political mechanism that makes the Party’s totalitarianism sustainable indefinitely. It is not a means to an end; it is the end.
The war between Ukraine and Russia is exactly as George Orwell predicted—it is not a means to an end; it is the end. So that the rulers of Europe can maintain power over their people.
You want some evidence that this is true?
Two EU countries are the most vocal opponents of the war in Ukraine: Hungary and Slovakia. Last night Ukraine attacked the oil pumping stations that supply Hungary and Slovakia with oil. Sundance at the Conservative Treehouse explains what is going on here.
The Europeans who now control the military operations inside Ukraine are targeting European countries who do not align with their bloodlust, specifically Hungary and Slovakia.
Both Hungary and Slovakia are land locked countries without easy access seaports. Because of their geographic locations, they rely on Russian oil and gas for their energy needs. Hungary and Slovakia have not wanted to expand the war against Russia. The EU is demanding Hungary and Slovakia agree to expanded war.
The European ‘coalition of the willing’ is now targeting key Russian infrastructure that supplies energy products to European countries who are not in compliance with the EU dictates of war.
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This is why Secretary of State Marco Rubio travelled to Hungary and Slovakia last week.
Essentially, now we see European leaders attacking their own European “allies” through the use of Ukraine. If you do not support the continued bloodlust, you are an enemy of the EU collective hive mind.
Europe is doing everything it can to keep the war in Ukraine going—making them enemies of peace. And enemies of the United States.