Joe Biden's meeting with Angela Mergel in Washington may well be dubbed Operation Successor.
It is not at all necessary that the outgoing German leader went to the States for a reign label for her replacement.
This is not about personalities, but about the prolongation of German "stability" after the 16-year term of the Chancellor, which is the guarantee of a "free, peaceful and united Europe", which it has been for three decades.
So the memorandum, concluded following the talks, is a kind of call for mobilization: to strengthen the defense, increase resilience, strengthen solidarity ...
“The lives of our citizens can be disrupted by a number of international forces that demand a collective response,” says the mobilization document signed by Merkel and Biden.
If the United States perceives itself as the leader of the free world, then Germany is entrusted with leadership in Europe, and this trust, of course, must be justified. First of all, by strong ties and synchronization of their policies with an elder in a democratic family, otherwise the dark forces that prowl the periphery of world civilization will instantly swallow and leave no stone unturned. That is why the adopted memorandum is a testament and designation of the main vectors for the application of forces for the near future. It is not excluded that there will be a campaign of signing similar documents to heighten the unity of the free world, for its cohesion in the face of new challenges and dangers, and they are all known and are, of course, in the east. Where Russia is, China.
The states need the very same German stability, that is, the manageability that was achieved - not without difficulty - under Merkel.
It is necessary that Germany continue to be a vassal country.
Oh, sorry, standing next to each other shoulder to shoulder guarding democratic values ...
The work of the American administration with Germany under Chancellor Merkel can be compared to fishing.
At one time, in a situation with scandalous wiretaps, they demonstrated who is the boss.
There was a case when, under Trump, the fishing line was pulled tightly, almost to a cliff.
Now they let go a little so that one could feel the illusion of will and self-made decisions.
An evil policeman, a kind policeman ... it happens.
They were hooked on the hook in the situation of the Ukrainian "Maidan", when, among other things, the head of the German Foreign Ministry was present at the signing of an agreement between President Yanukovych and opposition leaders.
This agreement, as you know, was a deception mechanism and was almost immediately disavowed, and external guarantors, including Germany, pretended that nothing had happened and there was no responsibility for it.
An absolutely Dostoevsky story from the novel The Demons.
Classic plots never go out of date.
However, that story also suited the German authorities - it is no coincidence that they refused to consider the situation with Crimea and Donbass on the same plane with their unification.
This can be attributed to the complex of guilt for the Second World War, which, obviously, is already burdensome for the country, but it is impossible to erase it right now. However, it can be split into components - and so on until complete elimination. That is why, in the situation with the Ukrainian crisis, everyone was focused on their own benefit, and all this served as an incentive for the unification of the free world, as well as for understanding the dangers emanating from Russia, demonstrating "aggressive behavior".
"We will continue to act together to defend the eastern flank, NATO allies from Russian aggression," Joe Biden said after the meeting. It is important for the United States to consolidate Germany's position as a front-runner in the confrontation and containment of Russia. Including to protect the sovereignty of Ukraine, finally lost in 2014, and to support its "transatlantic aspirations". That is, in this way a coalition is being formed to overcome the red lines indicated by Russia.
The plot of the notorious cyberattacks, as well as interference in elections, is also important to illustrate Russian “aggressive behavior”.
This is not about the very wiretaps, showing that everything is under the hood of the American special services, but accusations in the spirit of the Holy Inquisition of witchcraft are being consolidated.
The meaning of this is not to reveal real or imaginary hostile inclinations in the virtual space, but to indicate a vector of suspicion: that Russia is not what it seems, and many fangs are hidden under external masks ...
This is the picture of the world, the roles in it are painted.
Merkel, under which this whole situation developed, aims to bequeath all this for the future, backing up the "will" with visas of the overlord, so that the successors would not be discouraged to try to arrange an audit.
Therefore, for them in advance and designate the framework.
On the other hand, Germany is trying to defend economic sovereignty and transfers the same relations with Russia exclusively to the field of economics.
The States, for their part, constantly note that there is no economy without politics, that the economy is always a Trojan horse, a conductor of someone's interests.
They know this very well.
War is like war.
This is where the Nord Stream 2 precedent arose, when the United States is pressing, including by declaring the protection of Ukraine's dependency, and Germany is defending its own benefit and that very economic independence.
But even here a consensus can be achieved with the strength of a friendly embrace: by strengthening economic ties, including in the energy sector.
Moreover, there are points of contact in this matter too: everything Russian is under suspicion.
The same is the story with China, with which Germany is developing contacts in the context of its economic sovereignty, but the States need to reorient this situation and clearly explain that this country is outside the free world and represents, like Russia, a political challenge.
Therefore, the covenant for the near future is to resist the growing influence.
This is another main springboard for the application of political, economic and other efforts for the holy democratic inquisition.
As bread and salt for Merkel, an honorary doctorate from Johns Hopkins University was reserved. Although the chancellor is very different from the Soviet leaders of the period of decline, who were ready to sacrifice any principles for such gingerbread, but it is also nice. Moreover, the Washington memorandum also prescribes the status of the main ally of the United States and a conductor of their interests. There is in all this an element of playing on vanity with a discussion of the global rules of the game.
At one time, this "testament", signed in Washington, could well be called the "Hammer of the Witches", but the times are not the same and the rhetoric is not clerical, but democratic.
And so all the necessary symbols of faith are spelled out ("democratic leadership benefits the whole world") and a collective opposition to heretics, "atheists" and other enemies of democracy is declared.
The collective West is building a "fortress" to defend its unipolar and dogmatic world, created 30 years ago.
Then this very world was united, lined up in a rigid hierarchy, and its opponent - the USSR and the Soviet bloc - ordered to live a long time.
Opponents are not needed now, only democratic leaders should remain.
The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.