Borrowing this Latin writer of the 4th century AD. Century Vegetius described the strategy that – according to it – should be followed by the crisis in the crisis, gazing at the future.
Specifically, during today’s intervention in the Rome Senate, Giorgia Meloni stressed that “in terms of defense, I have the same opinion as the Romans, that if you want peace, you must prepare the war (Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum). I think that strengthening the defense does not need to be able to attack someone. I believe – on the contrary – that anyone with strong defense systems can more easily avoid armed conflicts. “
“I don’t think the chaos of this phase is due to Donald Trump, these are simplifications. It is true that the situation is chaotic, but we are not talking about something that has begun today, “the Italian government chief added, estimating that” if Iran left the nuclear program for military use, there would be a clear threat against Israel and not only ” Two peoples and two states. “
Responding to Meloni, the secretary of the center -left Democratic Party, Eli Slain, stressed: “I would like to tell the prime minister that for the last two thousand years, the planet has taken progress in terms of resolving disputes. Preparing war – as Melon claims – is the opposite of what Italy needs and wants. “
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The same phrase, however, attributed to the author of the late Roman Empire, had been used earlier, on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Alliance, Mark Rutte:
“There is an ancient Roman proverb, if you want peace, get ready for war. It’s a simple idea, make your defense so strong that no one dares to attack you.
Today, NATO’s military advantage is aggressively disputed by Russia’s rapid re -equipment, supported by Chinese technology and equipped with Iranian and North Korean weapons. We have to unite, innovate and succeed and that is exactly the issue of this forum. “
