The real foe of the "West" (aka the US) is the prospect of a German-Russian economic collaboration. This must be permanently prevented. "Dammaged, not killed".

Dutch journalist Marcel van Silfhout pointed this out referencing George Friedman's candid 2015 speech. Watch the last part, the Q&A's starting from 44:50.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeLu_yyz3tc

It's a shockingly accurate prediction of what was to come.