And this is an ally? Germany rejects US call to join Gulf taskforce

[justoffal]

Sounds like Germany is a Islamic terrorist states ally!

Germany has rejected US pressure to send warships to protect shipping in the Persian Gulf from seizure by Iran.

Olaf Scholz, the German vice-chancellor, publicly confirmed on Wednesday that his country would not take part in a US-led naval taskforce.

“We want to talk about how to address the situation with our French and British partners in Europe, but there is no discussion of a mission as requested,” said Mr Scholz, who is deputising for Angela Merkel while she is on holiday.

Germany reportedly rejected calls to take part in the planned taskforce last week, but this is the first time the German government has commented publicly .

Along with Britain and France, Germany has been keen to rescue the nuclear deal agreed with Iran by Barack Obama, which Mr Trump withdrew from last year.

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This is what happens when the US starts treating our allies like deadbeats and pulls out of agreements.
They will go their own way. Who can blame them?

Beat me to it and could not agree more.

Agree on what? That Germany continues to be self-seeking state that would be a deadbeat unless forced to be responsible?
It's high time the United States stoppedl being a patsy for imperious world children.
That doesn't mean we want help when we needed but it does mean that we look for reciprocation which is only fair and just.

Jo

 

[Olde Europe]

And you know this based on your super secret access to the highest levels of US intelligence?
Stop pretending your dimwitted paranoia has any roots in reality.

So, who patted you on your gently sloping forehead and left you with the impression you'd be equipped to render judgment on what is knowable in this world? Really, who was callous enough a cynic to send you out into the world with that message, knowing, quite obviously, you'd be the butt of jokes wherever you show up with it?

Just kidding. You and your ilk are the reason why programmers had to devote significant efforts to creating the ignore feature.

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

So, who patted you on your gently sloping forehead and left you with the impression you'd be equipped to render judgment on what is knowable in this world? Really, who was callous enough a cynic to send you out into the world with that message, knowing, quite obviously, you'd be the butt of jokes wherever you show up with it?

Just kidding. You and your ilk are the reason why programmers had to devote significant efforts to creating the ignore feature.

Very well done for a person of your observed limited abilities. This is not about what I know, however, but rather what you imagine you know.

Like the US and Britain cooking up a scheme together (even though Germany says it will work with Britain and France to pacify Iran) to have Iran seize British oil tankers as a pretext to start a war and invade Iran (inexplicably this makes Iran part of your paranoid vision to attack itself but no one ever said fantasies have to make any sense).

Call it Iraq war continued in Iran, in your feeble brain. And every day that slips by without Trump beating the war drums to go all George Bush on Iran makes you seem just that much more idiotic and foolish.
But it doesn't bother me if you play the all knowing fool. Really. It doesn't.

Iran has seized vessels that aren't British but since that doesn't serve your asinine
narrative let's just pretend that never happened. Iran seizes foreign oil tanker in Persian Gulf, 12 on vessel, state media reports

 

[blastoff]

This is nothing.

Germany, like nearly every country, will always be there when they need us.

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

Then why are you advocating interference?

Because it's not in our interests to let Iran put a choke hold on the Straits of Hormuz.

 

[lennypartiv]

Maybe Trump is right, maybe it is time to leave NATO.

 

[surada]

Muslims did to Germany what Mexicans did to us. They invaded with the help of unscrupulous politicians and their sheer numbers gave them power. Until a common sense nationalist like Trump comes along to save them, Germany will continue to sink. Viva Trump.

You blame Germany for the invasion of Iraq and the rise of ISIS?

 

[surada]

Because it's not in our interests to let Iran put a choke hold on the Straits of Hormuz.

Or the Bab Al Mandab.

 

[gipper]

Maybe Trump is right, maybe it is time to leave NATO.

The time to dissolve NATO was when the USSR imploded. We were told of a Peace Dividend at the time, which obviously never transpired.

Why did this happen?

Because the MIC saw a great opportunity to sell it’s deadly products to the former Warsaw Pact nations. Once again, it always comes back to greed.

 

[GLASNOST]

The time to dissolve NATO was when the USSR imploded. We were told of a Peace Dividend at the time, which obviously never transpired.

Liars can never be trusted.