USA allied to useless allies



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After they didn't help USA with WW2 and Normandy, Let's see if these US allies help this time with Russia and Ukraine.
Any bets ?

 
While the U.K. scrambles to deliver tanks, rocket artillery and other weaponry to the Ukrainians, Germany has refused to send even rifles.

And instead of locking arms with the U.S. and other transatlantic allies to help Ukraine prepare for an attack, Germany has sought to placate Russia by taking some of the West’s most powerful deterrents off the table.

As the crisis has intensified, German officials and politicians have strenuously opposed using the threat of suspending Russia from SWIFT, the Belgium-based international payments system, a step that would make it extremely difficult for Russian entities to engage in international commerce.

 

German chancellor turned down Biden invite to discuss Ukraine crisis - Der Spiegel​



Germany Blocks NATO Ally From Transferring Weapons to Ukraine​

Refusal to permit Estonia to transfer artillery that originated in Germany points to strains in Western alliance over Ukraine​

 
Why would Kurds or Israelis give a fetid dingo's kidney who controls The Ukraine?

For that matter, why should we?
 
Was that not the point for the US invasion? So it was not irrelevant it was the whole point of the exercise.

Saddam said he had them; no reason not to believe him at the time, nor was it our job to wish he didn't have them and let him use them first. And then there is the fact he started the war, and he violated the cease fire agreement nearly every frigging day, so no WMD's needed to justify finishing the POS off.
 
"We're protecting Germany, we're protecting France, we're protecting everybody, we're paying lots of money"



 
BERLIN, Jan 21 (Reuters) - German Economics Minister Robert Habeck wants to engage Russia economically by cooperating on renewable energy supplies to help de-escalate tensions over Ukraine, he told Der Spiegel magazine in an interview published on Friday.

 
"We're protecting Germany, we're protecting France, we're protecting everybody, we're paying lots of money"




Protecting from what? And did we ask? Lets call it by its true name: Trump wanted to extort protection money. He got none and the troops stayed. You need more proof?
 
(Bloomberg) The German government has pushed for an exemption for the energy sector if there is a move to block Russian banks from clearing U.S. dollar transactions, according to documents seen by Bloomberg.

People familiar with recent discussions said other major western European nations hold similar views. One official said that conversations since the documents were circulated suggest the exemption is likely to be part of a final package of penalties agreed with the U.S. that would be deployed in the event that Moscow invaded Ukraine. (...)

Several other major European countries have also sought to insert carve-outs as part of the sanctions discussions and have pushed for transition periods before the full force of the measures would take effect, as well as protections for existing contracts, according to people familiar with discussions that have taken place in recent weeks.

 
No more F-16 for Erogan?

"TURKEY has been shunned by advisors to the US President who have advised the Commander-in-Chief not to supply Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a fleet of 40 F-16 fighter jets.

“Approving this proposal would reward President Erdogan for ignoring both Turkey’s alliance commitments to the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the vast human rights abuses his regime continues to commit at home and abroad,” they argue."

 
It's true. Our allies ARE getting more useless. But we're also more useless to them. Maybe we can create an alliance with Russia.
 
America used to drag its allies into conflicts and wars that make no sense for them, that even harm them in different ways. Being allied to the US means getting surrounded by Russian forces and no US-troops far and wide.
 
BERLIN (Reuters)
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko, a former world heavyweight boxing champion who lived for years in Germany, called the delivery of 5,000 helmets a “joke”.

“The behaviour of the German government leaves me speechless. The defence ministry apparently hasn’t realized that we are confronted with perfectly equipped Russian forces that can start another invasion of Ukraine at any time,” he told Germany’s largest tabloid Bild.

“What kind of support will Germany send next,” he asked. “Pillows?”

 

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