USA allied to useless allies

[ekrem]

Demilitarized Zone of Germany has nothing to send, anyway.

>>Germany has no problem selling weapons all around the world, including to the perpetually troubled, Taliban-supporting government in Pakistan and the dictatorship in Egypt.<<

The Worst Ally | National Review

Germany, the laggard of NATO with a deep conflict of interest regarding Russia, is the weak link.

www.nationalreview.com

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is a chairman at state oil company Rosneft (ROSN.MM) and on the shareholders’ committee of Gazprom subsidiary Nord Stream.
Former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl also sits on Rosneft’s board.
An ex-prime minister of France has links with petrochemical giant Sibur.
Such figures may well be lobbying against the harshest penalties for Russia and its already stagnating economy. All of which plays into Putin’s hands.

Breakingviews - Italian CEOsâ Putin call exposes European discord

Europe’s businessmen and women are in a bind. Top executives at some of Italy’s largest companies, including utility Enel and lender UniCredit , tuned in for a Zoom chat on Wednesday with President Vladimir Putin to discuss economic ties with Russia. With a possible invasion of Ukraine looming...

www.reuters.com

 

[Bleipriester]

>>Germany has no problem selling weapons all around the world, including to the perpetually troubled, Taliban-supporting government in Pakistan and the dictatorship in Egypt.<<

The Worst Ally | National Review

Germany, the laggard of NATO with a deep conflict of interest regarding Russia, is the weak link.

www.nationalreview.com

Germany is not actively selling weapons. German companies do. The government just approves the deals or not. As usual, the deals are made before the arms are produced. So we have nothing in stock, maybe some assault rifles but that´s it. What Ukraine needs is not more arms, they are more capable to defend their country than Germany would be, but a government that is willing to solve the problems with Russia. On the negotiation table. In Turkey. Whatever lying press is telling with thousands of articles per week, it is a simple fact that the Ukraine has been amassing troops at the border with the Republic Donetsk. That has been said by Russia and now by Donetsk. The Russian troops are there to prevent the war.

 

[ekrem]

Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, is under pressure in Brussels to drop his objection to an EU military training mission in Ukraine, as Berlin faces heavy criticism at home and abroad over its approach to Russia. (...)

Officials at the EU’s foreign affairs wing, the external action service, are expected to make further efforts in the coming weeks to convince Berlin to give the green light. Italy, Spain, Austria and Greece are among those who also oppose the proposal, according to EU sources.

Such EU training missions to build up armies have previously been established in Mali and Somalia.

Germany’s offer to Ukraine of 5,000 helmets is ‘joke’, says Vitali Klitschko

Kyiv mayor ‘left speechless’ as Berlin faces pressure from other EU members to back military training mission

www.theguardian.com

 

[Bleipriester]

We want and need good relations with Russia. That is essential. Thumbs up for the Chancellor!

 

[Quasar44]

ekrem
Why would any sane person want to get into a war over Ukraine

 

[bambu.]

ekrem hahhahahhhah--I've been over these conflicts many times ......I JUST posted about it .......no, we could not change Afghanistan -that's impossible....but we did and could go in there to kill bad guys/get intel/etc
etc etc

Yes, all those hard drives and files that were removed from bin Laden's home after his head was blown half off, were invaluable, is my guess.

 

[Zebra]

kneissl now lives in petersburg

 

[surada]

....no horse in the race...I would think the Israelis are helping with intel/etc

The Saudis too. They've been providing intelligence for 30 years.