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Germany Deserves a Big Share of the Blame for the Ukraine Disaster (www.counterpunch.org)

submitted 2 years ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/europe@lemmy.ml

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

NATO wouldn't really be an organization worth of note without France and Germany. This is precisely why Germany was in the position to act. You're engaging in speculation about something that may eventually happen as a justification for not taking action to avert a real war in which people are currently dying.

[–] poVoq@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You are deeply mistaken. Germany has no functional army at all and is a dead weight on NATO, and France has always had a "we would rather not be in NATO at all" stance. Why do you think Trump pushed so hard for Germany to increase military spending instead of relying on US troops stationed there?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago

I'm not mistaken at all. You're arguing against a scenario you literally made up to justify doing nothing to avoid a very real war. There's clearly no point continuing this.