These sort of televised comments will only serve to further create unease amongst the Russian people. It certainly won't help shore up support for Putin.
Holy shit, I was trying to place why I should know what this picture was doing and I felt stupid for not figuring it out. Now I know that feeling was justified.
Now that's a throwback to the old Battleship board game I used to play in my youth.
And yes, a cruiser = 3 hits.
I thought those were pontoons attached to make it float underwater. Smort
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Hell Yeah Japan. Brothers in arms!
Turns out they sent samurai swords.
They can always find and train the real-life version of Mikasa Ackerman to do what she did on Yeagerists, without carrying guns.
Sorry. Got confused. But yeah. I was referering to Steinmeier.
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The problem is, that this isn't about Steinmeier as a private person. This is about the head of the German state who isn't welcome in Ukraine, this is effectively treating Germany like an enemy.
So because Ukraine have called you out you feel hurt? Must be tough for you sitting in your peace and having to listen to these insults from a desperate country under attack.
Let me get my violin out, I feel so sorry for the German hurt feelings.
I don't have a problem with Ukraine calling out especially SPD politicians like Scholz or Steinmeier for their role in the close German-Russian relationships. None at all, I like to do it myself sometimes here.
Let's say it this way: Apparently Ukraine has such a good live, that they don't need us as friends and can afford to hold a grudge. That's amazing that they don't need us, and I am very happy to hear that (yes, that was sarcasm).
Admitting mistake and still continuing on the same path (blocking of arm supplies, dragging the feet on the most important sanctions, not postponing the nuclear phase out, taking a piss with helmets delivery, etc.) is just empty words at this stage. When Estonia have contributed 6x that of Germany in weapon deliveries while you’re going through a genocide is a peak insult in itself and shows that these claims are just worthless. Make no mistake, this war never happens in the first place if Germany doesn’t depend on the Russian energy and doesn’t continue to appease Putin after first invasion in 2014, it’s not nice to hear but your actions have directly enabled this war and encouraged Putin to go further. When you look at this bigger picture you might understand why the words are chosen the way they’re by Ukrainian diplomats. Basically, until words turn into actions I don’t see how they can trust you really given so many Russian connections too.
I'm not sure it's that unclever from a diplomatic point of view. It's a message to not feck around and do something substantial. After all, German politicians have made a bunch of major mistakes (Lindner, Scholz, Baerbock, Steinmeier, ...) and for what it's worth, Germany is still not doing all they could. It might be without alternative but one way or another we are financing the Russians day by day.
It's not that simple. For example Slovakia delivered S-300 air defenses to Ukraine - great. Why did they feel safe to do that? Because Germany moved Patriot systems there. Germany is doing a huge amount of economical aid and is the amongst the biggest supporters there, in some regards even the biggest.
Sorry but we Germans need to stop being offended over every little thing and start taking our heads out of our asses. Let's start behaving like Europe's most powerful country. That means making decisions and not hiding like we usually do. And how do they lost your respect , because of diplomatic errors ? What kind of respect is that ffs
For example I don't think that Zelensky's government did enough against corruption and oligarchy in Ukraine, so I was quite critical of him before this war started. He proves to be a great leader for his people during this war, but apart from that I'm just not convinced.
That tweet exactly proves my point. A lot of outrage over an unnecessary diplomatic incident, which does just not help the Ukrainian cause.
USA. It was USA. Germany did nothing. Stop the nonsense please.
True. But the thing is, Europeans actually wanting German leadership is a quite new development and our politicians haven't adjusted very well to this.
And that shows how we Germans are increasingly seen internationally. Weak leaders and offended moralists who like to dictate but are as agile as a container ship in domestic and foreign policy. That may be harsh, but it is by no means a great exaggeration. What do you think about the "Zeitenwende"?
Please keep your facts straight. The systems there are manned by German and Dutch soldiers and were moved there from the Bundeswehr site in Husum:
Yep, and that view is justified, I'll admit that. I just try to give some background here for other folks who really don't seem to grasp that a lot of Germans are so terrified of getting involved in something which could lead to WW3 because of our responsibility for WW2 (and to a lesser degree for WW1).
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That's not Slovakia
Please learn which countries exist in Europe before commenting. I was talking about Slovakia, not Poland. You are of course right that the US send Patriots to Poland, but that wasn't the point of my post.
Do you want Slovakia, too? You can simply use google.
Read your own source please: "The system also “complements the NATO multinational battlegroup in eastern Slovakia, which includes air defense elements from Germany and the Netherlands,” he added."
