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Let's be real - they just don't care about anyone but themselves.

chaostheory 5y ago
“We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.” — Lord Palmerston This is apt description of nearly every nation, if not all of them.
sprash 5y ago
No they are a US vassal state. If they only cared about themselves they would have zero sanctions and Nord Stream 2 would be pumping cheap gas in vast quantities.
- KarlKemp 5y ago
  Germany has a considerable interest in the concept of not changing any international borders by force, as has any other civilized nation.
galooomot 5y ago
Well, in terms of money, germany is among the biggest supporters of ukraine since the war started in 2014, donating several billion euros. https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/laenderinformationen/ukraine-node/ukraine-support/2510752 https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/laenderinfo...
- partiallypro 5y ago
  This is very much a puff piece from the German government to cover their gross negligence in helping to fund the very regime that is trying to wipe Ukraine from the earth. Also leaves out how reluctant Germany was to provide arms, despite providing arms to much more questionable countries.
  - ewin 5y ago
    These questionable countries are not active war zones, though. This is based on parliament resolutions that are decades old and some eu stuff. I think you are oversimplifying things.
KarlKemp 5y ago
They've taken in 200,000 refugees in the last six weeks or so, or as much as the US has, in total, since 2016. They are also paying about 10 x as much as the US in GDP terms for the existing sanctions against Russia, because they do far more trade with the country than the US. They also have a 40-year history of being unwilling to allow arms exports to anyone but NATO countries and the likes of Switzerland, far more than any other nation, and at considerable costs to local industry.
- trizuz 5y ago

“We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.” — Lord Palmerston This is apt description of nearly every nation, if not all of them.

sprash 5y ago

No they are a US vassal state. If they only cared about themselves they would have zero sanctions and Nord Stream 2 would be pumping cheap gas in vast quantities.

KarlKemp 5y ago
Germany has a considerable interest in the concept of not changing any international borders by force, as has any other civilized nation.

galooomot 5y ago

Well, in terms of money, germany is among the biggest supporters of ukraine since the war started in 2014, donating several billion euros. https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/laenderinformationen/ukraine-node/ukraine-support/2510752 https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/laenderinfo...

partiallypro 5y ago
This is very much a puff piece from the German government to cover their gross negligence in helping to fund the very regime that is trying to wipe Ukraine from the earth. Also leaves out how reluctant Germany was to provide arms, despite providing arms to much more questionable countries.
- ewin 5y ago
  These questionable countries are not active war zones, though. This is based on parliament resolutions that are decades old and some eu stuff. I think you are oversimplifying things.

KarlKemp 5y ago

They've taken in 200,000 refugees in the last six weeks or so, or as much as the US has, in total, since 2016. They are also paying about 10 x as much as the US in GDP terms for the existing sanctions against Russia, because they do far more trade with the country than the US. They also have a 40-year history of being unwilling to allow arms exports to anyone but NATO countries and the likes of Switzerland, far more than any other nation, and at considerable costs to local industry.

trizuz 5y ago