Interesting article. Not sure if it should come as a surprise that Germany has its own interests and needs. Might be the last time that Germans cooperate with a transatlantic ally on a major scale if all sides botch the Ukraine crisis.
„why Germany increasingly does not consider its interests to be in sync with those of the U.S. and the wider transatlantic alliance.“
easy, look at the last 20 years, war for oil was not in our interest, pivot to asia and drone-killabama was not in our interest, getting millions of refugees because of US doing silly stuff in afghanistan, libya, iraq and syria not in our interest, the orange guy absolutely not in our interest and since then I don‘t see a reason to hope for the better.
That is a bad article.
I quote:
>**Bestseller’s list**
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>A good way to gauge German attitudes toward the U.S. is to look at what people are reading.
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>On a shelf dedicated to American issues at downtown Berlin’s largest bookstore, the following titles were recently on prominent display:
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>“Crazed, The American Catastrophe;”
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>“America’s Holy Warriors;”
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>“What the U.S. has Perpetrated Since 1945;” and
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>“America on Fire.”
That is **not** a good way to gauge German attituted towards the U.S..
The author then continues to quote from those books and acts as if those would be representative for the German populous.
He also bases some of his analysis on sources that “recently conducted more than 50 interviews, including a number with Germans, on the state of the alliance.”
That is also not a good basis.
>As Washington has tried to present a united Western front against Russian intimidation in recent weeks, Germany has been a conspicuous outlier. Under the influence of a potent cocktail of energy and commercial interests, and a political culture laced with good old-fashioned anti-Americanism, Germany has strayed from the Western fold.
>When President Barack Obama first articulated the U.S. pivot to the Pacific in 2009, he believed Germany would have America’s back on the European continent.
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>If he were to look over his shoulder today, he’d see no one there.
This is one of the worst articles I have read on politico and utterly disconnected from reality.
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Interesting article. Not sure if it should come as a surprise that Germany has its own interests and needs. Might be the last time that Germans cooperate with a transatlantic ally on a major scale if all sides botch the Ukraine crisis.
„why Germany increasingly does not consider its interests to be in sync with those of the U.S. and the wider transatlantic alliance.“
easy, look at the last 20 years, war for oil was not in our interest, pivot to asia and drone-killabama was not in our interest, getting millions of refugees because of US doing silly stuff in afghanistan, libya, iraq and syria not in our interest, the orange guy absolutely not in our interest and since then I don‘t see a reason to hope for the better.
That is a bad article.
I quote:
>**Bestseller’s list**
>
>A good way to gauge German attitudes toward the U.S. is to look at what people are reading.
>
>On a shelf dedicated to American issues at downtown Berlin’s largest bookstore, the following titles were recently on prominent display:
>
>“Crazed, The American Catastrophe;”
>
>“America’s Holy Warriors;”
>
>“What the U.S. has Perpetrated Since 1945;” and
>
>“America on Fire.”
That is **not** a good way to gauge German attituted towards the U.S..
The author then continues to quote from those books and acts as if those would be representative for the German populous.
He also bases some of his analysis on sources that “recently conducted more than 50 interviews, including a number with Germans, on the state of the alliance.”
That is also not a good basis.
>As Washington has tried to present a united Western front against Russian intimidation in recent weeks, Germany has been a conspicuous outlier. Under the influence of a potent cocktail of energy and commercial interests, and a political culture laced with good old-fashioned anti-Americanism, Germany has strayed from the Western fold.
>When President Barack Obama first articulated the U.S. pivot to the Pacific in 2009, he believed Germany would have America’s back on the European continent.
>
>If he were to look over his shoulder today, he’d see no one there.
This is one of the worst articles I have read on politico and utterly disconnected from reality.