I’d argue it’s more like Chamberlain in the 1930s, too little too late
Ok so were the Soviets or the US wrong to build up arms at the time too?
Such a terrible comparison, Germany has absolutely zero designs on anything even remotely similar to the 1930’s.
If she actually wants to be our main diplomatic representative, she’d want to have a bit more basic cop on than slandering one of our main allies by comparing them to genocidal fascists, especially with the sensitive history.
More evidence she is a good local politician but has zero knowledge and experience on the international stage.
How the hell can you compare today’s German re-armament to that of the Nazis FFS
Really now? Of all the countries in the world arming she picks on Germany?
I’d love to live in a world without armies. But that’s not the world we inhabit.
Considering all that’s going on with Russia and the like we need strong European forces.
Irelands neutrality depends on it.
I know people believe that the media have an agenda to make her look as ridiculous as possible and accentuate every controversial word she says and maybe they’re right, but the truth is she puts her foot in her mouth constantly.
Imagine being in this position and getting something so fundamentally incorrect. What a misread.
Well, one major difference is how the Polish feel about it.
It’s actually pretty impressive the rate at which she’s torpedoing her own campaign
She is such a tankie.
Any hope of a preference is gone. Very surprised at Labour, Greens and Soc Dems for backing a loose cannon like this. She’s pitching herself as a Higgins continuity candidate, but she couldn’t be further from it. Higgins is so careful with his language, but Connolly doesn’t think at all.
She’s like the hipster version of Gemma O’Doherty.
Can we get some left leaning candidates that have a foreign policy beyond “war is bad, peace is good” while ignoring any of the surrounding circumstances.
What’s her deal with not mentioning that Russia is the main reason Germany is rearming? She just completely glosses over that and almost frames it as a European overreaction to the threats from the east or even worse compares EU Germany to Hitlers Germany of the 30’s, what the fuck?
This sounds eerily similar to viewpoints of Putins Russia I’ve heard over the last 4 years. “The Germans are nazis and the west is dangerous and reckless for reacting to our actions”
Hope she crashes and burns in this election, we don’t need anymore Neville Chamberlains running around appeasing the worst of the worst just so we “might” be okay in the end.
FFS Catherine. All you had to do was stop saying stupid things. We would have voted for you.
News flash: Germans not baddies. Russians are baddies. There is this thing called the EU. We’re part of it.
Mad how she didn’t have a comment when Russia was re-arming. Funny how she missed that one.
Must be just an oversight.
But why are they rearming, why!
‘I don’t wish to depress you.’
Lol classic Connolly. We’ll be listening to this kinda handwringing for the next seven/fourteen years if she gets in. It’s basically like electing a tankie John Charles McQuaid whose priority is to make us feel awful about everything. At least Michael D could don the green jersey a bit alongside his lecturing, Connolly isn’t capable.
Germany building an army that could probably end up fighting Russians in Poland. Deja Vu.
This statement alone should preclude her from being head of our army.
We are in a political and economic Union with the Germans.
And yeah we should be defending Estonia and Poland, also in that union with the Germans, the French, the Danish…
We think being neutral is a virtue but really we just look like a bunch of freeloading cunts who are fine with leaving our allies high and dry.
Yeah, let’s just leave Russia steam roll Europe instead, way to go Catherine, well done.
This is almost a weekly occurrence with connoly.
The president has very little power or responsibilities but one of them is to be the representative of Ireland and their words matter. These statements are embarrassing and she really needs to cop on and take some accountability and have a bit more thought before she speaks. .
TBH I dont want to hear much from my president other than a rare positive uplifting messages and give the Sam Maguire in Croke Park.
I certainly dont want to have my heads in my hands in embarrassment every few weeks.
Living in an alternate, uninformed reality. Can’t believe my choice is now a FF or FG candidate because this lady is wholly unfit to be our international ambassador.
“There are parallels . . . “
“There are questions . . . “
“It’s problematic . . .”
All these are statements of inference which have no supporting detail (because there is none), that people make to mislead idiots.
They never say what the parallels, questions or problems are, instead making it an implication they can climb down from (oh you misunderstood) when the heat is on.
This is not presidential calibre.
She said she has the “greatest respect” for Clare Daly and Mick Wallace. This idiotic quote or others like it aren’t surprising.
Germany isn’t rearming for “an economic boost”, they are rearming because of an aggressive, bellicose Russia whose leaders have repeatedly threatened invasion and annihilation of Europe (beyond their current savagery in Ukraine).
She said in the past we can’t “trust England and France” and now his attacking Germany. It would be a serious embarrassment to this country if we elect her. Its like a leftist Trumpian rhetoric. Shooting from the hip with wild assertions.
Still waiting for Connolly’s blistering critique of Russia and Chinese behavior. Typical Irish lefty. NATO/US bad, everything else good.
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I’d argue it’s more like Chamberlain in the 1930s, too little too late
Ok so were the Soviets or the US wrong to build up arms at the time too?
Such a terrible comparison, Germany has absolutely zero designs on anything even remotely similar to the 1930’s.
If she actually wants to be our main diplomatic representative, she’d want to have a bit more basic cop on than slandering one of our main allies by comparing them to genocidal fascists, especially with the sensitive history.
More evidence she is a good local politician but has zero knowledge and experience on the international stage.
How the hell can you compare today’s German re-armament to that of the Nazis FFS
Really now? Of all the countries in the world arming she picks on Germany?
I’d love to live in a world without armies. But that’s not the world we inhabit.
Considering all that’s going on with Russia and the like we need strong European forces.
Irelands neutrality depends on it.
I know people believe that the media have an agenda to make her look as ridiculous as possible and accentuate every controversial word she says and maybe they’re right, but the truth is she puts her foot in her mouth constantly.
Imagine being in this position and getting something so fundamentally incorrect. What a misread.
Well, one major difference is how the Polish feel about it.
It’s actually pretty impressive the rate at which she’s torpedoing her own campaign
She is such a tankie.
Any hope of a preference is gone. Very surprised at Labour, Greens and Soc Dems for backing a loose cannon like this. She’s pitching herself as a Higgins continuity candidate, but she couldn’t be further from it. Higgins is so careful with his language, but Connolly doesn’t think at all.
She’s like the hipster version of Gemma O’Doherty.
Can we get some left leaning candidates that have a foreign policy beyond “war is bad, peace is good” while ignoring any of the surrounding circumstances.
What’s her deal with not mentioning that Russia is the main reason Germany is rearming? She just completely glosses over that and almost frames it as a European overreaction to the threats from the east or even worse compares EU Germany to Hitlers Germany of the 30’s, what the fuck?
This sounds eerily similar to viewpoints of Putins Russia I’ve heard over the last 4 years. “The Germans are nazis and the west is dangerous and reckless for reacting to our actions”
Hope she crashes and burns in this election, we don’t need anymore Neville Chamberlains running around appeasing the worst of the worst just so we “might” be okay in the end.
FFS Catherine. All you had to do was stop saying stupid things. We would have voted for you.
News flash: Germans not baddies. Russians are baddies. There is this thing called the EU. We’re part of it.
Mad how she didn’t have a comment when Russia was re-arming. Funny how she missed that one.
Must be just an oversight.
But why are they rearming, why!
‘I don’t wish to depress you.’
Lol classic Connolly. We’ll be listening to this kinda handwringing for the next seven/fourteen years if she gets in. It’s basically like electing a tankie John Charles McQuaid whose priority is to make us feel awful about everything. At least Michael D could don the green jersey a bit alongside his lecturing, Connolly isn’t capable.
Germany building an army that could probably end up fighting Russians in Poland. Deja Vu.
This statement alone should preclude her from being head of our army.
We are in a political and economic Union with the Germans.
And yeah we should be defending Estonia and Poland, also in that union with the Germans, the French, the Danish…
We think being neutral is a virtue but really we just look like a bunch of freeloading cunts who are fine with leaving our allies high and dry.
Yeah, let’s just leave Russia steam roll Europe instead, way to go Catherine, well done.
This is almost a weekly occurrence with connoly.
The president has very little power or responsibilities but one of them is to be the representative of Ireland and their words matter. These statements are embarrassing and she really needs to cop on and take some accountability and have a bit more thought before she speaks. .
TBH I dont want to hear much from my president other than a rare positive uplifting messages and give the Sam Maguire in Croke Park.
I certainly dont want to have my heads in my hands in embarrassment every few weeks.
Living in an alternate, uninformed reality. Can’t believe my choice is now a FF or FG candidate because this lady is wholly unfit to be our international ambassador.
“There are parallels . . . “
“There are questions . . . “
“It’s problematic . . .”
All these are statements of inference which have no supporting detail (because there is none), that people make to mislead idiots.
They never say what the parallels, questions or problems are, instead making it an implication they can climb down from (oh you misunderstood) when the heat is on.
This is not presidential calibre.
She said she has the “greatest respect” for Clare Daly and Mick Wallace. This idiotic quote or others like it aren’t surprising.
Germany isn’t rearming for “an economic boost”, they are rearming because of an aggressive, bellicose Russia whose leaders have repeatedly threatened invasion and annihilation of Europe (beyond their current savagery in Ukraine).
She said in the past we can’t “trust England and France” and now his attacking Germany. It would be a serious embarrassment to this country if we elect her. Its like a leftist Trumpian rhetoric. Shooting from the hip with wild assertions.
Still waiting for Connolly’s blistering critique of Russia and Chinese behavior. Typical Irish lefty. NATO/US bad, everything else good.
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