The number of strategic mistakes by German governments in the last one hundred years:
1. Started a war that resulted in the deaths of millions of innocent people and which included a genocide.
2. Helped start another war that devastated Europe and killed many of Europe’s young men in trenches.
3. Built the world’s largest prison (the DDR) after having honed the skill of rounding people up in concentration camps a decade and a half before.
4. Funded Russia’s war machine for a decade and a half by becoming addicted to Russian resources when alternatives were proven to be found within months.
And it goes on.
>“You can argue whether that was the right thing to do, but it was the consensus in society at the time,” he said.
Right, so it was essentially a populist move by a politicians who built their careers playing a role of a “reasonable, anti-populist professionals”.
And now they are telling stories about “the consensus in society’.
>“If we’d known then what we know now, we would of course have acted differently,” Röller added.
Wait, but didn’t Merkel said that she knew it all along?
Well played. All security concerns on the expense of Central and Eastern Europe. All profits to german pocket.
I do wonder at what point it’s not just easier and faster to simply admit to being dead wrong.
If Germany doesn’t get their shit right, AfD will win by a landslide
Germanys growth tanked multiple financial crises. Grerting to our souther european brothers and sisters.
Ahh and who again gains most from the growth of the eu? Ahh poland it is.
A economically strong germany held europe together in the last decade.
The biggest mistake imho: not going all in on renewable energy.
And by the way, the first european idea was that strong energy ties prevent war (see france-germany coal treaty), because both party lose if war breaks out.
The war is not because germany played bad, its because putin is an imperalist.
No one is debating that, Mrs Merkel
When did this infinite growth obsession come from? It’s not like you can grow forever and ever considering we’re already “using” 1.5 times of earths resources already. Capitalism is so dated…
It seems Germany blocked Ukraine from joining NATO in return for cheap energy.
There is a link from the tragedies of Bucha and Mariupol to Germanys previous economic growth.
It’s good to hear you’re doing great over there.
Problem with Germany was not use of cheap Russian carbon fuel. Problem was soft stance when it comes to Eastern Europe security and dismissing Russia imperialistic intentions. This was delusion that wars in Europe were over an peace will be eternal (thus army spending are unnecessary).
These were connected to some extend, but I do not think that Russia would resign from those sweet sweet carbon fuel euros, even with more assertive wester Europe.
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The number of strategic mistakes by German governments in the last one hundred years:
1. Started a war that resulted in the deaths of millions of innocent people and which included a genocide.
2. Helped start another war that devastated Europe and killed many of Europe’s young men in trenches.
3. Built the world’s largest prison (the DDR) after having honed the skill of rounding people up in concentration camps a decade and a half before.
4. Funded Russia’s war machine for a decade and a half by becoming addicted to Russian resources when alternatives were proven to be found within months.
And it goes on.
>“You can argue whether that was the right thing to do, but it was the consensus in society at the time,” he said.
Right, so it was essentially a populist move by a politicians who built their careers playing a role of a “reasonable, anti-populist professionals”.
And now they are telling stories about “the consensus in society’.
>“If we’d known then what we know now, we would of course have acted differently,” Röller added.
Wait, but didn’t Merkel said that she knew it all along?
Well played. All security concerns on the expense of Central and Eastern Europe. All profits to german pocket.
I do wonder at what point it’s not just easier and faster to simply admit to being dead wrong.
If Germany doesn’t get their shit right, AfD will win by a landslide
Germanys growth tanked multiple financial crises. Grerting to our souther european brothers and sisters.
Ahh and who again gains most from the growth of the eu? Ahh poland it is.
A economically strong germany held europe together in the last decade.
The biggest mistake imho: not going all in on renewable energy.
And by the way, the first european idea was that strong energy ties prevent war (see france-germany coal treaty), because both party lose if war breaks out.
The war is not because germany played bad, its because putin is an imperalist.
No one is debating that, Mrs Merkel
When did this infinite growth obsession come from? It’s not like you can grow forever and ever considering we’re already “using” 1.5 times of earths resources already. Capitalism is so dated…
It seems Germany blocked Ukraine from joining NATO in return for cheap energy.
There is a link from the tragedies of Bucha and Mariupol to Germanys previous economic growth.
It’s good to hear you’re doing great over there.
Problem with Germany was not use of cheap Russian carbon fuel. Problem was soft stance when it comes to Eastern Europe security and dismissing Russia imperialistic intentions. This was delusion that wars in Europe were over an peace will be eternal (thus army spending are unnecessary).
These were connected to some extend, but I do not think that Russia would resign from those sweet sweet carbon fuel euros, even with more assertive wester Europe.