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Top German general praises Russian bombing in Syria
thelocal.de ^ | 12 Feb 2016 12:46 GMT+01:00 | DPA/The Local (news@thelocal.de)

Posted on 02/12/2016 3:21:53 PM PST by Trumpinator

Harald Kujat, former chief of staff of the Bundeswehr (German army) inspecting Ukrainian troops in Kiev in 2004. File photo: DPA

Top German general praises Russian bombing in Syria

Published: 12 Feb 2016 12:46 GMT+01:00

Russian bombing in Syria against opponents of the brutal regime of President Bashar al-Assad has "enabled the peace process" to get started, a former top-ranked German general said on Friday.

"With its military intervention, Russia has enabled the peace process," Harald Kujat, former chief of staff of the Bundeswehr (German army) told the Passauer Neue Presse.

Kujat argues that the Syrian civil war was in a deadlock until September 2015, and that "neither the Americans nor the Europeans had a strategy for a peaceful Syria, nor were they ready to engage massively.

"The Russians have done that and created a window for a political solution," he believes.

Syrian regime forces were close to the brink of defeat before Russian intervention, Kujat added.

"I would only have given them a few more weeks. Then Syria would have collapsed and Isis would have taken over the country."

According to Kujat, Isis could then have targeted attacks against Lebanon and even Israel, with "far-reaching consequences" for Germany and the West.

The retired general also dismisses western governments' allegations that Russia has sought to deliberately worsen the situation of civilians in Aleppo, where its aircraft are supporting an offensive by pro-regime troops.

"Putin's goal is to support the advance of Syrian troops towards Isis areas. Aleppo has been a block on this route, because the city was held by the Syrian opposition."

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TOPICS: Germany; Russia
KEYWORDS: agitprop; astroturf; germany; haraldkujat; paidrussiantrolls; putinsbuttboys; russia; russianstooge; russianstooges; syria; vladtheimploder

1 posted on 02/12/2016 3:21:53 PM PST by Trumpinator
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To: Trumpinator

I wonder if I should be afraid of a German general praising a Russian bombing campaign.

Well at least you dont see German soldiers marching in Red Square.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfS8f5XUtnA

Uh oh...


2 posted on 02/12/2016 3:27:06 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Trumpinator

There must be a video from the Bunker:

“Angela Merkel finds out that one of her generals praised the Syrian bombing campaign”.


3 posted on 02/12/2016 3:33:46 PM PST by bakeneko
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Wasn’t Merkel’s job supposed to be the islamazation of Europe?


4 posted on 02/12/2016 3:39:20 PM PST by Bogie (Just a coincidence?)
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To: VanDeKoik

Like!


5 posted on 02/12/2016 3:41:04 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: bakeneko
There must be a video from the Bunker: “Angela Merkel finds out that one of her generals praised the Syrian bombing campaign”.

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Not just a NATO general:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3394826/posts

Russian air strikes in Syria 'good thing': UN War Crimes Investigator Del Ponte

ormer war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, who is currently probing rights abuses in Syria, on Monday backed Russia's air strikes on "terrorist groups" in the war-torn country.

"Overall, I think the Russian intervention is a good thing, because finally someone is attacking these terrorist groups," Del Ponte told Swiss public broadcaster RTS, listing the Islamic State group and Al-Nusra among the groups targeted.

6 posted on 02/12/2016 3:44:03 PM PST by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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Harald Kujat, soon to be arrested for Hate Speech!
7 posted on 02/12/2016 3:48:42 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (Trump for me. I want to see Hillary, Bernie or any demoncrap crushed)
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To: Trumpinator

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/angela-merkels-unlikely-journey-from-communist-east-germany-to-the-chancellorship-a6738271.html

Angie was a commie and her mommy was a commie. Or a Nazi.
But she was hot. She was as hot as the barrel of a MG32 at Stalingrad ....

“Nevertheless, the young Angela Kasner appears to have done much to feather her nest. She not only joined the Communist Free German Youth movement — which some critics still describe as the socialist answer to the Hitler Youth — but also learnt Russian, the language of East Germany’s ultimate rulers.”

I’m going out on a limb to say she probably doesn’t care, except about her bad decision to allow these human reptiles into Germany, since the Russians are sending more.


8 posted on 02/12/2016 3:49:03 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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9 posted on 02/12/2016 3:49:42 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: VanDeKoik

At least it wasn’t German armor at the Arc d’ Triomphe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiJA23r7728


10 posted on 02/12/2016 4:22:18 PM PST by PAR35
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Lets fill'er up folks...
11 posted on 02/12/2016 7:11:54 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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