Posted on 08/21/2018 10:33:41 PM PDT by Olog-hai
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said that Europe should form a “counterweight” to the United States whenever Washington “crosses red lines.”
In a guest article for German business newspaper Handelsblatt, Maas said Germany wants a “balanced partnership” with the United States, in which it “brings its weight where the US withdraws.”
“Single-handedly, we will fail in this task. The main goal of our foreign policy is therefore to build a sovereign, strong Europe,” Maas wrote. […]
Maas said Europe needs to set up payment systems independent of the US if it wants to save the nuclear deal.
“That’s why it is indispensable that we strengthen European autonomy by creating payment channels that are independent of the United States, a European Monetary Fund and an independent SWIFT system,” Maas wrote.
“Every day the deal is alive is better than the highly explosive crisis that would otherwise threaten the Middle East.” …
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Yeah, because everyone has been more protective of Germany than the United States.
Where do they find these horse’s asses?
They’ve been there for decades, but are only speaking up now. Shows how much Obama gave them, including that vile JCPOA—they really wanted that.
Says a country that won’t even spend a bare minimum 2% of GDP for defense. What a laugh.
They won’t spend it on NATO. They’d be willing to spend it on a “European” military if they got a core number of nations to agree to it.
The EU has always been a solution in search of a problem. If there aren’t problems, then they create them.
I’m waiting for someone to propose evil as a counterweight to good.
This is nothing new, it's just that since Trump is clearly planning to bring their free ride to an end they're finally openly admitting it in hopes of keeping some of the countries that aren't going along with crap like massive immigration in the fold.
Adenauer wanted such an entity to be a “counterweight” to the USA too. Both world wars had the unification of the continent as a means of going after the USA as their goal, as does this “peace project”.
The US should withdraw from NATO funding.
I think a lot of non-Germans in the EU want the US as a counterweight to Germany. And Russia.
More like a “Fourth Reich” but with a lot of little “Reichs” to help.
Let’s face it. Germany will never be a credible world leader with the leaders it has now.
In that case, let them stay and keep a singular strong leader away.
exactly! I was thinking the same exact thing!
They’ve been saying this crap for years. They leave out the key part though. They want a strong united Europe.....under German control.
There’s really no reason for us to pay for the defense of these deadbeats. They won’t even pay to defend themselves. Nobody could possibly suffer from the delusion that we could ever count on them for anything. They’re no allies of ours. Pull out. Bring the Boys Home.
Yes, I’m sure he screwed things up in ways we couldn’t imagine.
Like Chicoms or Russians are not a counterweight to worry about... Back to their old world socialist fascist tricks.
Europe’s best have been killed off on its battlefields for generations.
This unnatural selection has left Europe with people unfit to lead them anywhere but into further disaster.
Good, let Germany take all the Jihadi.
Forming a counterweight costs money. A lot of money.
In theory, he may be correct.
In practce, he lacks the means.
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