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German Foreign Minister Believes Deploying Troops to Ukraine Would be “Too Much”
Armstrong Economics ^ | 19 Aug 25 | Martin Armstrong

Posted on 08/19/2025 9:01:23 AM PDT by delta7

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has come under fire for stating that it would be unwise to send troops into Ukraine. “We are the only European troop contributor to station a combat-ready brigade in Lithuania. Doing that and also stationing troops in Ukraine would probably be too much for us,” Wadephul told the Table Today Podcast.

Sending troops to Ukraine is highly unpopular in Germany among the citizens, despite the government’s eagerness to support Ukraine with manpower. The foreign minister suggested that Germany could provide military and technical support without entering Ukraine.

Critics claim he is simply attempting to appease the people and betraying Ukraine by not offering to send men into combat. He also voiced another unpopular opinion—working with the United States to potentially provide security guarantees.

“We are now hearing signals from Washington that they are prepared to do so [provide security guarantees], and this must then be worked out together with the Europeans, with Germany naturally having to play an important role,” Wadephul said in the interview, adding Berlin could provide military and technical help, among other things.

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The Bundeswehr deployed 4,800 troops to Lithuania, and again, critics believe it is ridiculous to say that the military is stretched too thinly to deploy others directly to Ukraine. It will cost Germany an estimated 800 million euros annually to maintain their current presence in Lithuania.

No one thinks of the cost involved with sending troops into Ukraine, which is of little importance compared to the broader implications of sending troops and then actively forcing the entire nation and the European Union to fight on behalf of Ukraine.

The neocons are waiting for that “push comes to shove” moment. The people are extremely vocal about their point of view on the matter. Those looking at the numbers and logic alone are warning against deployment. Anyone who understands history is keenly aware that German is on the brink of completely entering a war against Russia that it is unprepared to fight.

The entire EU will become involved in the war if Germany sets foot into Ukraine, as Germany is the economic powerhouse supporting the bloc, and France, the second most powerful in terms of finance, has similar wartime ambitions. It appears that push will come to shove by next year on 2026.45 when our computer indicates a central turning point between the EU and Russia.


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Seems the Germans are rethinking their war with Russia. A good sign….Russia will simply have to again fight and destroy Germany should they decide to do something really, really stupid.
1 posted on 08/19/2025 9:01:23 AM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

Reliving history


2 posted on 08/19/2025 9:11:13 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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““We are the only European troop contributor to station a combat-ready brigade in Lithuania. Doing that and also stationing troops in Ukraine would probably be too much for us,”

Even THAT is a lie.

They have a HQ company there, and the “Brigade” will be built over the next 5 years...because it does not exist.


3 posted on 08/19/2025 9:11:17 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: delta7

LOL - at least these idiots are rethinking the concept of introducing troops into Ukraine. Didn’t work out so well last time, and seriously, putting their only small Pfadfiner group of boys in the East, not the smartest idea. I do believe that the current German military has simply copied all their ideas from the French military, and if they were ever in a really shooting war, I fully expect similar results - drop the weapon, run away, wave a white flag and would last half as long as the Belgians have typically lasted.


4 posted on 08/19/2025 9:17:01 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: delta7

Its easy for the European countries to talk tough when they assume that the US will be bearing the burden of implementing the deal. Once they realize that Trump wants them to take the lead, they start backpedaling.


5 posted on 08/19/2025 9:18:18 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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ukies should be able to buy defensive weapons only.
Euro-weenies should think twice about boots on the ground.


6 posted on 08/19/2025 9:28:11 AM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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Now you want Russia to destroy Germany?

WTH are you?

F Russia.


7 posted on 08/19/2025 9:30:59 AM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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Now you want Russia to destroy Germany?
WTH are you?
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It’s not what I want, but what will happen, as history has demonstrated. IF the Germans put boots into Ukraine, their country is fair game, and Russia will once again defeat them ( they have a high number of Neo Nazis)…as they did in WW2.


8 posted on 08/19/2025 9:44:28 AM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

Yeah Russia defeated Germany all by itself, and the United States wasn’t involved?

In what alternate universe?


9 posted on 08/19/2025 10:22:56 AM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: delta7

It took Germany, as a NATO country until early 2024, to reach the 2% of their GDP funding for their own defence that they agreed to in 2014. Now that amount has been raised to 5%. How will they be able to fund Ukraine’s war, and reach that 5% mark in the near future, is questionable. It took them almost 100 years to pay their WWI reparations, and they never paid back the U.S. banks they borrowed money from in the aftermath of WWI.


10 posted on 08/19/2025 10:44:13 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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"Now you want Russia to destroy Germany?"

Germany doesn't need Russia to destroy it. It's been doing a fine enough job of doing that themselves.

11 posted on 08/19/2025 10:46:25 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Williams

Delta 7 is RT. They’re a lot of Russian disinformation and supporters on these threads.


12 posted on 08/19/2025 10:59:39 AM PDT by grumpygresh
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All righty then, build a bunch of combat robots.


13 posted on 08/19/2025 11:59:03 AM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum)
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To: delta7

IBTS


14 posted on 08/19/2025 2:48:17 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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Having actual German boots on the ground in Ukraine would provide great recruitment fodder for the Russian side.
15 posted on 08/19/2025 3:12:02 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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Having actual German boots on the ground in Ukraine would provide great recruitment fodder for the Russian side.
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I have already seen the posters/ media. You won’t find them on western sources. The lame brain west won’t publish them as it is a reminder of the Ukie Neo Nazi problems.

Go to t.me postings for some good ones, so good they get young Ivans running to enlist….they have no recruitment problems.


16 posted on 08/19/2025 3:40:00 PM PDT by delta7
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“so good they get young Ivans running to enlist….they have no recruitment problems.”

ROTFLMAO !

Renting cannon fodder from North Korea

Dragging prisoners to the front.

Recruiting in Nepal.


17 posted on 08/19/2025 4:36:56 PM PDT by TexasGator (The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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To: delta7
Please call me Marty.

I run the ArmstrongEconomics scam site.

The worth of my advice can be measured by my three bankruptcies and losing over $700,000,000 of my clients' funds in bad trades.

That failed ponzi scheme got me eleven years in the federal pen.

signed, Martin Armstrong

18 posted on 08/19/2025 4:37:47 PM PDT by TexasGator (The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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“The ONLY way to defend against our insane Neocons is to pull together as a united front with Russia, China, North Korea, and others against the West.”

1 posted on 8/4/2025, 12:40:57 PM by delta7


19 posted on 08/19/2025 4:38:32 PM PDT by TexasGator (The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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20 posted on 08/19/2025 4:39:52 PM PDT by TexasGator (The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
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