Follow the $$$$$$$$$$$
It you’re not with us, you’re against us.
I guess we need to bomb Berlin again.
German greed
This is surprising. Not.
Lot of Turks (another “ally”) in Germany.
Simple let the Germans freeze their A$$es off this winter by letting other countries get the evil oil.
NATO is history. Let’s save some money.
Trump and Pompeo will have something to say about this that we FReepers will enjoy.
Maybe we have to consult our other ally, Turkey.
Seeing as how it was the german companies that were selling Iran nuclear technology before the sanctions—— they have a lot of ‘splainin’ to do— seeing as how they are actuall CONTRARY to the membership in NATO’s mission statements.
And are in— to be precise the Russian camp, the energy camp on the liquid natural gas heating fuel pipeline direct from Russia. Follow the cash, and the SOCIALISM.
There are around 30,000 U.S. troops currently stationed in Germany. Now’s a good time to reduce that number to zero.
So, how about we stand down, and covertly direct Iranians to confiscate a German tanker... to take it.
Then let the REALPOLITIK sink in on the idiots that are running the neo-socialist muslim fueled welfare state that is modern Germany.
They’d change their tune. If they will not assist, NATO will not protect this “member’s” shipping. In keeping with the Treaty.
Behind it all, if you examine operational readiness of the fighters, helicopters, subs, and ships....the Germans simply aren’t in any position to deploy anyone and support an on-going mission. It’s been that way for at least two to three years. Even if they agreed to support with just one ship...it’d be probably thirty days before they could sail, and they’d probably have to be in some port for maintenance in less than 45 days of sailing.
It’s a sad fact...they are a third-rate military force, maybe even less capable than Nigeria.
Germany is a $hit country that has been living off of the US since the end of WWII. We should put a 50% tariff on all their Krautmobiles, including the German-made parts they ship here to their American assembly plants.
What’s Germany’s beef with Ira?!?!
Not their circus, not their monkeys.
We shouldn’t be there either. The entire Middle East isn’t worth the blood of one U.S serviceman or one taxpayer dollar.
I’m past tired of my tax dollars going to play world cop. We don’t need the oil, let those who do deal with Iran.
The new France!
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South Korea imports all its oil and gas, and mainly from the Saudis and the Gulf states. Germany gets 2/3 of its natural gas from Russia as well as almost 40% of its oil imports. Both nations are behaving on self-interest more than alliances. If only the U.S. would state that that is what is going on with Germany, quite often, do more of the same for itself, and call the Europeans on the carpet for hypocrisy when they claim the U.S. is acting on its own and not as a “good partner”.
Turks have a lot of power in Germany, and they don’t want to fight their Muslim brothers.