Gee, one year after the invasion and Germany is just now sending tanks. There is something fishy about how NATO is waiting and stalling before sending supplies to Ukrainians who are battling Russians. A protracted stalemate to destroy each military. And then what?! China swoops in to take over? The checkers chess game has just barely begun. The 20 year plan is for China to reign supreme.
Possible! A France to China economic block with a subservient Russia would be a powerful beast.
Oh, this is very typical of Euro bureaucracy. Esp. the Germans. As one wag put it (paraphrasal) “If the Russians are not literally crossing the German border, they’ll think about what to do for 10 years, plan for 15 years, debate it for 8 years, take 2 years to re-evaluate the cost analysis, and spend a year conducting the vote. 3 years later, equipment will begin to move.”
OTOH, Poland is a NATO country too, and a very important contributor in all this, and their approach is quite different. And, Germany built those LNG plants faster than anyone thought possible.
BGTW, suggest you read up on the political divisions in Germany. And between Germany and its neighbors. Spend a few hours on it, at least. Beneath that placid, controlled, everybody cooperating face that the leadership presents.... Under the hood lurks a lot of the “old” Europe of the early 1900’s. Which is this weird dichotomy to a Europe that truly a believed a war like this was impossible, and so has been caught woefully unprepared, both in munitions and in sense of urgency.
See my post 35 on why these tanks were in the news.
Deutschen panzer im Poland wieder? Ach so, die gute alte ziet is zurruck!
“Ob strurmt oder schneit ob die Sonne uns lacht
Der tag gluhend heis oder der eiskalt die Nacht
Verstaubt sind die Gesichter doch froh ist unser sinn
Ja unser sinn
Es braust unser Panzer im sturmwind dahin!’’