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Germany and Poland rule out sending troops to Ukraine as tensions with Russia escalate
Fox News ^ | Feb 27, 2024

Posted on 02/27/2024 9:39:13 AM PST by McGruff

European military heavyweights Germany and Poland affirmed Tuesday that they would not be sending troops to Ukraine, after reports that some Western countries may be considering doing so as the war with Russia enters its third year.

The head of NATO also said the U.S.-led military alliance has no plans to send troops to Ukraine, after other central European leaders confirmed that they too would not be providing soldiers.

The Kremlin, meanwhile, warned that a direct conflict between NATO and Russia would be inevitable if the alliance sends combat troops. "In this case, we need to talk not about probability, but about the inevitability (of conflict)," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

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1 posted on 02/27/2024 9:39:13 AM PST by McGruff
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European military heavyweights Germany and Poland

OK...that made me do a spit-take all over the table...

2 posted on 02/27/2024 9:42:26 AM PST by rhinohunter (Elections have consequences. Stolen elections have catastrophic consequences.)
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To: McGruff

Proof they were considering it.

The public pushback was too much for them this time. They will again try later.

It is difficult to balance keeping the war drums beating while not pushing the public to far. EU is desperate to use the war to consolidate its own power in Europe. War bonds, EU Army, and EU taxation all hinge on keeping the fear of Russia front and center.


3 posted on 02/27/2024 9:47:25 AM PST by 13foxtrot
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Germany can send some of their windmill powered tanks.


4 posted on 02/27/2024 9:52:06 AM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: McGruff

All it will take is one rogue NATO country to send troops (it’ll probably be France) and it will be the trigger. Not that the warmongers don’t have other triggers planned too. Like say a false Russian act of war in a Russia bordering NATO country executed by the CIA (of course we all know they wouldn’t do such a thing).


5 posted on 02/27/2024 10:11:02 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: McGruff

Germany? A European military heavyweight? Surely you jest. It does say Germany has decided not to invade Russia? Surely again, you just


6 posted on 02/27/2024 10:13:59 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
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To: McGruff

A no brainer.


7 posted on 02/27/2024 10:14:27 AM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! )
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To: McGruff

How did Russia get to Berlin last time?


8 posted on 02/27/2024 10:20:28 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: McGruff

Germany and Poland refuse the Koolaid.


9 posted on 02/27/2024 10:21:31 AM PST by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: McGruff

Political translation: “We will just put in more CIA spooks and continued to lie to our citizens.”


10 posted on 02/27/2024 10:48:43 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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From left: Albania's Defense Minister Mimi Kodheli with her counterparts Jeanine Hennis Plasschaert (The Netherlands), Ursula Von der Leyen (Germany), Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide (Norway) and Roberta Pinotti (Italy)

This just fills me with confidence. All Russia hast to do to avoid NATO aggression is not to make any trouble on these harpies' heavy flow days.

11 posted on 02/27/2024 10:53:18 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

You are posting that all of those women are Defense Ministers.

None of them are.


12 posted on 02/27/2024 11:57:56 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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You lie. When that picture was taken they were acting defense ministers.

I'll do a little bit your work for you and she'll references on two of them. I'm not going to do five because that's your job and I don't work for you.

Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen (née Albrecht; born 8 October 1958) is a German physician and politician serving as the 13th president of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding successive positions in Angela Merkel’s cabinet, most recently as federal minister of defence. Von der Leyen is a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its EU affiliated group, the European People's Party.
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Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Following the election of 2012 and after the cabinet formation the Second Rutte cabinet was formed with Hennis-Plasschaert becoming Minister of Defence. She stepped down as a member of the House of Representatives on 5 November 2012, the same day she took office as Minister of Defence. She served as Minister of Defence until her resignation on 4 October 2017. After the election of 2017 she returned as a member of the House of Representatives, serving from 23 March 2017 until 13 September 2018.

Either you are a bald-faced liar or too stupid to do a Google search before you shoot your mouth off on a comment.

13 posted on 02/27/2024 12:20:32 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

Which of those two sentences I posted is a lie?


14 posted on 02/27/2024 12:24:24 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12
Here is the current crop of NATO member states defense ministers. Pretty damned estrogen heavy if you ask me for the length of time it usually takes to rise to that top post. I'm sure the Europeans feel very, very safe.


15 posted on 02/27/2024 12:28:52 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

You called me a liar, quit ignoring post 14.


16 posted on 02/27/2024 12:31:51 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

You said that none of them were defense ministers, and that is a lie. They were defense ministers.


17 posted on 02/27/2024 12:41:16 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: wildcard_redneck

Quit lying.

To: wildcard_redneck
You are posting that all of those women are Defense Ministers.
None of them are.
12 posted on 2/27/2024, 12:57:56 PM by ansel12


18 posted on 02/27/2024 12:45:33 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

Zeepers can always be depended upon to lie like a dog.


19 posted on 02/27/2024 12:47:29 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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“”””From left: Albania’s Defense Minister Mimi Kodheli with her counterparts Jeanine Hennis Plasschaert (The Netherlands), Ursula Von der Leyen (Germany), Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide (Norway) and Roberta Pinotti (Italy)This just fills me with confidence. All Russia hast to do to avoid NATO aggression is not to make any trouble on these harpies’ heavy flow days.””””

You are plain out lying, you posted some distant past figures as current Defense Ministers, but none of them are.

Quit being so childish.


20 posted on 02/27/2024 12:52:33 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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